Blah Blah Cafe, the Jean-Michel Jarre forum

Funny thing is: in a recent article in Zeit Magazine the first thing he states is that nostalgia is a fallacy:

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I'm pretty sure it's just a throwback to that grandiose tour 30 years ago.

It's a list of things one realizes later in life, written by JMJ: Genieße die Gegenwart: Nostalgie ist ein Irrtum. Lass deine Angst zu, sie motiviert dich zum Denken. Vertraue deinen Kindern, auch wenn du an ihren Plänen zweifelst. Sag öfter mal lange einfach nichts. Erfolg schafft falsche Erwartung...

Wow, some great pictures!

Looks like there's a gatefold sleeve for the vinyl:

Finaero wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 5:59 pm Might get the physical release since some of those remixes are quite nice.

Definitely better than Jarremix

Yeah, absolutely

I deliberately hold off buying the digital tracks because I was hoping for a physical release. Luckily, my patience paid off.

Yesterday, on my way to the post office to get the LGB LP. It was at the end of one of the rainbows.

The sleeve is of a nice, sturdy paper. Inner sleeve is not anti static though.
I like JMJ talking about this soundtrack on the inner sleeve details.

Richard-Eastham wrote: ↑Fri Sep 22, 2023 2:29 pm Yeah, a real shame there aren't more tracks on here. However, def looking forwards to "Epica Maxima" and I hope I'm not disappointed!

Fun fact: Maxima is the name of the Dutch queen.

It's probably the most recent song that came out, I guess he got the assignment to pick some recent songs. However, O Superman is early 80s...

Same...

Frequenstar - 16 november 1988. A TV programme where JMJ presents his favourite video clips (along with promoting his album Revolutions). Laurie Anderson - O Superman Les Rita Mitsouko - C'est Comme Ça Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana Serge Gainsbourg - Mon Legionnaire Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer Gues...

DJ Hani has offered two of his Oxygene 8 remixes as digitally remastered tracks on his website https://www.djhani.com/product/jean-michel-jarre-oxygene-8-hani-mixes-remaster/ These two tracks are Oxygene 8 (Hani 101 remix) and Oxygene 8 (Hani 303 remix). The Hani 101 remix has only been released vin...

Still, I think boards here with non-english topics could be nice too. I don't know if that's something people here want that. With everybody being on facebook and all.