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Preparing for the China concerts and a video for the Magnetic Fields 4 single release. Pretty amazing footage, seeing Perrier and Rizzitelli at work with JMJ.

The (relatively) lo-fi version of Orient Express slaps

(Also, for a moment I thought he said "how's it going?" around 1:25-1:27)

That's the first time I have seen a complete Magnetic Fields 4 video (shame about the watermark). But it has got me wandering (sorry if this is classed as off topic) what other music videos were not included on the Images VHS (apart from Equinoxe 5)?

Dr_Jones wrote: Mon Dec 15, 2025 3:59 pm Preparing for the China concerts and a video for the Magnetic Fields 4 single release. Pretty amazing footage, seeing Perrier and Rizzitelli at work with JMJ.

Not to forget Frédéric Rousseau.

JMJ looking super cool, wearing aviator shades indoors

I would love to know more about "who is doing what and how" - that's quite a gang in the studio and I'd love to know how they are collaborating. Magnetic Fields Pt. 4 is one of my absolute favourite JMJ tracks.

Richard-Eastham wrote: Wed Dec 17, 2025 12:03 am JMJ looking super cool, wearing aviator shades indoors

I would love to know more about "who is doing what and how" - that's quite a gang in the studio and I'd love to know how they are collaborating. Magnetic Fields Pt. 4 is one of my absolute favourite JMJ tracks.

This kind of a rare glimpse into the studio dynamic does make one wonder when and how they came up with stuff like lowering the octaves of a Fairlight choir sample to get the starting sound of RV1 -- or who came up removing the "hiss"/second sound from the D-50 Machine Run preset (Industrial Revolution: Overture) for the main loop - and making the "hiss" sound return at a later point when the Machine Run sequence is "glitching out"

Dr_Jones wrote: Mon Dec 15, 2025 3:59 pm

Preparing for the China concerts and a video for the Magnetic Fields 4 single release. Pretty amazing footage, seeing Perrier and Rizzitelli at work with JMJ.

The 2nd part of the video with MF4, how's come Dominique was playing the main lead of the track? Why not JMJ? If he plays anything in this very track.

....Kind of these things were always the mistery regarding JM, though.

rinogurr wrote: Mon Apr 06, 2026 1:19 am

From 12'00" is that the original Oxygene artwork behind him? The non-square version by Michel Granger than was then adapted for the album cover. If so, wow and I wonder where it is now.

This is a great collection of reels, from what I consider to be a very creative time for JMJ, perhaps his most creative. Full of confidence after Oxygene and Equinoxe, and he'd found a winning formula but was determined to try new things and not just repeat himself.