Blah Blah Cafe, the Jean-Michel Jarre forum

[Richard-Eastham]

JMJ is loving his Stone Island these days, isn't he? Previously, he's always worn their items without the button badge on the sleeve, but last night he got the badge in

[Pat Gleeson]

Did he play Epica, Oxygene 4 AND Epica Oxygene too?

Epica Oxygene and the - IMO - Godawful "Astral Projection" Remix version. Drop that and the equally risible Zero Gravity Remix, and that's a very good track list.

[Jarrepeggiator]

Did he play Epica, Oxygene 4 AND Epica Oxygene too?

Epica Oxygene and the - IMO - Godawful "Astral Projection" Remix version. Drop that and the equally risible Zero Gravity Remix, and that's a very good track list.

No, I meant he also played Epica. The actual, normal Epica, without Oxygene. In a new mix:

[Jote]

Two people reported that

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If The Wind Could Speak

was also performed. What an odd choice.

Actually Robots Don't Cry was the track performed.

The guy that reported the track I mentioned said it was IN ADDITION to the setlist.fm tracklist, which already includes Robots Don't Cry...

[dzoolook]

Incredible that at this hour there's still no official and accurate tracklist from last night’s concert.
Here are some thoughts on what I saw and heard from the concert—starting with the no-positive:

Visually, I find it to be a very austere and empty concept. Even Jarre seemed to have very few synths. No portable synth, no laser harp, no electronic flute. There were no changes in his position on stage during the concert either. It was already a bit obvious that Zero Gravity, Exit, and Oxygene 19 would be repeated, which I also find a bit meh... boring. I really don’t like the Oxygene 4 remix from WTTOS and Palais de l’Élysée, and even less so if he already plays the Oxy4–Epica mix at the beginning.

On the positive side:
From what little I’ve heard, Magnetic Fields 2 sounds incredible.
I really like that he does that small improvisation at the beginning of Oxygene 2.
The addition of Arpeggiator was a total surprise (although from the little I’ve seen) it sounds barely arranged from the original one.
Starting with Magnetic Fields 1 works really well.
Movement 3 is my favorite piece from Equinoxe Infinity, but I would’ve loved to hear the lead live...

I’d love to hear Equinoxe 5.

[Jarrepeggiator]

Incredible that at this hour there's still no official and accurate tracklist from last night’s concert.
Here are some thoughts on what I saw and heard from the concert—starting with the no-positive:

Visually, I find it to be a very austere and empty concept. Even Jarre seemed to have very few synths. No portable synth, no laser harp, no electronic flute. There were no changes in his position on stage during the concert either. It was already a bit obvious that Zero Gravity, Exit, and Oxygene 19 would be repeated, which I also find a bit meh... boring. I really don’t like the Oxygene 4 remix from WTTOS and Palais de l’Élysée, and even less so if he already plays the Oxy4–Epica mix at the beginning.

On the positive side:
From what little I’ve heard, Magnetic Fields 2 sounds incredible.
I really like that he does that small improvisation at the beginning of Oxygene 2.
The addition of Arpeggiator was a total surprise (although from the little I’ve seen) it sounds barely arranged from the original one.
Starting with Magnetic Fields 1 works really well.
Movement 3 is my favorite piece from Equinoxe Infinity, but I would’ve loved to hear the lead live...

I’d love to hear Equinoxe 5.

You forgot this instrument he played during Sex in the Machine, the waterphone. This was the only special instrument at the concert:

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[Jarrepeggiator]

Incredible that at this hour there's still no official and accurate tracklist from last night’s concert.
Here are some thoughts on what I saw and heard from the concert—starting with the no-positive:

Visually, I find it to be a very austere and empty concept. Even Jarre seemed to have very few synths. No portable synth, no laser harp, no electronic flute. There were no changes in his position on stage during the concert either. It was already a bit obvious that Zero Gravity, Exit, and Oxygene 19 would be repeated, which I also find a bit meh... boring. I really don’t like the Oxygene 4 remix from WTTOS and Palais de l’Élysée, and even less so if he already plays the Oxy4–Epica mix at the beginning.

On the positive side:
From what little I’ve heard, Magnetic Fields 2 sounds incredible.
I really like that he does that small improvisation at the beginning of Oxygene 2.
The addition of Arpeggiator was a total surprise (although from the little I’ve seen) it sounds barely arranged from the original one.
Starting with Magnetic Fields 1 works really well.
Movement 3 is my favorite piece from Equinoxe Infinity, but I would’ve loved to hear the lead live...

I’d love to hear Equinoxe 5.

In that Italian interview, Jarre said that the most difficult part of creating this tracklist was making it coherent and turning the old tracks "fresh".
And the reason why it's so interesting is that he only played 1 track from the 1985-2014 period. Industrial Revolution 2. Everything else was either from the 1976-1984, Oxygene, Equinoxe, MF, TCIC, Zoolook period or the 2015-2025 "silver era", the this new era of Jarre, Electronica 1-2, Oxygene 3, Equinoxe Infinity, WTTOS, Oxymore.

[Kanta]

[Dr_Jones]

Did he play Epica, Oxygene 4 AND Epica Oxygene too?

No, Epica Oxygene only

[Jarrepeggiator]

Did he play Epica, Oxygene 4 AND Epica Oxygene too?

No, Epica Oxygene only

Then is THS?

[Dr_Jones]

Did he play Epica, Oxygene 4 AND Epica Oxygene too?

No, Epica Oxygene only

Then is THS?

Huh, you're right. Cool, but I now know that I will still be surprised when I see him in July

[Jarrepeggiator]

No, Epica Oxygene only

Then is THS?

Huh, you're right. Cool, but I now know that I will still be surprised when I see him in July

Maybe that's the surprise. Because after you heard him play Epica Oxygene, you don't expect hearing both tracks seperatly as well!

[Richard-Eastham]

JMJ is loving his Stone Island these days, isn't he? Previously, he's always worn their items without the button badge on the sleeve, but last night he got the badge in

Closest match I can find:



https://www.stoneisland.com/en-gb/colle ... V0082.html

[Kanta]

Jean-Michel Jarre at Over Oslo
Bright summer night did not stop the eternally young Frenchman.

Source: https://www.musikknyheter.no/konserter/ ... -Oslo.html

[Oxygene]

Really love this new version of Magnetic Fields 1. Although Part 1.3 would have been nice, too...