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Jean-Michel Jarre
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Jean-Michel Andre Jarre is a french composer and keyboardist, known as one of the pioneers of electronic music.
Jean-Michel was born August 24, 1948 in Lyon, France. Son of famous French composer Maurice Jarre, he studied music from his childhood. In 1968 he joined Groupe de Recherches Musicales (Music Research Group) directed by Pierre Schaeffer, where he began to write electronic music. In 1970 he released the singles La Cage and Erosmachine, and in 1972 - his debut album Deserted Palace.
Also in the early 70s Jarre took part in several band constellations and aliases, like Triangle, the Pop Corn Orchestra (aka Jammie Jefferson and the Pop Corn Orchestra) and as Samuel Hobo.
Meeting Francis Dreyfus played an important role in Jean-Michel’s biography. He produced Jarre’s gold-awarded Oxygene (1976), that took Grand Prix Du Disque award from the Charles Cross Academy. The music of Oxygène sounds very relaxing and cosmic-like. Following albums Equinoxe (1978) and Les chants magnétiques (1981) gave JMJ the title of one of the best electronic composers and performers from France. Jarre is very influential in both new age and ambient.
Most of Jean-Michels concerts are on the large side using cityscapes as their backdrops (Rendez-vous Houston, Destination Docklands, La Defence in Paris). He was included in the Guinness Book of Records for his show at Place de la Concorde in Paris on July 14, 1979 (Bastille Day), which was visited by more than one million people. Another Guinness record is release of his album Music for Supermarkets - only a single copy was ever pressed.
Jean-Michel was born August 24, 1948 in Lyon, France. Son of famous French composer Maurice Jarre, he studied music from his childhood. In 1968 he joined Groupe de Recherches Musicales (Music Research Group) directed by Pierre Schaeffer, where he began to write electronic music. In 1970 he released the singles La Cage and Erosmachine, and in 1972 - his debut album Deserted Palace.
Also in the early 70s Jarre took part in several band constellations and aliases, like Triangle, the Pop Corn Orchestra (aka Jammie Jefferson and the Pop Corn Orchestra) and as Samuel Hobo.
Meeting Francis Dreyfus played an important role in Jean-Michel’s biography. He produced Jarre’s gold-awarded Oxygene (1976), that took Grand Prix Du Disque award from the Charles Cross Academy. The music of Oxygène sounds very relaxing and cosmic-like. Following albums Equinoxe (1978) and Les chants magnétiques (1981) gave JMJ the title of one of the best electronic composers and performers from France. Jarre is very influential in both new age and ambient.
Most of Jean-Michels concerts are on the large side using cityscapes as their backdrops (Rendez-vous Houston, Destination Docklands, La Defence in Paris). He was included in the Guinness Book of Records for his show at Place de la Concorde in Paris on July 14, 1979 (Bastille Day), which was visited by more than one million people. Another Guinness record is release of his album Music for Supermarkets - only a single copy was ever pressed.
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Jean-Michel Jarre - Beautiful Agony
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Jean Michel Jarre - The Emigrant
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Jean Michel Jarre - September
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Shoutbox
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luigi1973 wrote:
Maestro de la música electrónica, genio de todos los tiempos....!!!!
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iofantasia wrote:
Suggestivo! Mi sembra la versione elettronica di Richard Klyderman :)
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jarrekolik wrote:
last fm ile ilgili birileriyle görüşmek isterim belki benim bilmediğim olaylar var
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ShadyAdy wrote:
He remains one of my favourite artists, but when is he going to put in some effort and actually produce a decent, interesting album, instead of keep re-releasing Oxygene (which is still excellent, but this perpetual habit of plugging past glories time and time again is getting a little old). He hasn't made a decent album since Metamorphoses.
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SaphiraMajka wrote:
the best in whole world i think :P
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Efedrina wrote:
To Chile plzzzzzzz!!!!!!!!
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Gabriel_Adam wrote:
Wirtuoz.
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Mindjuvica wrote:
I'm going to his concert in Belgrade... =)
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Alexey91 wrote:
Chronologie 6 super ;)
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Salvation72 wrote:
the oxygene album is godly
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jarrekolik wrote:
jean michel jarre ne zaman istanbul'a gelecek acaba
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jarrekolik wrote:
var mı jean michel jarre gibisi
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saab90 wrote:
I was at the Oxygene concert i Stockholm this spring and it was like a time travel back to the pioneer days of electronic music. Great! I also saw him live in Gothenburg in -97. Also fantastic!
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RealFunkadelic wrote:
A genius in electronic music... One of the best concerts I have benn was given of him in Paris in the early 80's.
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mechanicalsteer wrote:
Mechanical Steering new album "10:10pm" ! http://www.lastfm.pl/music/Mechanical+Steering
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Thorpe wrote:
I keep hearing some of his works at local theme parks.
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BlauL wrote:
Oxygène is too good for words...
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AINUworldmusic wrote:
see U in Heaven Jean - Ainu world music www.ainu.pl
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Jedi_Master wrote:
Amazing. Simply awesome. I love it.
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Gori_Vatra wrote:
Genius!
Events
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Jean-Michel Jarre
Gran Teatro, Rome, Italy
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Jean-Michel Jarre
Teatro degli Arcimboldi, Milan, Italy
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Jean-Michel Jarre
Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- AaronWard tagged Jean-Michel Jarre with ‘electronic’ and ‘ambient’. August 2008
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