+MomoTheBellyDancer i agree, actually Jarre is best known as a composer and pioneer. I don't care if he is not a skilled player, since he is an extremely talented innovator and a great composer
+MomoTheBellyDancer i agree, actually Jarre is best known as a composer and pioneer. I don't care if he is not a skilled player, since he is an extremely talented innovator and a great composer
yes ! absoulutly right ! im electrician at work but also DJ when i have a time for it and use electronic from my childhood ,it's clear when you make/create music the best is the old boxes/synthesizers why ? simply because no help from computer/software when you play on live ! i laugh a lot (LOL) when some stupid DJ make a mistake on live because laptop go OFF ...
@John Smith imagine when he creat his first album "oxygene" in 1976 (created really in 1975) with a four tracks tape recorder...i understand him so much (im from 1977 and love electronic songs from childhood) when i played fun with a deck cassettes recorder just to change volume , rewinding ,rechange noise ,rewinding ...etc etc etc that's hard , thats need time but glorious after all, now with computer help it's easy for any mothersucker to "make" music but this mother sucker in live i'm curious to see it creat anything.... i'm DJ i use also a software to mixe but never NEVER help of computer like a SYNC touch pffffffff.....im 42 , severals years before i mixed with 2 venerables turntables (TECHNICS SL DJ MK2) , i'm not best of you or of people just i say i know what the REAL job in creating music !!!! Excuse me if my english's not good, i try to learn it without translator help (i hate keep thing easly with computer help !!!
The reason he's using so many old synthesizers is because he was performing a piece that was written in 1976 on all of the original instruments. On his recent albums he uses a lot of softsynths and stuff. And about him playing simple melodies: that's what most electronic music is about, layering a lot of simple sounds on top of each other to create vast soundscapes. It takes a lot of skill, especially when your recording without DAWs and computers.
I'm not sure if DAWs make things easier or harder. I rarely turn my DAW on, I prefer to compose using a groovebox. Essentially the matrix sequence he uses, which was very advanced back then but comically huge now, functioned like a limited "groovebox" style sequencer. Part of my problem with DAWs is they are'nt limited, there's too many choices, ending in decision paralysis.
@@lundsweden hi!I'm installing all old software, like Acid 1.0. I want to start with the older, simpler daw and if at any point I feel like I need more options for editing, I'll start switching to newer versions.
This guy is no ordinary one, he's a musical genius, right up there with the top composers.. His creativity really set him apart when he arrived on the scene.
It is beyond amazing to hear him live playing music from an album that I have known and loved for more than twenty years. To me it has always existed in its finished form, complete and perfect. So easy to overlook the fact that it was lovingly crafted by a human being.
Say what you want about Jarre, but this was a very nice little tour, capturing the essence of each instrument within a few seconds. You can tell he sees them as musical tools, means to an end. I have seen hipsters demoing cheap Microbrutes and Korg Volcas with far more prententions.
I love my Volca Modular :) Not a hipster. Will make a sidekick(s) for it. Thanks to Korg's engineers and marketeers they allow modding in the design. I'll be more happy if they'll turn more to ppl and make all schematics available.
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I bought my first copy of Oxygene as soon as I heard the first track and have worn out a few copies. I now have it in digital form. I love this music. A musical genius
JMJ is the reason I got my first synthesizer, back in 1986, still love him now. Incredible that what used to occupy a room can now be done on an iPad. But I think the room would be more fun :)
When electronic music was still made by hand and could actually be performed live. Work of art. I have to look for my Oxygen LP, it must be somewhere...
Love this guy, he's a great inspiration..I wish he'd have more American tours/concerts though. Especially Chicago or Indianapolis would be fine. I wish I could of grown up with those instruments like he did, back in the pioneer days of Electronic Music. Everything was so new and analog!
I think what few people realise is just how well his music flows from one part to another. He ignited a passion within me and latterly I realise just how groundbreaking he is.
That was a very fascinating and interesting video. Jean Michel Jarre IS the true pioneer of Electronic Music. I have most of his albums and love every single one of them.
Awesome!! JMJ is a true hero of mine for mixing art with technology - his music will be the classical music of the future. Sadly it's becoming more and more difficult keeping these wonderful but complex analog instruments going as spares are drying up. I really hope that much more effort will be put into sourcing, reengineering and cloning equivalent parts over the years as sadly in many instances parts are being obtained by robbing them from scrapped instruments.
This is a great history lesson. I missed JMJ when he came to Houston. I was only 10years old but I never forgave myself. I was out of town. That was supposed to be my Woodstock...lol. I grew up wanting to be like JMJ. Not your typical rock star dream. Learned how to play fourth rendezvous on the keyboard...at ten. Without the concert I lost interest and stopped playing keyboard just 2 years later. But I'm rejuvenated...and have found my passion for music again. Thanks for the video S
I saw him in Houston in the 80’s. A laser light show with music. They put lasers on top of skyscrapers with a huge stage covered with keyboards. I’m in the keyboard repair business and was asked to help with a MIDI interface. I met with his techs and worked in a high rise near the stage being setup. While I was there I located a great place to park for the upcoming concert . We went early, found the parking spot and waited for the concert to start. The music was awesome. As for the lasers, they were terrific but somewhat comprised due to foggy conditions.
@@nikolaisoerensen at the same time, it helps to know the process so that you know how to engage with and appreciate it. Watching pole vault expecting high jump you might say the athlete is cheating.
I am seeing him tonight in Brussels! Can't wait... we're really lucky that he is going to perform all the classics with the 30th year anniversary release...
very interesting, given all the latest technological advances, it's next to impossible to re-create the authentic sounds that come from these classic instruments.
You can find many of these synths at vintagesynth com - one Fact The Sequenser was specially built for Jean Michel Jarre. Only one in existance. The AKS Synthi by EMS (spycase) is also used by Pink Floyd on Dark Side of the moon on the song - On the run - a free vst emulation of the AKS synthi called KX-synth-16 can be found on kvraudio com
1:50 Is an RMI custom sequencer. Also, at 5:30, you can see to the right, and ARP Odyssey and the back of a Moog Taurus. There is also a MiniMoog next to it. Please note, Leon Theremin was Russian, not American.
I was 12 years when I put headphones on, lay down on a sofa and started listening to Oxygene. It was a religious experience. It was a shock hearing these sounds…
Thank you for sharing with us the where is made, love to know the why and how is made peculiarities. Congratulations, loving your creation since the beginning.
total respect JM JARRE ! je suis né en 1977 et déja vers 1985 j'essayé de synchroniser 2cassettes usr 2 lecteurs , je ne connaissais pas encore le pitch et ct mes premices en electronique du coup je changais la courroi du lecteur cassette pour des elestiques plus ou moins durs (qui ne durait guere plus de 5 minutes) histoire d'éssayer...je n'est pas (loin de la) la popularité de monsieur JARRE mais dans mon ptit coin a moi jme debrouille pas mal je realise des amplis au composants pres ainsi que des tzlkbox et autre matos audio , electricien de metier et dj a mes heures ^^
Il est tout organique en monde de musique electronique, organique en synthetique. L'abilite de prendre ces deux sensations contradicteurs en harmonie, c'est le veritable basis de brilliantesse de Jarre.
His dad Maurice Jarre (recently died) was an Oscar winning film composer and his wife, Charlotte Rampling was a british actress so i'm sure he was well connected and found the means to support his synth gear addiction. He desearves whichever toy he wants for research with his awesome talent for composing electronic music. I especially like Zoolook which included Laurie Anderson and Adrian Belew.
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Yes, you're right. But think about all the way those people had to do. They had to work with metronomes and old sequencers. They were geniouses and magicians at that time!!. All of us, the electronic musicians owe all our respects to this people.
wow this is the shit!!!!! jmj rules and what a nice studio plenty of room easy to overview and ful of electronic history thats how a studio should be in my dreams. shapo shapo
JM Jarre after a few years all around the world you have allways a huge french accent lol ( me too belgian/franch accent when i speak english) you're great , your music 's whit me from my chlidhood (im from 1977) exactly like kraftwerk or vangelis/klaus shulze/space/herbie hancock and many mores
Woaahh.. Not just one Synthex... no presets? No problem: will buy another Synthex :D JMJ is amazing! He is lucky from the beginning and very talented in the same moment! This is the coincidence that creates really big historic figures.
@tryptychUK listen again, he says "this eh moog, the first ever portable keyboard designed by robert moog..." he means it's the first portable keyboard that moog made, he had not made a previous one!
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Oh man what I would t give to have a play in there! But I wanted to hear that Modular moog, and the ARP 2500, one of only 100! Christ to have that kind of money!
The VCS3 (sometimes called the "Putney") made by Electronic Music Systems of the U.K. Pink Floyd also used these during the Dark Side sessions and on tour. I believe the company will still build you one of these to order.
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One of the few times I've ever wished i could see. I'm curious what all these gadgets look like. I have a therimin but I'd love to get myhandson a few of those others. That Synthi AKS is pretty fascinating to me.
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