Jean Michel Jarre — Pleasure Principle: February 2012

29/02/2012

Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene Part V

Oxygène - 1976

Jarre's 1976 solo album Oxygène was responsible for his rise to international stardom. Oxygène comprises six numbered synthesiser tracks that make strong use of melody, rather than rhythm or dissonance. Oxygène makes use of the Dutch Eminent 310, Electro-Harmonix Small Stone phaser on the Eminent's string pads, the Korg Minipops drum machine and liberal use of echo on various sound effects generated by the VCS3 synthesiser.

All those ethereal sounds on Oxygène IV come from the VCS3 ...It was the first European synthesizer, made in England by a guy called Peter Zinovieff. I got one of the first ones. I had to go to London in 1967 to get it, and it's the one I still have onstage 40 years later
—Jean Michel Jarre,

A minimalist concept album recorded at his home studio, on a small budget, Oxygène initially proved difficult to sell. Jarre was turned down by several companies, until Schaeffer's fellow student, Hélène Dreyfus (at the time her husband Francis's artistic director), persuaded her husband to publish the album on his label Disques Motors. The first pressing of 50,000 copies was promoted through hi-fi shops, clubs, and discos.

I just had three or four synthesizers and was using a Scully eight-track and a mixture of Ampex 256 and 3M tape. The whole album was done on just one eight-track and you can hear that in the piece — it's quite minimalist and I think that contributes to its timelessness
—Jean Michel Jarre,

By April 1977 Oxygène had sold 70,000 copies in France. Interviewed in Billboard magazine, Dreyfus director Stanislas Witold said "In a sense we're putting most of our bets on Jean Michel Jarre. He is quite exceptional and we're sure that by 1980 he will be recognised worldwide. Oxygène has since sold an estimated 12 million copies—the best-selling French record of all time. It reached number 2 in the UK album charts, number 65 in Canada, and broke the top 100 in the US. The album contains his most recognisable single, "Oxygène IV"'which reached number 4 in the UK single charts.

Track listing

* Written and arranged by Jean Michel Jarre.

1. "Oxygene (Part I)" -- 7:40
2. "Oxygene (Part II)" -- 8:08
3. "Oxygene (Part III)" -- 2:55
4. "Oxygene (Part IV)" -- 4:14
5. "Oxygene (Part V)" -- 10:23
6. "Oxygene (Part VI)" -- 6:20

Jean Michel Jarre - OK, Do It Fast

The album tells, in musical form, a metaphorical love story of fictional cartoon characters Téo and Téa, two lookalike creatures (one male, one female) who meet, fall in love and spend one day together . They are seen in the computer-animated video clip accompanying the title track.

Téo & Téa is of a more simplistic and playful nature than Jarre's previous albums and, like 2000's Métamorphoses, is dance-oriented.

Track listing

1. "Fresh News" -- 2:42
2. "Téo & Téa" -- 3:27
3. "Beautiful Agony" -- 4:38
4. "Touch to Remember" -- 6:07
5. "OK, Do It Fast" -- 3:23
6. "Partners in Crime 1" -- 3:38
7. "Partners in Crime 2" -- 3:33
8. "Chatterbox" -- 2:14
9. "In the Mood for You" -- 4:18
10. "Gossip" -- 2:09
11. "Vintage" -- 3:04
12. "Melancholic Rodeo" -- 3:46
13. "Téo & Téa 4:00 AM" -- 7:06

Jean Michel Jarre - Near Djaina

Geometry of Love is an album by Jean Michel Jarre, released in 2003. It is his twelfth studio album and his first release on Warner Music.

This album has more in common with the preceding Sessions 2000 album than releases prior, but the style here is still more electronica than jazz. The music was to be lounge music, played in the background or in the chill-out area of a club. The album was commissioned by Jean Roch, as a soundtrack for his 'VIP Room' nightclub in France . The CD was initially meant to come out in only 2000 copies. However, it was later released as a generally available CD. It has now been discontinued and copies of it are not being pressed anymore, but it is still available in digital download format. The album was largely produced using Propellerhead's Reason[citation needed] and many preset patches can be heard throughout.

The track "Velvet Road" is a remake of the unreleased composition "Children of Space" created by Jarre for the "Rendez-Vous in Space" concert in Okinawa, in 2001. Some of the sounds in Geometry of Love were used earlier on Interior Music released in 2001. Several tracks from Geometry of Love were included on Jarre's 2006 compilation release Sublime Mix.

Track listing

1. "Pleasure Principle" -- 6:15
2. "Geometry of Love Part 1" -- 3:51
3. "Soul Intrusion" -- 4:45
4. "Electric Flesh" -- 6:01
5. "Skin Paradox" -- 6:17
6. "Velvet Road" -- 5:54
7. "Near Djaina" -- 5:01
8. "Geometry of Love Part 2" -- 4:06

Jean Michel Jarre - Miss Moon

Métamorphoses is an album by Jean Michel Jarre, released on Sony Music in 2000. It was released in the US on Disques Dreyfus in 2004. It is his tenth overall studio album.

This album was, to fans, a surprising break from his previous works, as it makes extensive use of vocal elements, as well as house and techno sounds. The vocal elements are not short, sampled pieces as highlighted in his album Zoolook, but longer, more integral parts of the work, and thus quite surprising for an artist known for his instrumental works. Métamorphoses is also Jarre's first album to contain actual songs with lyrics. Jarre's own voice is heard through a vocoder on many of the songs, but the album contains several other singers as well, mostly female singers. "Rendez-Vous à Paris" features Sharon Corr on violin. "Rendez-Vous à Paris" and "Bells" are the only largely instrumental tracks on the album; on the former only the track title is repeated in rhythm, the latter does not have intelligible lyrics. Although the album was generally not badly received by critics, and despite the collaborations and a number of single releases, Jarre did not achieve great mainstream success with this album.

Track listing

1. "Je Me Souviens" -- 4:25
2. "C'est la Vie" -- 7:11
3. "Rendez-Vous à Paris" -- 4:19
4. "Hey Gagarin" -- 6:20
5. "Millions of Stars" -- 5:41
6. "Tout Est Bleu" -- 6:01
7. "Love Love Love" -- 4:26
8. "Bells" -- 3:49
9. "Miss Moon" -- 6:08
10. "Give Me a Sign" -- 3:49
11. "Gloria, Lonely Boy" -- 5:31
12. "Silhouette" -- 2:29

Personnel

* Jean Michel Jarre -- vocals, processed vocals, keyboards, synthesizers
* Joachim Garraud -- drum programming, sound design, additional keyboards
* Laurie Anderson -- vocals on "Je Me Souviens"
* Natacha Atlas -- vocals on "C'est la Vie"
* Sharon Corr -- violin on "Rendez-Vous à Paris"
* Veronique Bossa -- vocals on "Give Me a Sign" and "Millions of Stars"
* Dierdre Dubois -- vocals on "Miss Moon"
* Lisa Jacobs -- vocals on "Millions of Stars"
* Ozlem Cetin -- vocals on "Silhouette"
* Christopher Papendieck -- additional bass keyboards
* Francis Rimbert -- additional keyboards

Jean Michel Jarre - Melancholic Rodeo

Album Téo & Téa is a conceptual album by French composer and artist Jean Michel Jarre, published by Warner Music in late March 2007. The album was released in the US three weeks later, on 16 April 2007. It is Jarre's thirteenth studio album.

The album tells, in musical form, a metaphorical love story of fictional cartoon characters Téo and Téa, two lookalike creatures (one male, one female) who meet, fall in love and spend one day together . They are seen in the computer-animated video clip accompanying the title track.

Téo & Téa is of a more simplistic and playful nature than Jarre's previous albums and, like 2000's Métamorphoses, is dance-oriented.

Track listing

1. "Fresh News" -- 2:42
2. "Téo & Téa" -- 3:27
3. "Beautiful Agony" -- 4:38
4. "Touch to Remember" -- 6:07
5. "OK, Do It Fast" -- 3:23
6. "Partners in Crime 1" -- 3:38
7. "Partners in Crime 2" -- 3:33
8. "Chatterbox" -- 2:14
9. "In the Mood for You" -- 4:18
10. "Gossip" -- 2:09
11. "Vintage" -- 3:04
12. "Melancholic Rodeo" -- 3:46
13. "Téo & Téa 4:00 AM" -- 7:06

Jean Michel Jarre - Love Love Love

Jean Michel Jarre - Love Love Love - Métamorphoses

Jarre released Métamorphoses, his first vocal album, in 2000. The entire album was mixed on an early version of Pro Tools, a digital audio workstation designed to record, edit and play back digital audio. The compositions and their arrangement on this techno-based album co-produced with Joachim Garraud marked a departure from Jarre's previous style. Sound effects used include radio interference from mobile phones (used on the track "Tout est Bleu"), and Macintalk, a Macintosh program used to generate lyrics on the track "Love, Love, Love". Laurie Anderson makes her second guest appearance in the Jarre discography (her first was on Zoolook on the track "Diva". Other contributors include Natacha Atlas and Sharon Corr

Lyrics:

Everybody says love love love
So I did it, so I did it
Encore, encore, encore
My cat has seven lives
My dog has seven wives
And I can see in your eyes
so many many lies

Video in my montage.

Tracklist:

1. Je Me Souviens 4:25
2. C'est la Vie 7:11
3. Rendez-Vous À Paris 4:19
4. Hey Gagarin 6:20
5. Millions of Stars 5:41
6. Tout Est Bleu 6:01
7. Love Love Love 4:26
8. Bells 3:49
9. Miss Moon 6:08
10. Give Me a Sign 3:49
11. Gloria, Lonely Boy 5:31
12. Silhouette 2:29

Jean Michel Jarre - London Kid

Revolutions is the sixth overall studio album by Jean Michel Jarre, first released in 1988. The album spans several genres, including symphonic industrial, Arabian inspired, light guitar pop and ethnic electro jazz. The album reached number #2 in the UK charts, Jarre's best chart position since Oxygène. The Destination Docklands concert in London coincided with the release of the album.

One of the definitions of the word "Revolutions" is that it is a change of ideals and practices, this should always be in the forefront of your mind when listening to the album because it not only describes the albums musical story, it describes the story of the musical change made by jmj from light hits such as oxygene/equinox to revolution.

There are two versions of the album, each containing a different version of the track "Revolutions". On the original release, the introduction to the tune is played on a Turkish flute, whereas the later reissue of the album uses an Arabian string orchestra for the introduction. This version also has a different vocal accompaniment, as sung by an Arabian vocalist.[citation needed] "Revolutions" contains reworked samples of an unpublished composition by Turkish Kudsi Erguner, which Jarre had acquired from ethnologist Xavier Bellenger. Erguner took his case to court and won a modest indemnity.[2] Jarre removed the ney flute part from new releases of the record and from live performances.

The song "London Kid" was a collaboration with Hank Marvin. Hank was living in Perth, Australia at the time and he and Jean Michel composed the song with each other over the phone.

As noted in the liner notes, the track "September" is named after and dedicated to South African ANC activist Dulcie September, who was assassinated in Paris on 29 March 1988.

Track listing
1988 Original Release

"Industrial Revolution" - 16:33
Overture -- 5:20
Part 1 -- 5:08
Part 2 -- 2:18
Part 3 -- 3:47
"London Kid" -- 4:34
"Revolutions" -- 5:01
"Tokyo Kid" -- 5:22
"Computer Weekend" -- 5:00
"September" -- 3:52
"The Emigrant" -- 3:56

1994 Re-issue Release

"Industrial Revolution" Overture -- 5:20
"Industrial Revolution" Part 1 -- 5:08
"Industrial Revolution" Part 2 -- 2:18
"Industrial Revolution" Part 3 -- 4:47
"London Kid" -- 4:34
"Revolution, Revolutions" -- 4:55
"Tokyo Kid" -- 5:18
"Computer Weekend" -- 4:38
"September" -- 3:52
"The Emigrant" -- 4:05

Jean Michel Jarre - Je Me Souviens

Jean Michel Jarre - Je Me Souviens album Métamorphoses.

Track listing

1. "Je Me Souviens" -- 4:25
2. "C'est la Vie" -- 7:11
3. "Rendez-Vous à Paris" -- 4:19
4. "Hey Gagarin" -- 6:20
5. "Millions of Stars" -- 5:41
6. "Tout Est Bleu" -- 6:01
7. "Love Love Love" -- 4:26
8. "Bells" -- 3:49
9. "Miss Moon" -- 6:08
10. "Give Me a Sign" -- 3:49
11. "Gloria, Lonely Boy" -- 5:31
12. "Silhouette" -- 2:29

Personnel

* Jean Michel Jarre -- vocals, processed vocals, keyboards, synthesizers
* Joachim Garraud -- drum programming, sound design, additional keyboards
* Laurie Anderson -- vocals on "Je Me Souviens"
* Natacha Atlas -- vocals on "C'est la Vie"
* Sharon Corr -- violin on "Rendez-Vous à Paris"
* Veronique Bossa -- vocals on "Give Me a Sign" and "Millions of Stars"
* Dierdre Dubois -- vocals on "Miss Moon"
* Lisa Jacobs -- vocals on "Millions of Stars"
* Ozlem Cetin -- vocals on "Silhouette"
* Christopher Papendieck -- additional bass keyboards
* Francis Rimbert -- additional keyboards

Lyrics:

"Je me souviens'

The voice,
The tree,
The boat,
The gate,
The flesh
The house,
The child,
The bell,
The sky
The blood,
The rock,
The snow,
The fish

Jean Michel Jarre - Destination Docklands (Full Concert)

The Docklands concerts (there were two), were held at the London Docks after long negotiations and a great deal of to-ing and fro-ing on the part of the local community authorities. The Docks were to create the setting for a presentation of Jarre's album, Revolutions, an album clearly inspired by the history of the Docklands. The concerts scheduled for September finally took place in October and the weather turned out to be typically British -- rain and strong winds. Despite the weather, the concert tickets sold in record time of a few hours, for a total of 400,000 in total over the two dates.
The stage was built on a 1,000 ton floating barge which lay in the Thames, on which Jarre and his musicians, a choir and an orchestra performed. It was as though this bleak area had been transformed for two evenings into an industrial, futuristic, multimedia theatre, which united Jarre's electronic music and vision, and the drab landscape of the Docklands in perfect, psychedelic harmony.

Track list:

Part 1:Industrial Revolution
1. Industrial Revolution, Overture
2. Industrial Revolution (part 1 - 3)
3. Equinoxe 5
4. Ethnicolor

Part 2: Swinging 60's
5. Computer Weekend
6. Magnetic Fields 2
7. Oxygene 4
8. Equinoxe 7
9. London Kid (with Hank Marvin)

Part 3: The 90's
10. Rendez-Vous 3
11. Tokyo Kid
12. Revolutions
13. Souvenir of China
14. Rendez-Vous 2
15. Rendez-Vous 4

Part 4: The Finale
16. September
17. Revolutions
18. The Emigrant

Musicians:
Jean Michel Jarre
Guy Delacroix
Sylvain Durand
Christine Durand
Kudsi Erguner
Michel Geiss
Joe Hammer
Dino Lumbroso
Hank Marvin
Dominique Perrier
Francis Rimbert
Mireille Pombo
Sori Bomba (conductor September)
Bruno Rossignol (Choir conductor)
Setsuko Yamada (Dance performer)
Xavier Bellenger (Ethnical music advisor)

Date and Place:

8.-9. October 1988 - Docklands, London, England

Estimated Audience:

1.000.000, 200.000 paying visitors

Waiting for Cousteau (En Attendant Cousteau)

Waiting for Cousteau (French title: En Attendant Cousteau) is the seventh overall studio album by Jean Michel Jarre, released on Disques Dreyfus, licensed to Polydor, in 1990. The album was dedicated to Jacques-Yves Cousteau and was released on his 80th birthday 11 June 1990. The title of the album is a reference to Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot. The album has been acclaimed by critics as one of Jarre's greatest works, due to its extreme stylistic differences from his other albums, especially the title track, which Allmusic describes as "groundbreaking stuff". The album reached Number 9 in the UK charts.

The title track is a composition in the ambient style and an edited version of the music he produced for Concert d'Images, an exhibition which contained photographs and selected objects from Jarre's concerts. The original plan was to release the album edit of the track as a promo CD single, but those plans were abandoned. On vinyl and cassette tape the title track was edited to only 22 minutes due to the lack of space on the formats.

Jarre utilised the unedited version as an ambient audience "warm-up" in the hours prior to the Paris la Defense concert in 1990 (and also in many concerts after this "first"), played on the specially installed public address sound system scattered throughout Paris for this event.

Early promos for the album had the title track named "Cousteau on the Beach", but was renamed later, because Jacques-Yves Cousteau thought beaches are an environmental disaster.

The last track En Attendant Cousteau was also used in the soundtrack to a documentary entitled "Palawan: Le Dernier Refuge" by oceanographer Jacques-Yves Cousteau.

Track listing

"Waiting for Cousteau" -- 46:55

Waiting for Cousteau - Full Album

Jean-Michel Jarre - Concert Paris la Défense (Full concert)

The French National Day 1990 celebration marked the closing of the festivities celebrating the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution. Jarre conceived a gigantic concert for Paris' downtown, modern business quarters.

La Defense, it must be said, formed the perfect background, not simply because of its futuristic character, but also because of the tall skyscrapers, von Spreckelsen's new Arc de Triomphe and steel monoliths which line the horizon visible from the centre of the city. Jarre designed a pyramid-shaped stage to fit the geometrical architecture of the setting where he performed with his musicians, a classical Arab ensemble (France's second largest community), and others including a choir, a steel-drum band and gigantic dancing puppets of various kinds. The entire show was synchronised and illuminated by 65 tons of fireworks, as well as laser and light projections on the tall buildings. For over two hours Jarre enchanted yet another record live audience of 2.5 million people, and most of Paris was replete with electronic sounds and a sea of light on this festive July summer evening.

Track list:

1. Paris La Defense
2. Oxygene 4
3. Equinoxe 4
4. Equinoxe 5
5. Souvenir of China
6. Magnetic Fields 2
7. Ethnicolor
8. Ethni-transition
9. Zoolookologie
10. Revolution, Revolutions
11. Second Rendez-Vous
12. Calypso 2
13. Calypso 3
14. Calypso 1
15. Fourth Rendez-Vous
16. Calypso 1 (Encore)

Musicians:

Jean Michel Jarre
The Amoco Renegades
Guy Delacroix
Christophe Deschamps
Sylvain Durand
Christine Durand
Michel Geiss
Les Choeurs Des Hauts De Seine
Dino Lumbroso
Al Mawsili classical arab orchestra
Larbi Ouechli
Dominique Perrier
Francis Rimbert
Frédéric Rousseau

Date and Place:

14. Juli 1990 - La Defense, Paris, France

Estimated audience:
2.500.000

Jean Michel Jarre - Live streaming wedding of Monaco

July 1st, 2011 - Monaco

H.R.H Prince Albert II of Monaco and his fiancée Ms Charlène Wittstock, in celebration of their wedding, will offer a concert by Jean Michel Jarre. On Friday 1st of July 2011 at 10pm, the Principality of Monaco will pulsate with Jarre's electronic music.

Hercules Port, entirely transformed into a one-night stage, will showcase Jean Michel Jarre's concert-event, a special creation for Monaco, in this historic context.

Monaco will be the casket for a stunning evening. Jarre's futuristic concert marries lighting and laser choreography, HD videos and pyrotechnics, the visual score of his universal music, performed from the stage centred in the Port.

A concert in the city, or a city-in-concert, this civic event, open to all, will be broadcast throughout the Principality, as well internationally.

"It is a great honour to have been chosen by Prince Albert of Monaco and his future wife for such an event. It is also a real pleasure to be able to perform in the exceptional site of Hercules Port" states Jean Michel Jarre.

Jean Michel Jarre - The 12 Dreams Of The Sun (1999/2000)

The Twelve Dreams Of The Sun was a concert held by musician Jean Michel Jarre on the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt starting on December 31, 1999 and carrying overnight to January 1, 2000. It was attended by 120,000 people. The concert consisted of two parts, the Main Concert and a Sunrise Concert.

Track listing

The Main Concert

The Legend
Bells
Je Me Souviens
Dream 1: The Rock
Miss Moon
Oxygene 2
Dream 2: The House
Chronologie 6
Dream 3: The Tree
Equinoxe 7
Magnetic Fields 2
Dream 4: The Boat
Millions of Stars
Dream 5: The Flesh
Souvenir of China
Oxygene 10
Dream 6: The Voice
Oum Kalsoum tribute
Dream 7: The Sky
Hey Gagarin
Dream 8: The Child - This track wasn't played due to the drummer, Gary Wallis, falling ill
Gloria
Millennium Countdown
C'est La Vie
Salma Ya Salama
Dream 9: The Bell
Equinoxe 4
Dream 10: The Snow
Oxygene 4
Tout est Bleu
Dream 11: The Blood
Evolutions - The original track, Revolutions, had to be censored due to 'Revolution' being prohibited from being spoken of or written in Egypt. Also, the word 'Sex' is banned so the lyrics had to be altered.
Oxygene 12
Dream 12: The Gate
Give Me A Sign
Oxygene 8
Band in the Rain
Rendez-vous 2

The Sunrise Concert

Ethnicolor
Oxygene 7
C'est La Vie
The Sun
Hey Gagarin
Eldorado

The Musicians

Jean Michel Jarre - Keyboards, Laser Harp, Vocals
Gary Wallis - Drums & Percussions
Francis Rimbert - Keyboards
Joachim Garraud - Sound design, Keyboards
Christopher Papendieck - Bass

Natacha Atlas - Vocals on 'C'est La Vie'
Laurie Anderson - Vocals on 'Je Me Souviens' and Dream introductions
Amal Maher - Vocals
Yvan Cassar - Symphonic Orchestra Musical Arrangements
Frederic Sanchez - Sound Illustrator
Cairo Opera Symphonic Orchestra - Conducted by Dr. Moustafa Nagui
Cairo Opera House Choir - conducted by Aldo Magnato
National Arabic Ensemble - conducted by Nasredine Dalil
National Folkloric Music Troupe
El Nil Folkloric Music Troupe
Aswan Folkloric Music Troupe

Jean Michel Jarre - Rendez-Vous Houston - A City In Concert (1986)

Rendez-vous Houston: A City in Concert was a live performance by musician Jean Michel Jarre amidst the skyscrapers of downtown Houston on the evening of April 5, 1986, coinciding with the release of the Rendez-Vous album. For a period of time, it held a place in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest outdoor "rock concert" in history, with figures varying from 1 to 1.5 million in attendance. Rendez-vous Houston is remembered for being the concert which celebrated the astronauts of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, which had happened only two and a half months beforehand. One of Jarre's friends, astronaut Ron McNair, had been killed in the disaster. He was supposed to play the saxophone from space during the track "Last Rendez-Vous"; his substitute for the concert was Houston native Kirk Whalum.

Planning and problems of the concert

In 1985, Jarre was contacted by the musical director of the Houston Grand Opera with the proposal for him related to the celebrations of Texas' 150th birthday in 1986, 150th birthday of the city of Houston and NASA's 25th birthday. Because of NASA's involvement, Jarre got the chance to keep in contact with a friend of his, astronaut captain Bruce McCandless II who later introduced Jarre to a flight companion of his, astronaut and jazz musician Ron McNair. Together they had the idea that for the celebrations, Jarre would create a piece of music that could be performed by McNair on his saxophone. The idea was that McNair, on his next trip into space in the Challenger Space Shuttle, would perform (and record onto video) the new piece of music, which would then be projected (through video playback) onto a giant screen that was to be constructed on the front of one of the buildings.

On January 28th, 1986, McNair telephoned Jarre for the last time. "...Everything's ready. See you in a week's time. Watch me on TV for the takeoff!" On that same day, an appalled world witnessed a historic tragedy - the Challenger Space Shuttle disintegrated in mid-air whilst on its ascent into space. Distraught by what happened, Jarre almost decided to cancel the concert. However, astronauts from NASA (including Bruce McCandless) telephoned Jarre. They asked Jarre not to cancel, as now the concert must go ahead, and be held in tribute to pay respect to the astronauts who had lost their lives in the disaster.

The run-up to the concert itself still did not go smoothly. Rain poured down on Houston a couple of days before the concert, destroying much of the equipment on stage (which was repaired by the day of the concert), breaking wires and ruining instruments. Furthermore, there had been a very strong wind blowing all week, which ended up splitting open the giant projection screen (which was made from several small canvas panels) and causing it to come crashing down.

The local police turned up during the middle of a rehearsal demanding immediate payment of a fine; the residents who lived nearby were complaining of excessive noise and were exhausted from their sleepless nights. Also, FBI officers threatened to put a stop to the whole proceedings because they were being deprived of electricity. 30 large lamps had been installed on top of FBI headquarters, and they were causing problems with their surveillance of Colonel Gaddafi, who was visiting the city at that time.

There was still one more slight problem before the concert started. The chief of the Houston Fire Department, Robert Clayton, had told Francis Dreyfus, Jarre's manager, that the show must be cancelled. This was due to a change of the wind direction; the Chief was concerned that the crowd would be showered with firework debris. After some back-and-forth argument with Dreyfus, Clayton agreed that the concert could proceed on a 'see how it goes' term.

During the concert (specifically, during the performance of Equinoxe Part 5), the amount of fireworks being used and the direction of the wind did indeed cause debris to rain down on the audience, covering them in ash. Clayton frantically began to try to stop the proceedings, fearing that people would be injured. Although his fears were duly noted, the crowd took no notice of the ash falling onto them and carried on enjoying the concert proceedings.

During the concert, Interstate 45 which runs past the downtown Buffalo Bayou Park, came to a standstill as locals and long distance travellers alike stopped, parked on the crowded freeway and applauded, wept and laughed in unison with the thousands below them in the park.

Track listing:

Ethnicolor part 1

Rural Space

Oxygène Part 1
Oxygène Part 2
Oxygène Part 4
Equinoxe Part 7
Souvenir of China

Urban Space

Equinoxe Part 4
Equinoxe Part 2
Equinoxe Part 5

Outer Space

Rendez-Vous 3
Rendez-Vous 2
Oxygène Part 5
Last Rendez-Vous (Ron's Piece)
Rendez-Vous 4
Rendez-Vous 4 (encore)

Jean Michel Jarre - Théâtre Marigny in Paris (2007)

French pioneer of electronic music, Jean Michel Jarre presents his most succesful album again after more than 30 years. Oxygène, performed live at the Théâtre Marigny in Paris.
Tracklist:

01. Introduction; Oxygene 12
02. Rendez-vous II
03. Chants Magnetiques 1
04. Oxygene 11
05. Oxygene 7
06. Oxygene 10
07. Oxygene 4
08. Souvenir De Chine (Dedication to Diana, Princess of Wales)
09. Oxygene 12
10. Revolution, Revolutions
11. Rave-olution
12. Rendez-vous IV
13. Oxygene 13
14. L a Fin Credite; Chronologie VI

Jean Michel Jarre - Rendez-Vous In Space (2001)

On January 1st, 2001, considered by some as the true first day of the new Millennium, Jean Michel Jarre, together with the Japanese mega-artist and producer, Tetsuya "TK" Komuro, gave a concert in Okinawa. The concert, entitled Rendez-vous in Space, was a tribute to the science-fiction author, Arthur C. Clarke, who was a close friend of Jarre's. Prior to show, Jarre visited Clarke in Sri Lanka and recorded him on video. At the concert the recordings were used as an introduction to each number. Clarke could be seen on the big screen where he talked about such matters as the possibility of life on other planets and sex in a weightless state. None of Jarre's classic hits were performed at the concert, but exclusively new material created by The Vizitors, which Jarre and TK had decided to call themselves for the occasion. The opening sequence of the concert was based on the theme from the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, which is one of Arthur C. Clarke's literary classics, for which Clarke acknowledges to have been greatly inspired by Jarre's music.
Track list:

1. Overture (part 1) - Theme of 2001
2. Overture (part 2)
3. The Voyage
4. My Name Is Arthur
5. Children of Space
6. Nobody
7. Rendez-vous In Space
8. Race In Space

Musicians:

Jean Michel Jarre
Arthur C. Clarke (speak)
Tetsuya "TK" Komuro
Francis Rimbert

Date:
January 1st 2001 - Okinawa, Japan

Estimated Audience:
20.000

Jean-Michel Jarre - Rendez-Vous Lyon: Concert For The Pope (1986)

"October 5th, at 10.30 pm , after pope John-Paul II`s blessing of Lyon from the top of Fourvieres hill, Rendez-Vous Lyon got under way, a concert performed for more than 800,000 people on the banks of the river Saone. Fourvieres hill was ablaze for ninety minutes, fired on by cannons of light, fireworks and images synchronised to music being performed live on the central stage by Jean-Michel Jarre, 60 musicians and 120 choristers. A baroque feast, blending classical and avant-garde, workmanship and high-tech, past and future, Rendez-Vous Lyon will long be remembered as an exceptional event."

Tracklist ▼

1 Moon Machine
2 Ethnicolor I
3 Wooloomooloo
4 Magnetic Fields I
5 Souvenir Of China
6 Equinoxe V
7 Rendez-Vous III (Laser Harp)
8 Rendez-Vous II
9 Ron's Piece
10 Rendez-Vous IV

Personnel

Jean Michel Jarre -- Seiko DS-250, Elka Synthex, Moog synthesizer, Roland JX 8P, Fairlight CMI, E-mu Emulator II, Eminent 310U, EMS Synthi AKS, Laser Harp, RMI, OBX, DX 100, Matrisequencer, Roland TR-808, Linn 9000, Prophet, Casio CZ 5000, ARP 2600
Michel Geiss -- ARP 2600, Eminent, Matrisequencer, Roland TR-808
Dominique Perrier -- Memory Moog
Joe Hammer -- Drumulator, percussions
David Jarre -- Baby Korg personal keyboard
Pierre Gossez -- Saxophone on "Last Rendez-Vous (Ron's Piece)

Jean Michel Jarre - LinX Live Event 2005

LinX Live Event
September 10, 2005
Alfacam studios, Lint, Belgium
Audience: 1,000

Concert for opening ceremony of Eurocam Media Centre, recorded in HD. Jarre performed together with: Francis Rimbert, Claude Samard, and the Symphonic Factory Orchestra and Choir.

Track listing

"Aero"
"Oxygene 2"
"Light My Sky"
"Equinoxe 4"
"Oxygene 12"
"Rendez-Vous 2"

ＪｅａｎＭｉｃｈｅｌＪａｒｒｅ - Hymn To The Akropolis (Full Concert)

On June 19 and 20, 2001, Jarre played two concerts at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus to raise money for the Greek organization Elpida, with 15,000 people attending in total. A new composition, Akropolis, was later used at the Beijing & Poland concerts under new titles. The second concert was broadcast live on French radio NRJ and on French TV channel M6, for which one track had to be dropped due to time constraints, and is available for rebroadcast.

Track listing
"Oxygene 4"
"Oxygene 2"
"Equinoxe 4"
"Magnetic Fields 2"
"Je Me Souviens"
"Chronologie 3"
"Oxygene 8"
"Magnetic Fields 1"
"Ethnicolor" (first concert only)
"Four Seasons" Vivaldi Tribute
"Gloria Lonely Boy"
"Oxygene 13"
"Souvenir of China"
"Equinoxe 7"
"Chronologie 6"
"Rendez-Vous 2"
"Oxygene 12"
"Revolutions"
"Akropolis"
"Rendez-Vous 4"

Jean Michel Jarre - Concert Pour La Tolérance 1995 ( Full Concert )

On July 14, 1995, Jarre held a concert in front of the Eiffel Tower, celebrating the Bastille Day, UNESCO's 50th birthday and UNESCO'S proclaimed year of tolerance. 1.25 million people attended this concert, from which a laserdisc was released.

Track listing

"Chronologie 6"
"Revolutions"
"Chronologie 3"
"Equinoxe 7"
"Souvenir of China"
"Chronologie 4"
"Magnetic Fields 1"
"Ethnicolor"
"Vivaldi Tribute"
"Industrial Revolution"
"Band in the Rain"
"Oxygene 4"
"Digisequencer"
"Eldorado"
"Calypso 1"
"Rendez-Vous 4"

28/02/2012

ＪｅａｎＭｉｃｈｅｌＪａｒｒｅ - Space of Freedom 2005 (Full Concert)

Live From Gdańsk (Koncert w Stoczni) (pol. "Shipyard Concert", referring to Gdańsk Shipyard) is a live album by Jean Michel Jarre, released in 2005, exclusively in Poland. It contains selected songs performed during Jarre's Space of Freedom concert in Gdańsk, Poland, on August 26, 2005, commemoraiting twenty-five years of the Solidarity movement .

Jean Michel Jarre performed together with Polish Baltic Philharmonic and Gdańsk University Choir.

Apart from his own works, the album also features Jarre's electronic-style interpretation of Polish protest song "Mury", written by Jacek Kaczmarski in 1978, to the melody of "L'estaca" by Lluís Llach.

Track listing

* "Shipyard Overture" (originally "Industrial Revolution: Overture")
* "Oxygene 2" (with a new flute intro titled "Suite for Flute")
* "Chopin Memories" (new composition)
* "Aero"
* "Oxygene 4"
* "Souvenir" (originally "Souvenir of China")
* "Space of Freedom" (originally "March 23")
* "Chronology 2" (with a new Theremin intro titled "Theremin Memories")
* "Mury" (lit. "Walls") (composed by Jacek Kaczmarski)
* "Chronology 6"
* "Oxygene 8"
* "Light My Sky" (originally "Tout Est Bleu", new lyrics)
* "Tribute to Pope John Paul II" (originally "Akropolis")
* "Rendez-Vous 2" (version from the "Once upon a Time" performance, dedicated to Pope John Paul II)
* "Summer-Presto" (from The Four Seasons, composed by Vivaldi)
* "Oxygene 12"
* "Rendez-Vous 4"
* "Solidarność" (originally "Oxygène 13", dedicated to the workers at the shipyard)
* "Aerology Remix" (encore)

Musicians

* Jean Michel Jarre (keyboards, mixing desk, laser harp, theremin, vocals)
* Francis Rimbert (keyboards, electronic percussions)
* Claude Samard (keyboards, guitars, musical coordinator)
* Patrick Rondat (electric guitar on "Chronology 2" and Vivaldi "Summer Presto")
* Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra
* Gdansk University Choir.

ＪｅａｎＭｉｃｈｅｌＪａｒｒｅ - Santiago de Compostela 2010 (Full Concert)

Magnificent concert that Jean Michel Jarre gave on July 31 2010, on praza Obradoiro in Santiago de Compostela.

Tracklist:

Countdown
Oxygene 2
Magnetic Fields 1
Equinoxe 7
Equinoxe 5
Rendez-vous 3 (Laser Harp)
Magnetic Fields 2
Souvenir Of China
Oxygene 5
Variation 3
Theremin Piece
Equinoxe 4
Statistics Adagio
Industrial Revolution 2
Rendez-vous 2
Rendez-vous 4
Chronologie 6
Chronologie 2
Oxygene 4
Oxygene 12
Calypso

ＪｅａｎＭｉｃｈｅｌＪａｒｒｅ - Oxygene - Live In Your Living Room (Full Concert)

Oxygène: New Master Recording, also known as Oxygène New Master Recording 2007 and Oxygène (New Master Recording), is a new recording of an album by Jean Michel Jarre released in 2007, on the 30th anniversary of the worldwide release of his album Oxygène, and is Jarre's fourteenth studio album.

The album was released in three different editions: a 5.1 Music Disc edition featuring the new digital master recording of Oxygène, a CD and 2D DVD special edition featuring Oxygène -- Live In Your Living Room DVD (an exclusive private live performance of Oxygène, filmed in Lint, Belgium), and a limited edition CD + 3D DVD featuring Oxygène -- Live in Your Living Room DVD in stereoscopic 3D High-Definition, which also includes two pairs of 3D glasses.

To promote this major release, Jean Michel Jarre performed a series of 10 Oxygène Live concerts in Paris, inside the Theatre Marigny, from December 12 to December 26, 2007. Jarre performed new 90 minute live performances of Oxygène, complete with new tracks, using only vintage synthesizers and assisted on stage by French musicians Francis Rimbert, Claude Samard and Dominique Perrier.

Live In Your Living Room 2D DVD

Special edition only

1. Prelude (New Track)
2. Oxygène Part I
3. Oxygène Part II
4. Oxygène Part III
5. Variation Part I (New Track)
6. Oxygène Part IV
7. Variation Part II (New Track)
8. Oxygène Part V
9. Variation Part III (New Track)
10. Oxygène Part VI

ＪｅａｎＭｉｃｈｅｌＪａｒｒｅ - Forbidden City 2004 (Full Concert)

Kicking off the Year of France celebrations in China, Jarre performed two back-to-back concerts in Beijing, China, first at the Forbidden City and then at Tiananmen Square, on October 10, 2004. 15,000 selected people plus some who bought tickets attended the concerts which featured local Chinese musicians and marked the first 5.1 concert by Jarre. A DVD set called Jarre in China was released in 2005 including the full concerts and various extras. The concerts were broadcast by Chinese TV station CCTV for the whole world by HDTV satellite. A shortened one-hour version was made available for rebroadcast.

Track listing

"Forbidden City"
"Aero"
"Oxygene 2"
"Oxygene 4"
"Geometry of Love"
"Band in the Rain"
"Equinoxe 4"
"Voyage à Pékin"
"Chronologie 6" "Zoolookologie"
"Aerozone"
"Aerology"
"Chronologie 3"
Vivaldi "Summer"
"Fishing Junks at Sunset"
"Rendez-Vous 4"
"Souvenir of China"
"Rendez-Vous 2"
"Aerology Neimo Remix"
"La Foule"
"Tiananmen"
"Oxygene 13

ＪｅａｎＭｉｃｈｅｌＪａｒｒｅ - Paroles et Musique 2008 (Full Documentary)

Oxygčne a 30 ans. Et Jean Michel Jarre, tout au long de ce portrait, paraît toujours l'éternel adolescent qui promčne de capitale en capitale la musique électronique qu'il a inventée. Pour réaliser ce film pourtant intimiste, les caméras l'ont suivi dans une folle tournée européenne (qui se poursuit encore ces jours-ci) entre Oslo, Londres, Berlin ou Madrid, afin de constater que Jarre est vraiment un compositeur trčs populaire partout en Europe. Quel Français pourrait remplir plusieurs soirs de suite le Royal Albert Hall ŕ Londres, le Théâtre National de Dublin ou le Grand Théâtre de Stockholm ? C'est dans les préparatifs de cette tournée sans précédent que ce portrait nous révčle le véritable Jean Michel Jarre : son enfance, ses parents (et les relations difficiles avec son pčre Maurice), les débuts de sa musique sur synthétiseur - revendiquée par tous les DJ's d'aujourd'hui - la création d'Oxygčne, d'Equinoxe, de Zoolook et de tous les concerts géants de Houston ŕ Pékin qui l'ont rendu célčbre dans le monde entier. Sans oublier les femmes qui ont partagé sa vie, de Charlotte Rampling ŕ Anne Parillaud. Et les musiciens et techniciens, tous français, qu'il entraîne partout avec lui dans d'incroyables aventures...(Programme sous-titré par télétexte pour les sourds et les malentendants) Image ci-dessus : © Société Européenne de Production.

Jean Michel Jarre - Water For Life (Marocco 2006 - Full Concert)

"Water for Life" was a concert given by French electronic musician Jean Michel Jarre on the night of December 16, 2006 amidst the dunes of the Sahara desert at Merzouga, Morocco. The concert was held under the auspice of UNESCO as 2006 had been designated the International Year of Deserts and Desertification by the United Nations General Assembly. The concert was an end of an era in a way, due to the fact that this was the last time Jarre performed live with the simplified keyboards and synths he'd been using from the Aero concerts onwards. After this live event, Jarre began to re-integrate the original synthesizers from the Oxygene era into his latest shows, such as the Oxygene tours and the "In-Doors" arena concerts.

The free 2h25m concert, sponsored by the Kingdom of Morocco, was attended by an estimated 10-15,000 spectators. It was filmed in high-definition TV and broadcast live by the public Moroccan TV station (channels RTM1 and TVM International) and by Almaghribya TV. A one-hour edit was produced for sale to TV stations.

A souvenir 172-page hardback book entitled "The Making of Water for Life" was published in 2007 which documented how the concert was staged in detail.

Track listing:

1. "Intro Saturée" - 3'50
2. "Suite for Flute"
3. "Oxygene 2"
4. "Miss Moon"
5. "Oxygene 7"
6. "Space of Freedom" (originally "March 23")
7. "Chronologie 6"
8. "Millions of Stars"
9. "Oxygene 4"
10. "Education" (originally "Revolution, Revolutions", with new lyrics)
11. "Gagarin" (originally Hey Gagarin)
12. "Light My Sky" (originally "Tout Est Bleu", with new lyrics)
13. "Oxygene 12"
14. "Chronologie 2"
15. "C'est la Vie"
16. "Theremin Memories"
17. "Souvenir of China"
18. "UNESCO Theme" (originally "Eldorado")
19. "Rendez-Vous 4"
20. "Rendez-Vous 2"

"Intro Saturée" was premiered at this concert, loosely based on "Melancholic Rodeo", a track from his then forthcoming Téo & Téa album. Of all the retitled tracks and new lyrics (from their original recordings), only the lyrics for "Education" were premiered at this concert. "Suite for Flute" had been previously performed as the intro of "Oxygene 2".

Personnel

* Jean Michel Jarre: bass guitar, cymbals, Dynacord, Eminent, Laser Harp, Midi flute, music box, Roland AX-1, Theremin
* Francis Rimbert: Fantom, Roland JD800, Roland S760
* Claude Samard: musical director, guitar, keyboards
* Morocco Philharmonic Orchestra
* Casablanca Orchestra of Arabic Modern Music
* Alizées Choir
* Gnawa Maaster Hamid Elikasri and his Band
* B'net from Marrakesh
* Charaf and Dansers
* Hadji Younes (luth)
* Abdellah El Miry (violin)
* Saida Charaf (vocals)
* Ahmed Alaoui (vocals)

Jean Michel Jarre - The Emigrant ( The Symphonic )

Credits of Symphonic Jean Michel Jarre.

Reynold da Silva - Executive
Pete Compton - Release Coordinator
Gareth Williams - Guitar, Percussion, Mastering, Electronics, Recording, Mixing, Associate Producer, Keyboards, Arranger
City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra - Orchestra
Janet Fitzpatrick - Executive Producer
Gary Thomas - Choir, Chorus
Nic Raine - Arranger, Conductor, Associate Producer
Reynold da Silva - Executive
David Stoner - Executive
David Temple - Choir Master
Stephen Southam - Release Coordinator
Crouch End Festival Chorus - Choir, Chorus
James Fitzpatrick - Producer, Concept
Jan Holzner - Engineer
Charlotte Kinder - Soprano (Vocal)
Damien Doherty - Artwork, Design
Peter Compton - Release Coordinator
Rick Clark - Release Coordinator
Jean Michel Jarre - Composer

Jean Michel Jarre - Industrial Revolution Part 3

One of the definitions of the word "Revolutions" is that it is a change of ideals and practices, this should always be in the forefront of your mind when listening to the album because it not only describes the albums musical story, it describes the story of the musical change made by jmj from light hits such as oxygene/equinox to revolution.

There are two versions of the album, each containing a different version of the track "Revolutions". On the original release, the introduction to the tune is played on a Turkish flute, whereas the later reissue of the album uses an Arabian string orchestra for the introduction. This version also has a different vocal accompaniment, as sung by an Arabian vocalist.[citation needed] "Revolutions" contains reworked samples of an unpublished composition by Turkish Kudsi Erguner, which Jarre had acquired from ethnologist Xavier Bellenger. Erguner took his case to court and won a modest indemnity. Jarre removed the ney flute part from new releases of the record and from live performances.

Jean Michel Jarre - Industrial Revolution (Overture)

In 1988 Jarre released his ninth studio album, Revolutions. The album spans several genres, including symphonic industrial, Arabian inspired, light guitar pop and ethnic electro jazz. A two hour concert, titled Destination Docklands, was planned for 24 September 1988 at the Royal Victoria Docks in east London. The location, close to the heart of London, was chosen in part for its desolate environment, but also because Jarre thought the architecture and environment would be ideally suited to his music. Plans to stage the concert began early in 1988, with Jarre meeting local officials and members of the community. The floating stage on which Jarre and his musicians would perform was built on top of four large barges. Large purpose-built display screens were constructed from scaffolding, and one of the buildings to be used in the backdrop was painted white. Local children practised the choral elements of the performance. During the transportation of several large mirror balls commissioned for the event, one came loose and fell onto the roadside. On the same night a satellite (containing radioactive material) was due to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere. The sighting of the mirror ball led to a degree of confusion as some people mistook it for the falling satellite. World War II searchlights were to illuminate the sky and surrounding architecture, along with thousands of coloured fireworks. Newham Borough Council, which ran the docks, expressed their fears about the safety of the event, and delayed their decision on whether to allow the concert to proceed until 12 September before eventually refusing the licence application. The local fire service were also concerned that in the event of a fire, they would be unable to gain access. Work continued on the site, and Jarre's team looked at other locations around the UK, but following improvements to both on and off-site safety Jarre eventually won conditional approval on 28 September to stage two separate performances from 89 October. The spectacular display of fireworks during Destination Docklands Along with thousands in the surrounding streets and parks, 200,000 people watched Jarre perform with guests such as guitarist Hank Marvin. The performances were not without issues; inclement weather had threatened to break the stage from its moorings, and although the original plan was to have Jarre float across the Royal Victoria Dock on the first evening, winds of over 30 knots meant that it was deemed unsafe — the winds were so strong that television cameras were blown over. The audience, which included Diana, Princess of Wales, was on the second evening soaked by rain and wind

Butoh is the collective name for a diverse range of activities, techniques and motivations for dance, performance, or movement inspired by the Ankoku-Butoh movement. It typically involves playful and grotesque imagery, taboo topics, extreme or absurd environments, and is traditionally "performed" in white-body makeup with slow hyper-controlled motion, with or without an audience. But there is no set style, and it may be purely conceptual with no movement at all. Its origins have been attributed to Japanese dance legends Tatsumi Hijikata and Kazuo Ohno. Dancer ; Imre Thormann ( Switzerland ) "Butoh shows at the core, human nature, that the dark dimension, which society does not want to see, from which reverses. When compared with the classical butoh baletem, in the latter it klasic the pursuit of excellence, what cute, wonderful, pleasant, romantic. Butoh and shows what is in kind-where is the pain, suffering, cruelty, which cannot be nowhere. " ...Imre Thormann.

Track listing
1988 Original Release

"Industrial Revolution" - 16:33
Overture -- 5:20
Part 1 -- 5:08
Part 2 -- 2:18
Part 3 -- 3:47
"London Kid" -- 4:34
"Revolutions" -- 5:01
"Tokyo Kid" -- 5:22
"Computer Weekend" -- 5:00
"September" -- 3:52
"The Emigrant" -- 3:56

1994 Re-issue Release

"Industrial Revolution" Overture -- 5:20
"Industrial Revolution" Part 1 -- 5:08
"Industrial Revolution" Part 2 -- 2:18
"Industrial Revolution" Part 3 -- 4:47
"London Kid" -- 4:34
"Revolution, Revolutions" -- 4:55
"Tokyo Kid" -- 5:18
"Computer Weekend" -- 4:38
"September" -- 3:52
"The Emigrant" -- 4:05

Jean Michel Jarre - In The Mood For You

Jean Michel Jarre - Gloria, Lonely Boy ( The Symphonic )

Jean Michel Jarre - Give Me A Sign

Jarre released Métamorphoses, his first vocal album, in 2000. The entire album was mixed on an early version of Pro Tools, a digital audio workstation designed to record, edit and play back digital audio. The compositions and their arrangement on this techno-based album co-produced with Joachim Garraud marked a departure from Jarre's previous style. Sound effects used include radio interference from mobile phones (used on the track "Tout est Bleu"), and Macintalk, a Macintosh program used to generate lyrics on the track "Love, Love, Love". Laurie Anderson makes her second guest appearance in the Jarre discography (her first was on Zoolook on the track "Diva". Other contributors include Natacha Atlas and Sharon Corr.

"Looking back, I enjoyed the album, [Oxygène 7--13] but after I finished it I knew that I had to make a fresh start. I had to go somewhere completely different. Metamorphoses is like a blank page for me, a new beginning.

—Jean Michel Jarre

Track list:

1. Je Me Souviens
2. C'est La Vie
3. Rendez-vous A Paris
4. Hey Gagarin
5. Millions Of Stars
6. Tout Est Bleu
7. Love Love Love
8. Bells
9. Miss Moon
10. Give Me A Sign
11. Gloria, Lonely Boy
12. Silhouette

Jean Michel Jarre - Geometry Of Love Part 2

Jean Michel Jarre - Geometry Of Love Part 1

ＪｅａｎＭｉｃｈｅｌＪａｒｒｅ - Third Rendez-Vous

Rendez-Vous is an album of instrumental electronic music composed and produced by Jean Michel Jarre, and released on Disques Dreyfus, licensed to Polydor, in 1986. It is his fifth overall studio album. It sold some three million copies worldwide and remains Jarre's longest-running chart album in both the USA and UK, with a 20 week run in the U.S. and an impressive 38 week run in the UK. The last track on the album was supposed to have the saxophone part played in outer space by astronaut Ron McNair, but on January 28, 1986 he and the entire Space Shuttle Challenger crew were killed. 73 seconds after lift-off the shuttle disintegrated. In memory, this piece was dedicated to him. On the album the saxophone part is played by saxophonist Pierre Gossez.

The album reached #9 in the UK charts and #52 in the U.S. charts.

In April 1986, Jarre performed the large-scale outdoor concert Rendez-vous Houston in Houston, Texas, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the founding of Texas, and the 25th anniversary of NASA. The show attracted a then-world record live audience of 1.3 million people. Originally, the track Last Rendez Vous was due to be played by saxophonist astronaut Ron McNair via a live link with the Challenger space shuttle. However, after the Challenger disaster, the concert became a part-tribute to the lost astronauts.

Jean Michel returned to the stage in October for another concert, the Rendez-Vous Lyon, marking the Pope John Paul II visit to Jarre's hometown.

Track listing

"First Rendez-Vous" -- 2:54
"Second Rendez-Vous" -- 10:55
"Third Rendez-Vous" -- 3:30
"Fourth Rendez-Vous" -- 3:57
"Fifth Rendez-Vous" -- 7:41
"Last Rendez-Vous (Ron's Piece)" -- 6:04

Personnel

Jean Michel Jarre -- Synclavier, Seiko DS-250, Elka Synthex, Moog synthesizer, Roland JX 8P, Fairlight CMI, E-mu Emulator II, Eminent 310U, EMS Synthi AKS, Laser Harp, RMI, OBX, DX 100, Matrisequencer, Roland TR-808, Linn 9000, Prophet, Casio CZ 5000, ARP 2600
Michel Geiss -- ARP 2600, Eminent, Matrisequencer, Roland TR-808
Dominique Perrier -- Memory Moog
Joe Hammer -- Drumulator, percussions
David Jarre -- Baby Korg personal keyboard
Pierre Gossez -- Saxophone on "Last Rendez-Vous (Ron's Piece)

27/02/2012

ＪｅａｎＭｉｃｈｅｌＪａｒｒｅ - Variation I

Variation I from - Théâtre Marigny in Paris (2007)

French pioneer of electronic music, Jean Michel Jarre presents his most succesful album again after more than 30 years.
Oxygène, performed live at the Théâtre Marigny in Paris.

Tracklist:
01. Introduction; Oxygene 12
02. Rendez-vous II
03. Chants Magnetiques 1
04. Oxygene 11
05. Oxygene 7
06. Oxygene 10
07. Oxygene 4
08. Souvenir De Chine (Dedication to Diana, Princess of Wales)
09. Oxygene 12
10. Revolution, Revolutions
11. Rave-olution
12. Rendez-vous IV
13. Oxygene 13
14. L a Fin Credite; Chronologie VI

ＪｅａｎＭｉｃｈｅｌＪａｒｒｅ - Last Rendez-Vous (Ron's Piece)

In 1985 Jarre was invited by the musical director of the Houston Grand Opera in Texas to perform a concert to celebrate the city and state's 150th anniversary. Although he was busy with other projects and was initially unimpressed by the proposal, he later visited the city. He was immediately impressed by the visual grandeur of the city's skyline, and agreed to perform. That year also marked the 25th anniversary of the foundation of the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, and Jarre was contacted by NASA to integrate the anniversary into the concert.

The creation of Rendez-Vous took place over a period of two months, and as with Zoolook, contains elements of his 1983 album Musique pour Supermarché. The three movements of the score represent Houston's development from a rural economy, to its role as a leader in space technology. Baroque in style, the album uses a mixture of French horns, trombones and violins, and features heavy use of the Elka Synthex, notably so on "Third Rendez-Vous", a track Jarre often performs using a laser harp. Jarre worked with several Houston-based astronauts including Bruce McCandless II, and former Jazz musician Ronald McNair, who was to have played the saxophone on "Rendez-Vous VI", recorded in the weightless environment of space. McNair was to have performed at the concert over a live link, but was killed in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster on 28 January 1986. Immediately following the accident consideration was given to the cancellation of the concert, but Jarre was contacted by McCandless and urged to proceed, and to mark the event as a tribute to the crew of the Shuttle mission. Following the Challenger disaster, the piece was recorded by Kirk Whalum and retitled "Ron's Piece".

I remember just before take-off, Ron calling me in Paris saying "Everything's ready, see you in a week's time, watch me on television for the take-off" ... I will really, keep always, the bit of Ron's smile and Ron's face in my heart.

ＪｅａｎＭｉｃｈｅｌＪａｒｒｅ - Aero

AERO = Anthology of Electronic Revisited Originals.

Tracklist:

"Aero Opening / Scene 1" -- 0:50
"Oxygene 2 / Scene 2" -- 7:41
"Aero" -- 3:09
"Equinoxe 8" -- 1:24
"Oxygene 4 / Scene 3" -- 5:05
"Souvenir of China / Scene 4" -- 4:46
"Aerology / Scene 5" -- 3:40
"Equinoxe 3 / Scene 6" -- 6:33
Equinoxe 4 / Scene 7" -- 6:46
"Last Rendez-Vous / Scene 8" -- 5:08
"Zoolookology / Scene 9" -- 3:54
"Aerozone / Scene 10" -- 4:56
"Magnetic Fields 1 / Scene 11" -- 5:59
"Chronology 6" -- 4:55
"Rendez-Vous 4 (Live Version)" (hidden bonus track; featuring Safri Duo; recorded at the 2002 AERO concert) -- 7:34

Visuals: Urban Abstract
Urban Abstract was created by Jopsu Ramu and Timo Huhtala - creative team and founders of Musuta Ltd. Jopsu Ramu is a young female designer and Creative Director of Musuta Ltd. Timo Huhtala is her creative partner and manager of Musuta Ltd.

Jean Michel Jarre - Téo & Téa

ＪｅａｎＭｉｃｈｅｌＪａｒｒｅ - Oxygene II

ＪｅａｎＭｉｃｈｅｌＪａｒｒｅ - January 24

Sessions 2000 is an album by Jean Michel Jarre, released on Disques Dreyfus and distributed by Sony Music in 2002. It was released in the U.S. in early 2003. It is his eleventh overall studio album.

The album was partly created so he could be free from his contract with Sony Music. Therefore it is not so commercially minded. The style is ambient, lounge, chill-out and jazz and the recordings are made from jam sessions. After 2000's Métamorphoses, Jarre somewhat returned to his usual formula with this album, with it consisting of six long, instrumental tracks (like Oxygène), although this time there are short breaks between the tracks, and the track titles are different dates spread over a year (presumably the year 2000, given the album's title), instead of the tracks being indicated as "parts". It is unclear what these particular dates represent. Some synthesizer workstations, most notably the Korg Triton and the Roland XP-80, were heavily used. Some of the sounds in this album were used earlier on Interior Music released in 2001.

Track listing

"January 24" -- 5 :57
"March 23" -- 8 :02
"May 1" -- 4 :49
"June 21" -- 6 :18
"September 14" -- 9 :30
"December 17" -- 8 :11

Jean Michel Jarre - Variation III

Variation III from - Oxygene - Live In Your Living Room (2007).

Jean Michel Jarre assisted on stage by French musicians Francis Rimbert, Claude Samard and Dominique Perrier.