Posted on 11/16/2023 2:01:50 PM PST by Squawk 8888
Found on my YouTube home page about ten minutes ago. He's in his 70s, still active as a composer & Performer.
Respect.
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Is this music? Or did I get some infected digital sound link.
It’s just like radio- I won’t take offence if you change the channel.
FRegards,
Squawk
His album “The Concerts in China” is pretty amazing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Concerts_en_Chine
It wasn’t until 1999 that I discovered that Jarre père and Jarre fils had been estranged since Maurice Jarre left Lyon, France to start his career in Hollywood. Jean-Michel’s only regret is failing to establish a relationship with his father before it was too late.
You can learn that nd more from the documentary “Making the Steamroller Fly”, filmed while he was touring the album “Oxygene 7-13” (released in 1997) and preparing for a concert in Red Square.
Check out the film “Making the Steamroller Fly” for the inside story of the challenges he had to overcome to make those concerts happen.
Cool. Thanks for the info. I’ll check it out. His music isn’t what I expected, considering what his father did, but it’s pretty good. He has a lot of talent.
It’s not just electronic music in set patterns, there’s some pretty interesting stuff going on. A lot of creativity.
Thanks for putting this out there.
My pleasure, FRiend. When I am well enough to be consistent, I’ll revive my Modern Music Ping List. Stay tuned :)
His music is an acquired taste for most folks but I do have 4 of his albums. Been awhile since I listened to them. Mike Oldfield (Tubular Bells) and Kraftwerk (your post above) are similar in some ways and I would throw in the instrumentation scores of Alan Parsons, ELP and Pink Floyd into the mix. The Moog synthesizer open a new genre of music for us to listen and enjoy — thanks for posting!
Thanks for the tip, I will search it out.
Last time I checked, Mike Oldfield was still active as a composer and recording artist. Check out Tubular Bells 2 and Tubular Bells 3, both released during the 1990s. They’re variations on the theme established in the original Tubular Bells released c.1973,
Fun fact: The original Tubular Bells was the first hit from Virgin Records, and was key to making Richard Branson a billionaire.
I remember being fasinated with “Zoolook” when I was in my first year of college. I heard a recent “Spatial Audio” recording of his that was fantastic from a production standpoint, but didn’t move me terribly , musically speaking.
I’m done posting for today (one more and I’m out), but I’ll make a point of posting some Oldfield over the next few days.
Computer Weekend is one of my favorite Jarre songs.
I have many of his albums. Haven’t listened to them since the 90s probably.... but I enjoyed his work and you’ve inspired me to listen to them again.
“Zoolook” is the final version of the still hard-to-find, unrealeased “Music for Supermarkets” that was recorded ~5 years earlier.
Fund fact: Most of Zoolook’s vocal tracks were laid down by Laurie Anderson. In his first (and only) album with lyrics and vocals on every track (Matamorphoses, 1999), Laurie Anderson did all the vocals on the opening track.
IIRC that was from the album “Révolutions”, still good today without any changes. My own favourite track from that album will always be “London Kid”.
Very interesting, thanks. I don’t think i have the Music for Supermarkets album after googling it.... I have at least 5 of his albums though.
The mid 90s were an extremely dark period for music in my opinion. Gangster crap-hop was taking over. I much preferred to listen to stuff like this in the 90s.
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