[French TV] Panique dans l'oreilletteFrench TV Show Panique dans l'oreillette will be broadcasted on wednesday 27th of january at 22:55 pm on France 2. |
Published on 1/25/2010 // 7 comments // > write a comment
[French] online chat - l'internaute, january 12thJean Michel will be in a live chat today form 4 to 5 pm (french timezone). More can be found there: |
Published on 1/12/2010 // 9 comments // > write a comment
Next French TV Show - January 2010Ce soir ou Jamais - France 3 Frédéric Taddei 20 janvier 2010 en direct de Lyon
Le plus Grand Cabaret du Monde - France 2 23 janvier 2010
La traversée du Miroir - France 5 24 janvier 2010
Panique dans l’Oreillette - France 2 Frédéric Lopez 27 janvier 2010 |
Published on 1/12/2010 // 20 comments // > write a comment
2010, one step above2010 is off to a great start. Not that 2009 was bad, but 2010 is one step above.. After the 2009 tour ended, I wanted to evolve the concept a bit, to give a new meaning to the music, moving moods, bright and somber passages.. It will be quite different, and quite special. The new tracklisting is really powerful now, and I have been working with Marie-Jeanne, Thomas and Ignace to give it the visual force it deserves. There is still a lot of work, but we have a solid base, a solid team and fresh energy after the holidays. The promotion has already started, and I'm glad we have some interesting press articles. The new concept also gave me inspiration for new tracks that I want to try, refine and sharpen during the tour, with a new album in mind later this year.. That and a few other surprises.. Another exciting change in 2010 is 3D. As you know I have been experimenting with 3D concerts for over a decade, so I'm observing with curiosity how Avatar is changing the movie industry. It is like the beginning of 5.1 for sound: sweat, pain but a whole new opportunity. I am working on a special 3D project linked to the 2010 concerts..
I hope 2010 will be as thrilling for you as it is for me. Thanks for all your kind comments, and happy new year to you all. Specially to you, yes, you.
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Published by Jean Michel Jarre on 1/7/2010 // 4 comments // > write a comment
Le Progres - Question des lecteursMary Robelin, Lyon 3e : «Vous avez de nombreux fans en Asie. Est-ce qu'ils sont moins nombreux en Occident ?» Jean-Michel Jarre : Mais c'est parce qu'il y a plus de monde en Asie ! (rires). En fait, on ne peut pas dire que j'ai moins de succès en Europe, ce n'est pas le cas. J'ai beaucoup de fans en Europe de l'Est par exemple, ou en Angleterre et en Europe du Nord. Mais on a beaucoup plus parlé de mes concerts en Asie parce qu'il y a très peu de musiciens occidentaux, et encore moins de Français, qui jouent là-bas. Et puis, c'est vrai que j'ai une relation privilégiée avec l'Asie et son public…
Fabrice Glemot, Vaulx-en-Velin : «La musique électronique a beaucoup évolué. En bien ou en mal ?» Je me réjouis de voir comment cette musique a évolué. Dès le début de ma carrière, j'ai parié sur le fait que cette musique se généraliserait. Ce n'est pas un genre musical, c'est une façon de jouer de la musique. Aujourd'hui tout le monde l'a intégrée, que ce soit le jazz ou les musiques de film.
Dominique Giblaine, Lyon 4e : «Vous avez été un précurseur, mais les radios et les télés ne vous passent pas…» Vous savez, les radios estiment que la seule musique qui existe, c'est la chanson. Quand vous pensez qu'il existe une loi, en France, qui dit que la musique n'est française que si elle contient 51 % ou plus de paroles françaises. C'est une aberration : si Madonna chante en français, elle est comptabilisée parmi les quotas français. Mais si une fanfare lyonnaise joue la Marseillaise, ça n'y figure pas. De toute manière, ma musique n'a pas vraiment un format qui convient aux radios.
Samy Akrour, Vénissieux : «Y a-t-il un endroit où vous rêvez de jouer ?» Il y en a beaucoup. Mais ce n'est pas une quête, je ne veux pas battre des records dans ce domaine ! Cette tournée est un vieux rêve. J'ai depuis longtemps envie d'utiliser dans des salles tout ce que j'ai appris des grands concerts en extérieur. A l'intérieur, on ne dépend plus de la météo, et on peut plus facilement immerger le public, d'un point de vue sonore ou scénographique… Cela dit, j'aimerais jouer au théâtre de Fourvière, c'est un endroit vraiment merveilleux. Ou alors au Confluent. J'aime beaucoup ce quartier. On est en train de réussir à Lyon ce que l'on a raté aux docks, à Londres : un endroit en phase avec son époque…
Christophe Janiaud : «Jouer à Lyon, c'est émouvant ?» J'ai décidé de jouer à Lyon, au moment où mon père a disparu. C'est un télescopage émotionnel, bien évidemment. Je dis souvent que jouer en France, c'est retrouver sa famille. A Lyon, c'est la famille la plus proche, la plus chère. De toute façon, j'ai toujours l'impression d'emmener Lyon partout avec moi. Il y a beaucoup de Lyonnais dans mon équipe, on forme un gang…
Propos recueillis par Thierry Meissirel |
Published on 10/14/2009 // 7 comments // > write a comment
Chat Sud Ouest
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Published on 10/7/2009 // 19 comments // > write a comment
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Published by Jean Michel Jarre on 6/23/2009 // 77 comments // > write a comment
Zurich, the last of leg One![]() Zurich, one of my favourite hall. The black one! Such great vibes.. Sunny everywhere outside and inside... This one was the last one of In-Doors part 1. We were all very excited.
First of all, I would like to thank all the Fans. I feel very lucky having you as fans, you've been great all along. It is a true feeling of warmth and an encouragement to try to do better for you in the first place. You are giving me strength and energy to go on... This concert was special. I really wanted it to be a tribute also to all the crew: |
Read more - Published by Jean Michel Jarre on 6/2/2009 // 11 comments // > write a comment
Unexpected Koblenz![]() We arrived quite late in Koblenz in one of the most unusual venue of the tour: the roof is half glass and then we had daylight until 9:45. So we did the soundcheck between 7 and 8 and we started the concert at 9:35pm in a rather gloomy light. I was able to see all the people in the audience, it was so strange..
Again the magic was there like yesterday. It seems now that we have achieved a certain level of control of the songs technically. We can really improvise and play around the themes. The German audience and the fans were really great and we had a real good time on stage. Everything went well, the new AX-Synth is a bit brighter and seems to sound better than the initial prototype. |
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Read more - Published by Jean Michel Jarre on 5/29/2009 // 6 comments // > write a comment
Magic Brussels![]() After London, Brussels was also a place where I wanted to deliver even more than elsewhere a real good show. Half of the crew is from Belgium: the lighting designer, my friend Ignace d'Haese, his right hand man Glen Mollemans and all the EML team. The french promoter's team, and lots of other friends were around as well. My friend, Jeroen Raveloot, one of the heads of Roland Central Europe was also there. We had dinner together at the catering before the concert. He brought me a black AX synth specially customised for me by Roland Japan. Apparently they are having a lot of requests for the AXsynth in black since Keyboard Mag US showed me on stage with the prototype that Patrick covered in black for lighting reasons. I am goimg to try the new one tonight in Koblenz then... |
Read more - Published by Jean Michel Jarre on 5/29/2009 // 12 comments // > write a comment
Storm in Amsterdam![]() We joined my wife Anne in the Amsterdam airport. She was arriving from Paris at the same time as us from Birmingham. We spent the rest of the afternoon walking around and enjoying the vibes of such a lovely city. Fiona was coming as well, back from Ireland.
In the evening started one of the biggest storm I have seen for a while. Fantastic lightnings lighting the all town. ... quite Wagnerian. The venue did not allow us to get the full cyclo but the acoustic is probably the best so far. Everybody was in a very good mood, the concert was cool and easy with a nice audience. I had a problem with the laser harp in RV2 and I had to unblock the midi of the Synthex and going back to the harp for the end of the song.. |
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Read more - Published by Jean Michel Jarre on 5/29/2009 // 4 comments // > write a comment
The UK WeekIt started in Glasgow, a very unusual venue indeed. We knew from the start that it would be the most difficult one: too small for our production, impossible to get the PA behind the screen and all our lighting equipment. Despite all this we had a warm welcome from the Scots and it was technically a good warm up before London.
LONDON
Even though the audience was good at the Royal Albert Hall last year, I was not entirely satisfied. Too many technical problems and the RAH is always a difficult venue. So the crew, the band and I were really longing for this gig.
I love Wembley Arena, I had already played there and despite its age compared to the O2 arena, the sound and the mood there is great.. We had a serious sound and light check and even if everybody was apparently cool, you could feel the energy growing all day long, no question of missing that one. Ignace d'Haese our lighting designer came over specially for the concert and we spent two hours checking and cleaning every song. I tuned with Hugo the pace and the textures of the lasers. Then we had a two-hour sound check. You could tell that the sound was amazing already. I rehearsed especially all my solos. The Laser Harp was ok, like the accordion, the moog liberation and the chorus in Fin de Siècle. |
Read more - Published by Jean Michel Jarre on 5/25/2009 // 19 comments // > write a comment
Malmo, the fast city
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Published on 5/24/2009 // 3 comments // > write a comment
Some In>Doors PicturesPhotos by Claus Lundholm |
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Published on 5/24/2009 // 3 comments // > write a comment
Flash back![]() Flying back to Paris before the british gigs next week, I am thinking about these past few days. The concert in Helsinki yesterday night was with Oslo, probably the best one so far. The audience was great and enthusiastic, the sound. really impressive and I gave a lot ot energy on stage. Theremin, accordion, AX-S solos went well. Laser harp on Rendez Vous 3 was great but it suddenly froze in Rendez Vous 2 for unknown reasons.. The mood was so hot that we did a second encore with a reprise of Oxygène 4. Later we did a screening of the film of the show at the hotel to adjust the lights and lasers for next week.
The show changed so much since the beginning. It is much more consistent now. |
Read more - Published by Jean Michel Jarre on 5/17/2009 // 7 comments // > write a comment
Scandinavian ellipsis![]() In the plane on the way to Helsinki.. Finally the concert in Oslo started sounding and looking close to my expectations. There is something special with this venue, the audience (who was really great that night, many thanks to them) is really close to the stage, and it gives a feeling of proximity quite unique. In addition you don't have these far too strict regulations like in Sweden for lasers, so the audience could be truly immersed in the waves of light. |
Read more - Published by Jean Michel Jarre on 5/16/2009 // 8 comments // > write a comment
About InDoors![]() As you all know, I have always taken great pleasure in designing shows…For me, the visual aspect of the concerts is an extension of my music, a most important dimension to the live performance.
The day I decided to take my music outdoors, it was because I was convinced that electronic music could really resonate quite amazingly outside the confines of a traditional concert-hall, which is quite difficult to achieve with classical, non-electronic instruments.
But by bringing hoards of keyboards, computers, and desks on-stage, which are not the most dynamic of tools, I then wanted to create the visual layer of my music, to give the notes and sounds life, colour and character.
I imagined using the surrounding architecture and night sky as a blank canvas, and paint the music with light in the form of beams, lasers or pyrotechnics… This became a signature for me and brought me to magnificent landscapes around the globe. These city-scale, outdoor concerts are huge machines, that require so much work and detail, like a one-off, land-art, architectural project, tailored to a unique landmark. |
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