In 1983, Jarre was approached to create background music for a supermarket-themed art show Orrimbe, to be held in Paris during June 1983. Jarre recorded the album between February and May. Comparing the album to a painting, "not just a worthless commercial product", he chose to auction it along with other art pieces. The auction was held on July 6, 1983, at the
Hôtel Drouot auction house in Paris, and raised about 69,000
francs (equivalent to 8,960 dollars at the time) for charity.{{cite news|last=Brown|first=Jonathan In the inside cover, 11
polaroid photos show the step-by-step creation of the disc, leaving one slot so that the final owner could add their photo with the album. The album owner was kept anonymous at first, but later revealed to be real estate dealer M. Gérard. Shortly after the auction, Jarre allowed
Radio Luxembourg to broadcast the album once, in its entirety, and encouraged listeners to record the broadcast with the words "
Piratez-moi!" (Pirate me!). Various parts of this album would be reworked for later Jarre projects such as
Zoolook (1984) or
Rendez-Vous (1986). A demo version of "Musique pour Supermarché (Part 1)" was included on the 2018 compilation
Planet Jarre: 50 Years of Music. ==Track listing==