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[Kanta]

Jean-Michel Jarre - Quotidien - 21/11/2018

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[starmike]

Good to know that you do get the WAV files. My box comes in on Friday.

[jeanbatman]

Fourth and final part of mine and Jarre's walk through his entire studio album discography is up.

http://domino.elfworld.org/the-journey- ... -watchers/

Very interesting interview, I love it. And Fiona is the answer (to everything)

[Dr_Jones]

Brilliant interview again. The T&T insights and his realization that Movement 2 sounds like Industrial Revolution 2, you being frank about not liking stuff and JMJ being very open and positive about it. A much more humane conversation that the usual printed stuff.

[Velodynamic]

Brilliant interview again.

Although I think this sentence is a bit weird:
"You music that is simply to have fun with and dance and party to."
Otherwise I'll second that.

[Kanta]

22/11/2018
Via Le Monde

Jean-Michel Jarre: "We only make variations of ourselves"

The composer released a new album, "Equinoxe Infinity", after an anthology celebrating his fifty years of career.

Source: https://www.lemonde.fr/musiques/article ... 54986.html

[Kanta]

Issue 47 of Classic Pop

We also catch up with synth legend Jean-Michel Jarre to talk about his 50 years as a pioneer of electronica including his Planet Jarre retrospective and new project Equinoxe Infinity.

Source: https://www.classicpopmag.com/2018/11/i ... -sale-now/

[plate of chips]

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Issue 47 of Classic Pop

JmJ is a Pop Princess

[Dr_Jones]

I can't wait to pick up some inconsistencies in the article in Classic Pop Magazine. I bought a PSB only special earlier this year, and it was riddled with mistakes.

[Kanta]

22/11/2018
Via Haiti24

At 70, the most famous French electro musician confirms this autumn his new activity with Equinoxe Infinity - in reference to Equinoxe, his 1978 classic - his fourth album since 2015. Shortly before, Jean-Michel Jarre has delivered a two-volume anthology (Planet Jarre) celebrating his fifty-year career. Double opportunity for him to express himself, in his Parisian home, on a solitary course, started in 1968 as laboratory assistant of the Musical Research Group (GRM).

Source: http://haiti24.net/jean-michel-jarre-on ... -soi-meme/

[Kanta]

22/11/2018
Via Bangumi

In 1979, he released his second album "Equinoxe". This international success now finds a sequel with "Equinoxe Infinity". On the occasion of the release of this new album, @jeanmicheljarre was in #Quotidien! 🙌 👉 ITW https://www.tf1.fr/tmc/quotidien-avec-y ... inity.html

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[shadow]

I'm not sure if he legit forgot about the album, or prefers to be ignorant regarding T&T. Not remembering Vintage, despite having played it quite a few times throughout the 2012/2013 tours seems unlikely to me since people always seemed to have a blast with the track. Hell, it was even the encore at the Monaco event. I wouldn't blame him if he's being ignorant regarding the album, most of it is just alright at best. But to throw the entire thing under the bus seems unfair to the handful of legit good tracks on it.

But that's just me I guess...

[Velodynamic]

Maybe he was just messing with Fiona a bit? She seemed to really love that Vintage track.

[Kanta]

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[AFAN Alessandro Fantini]

Fourth and final part of mine and Jarre's walk through his entire studio album discography is up.

http://domino.elfworld.org/the-journey- ... -watchers/

From my personal point of view, the highlights of this in-depth interview are his revelations about the making of "Waiting for Cousteau" (introduced by his idiosincrasy towards music played in restaurants) and his "freudian" remotion of the T&T tracks.
I've always thought that the piano notes were played by him while it's likely the software algorithm had the task to trigger the different effects over the pad. His answer confirms what I've written in my review of "Equinoxe infinity" (to be released on an Italian magazine) when comparing that ambient piece with the last track of the new album.
It's also a singular coincidence that he considered to quit composing music and become a full time painter just after our meeting in summer 2016 (maybe a side-effect of my artbook and my question about his first exhibition?)
Thank you very much again for sharing this brilliant "private conversation".