Jean Michel Jarre

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Zac
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07 Oct 2018

I was born in 1972. I had heard somehow the popular track from Oxygene. Then one evening my dad played me Equinoxe. Later my uncle played me Magnetic Fields.

It still amazes me the music this man made from those early synthesizers.

I read too many forums and don't spend enough time with what i have.

Maybe too much is too much to make great music?

Anyway those JMJ albums will always be gold for me.

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07 Oct 2018

Anyone wishing to make Jarre style music may find inspiration in this thread:

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07 Oct 2018

I'm a child of the 70s and discovered him after Oxygene 4 had limited success in the UK charts and was played on the radio.
This was my first introduction to electronic music and have been hooked ever since.
My friend's dad worked in a classical music store but they got 'modern' records in if they had a classical feel to it which JMJ certainly did so I was introduced to Equinoxe too.
I saved up my pocket money for ages to purchase magnetic fields and later concerts in china. I remember in school we could bring in our own music to play in an art lesson and while everyone brought in the popular chart song of the time or some punk band their older brother was into I brought in my pride and joy concerts in china album and everyone thought I was a weirdo! Haha.
Mr Jarre is still a musical hero for me and I still listen to his albums regularly and am still amazed at his musical arrangements and the sounds he prized out of those synths especially on Equinoxe.
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07 Oct 2018

Never liked his music. Somehow too twee?!?? Tangerine Dream kind of did it for me but then came the synth destruction of Throbbing Gristle. Chris Carter’s home made numbers mangling the hell out of everything.
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07 Oct 2018

JMJ is the person who introduced me to the words (and sounds of) "synthesizer" and "Elka". The seed was planted. Love forever.
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07 Oct 2018

Aosta wrote:
07 Oct 2018
I'm a child of the 70s and discovered him after Oxygene 4 had limited success in the UK charts and was played on the radio.
This was my first introduction to electronic music and have been hooked ever since.
My friend's dad worked in a classical music store but they got 'modern' records in if they had a classical feel to it which JMJ certainly did so I was introduced to Equinoxe too.
I saved up my pocket money for ages to purchase magnetic fields and later concerts in china. I remember in school we could bring in our own music to play in an art lesson and while everyone brought in the popular chart song of the time or some punk band their older brother was into I brought in my pride and joy concerts in china album and everyone thought I was a weirdo! Haha.
Mr Jarre is still a musical hero for me and I still listen to his albums regularly and am still amazed at his musical arrangements and the sounds he prized out of those synths especially on Equinoxe.
I had never heard anything like Equinoxe. It will always be a classic to me. I feel lucky that i got to hear these albums at such an early age. The next album that blew my little ears off at age 8 was Jeff Wayne's War Of The Worlds. But that's another story altogether.

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07 Oct 2018

He's certainly had a spectacular career over a long period.

I thought he'd died when I first saw the thread. Sadly there's been far too many obituararies over the last few years. It must be down to my age, so it's nice to see someone who's still 'at it' being celebrated, regardless of taste or preference.

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Aosta
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07 Oct 2018

Still amazing to watch him in action after all these years...

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