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Magnetic Fields - a controversial album


Post Posted Fri Feb 24, 2017 8:57 pm
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Finaero wrote:The worst part of that "ping pong ball sound = Magnetic Fields 1" issue is that it has led to all those bootlegs dividing PLD's tracklisting to monstrosities like "--- Magnetic Fields 1, Souvenir of China, Diva, Sylvain Durand sneezing, Magnetic Fields 2 ---". Now that's anal. ;)

Speaking of Magnetic Fields, I was tipped off to the similarities of MF1(.1) and some Chopin track from the past. Cool stuff.
In fact this track has been made after Chopin
Post Posted Tue Mar 09, 2021 5:49 pm
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Interesting ... probably only in the USA (source discogs.com) there is a version of the MF cover with the added names "Jean-Michel". I have not seen anything like this anywhere else. Does anyone have such a cover but in a nicer quality?
https://images92.fotosik.pl/482/9accd225dd86d3f2.jpg
"The most amazing sight... ever viewed... by the human eye!" :shock:
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Post Posted Thu Jun 30, 2022 12:51 pm
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French article published 30/06/2022

Pierre Mourey, a man in the shadows

In Achères station, he recorded a freight train which ended on Chants Magnétiques by Jean-Michel Jarre. The SNCF station officials took it upon themselves to run the train very slowly.

Even if his passion for work well done, meticulous, took him away from the studios, those he frequented, in which he prepared or repaired equipment, even Moog synths "as big as Norman cabinets" are illustrious: Croissy, Aquarium, Damiens. Here is a piece of the journey of a man in the shadows, electronics engineer, sound engineer, craftsman, who deserved a little bit of the light that the blog devoted to Jean-Michel Jarre's enthusiasts gave him. We discover an era, recruitments that go very quickly, and the importance of being in the right place at the right time.

Source: https://en-contact.com/pierre-mourey-un-homme-de-lombre
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O2 Arena, London - 2010
Zénith Aréna, Lille - 2010
Port Hercule, Monaco - 2011
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Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham - 2016
Post Posted Thu Jun 30, 2022 3:58 pm
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This is a wonderful article - great find and thanks for sharing!
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Post Posted Sat Oct 08, 2022 12:34 pm
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This (now ended) listing for one of those unofficial JMJ books reminded me of something:

Where did that Magnetic Fields 2 La Defense pre-mix version come from?

.. Leaked by one of those clandestine "super-fans" who have access to JMJ rarities that they refuse to share with the rest? :wink:
Post Posted Sat Oct 08, 2022 4:47 pm
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Didn't it originate from Rimbert?
Post Posted Sat Oct 08, 2022 5:51 pm
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Hmm, that'd make sense. IIRC Rimbert did share some of JMJ's custom Roland D-50 patches with some keyboard magazine too (even though from what I remember, I didn't recognize those sounds from any JMJ tracks/renditions from the era ;))
Post Posted Sat Oct 08, 2022 7:40 pm
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SebAudio wrote: Fri Feb 24, 2017 8:57 pm
Finaero wrote:The worst part of that "ping pong ball sound = Magnetic Fields 1" issue is that it has led to all those bootlegs dividing PLD's tracklisting to monstrosities like "--- Magnetic Fields 1, Souvenir of China, Diva, Sylvain Durand sneezing, Magnetic Fields 2 ---". Now that's anal. ;)

Speaking of Magnetic Fields, I was tipped off to the similarities of MF1(.1) and some Chopin track from the past. Cool stuff.
In fact this track has been made after Chopin
Just a weak MF1 pt1 from JmJ. Two years to come up with this Oh Dear : a basic sequence and pads.

MF1 should been 19 minutes of middle pt2.

With p3 to start the "B" side.

This is where someone that could advised JmJ been useful. Such as Michel Geiss advising JmJ to keep Equinoxe7.
Post Posted Sat Oct 08, 2022 7:43 pm
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Finaero wrote: Sat Oct 08, 2022 5:51 pm Hmm, that'd make sense. IIRC Rimbert did share some of JMJ's custom Roland D-50 patches with some keyboard magazine too (even though from what I remember, I didn't recognize those sounds from any JMJ tracks/renditions from the era ;))
I would like to know exactly what the various personnel did on Rendezvous album and Revolution album.
More than just listing their name and synths they played.
Post Posted Thu Mar 23, 2023 12:52 pm
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plate of chips wrote: Sat Oct 08, 2022 7:43 pm
Finaero wrote: Sat Oct 08, 2022 5:51 pm Hmm, that'd make sense. IIRC Rimbert did share some of JMJ's custom Roland D-50 patches with some keyboard magazine too (even though from what I remember, I didn't recognize those sounds from any JMJ tracks/renditions from the era ;))
I would like to know exactly what the various personnel did on Rendezvous album and Revolution album.
More than just listing their name and synths they played.
I think they just played the score written by JMJ using the synths he told them to use ? At the time it was possible to record everyone playing live contrary to the earlier albums where JMJ had to record all the part one at a time on tape. 😂
Post Posted Thu Nov 02, 2023 12:07 pm
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The band just drank Champagne on those albums. :lol:
Post Posted Thu Nov 02, 2023 12:10 pm
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MF1 pt1 proper Balearic Trance nearly a decade before 90s first Balearic Trance tunes.

MF2 proto Drum n Bass a decade before the first Drum N Bass tunes in early 90s.







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