Interview with Jean-Michel Jarre
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/liv...
Looks like he's taking his Oxygene tour to London.
I'll be definitely there, love to hear this live!
Looks like he's taking his Oxygene tour to London.
I'll be definitely there, love to hear this live!
qube_TA said:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/liv...
Looks like he's taking his Oxygene tour to London.
I'll be definitely there, love to hear this live!
I went to the gig he did in Docklands (1988 or 89 IIRC)Looks like he's taking his Oxygene tour to London.
I'll be definitely there, love to hear this live!
Awesome.
Will definately be on the lookout for tickets....
I'll definitely go. I've always been a massive fan, particularly of his earlier work. I'm a total analogue-synth fetishist to the extent that I actually enjoy the 'authenticity' of his Memory Moog going out of tune about half way through this clip... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSXpTrti40Q
Excellent!Parrot of Doom said:
I was at Docklands too, and Man City a few years later. I almost went to the Paris gig but decided it was too small.
I'm waiting for his next mega-concert, which I'll be off to
I went to Docklands, Paris twice, Wembley & Manchester twice.I'm waiting for his next mega-concert, which I'll be off to
Although enjoyable I've always come away from the big mega gigs a little disappointed as I'm more into the music portion of a gig than anything else, also looking at the films of these big shows it's obvious that no-one on stage is actually playing anything which is why I'm particularly looking forward to the Oxygene show. I've seen Pink Floyd which was also incredible but seeing them play a local university would have been miles better as you can get up close and see exactly what they're doing.
Presumably he'll play more than just Oxygene though as it's only about 40 minutes long.
Let him chuck in all of Equinoxe and selective highlights of Magnetic Fields (didn't get on with part 2 & 5) then we'd have the best gig ever!
Love to see a live gig 
!I was 14 years old when Destination Docklands took place. I was supposed to be going - my parents were going to take me - but after Newham Council started getting arsey about the event my parents got cold feet and had the tickets refunded fearing that it would all go wrong and they'd lose their money - my family never had much money and this was a massive financial outlay by their standards, so they had every right to be nervous. Then, of course, the event went ahead, albeit as two slightly smaller concerts rather than the larger single event that was originally planned...
So I spent the night at home, in my bedroom, with the friend who had introduced me to JMJ's music, with all our keyboards set-up, and loads of torches and coloured lights around the room, listening to the live broadcast on Radio 1, playing along with the concert and pretending we were Jarre et al! My Dad, meanwhile, was downstairs taping the whole thing off the radio. I still have the two tapes that it took to record the entire event from start to finish. I went to his Manchester concert in 1993, and while seeing the man himself up close (I was right at the front) was very exciting, it was something of an anti-climax after seeing footage of events like Houston and Docklands.
Personally I think a JMJ concert needs to be in one of two formats - either a mega concert where he involves the surrounding environment, landscape, architecture and the effect is all-surrounding, or a small, intimate event where the emphasis is on the actual instruments - where you can see every key-press and knob-twirl of the splendid analogue synths. For me stadium and arena gigs don't suit JMJ's music - fine if you're Sugababes or Westlife - but JMJ's music is about so much more than just music.
As a budding synthesizer musician I intend one day to do something similar to what JMJ has done in the past. I have some amazing locations in mind that would be perfect for turning into massive visual moving art forms with the music simply being a soundtrack to the show, rather than being the focus of it.
So I spent the night at home, in my bedroom, with the friend who had introduced me to JMJ's music, with all our keyboards set-up, and loads of torches and coloured lights around the room, listening to the live broadcast on Radio 1, playing along with the concert and pretending we were Jarre et al! My Dad, meanwhile, was downstairs taping the whole thing off the radio. I still have the two tapes that it took to record the entire event from start to finish. I went to his Manchester concert in 1993, and while seeing the man himself up close (I was right at the front) was very exciting, it was something of an anti-climax after seeing footage of events like Houston and Docklands.
Personally I think a JMJ concert needs to be in one of two formats - either a mega concert where he involves the surrounding environment, landscape, architecture and the effect is all-surrounding, or a small, intimate event where the emphasis is on the actual instruments - where you can see every key-press and knob-twirl of the splendid analogue synths. For me stadium and arena gigs don't suit JMJ's music - fine if you're Sugababes or Westlife - but JMJ's music is about so much more than just music.
As a budding synthesizer musician I intend one day to do something similar to what JMJ has done in the past. I have some amazing locations in mind that would be perfect for turning into massive visual moving art forms with the music simply being a soundtrack to the show, rather than being the focus of it.
I saw the Docklands gig from a side road in Newham near the docks.
Took some photos aswell (my two pics are posted on wikipedia).
A couple of years later went to the Europe in Concert one in Wembley
It was Jarre that really got me into synths. A couple of years ago I went out and bought a Roland AX7 Keytar. They are worth quite a bit now
Took some photos aswell (my two pics are posted on wikipedia).
A couple of years later went to the Europe in Concert one in Wembley
It was Jarre that really got me into synths. A couple of years ago I went out and bought a Roland AX7 Keytar. They are worth quite a bit now
MitchT said:
I was 14 years old when Destination Docklands took place. I was supposed to be going - my parents were going to take me - but after Newham Council started getting arsey about the event my parents got cold feet and had the tickets refunded fearing that it would all go wrong and they'd lose their money - my family never had much money and this was a massive financial outlay by their standards, so they had every right to be nervous. Then, of course, the event went ahead, albeit as two slightly smaller concerts rather than the larger single event that was originally planned...
So I spent the night at home, in my bedroom, with the friend who had introduced me to JMJ's music, with all our keyboards set-up, and loads of torches and coloured lights around the room, listening to the live broadcast on Radio 1, playing along with the concert and pretending we were Jarre et al! My Dad, meanwhile, was downstairs taping the whole thing off the radio. I still have the two tapes that it took to record the entire event from start to finish. I went to his Manchester concert in 1993, and while seeing the man himself up close (I was right at the front) was very exciting, it was something of an anti-climax after seeing footage of events like Houston and Docklands.
Personally I think a JMJ concert needs to be in one of two formats - either a mega concert where he involves the surrounding environment, landscape, architecture and the effect is all-surrounding, or a small, intimate event where the emphasis is on the actual instruments - where you can see every key-press and knob-twirl of the splendid analogue synths. For me stadium and arena gigs don't suit JMJ's music - fine if you're Sugababes or Westlife - but JMJ's music is about so much more than just music.
As a budding synthesizer musician I intend one day to do something similar to what JMJ has done in the past. I have some amazing locations in mind that would be perfect for turning into massive visual moving art forms with the music simply being a soundtrack to the show, rather than being the focus of it.
Great story So I spent the night at home, in my bedroom, with the friend who had introduced me to JMJ's music, with all our keyboards set-up, and loads of torches and coloured lights around the room, listening to the live broadcast on Radio 1, playing along with the concert and pretending we were Jarre et al! My Dad, meanwhile, was downstairs taping the whole thing off the radio. I still have the two tapes that it took to record the entire event from start to finish. I went to his Manchester concert in 1993, and while seeing the man himself up close (I was right at the front) was very exciting, it was something of an anti-climax after seeing footage of events like Houston and Docklands.
Personally I think a JMJ concert needs to be in one of two formats - either a mega concert where he involves the surrounding environment, landscape, architecture and the effect is all-surrounding, or a small, intimate event where the emphasis is on the actual instruments - where you can see every key-press and knob-twirl of the splendid analogue synths. For me stadium and arena gigs don't suit JMJ's music - fine if you're Sugababes or Westlife - but JMJ's music is about so much more than just music.
As a budding synthesizer musician I intend one day to do something similar to what JMJ has done in the past. I have some amazing locations in mind that would be perfect for turning into massive visual moving art forms with the music simply being a soundtrack to the show, rather than being the focus of it.
I had heard nothing about the Docklands concert until a schoolmate knocked on the door and offered 2 tickets for sale, as he couldn't go. Of course I bought them immediately, and started phoning friends seeing if anyone else wanted to come. One of my best mates was a massive Jarre fan like me (we both had Casio HT3000's) and he wanted to go as well.
I had a massive argument with my Dad about it because for some odd reason he thought I was being selfish by not buying him a ticket. Its a long story (I never got on with him and haven't seen him for years now). Anyway I told him I was going and that was that. My mum bless her sorted me and my mates out with travel on a coach. It was brilliant, a long trip down to London with my mates at the back of the coach in the downstairs bit, with our own television! Then the concert, we were about 200 yards stage right. I have some bloody fantastic memories of the event, I'll never forget the laser harp, and the big white building with dripped red fireworks searing down the front. I bought a programme (still have that), I may have bought a T-shirt but can't remember tbh. Then onto the coach for the long drive back, my mate put "Billy and Albert" on the video, we were pissing our sides the whole way back.
Brilliant day for a bunch of 15/16 year old lads
I still have the tickets, including one that hasn't been used.Never seen him live but if he's going to get all the analogue synths out and try to keep them working / in tune for two hours of performance I'll definitely be going 
. Wish TD would as well, love the sound they make.
The 30th anniversary DVD is good incedentally, for the live performance they use a bunch of stuff that isn't in the list for the original album (which does not mention the modular Moog or the Theremin for example) as well as all the stuff that was. It's exactly what EM should be, a few blokes standing in front of miscellaneous keyboards and big black boxes twiddling knobs to make strange noises
. Wish TD would as well, love the sound they make.The 30th anniversary DVD is good incedentally, for the live performance they use a bunch of stuff that isn't in the list for the original album (which does not mention the modular Moog or the Theremin for example) as well as all the stuff that was. It's exactly what EM should be, a few blokes standing in front of miscellaneous keyboards and big black boxes twiddling knobs to make strange noises
tribbles said:
If you find details of tickets, let me know! (If I find out too, I'll let you know)
Although unconfirmed:5th and 6th March: Lisbon, Portugal
10th March: Italy
19th and 20th March: Dublin, Ireland
25th March: Amsterdam, Holland
30th March: Royal Albert Hall London, England
Also Spain, Russia, Norway, Sweden and Germany is rumoured.
onomatopoeia said:
The 30th anniversary DVD is good incedentally, for the live performance they use a bunch of stuff that isn't in the list for the original album (which does not mention the modular Moog or the Theremin for example) as well as all the stuff that was.
Yeah, great DVD. Watched it right through a couple of times and always keep it handy for a drooling session when I want to amuse myself for a while.onomatopoeia said:
It's exactly what EM should be, a few blokes standing in front of miscellaneous keyboards and big black boxes twiddling knobs to make strange noises
Couldn't agree more. Something I think would be really cool would be a bunch of blokes like JMJ and his mates to agree 90 minutes worth of chord progressions, but nothing more than that, and then to spend the 90 minutes improvising lead melodies, basslines, arpeggios and sound effects based on those chords and just see what they end up with... All recorded, of course! That would be so much fun!Parrot of Doom said:
Stunning - just give my a nice analogue string sound and a phaser and I'm in heaven!I've watched a lot of RadekTymecki's You Tube clips - his stuff is amazing! He has done a number of covers which are stunningly close to the originals. It helps that he has a lot of the original synths. Watch his Roland D-50 clip - the sounds from Revolutions are the exact originals. I have a D-50 but I haven't yet managed to persuade him to let me have those sounds!!
If you have Reason Mitch, you can download a not bad emulation of that instrument here:
http://www.combinatorhq.com/index.php
Search for Eminent in the downloads section.
I just have. Its pretty good, obviously not as good as the real thing but certainly a useful instrument to play around with
Use the combinator patch.
http://www.combinatorhq.com/index.php
Search for Eminent in the downloads section.
I just have. Its pretty good, obviously not as good as the real thing but certainly a useful instrument to play around with
Use the combinator patch.
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