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I don't like these pointless, "out of context", children in a toy store bass sweeps, just to shake the "bass head" audience with the subs.

In Oslo, Robots Don't Cry was performed in its entirety:

rinogurr wrote: Mon Jun 16, 2025 4:32 pm In Oslo, Robots Don't Cry was performed in its entirety:

Some of these visuals are an AI-processed version of the "Circle of Life" video that was once shown while playing Oxygene 12.

czt wrote: Mon Jun 16, 2025 4:02 pm I don't like this pointless, "out of context", children in a toy store bass sweeps, just to shake the "bass head" audience with the subs.

Do you mean Arpegiateur? From the YouTube clips, that has a bass much stronger and louder than the recordings (China, Essentials, Planet Jarre).

Is there any video of If the wind could speak? I'm guessing it's probably the albume version but oh well

Richard-Eastham wrote: Mon Jun 16, 2025 5:08 pm [Do you mean Arpegiateur? From the YouTube clips, that has a bass much stronger and louder than the recordings (China, Essentials, Planet Jarre).

Eg. at RV4 ending and a lot of other cases. Cheap, ridiculous overuse.

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Richard-Eastham wrote: Mon Jun 16, 2025 5:08 pm

czt wrote: Mon Jun 16, 2025 4:02 pm I don't like this pointless, "out of context", children in a toy store bass sweeps, just to shake the "bass head" audience with the subs.

Do you mean Arpegiateur? From the YouTube clips, that has a bass much stronger and louder than the recordings (China, Essentials, Planet Jarre).

He means "bass drops", like those in Eth Dead Sea, the loudest one is around 1:30, a clear one at the very end (3:20)

Kanta wrote: Sun Jun 15, 2025 9:42 pm

Man, that's an awesome version of Arpegaitor ...

Jote wrote: Mon Jun 16, 2025 8:56 pm

Richard-Eastham wrote: Mon Jun 16, 2025 5:08 pm

czt wrote: Mon Jun 16, 2025 4:02 pm I don't like this pointless, "out of context", children in a toy store bass sweeps, just to shake the "bass head" audience with the subs.

Do you mean Arpegiateur? From the YouTube clips, that has a bass much stronger and louder than the recordings (China, Essentials, Planet Jarre).

He means "bass drops", like those in Eth Dead Sea, the loudest one is around 1:30, a clear one at the very end (3:20)

It is a type of bass sound that is very "trending". I can't watch any trailer of any movie without it being present in recent years. In Bratislava last year, it surprised me how powerful it sounded. It is present in all the new arrangements of JMJ.

Pat Gleeson wrote: Mon Jun 16, 2025 9:24 pm

Kanta wrote: Sun Jun 15, 2025 9:42 pm

Man, that's an awesome version of Arpegiator ...

Yesterday I was listening very carefully to Arpegiator with some good headphones, both from Oslo and from Helsinki. I have to say that I don’t know if the melody in the second part is played live, but it sounds to me like it is. Honestly, I enjoyed it a lot. It sounds incredibly good. I think the same about Magnetic Fields 2 and Magnetic Fields 1, which has a very good arrangement too with new chords added in some parts.

dzoolook wrote: Tue Jun 17, 2025 1:56 am Yesterday I was listening very carefully to Arpegiator with some good headphones, both from Oslo and from Helsinki. I have to say that I don’t know if the melody in the second part is played live, but it sounds to me like it is

It's not. AFAIR the only things JMJ is playing live is the intro of O2 and the outro of O2 - that's because you can hear he's completely butchering it (as he has been for years), it sounds as if someone tried to play it from memory after hearing it once. And no, he's not playing the main theme live (the fast notes), it requires utmost agility, precision and synchronization, which - given the quality of his playing of the outro - JMJ cannot provide. The same holds for the performances of O2 on the Electronica Tour and later shows.

I think the same about Magnetic Fields 2 and Magnetic Fields 1, which has a very good arrangement too with new chords added in some parts.

Chords? No, there are no new chords in MF1. The new lead sound in MF2 verses is also pre-recorded (it sounds exactly the same in both performances and - as above - it's too fast for JMJ to perform given his performance of the O2 outro)

Curious about stage dimension tonight in the arena...

dzoolook wrote: Tue Jun 17, 2025 1:56 am And no, he's not playing the main theme live (the fast notes), it requires utmost agility, precision and synchronization, which - given the quality of his playing of the outro - JMJ cannot provide.

I don't doubt your assessment on this and yet he wears those camera specs during O2 on this tour, showing his hands playing throughout the track. He hasn't done that previously for this track, I think before during the Electronica tour, it was for O8. A brave move?