Jean Michel Jarre

Payne by name

08-10-2010

I know it's a longshot but is anyone seeing Jean Michel in his current tour?

I got bought tickets for this Sunday at the O2 and I'm looking forward to it. I previously saw him at Destination Docklands and also at Wembley Stadium.

It can't be underestimated what an impact he had on my musical taste development which later evolved from electronica into dance/trance in one direction and soundtracks in the other.

His music brings back powerful memories of the times when before the internet and the chance to chat with fellow fans my sense of isolation seemed greater.

tangsman

08-10-2010

Saw him on the Oxygene 7-13 tour at the NEC in Birmingham (June 1997).
Good gig.
Like most old electronica acts their finest days are behind them and I don't really care for the the new music they produce now.
However credit where credit's due.

pinkteddyx64

24-02-2012

I know this is an old thread, but my first ever experience of listening to any music by Jean Michel Jarre was in the late 1990s. I was at my grandparent's house and I asked my nanna if I could listen to a tape I had found in the cupboard whilst looking for paper and the first song that played on the tape was this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj7A8SX7ccI A creepy, but truly amazing experience listening to that song for the first time back in the late 1990s as a kid!

DubDub

24-02-2012

yeah thats cool. Listened to him alot in late teens. JMJ was always a fav for the occasional stoner

CeeO

25-02-2012

'Oxygene' was the first one I heard by JMJ and by far the best - his subsequent work didn't generate the same interest for me.

Trevor Hickson

08-03-2012

Originally Posted by CeeO:
“'Oxygene' was the first one I heard by JMJ and by far the best - his subsequent work didn't generate the same interest for me.”

Personally, I'll agree that oxygene set the standards, but my opinion is that having done so, Equinoxe raised the bar even higher.. a superb album

Trevor Hickson
http://www.trevorhickson.com

Daniel Dare

12-05-2015

I've heard a couple of previews of Jarre's new studio album (with collaborations such as Gesaffelstein) and I'm impressed with his 'Conquistador' track. Does anybody know if Jarre's new album will be a physical release, ie CD, or will it just be download only?

Fraxis

13-05-2015

Originally Posted by Daniel Dare:
“I've heard a couple of previews of Jarre's new studio album (with collaborations such as Gesaffelstein) and I'm impressed with his 'Conquistador' track. Does anybody know if Jarre's new album will be a physical release, ie CD, or will it just be download only?”

I believe it will be properly released on CD. Three of the four new tracks he's either previewed or released on Beatport are also coming out on limited edition vinyl, so I would expect the album itself would also get a limited vinyl release too. I think Sony have invested too much in this for it not to be a big, proper comeback release, ahead of the more traditional Jarre solo album that's also supposedly coming this year.

soran

06-08-2015

I too was lucky enough to attend Destination Docklands, and have been a fan for many a year.
Also being a fan of Trance, I am loving his new track Stardust with Armin van Buuren.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRwYx8w1clk

RepublicOfYorks

07-08-2015

Originally Posted by soran:
“I too was lucky enough to attend Destination Docklands, and have been a fan for many a year.
Also being a fan of Trance, I am loving his new track Stardust with Armin van Buuren.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRwYx8w1clk”

I was going to start a thread on this, I didn't know if anyone head heard it!

It's very much more a van Buuren track than a Jarre one, the Jarre sound only really kicks in at 3:05, but it's still really good. The thing with van Buuren, he doesn't have much chart success in this country, but he does more or less exactly the same now as Calvin Harris, except that Harris has a better contact book for rappers and vocalists with which to create hits.

As for Jarre, I think the guy is a genius - all this Retrowave/Synthwave that's coming out these days owes as much to him as to the cooler names to drop like Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream.

Daniel Dare

10-08-2015

BBC iPlayer's stream of 'T In The Park' has Above & Beyond's DJ performance of Jean-Michel Jarre's & Tangerine Dream's collaboration 'Zero Gravity' track at 8 minutes in to the start.
Great tune.

Daniel Dare

09-10-2015

Great interview with the man himself on Radio 6 talking about his inspirations and his first times at experiencing his first bought synthesiser, his first EP release (with music excerpts of his pre-Oxygene days), mass-concerts, etc.
Still currently available to listen to via iPlayer:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06dwdx2

I'm looking forward to his new studion album Electronica, released next week with collaborations with Tangerine Dream, Vince Clark, Little Boots, Above & Beyond, film director and composer John Carpenter, Laurie Anderson, and others..

Daniel Dare

23-10-2015

His new Electronica album is getting some good reviews over at Amazon.

Beecosy

26-10-2015

Electronica 1 : The Time Machine an interesting album for more than one reason.

Others have found images in the "Continuous mix" version of the album. (spectrogram)
It's really cool

A few appear in the extra pieces of music between the individual tracks.

Electronica 1 is available on CD, vinyl gatefold, download and special boxsets.
Can't wait for part 2.

I've been a fan since Oxygene too.

Daniel Dare

30-10-2015

Originally Posted by Beecosy:
“Electronica 1 : The Time Machine an interesting album for more than one reason.

Others have found images in the "Continuous mix" version of the album. (spectrogram)
It's really cool
A few appear in the extra pieces of music between the individual tracks.

Electronica 1 is available on CD, vinyl gatefold, download and special boxsets.
Can't wait for part 2.”

The spectrogram is certainly keeping the David Icke forums happy.

Apollo Creed

30-10-2015

Well Eugene, I'm not here to entertain you. If you want that type of thing, go and see Jean Michel Jarre or someone.

Dopple

01-12-2015

I really like the album, Jarre has been away too long.

All the tracks can be found on his Vevo channel on Youtube.

I especially like the two tracks with Vince Clarke, the tracks with John Carpenter and Air plus the vocal track with Moby.

https://www.youtube.com/user/JeanMic...ichelJarreVEVO

Dopple

04-12-2015

Dopple

04-12-2015

I missed Orient Express:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMV2...ichelJarreVEVO

Fraxis

04-12-2015

And although comparitively lightweight musically, this for sheer spectacle! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_YJL65ZwNY

Dopple

04-12-2015

That First Calypso is a track I think "Why Jarre, why?", but yeah that concert was great.

Dopple

19-02-2016

A little bit of News about Jean-Michel Jarre's Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise.
Out May 6th. 18 tracks (15 collaborations and 3 solo it seems)

1. The Heart of Noise, Pt. 1 - Jean-Michel Jarre & Rone
2. The Heart of Noise, Pt. 2 - Jean-Michel Jarre
3. Brick England - Jean-Michel Jarre & Pet Shop Boys
4. These Creatures - Jean-Michel Jarre & Julia Holter
5. As One - Jean-Michel Jarre & Primal Scream
6. Here for You - Jean-Michel Jarre & Gary Numan
7. Electrees - Jean-Michel Jarre & Hans Zimmer
8. Exit - Jean-Michel Jarre & E.S.
9. What You Want - Jean-Michel Jarre & Peaches
10. Gisele - Jean-Michel Jarre & Sébastien Tellier
11. Switch on Leon - Jean-Michel Jarre & The Orb
12. Circus - Jean-Michel Jarre & Siriusmo
13. Why This, Why That and Why - Jean-Michel Jarre & Yello
14. The Architect - Jean-Michel Jarre & Jeff Mills
15. Swipe to the Right - Jean-Michel Jarre & Cyndi Lauper
16. Walking the Mile - Jean-Michel Jarre & Christophe
17. Falling Down - Jean-Michel Jarre
18. The Heart of Noise (The Origin) - Jean-Michel Jarre

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr3l...eanmicheljarre
Preview of a track: https://soundcloud.com/jeanmicheljar...part-2/s-QDSrc

Fraxis

19-02-2016

If you have Apple Music you can stream or download the first two tracks. Can't wait for the PSBs, Yello and Zimmer collaborations! But there's no sign of the track he was working on with David Lynch, or another with Deadmau5 (although the latter was very recent and so the track listing for this may have been finalised beforehand and it may turn up elsewhere. And there was also meant to be an EP with all three parts of the Pete Townsend collaboration, only one of which appeared on part 1...

Dopple

24-04-2016

https://audioboom.com/boos/4474765-j...-brick-england

New track with Pet Shop Boys.

Dopple

07-12-2016

Electronica Vol One receives Grammy Nomination. Well deserved.

http://themusicessentials.com/jean-m...minated-grammy