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Azimuth Festival at AlUla


Post Posted Fri Feb 04, 2022 10:44 pm
Dr_Jones


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Oh? What does he say about it? It's still one of my favourite PSB moments.
Post Posted Sat Feb 05, 2022 5:44 am
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He doesn't say anything about the songs. His autobiography has several appendixes:

- Playlist
Playlist of over 100 songs and pieces of music, including some he contributed to (e.g. Stardust, Les mots bleus). He mentioned in an interview that one could listen to the playlist (preferably in the order he set) while reading the book. He even posted the playlist on Spotify (and maybe other platforms) to make things easier. The first 2 songs listed are Ethnicolor and Per un pugno di dollari (Morricone), the last 2 are The Emigrant (by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra & Nic Raine) and David Bowie's Hallo Spaceboy (by Pet Shop Boys).

- For geeks and others
Synth Top 20 / Various instruments Top 10 / Luthiers 2.0 Top 10

- Moleskine
A selection of lyrics he wrote for Christophe (7) and Patrick Juvet (7)

The book itself is a nice read, the structure of the narrative is original, some passages are very well written. No scoop for the superfan, but some insight into creation in general (don't expect details about his compositions or his albums, that's not the point of the book) and some interesting portraits of people he met. A few errors in it but that's OK. I'll be interested in reading the translation to English whenever it comes out to see how they did it and compare.
Concerts: 2017: Upper Darby < 2010: Lille, Liège, Paris < 1997: Lille < 1990: La Défense
Post Posted Mon Feb 07, 2022 2:29 pm
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"I'll be interested in reading the translation to English whenever it comes out ... "

I bought a hard copy (in French, obvs) but also a Kindle version and used the inbuilt translate function to read in English. It worked pretty well but it could only translate about 4-5 pages at a time. Hard going. My French is OK but not good enough to pick up the details. The story about his Reeboks melting under the heat from a stage spotlight during PLD rehearsals is funny.
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Post Posted Mon Feb 07, 2022 7:40 pm
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What a coincidence, you can get a bootleg book of the concert as well ;)

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175146372660
Post Posted Thu Sep 26, 2024 12:41 am
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Out of curiosity, does anyone know who was on stage with JMJ at the Azimuth Festival? I'm talking about his "band" members, and also other artists (if any) who might have performed during the festival. I didn't see the program nor photos / footage. Thanks!
Concerts: 2017: Upper Darby < 2010: Lille, Liège, Paris < 1997: Lille < 1990: La Défense
Post Posted Thu Sep 26, 2024 7:04 am
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Herr Dunkel wrote: Thu Sep 26, 2024 12:41 am Out of curiosity, does anyone know who was on stage with JMJ at the Azimuth Festival? I'm talking about his "band" members, and also other artists (if any) who might have performed during the festival. I didn't see the program nor photos / footage. Thanks!
Claude Samard and Narumi Herisson
Post Posted Thu Sep 26, 2024 6:00 pm
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Thank you Dr_Jones!
Concerts: 2017: Upper Darby < 2010: Lille, Liège, Paris < 1997: Lille < 1990: La Défense







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