10/09/2021
Jean-Michel Jarre Newsletter
Welcome To The Other Side OUT NOW
On New Years Eve Jean-Michel Jarre performed a spectacular concert to a record breaking 75Mio viewers from Virtual Notre-Dame de Paris. The same concert is out now on Blu-Ray & CD as well as Vinyl.
Jean-Michel Jarre about Welcome to the Other Side: "The world was in lockdown, we were all living in isolation, confined to our homes which became the central hub of our lives and the only space we had to maintain some form of normality. Where work, family, love, leisure and play was all contained inside those four walls. We shared and interacted with the ‘outside’ world via our screens. As a musician, performer and creator of concert events, like all my peers, I needed to create, to perform and share, that’s the only vocation I know…"
Jarre imagined a live-streamed concert which everyone could join from their own individual bubbles, and ‘Welcome to the Other Side’ was conceived as a title as we all needed to look forward to the end of the tunnel of the global shutdown.
Jarre continues: " A world heritage monument, familiar to the masses, seemed to me an ideal landmark to set the scene. Notre-Dame in Paris is one of the most visited sites for tourists across the globe – it seemed a perfect setting for a New Year’s Eve invitation to travel and celebrate…even if it was just virtually. I designed the concert in 3D virtual reality, but constructed the entire project to share via all possible media available, the VR experience was expanded to a traditional broadcast which could be live-streamed on social media platforms, global TV networks and radio - whoever wanted to join us was welcome…and they did!"
Tracklisting 2D Concert & Audio Only
1 - The Opening - VR Live
2 - Oxygene 2 - VR Live (JMJ Rework of Kosinski Remix)
3 - The Architect - VR Live
4 - Oxygene 19 - VR Live
5 - Oxygene 8 - VR Live
6 - Zero Gravity - VR Live
7 - Exit - VR Live
8 - Equinoxe 4 - VR Live
9 - Stardust - VR Live
10 - Herbalizer - VR Live
11 - Oxygene 4 - VR Live (JMJ Rework of Astral Projection Remix)
12 - The Time Machine - VR Live
Sound format: PCM & Dolby True HD Stereo, Binaural, 5.0 DTS-HD MASTER TRUE AUDIO
Additonal Content:
The Masterclass – English subtitles - PCM stereo
Making of: Behind the Scenes – English subtitles – PCM Stereo
Jarregirl YouTube
Concerts attended:
Théâtre Marigny, Paris - 2007
Symphony Hall, Birmingham - 2008
RAH, London - 2008
Wembley Arena, London - 2009
NIA, Birmingham - 2009
POP Bercy, Paris - 2010
NIA, Birmingham - 2010
O2 Arena, London - 2010
Zénith Aréna, Lille - 2010
Port Hercule, Monaco - 2011
TUI Arena, Hannover - 2011
Festival International de Carthage - 2013
Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham - 2016