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JEAN MICHEL JARRE







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JEAN MICHEL JARRE

....JEAN MICHEL JARRE Biography from Official website


JEAN-MICHEL JARRE FIRST CAME TO INTERNATIONAL FAME WITH HIS NUMBER ONE HIT ALBUM « OXYGENE » WHICH WENT ON TO SELL OVER 18 MILLION COPIES WORLDWIDE.
Composer, performer, producer. Visionary, innovator, cultural ambassador. Any list of Jean-Michel Jarre’s countless factettes would inevitably come short of his actual significance in music history. “JMJ” is a living legend and often referred to as the “Godfather of Electronic Music”. When Jarre launched his landmark- debut album “OXYGENE” in 1976, he opened a new chapter in music history. The record has sold over 18 million copies and laid the foundations for his exceptional career. Jarre’s pioneering work gave birth to a veritable cult and the fastest-growing trend the music industry has ever stood to witness: the rise of electronic music.
Jean-Michel Jarre’s music always followed his firm conviction that progress could only ever be achieved through daring deviations from the norm. Born to famous film music composer and director Maurice Jarre, JMJ studied harmony and counterpoint, became a student of the great musicologist Pierre Schaeffer and began drawing his own creative conclusions from his mentor’s “musique concrète”. Boldly balancing between the spheric-abstract and the very direct melodic foundations of his music, Jarre managed to evoke the poetry of encounter and connection: between people, between handmade and high-tech, between organic and artificial, between wisdom and vision.
Jarre’s visionary creative output is perpetually linked to his innovative exploration of new technological trends. From the first modular and polyphone synth and drum-machines to digital keyboards, plug-ins and apps, JMJ is always one the forefront to use them. He was the one to popularize the laser harp, he used the Houston skyline at a gigantic outdoor concert in 1986 as a projection surface for the first-ever large-scale laser-mapping performance and set up a live video connection to the MIR astronauts in space during his epic Moscow spectacle in 1997. His millennium concert in Egypt was the first concert ever to be streamed live on the internet. Jarre was also the first to release an entire album in 5.1. Sound and the first artist to use 3D audio technology for music.

Jarre, a three time Guinness World Record holder for largest outdoor performances, was always keen to present his music in one-off events and turning them into unforgettable experiences for those present. Jarre came up with the idea to create a whole new form of live experience: gigantic and flamboyant high- tech performances. Spectacular shows with massive sound engineering and futuristic laser and light projections : free outdoor concerts that incorporated their iconic urban and natural surroundings into unforgettable multi-sensory experiences. Jarre set up these concerts in the most specular open air venues around the globe:
Whilst Jarre is at the forefront of artists using new technology for music, his art was always accompanied by deep reflections on the role of technology for the future of our planet. The famous 1976 Oxygene cover that showcased the polluted mother earth in form of a skull, the Equinoxe cover by artist Michel Granger which was both fascinating and disturbing, added to the most iconic cover artworks of all time: countless rows of mysterious and utterly faceless “watchers” seemed to stare right at whoever looked at the image : an early vision of technology constantly watching us. Just recently the cover art for Equinoxe Infinity caused a stir. It was released in two versions. One visual depicts a utopian future, where mankind coexists peacefully with nature and technology. The other one paints a dystopian picture of fear and distortion, where dark Artificial Intelligence has taken over the world.

Optimistic in nature and yet critic in spirit, Jarre always raised awareness for questions around nature and technology— and became a globally renowned expert on the topics. He was honoured with the Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication, collaborated with Edward Snowden, tested Artificial Intelligence for music compositions and is constantly invited to share his thoughts in speeches and forums. The UN appointed Jarre UNESCO spokesperson for Environment and Education, and in 2013 he was elected President of the Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) in Washington. Jarre’s expertise is in demand, his input highly valued.



AWARDS & RECOGNITION
2021 - insignia of Commander to the Legion of Honour
2019 - Commandeur de la Légion d’Honneur.
2017 - Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication.
2013 - President of CISAC – succeeding the late Robin Gibb.
2013 - Steiger Award Germany.
2012 - Doctor Honoris Causa -University Alcala de Henares, Spain.
2011 - Officier de la Légion d’Honneur.
2010 - SACEM Grand Prix des Musiques Electroniques.
2010 - MOJO Livetime Achievment Award.
2008 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Mendeleev Russian University of Chemistry and Technology.
2007 - Eska Music Awards Special Award.
2006 - Polish Television Academy's "Super Wiktor" award for his concert in Gdansk, commissioned by Nobel Prize winner, Lech Walesa.
2006 - Gdansk's Person of the Year 2005 Award.
2005 - HCA Ambassador for the Hans Christian Andersen 2005 Bicentenary Festival.
1998 - IFPI Platinum Award.
1997 - Again, a new Guinness World Record entry for the biggest concert audience ever with 3.5 million sharing Moscow's 850th anniversary.
1994 - Victoire de la Musique for his album Chronologie.
1993 - UNESCO Spokesperson and Goodwill Ambassador for Tolerance and Youth, contributing to the awareness of two key UN projects “Water for Life” and “Education for All”.
1993 - Jarre becomes the only French and one of few international artists to have sold-out a pan-European
1993 - stadium tour, from Wembley to Manchester, from Barcelona Olympic to Nep Stadium in Budapest.
1990 - New Guinness World Record for the largest concert audience ever, Paris La Defense: A City in Concert.
1990 - Minor planet 4422 is named “Jarre” in honour of him.
1987 - New Guinness World Record, again for the largest live concert audience ever, Rendez-Vous Houston, USA.
1987 - "European Person of the Year" by People magazine.
1986 - Instrumental album of the year, at the Victoires de la Musique, for Rendez-Vous.
1986 - Musical show of the year, at the Victoires de la Musique, for the Rendez-Vous Houston concert.
1985 - Instrumental album of the year, at the Victoires de la Musique in France, for Zoolook.
1984 - Grand Prix du Disque - L'Académie Charles Cros for Zoolook.
1981 - The first westerner to perform in The People’s Republic of China.
1981 - Honorary member of the Beijing Conservatory of Music.
1979 - Guinness Book of World Records entry for the largest concert audience ever (La Concorde place - Paris).
1978 - Midem award.
1976 - Jarre’s debut album Oxygene hits number in worldwide & becomes the best selling French album of all time
1976 - Grand Prix du Disque from L'Académie Charles Cros, for Oxygene
1976 - "Personality of The Year" by People magazine (U.S.)
1971 - Jarre becomes the first composer to introduce electronic music into thesanctuary of the Paris Opera House.











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2022 Work in Progress..ive



These are my best tracks of 2022



Track Title-Group or Artist-Album

The Chosen Ones-LALU-Paint the Sky

Land of Green (part 1)-KARFAGEN-Land of Green and Gold

Jagannath-SIMON PHILLIPS-Protocol V

Alda-BREIDABLIK-Alduorka

Mrs Tibbets-JETHRO TULL-The Zealot Gene

Living For A Better Day-TIME HORIZON-Power Of Three

A Needle Tree-KARCIUS-Grey White Silver Yellow and Gold

No Still Moment-LIGHTHOUSE SPARROWS-Aerials

Little Pretty-STEVE VAI-Inviolate

The Elephants of Mars-JOE SATRIANI-The Elephants of Mars

Wilderness Excursion-KAIPA-Urskog

Changing Worlds-THE JOHN IRVINE BAND-Psychopomp

In 256 Zeichen-TANGERINE DREAM-Raum

Scissors-GHOST OF THE MACHINE-Scissorgames

Die Before You Wake-BEN CRAVEN-Monsters from the id

The Changes-THE TANGENT- Songs From The Hard Shoulder

The Myth of the Mostrophus-RYO OKUMOTO- The Myth Of The Mostrophus

The Odd Land Of Nod-PROPORTIONS- The Odd Land Of Nod

Harridan-PORCUPINE TREE- Closure/Continuation

Heroic Materials-COSMOGRAF- Heroic Materials

The Continuum-DJAM KARET-Island In The Red Night Sky

Der Hauch Des Lebens-KLAUS SCHULZE-Deus Arrakis

Under The Microscope-ARENA-The Theory of Molecular Inheritance

Better Life-DAVE KERZNER -The Traveler

It's Love-GLASS HAMMER -At the Gate

Confusion-PYMLICO-Supermassive

Anthem to the Phoenix Star-THE SAMURAI OF PROG-Anthem To The Phoenix Star

Omega Lights-GALAHAD-The Last Great Adventurer

Il Mondo Di Fronte-ALIANTE-Destinazioni Oblique

The Machinery-INNER PROSPEKT-Grey Origin

Aurora Australis-DEREK SHERINIAN-Vortex

57th Street-ESTHESIS- Watching Worlds Collide

Sex In The Machine-JEAN MICHEL JARRE-Oxymore

















Sex In The Machine-JEAN MICHEL JARRE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3iYpkxG90Q




Epica-JEAN MICHEL JARRE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dAe...L94IPOHjBKoodo




Epica-JEAN MICHEL JARRE & BRIAN ENO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO3TybnKdRA



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