Jean-Michel Jarre

 

Artist:  Jean-Michel Jarre 

Birth Name:  Jean-Michel Andre Jarre

Born:  August 24, 1948.  Lyon, France

Genre:  Ambient, New Age, Electronic Trance,  Progressive Rock, Techno, Avant Garde, Progressive Electronic, Experimental Electronic, Adult Alternative, Mixed Media, Club, Dance

Occupation:  Composer, Record Producer

Instruments:  Synthesizer, Piano, Organ, Laser Harp, Accordion, Guitar, Bass, Theremin, Keytar

Jean-Michel Jarre is a French Composer, and Record Producer.  He is a pioneer in the Electronic, Ambient, and New Age Genres.  His first mainstream success was the 1976 album Oxygene,  the album sold an estimated 18 million copies.  As of 2004, he had sold an estimated 60 million albums and singles.  He was the first Western musician officially invited to perform in the People's Republic Of China and hold the. world record for the largest-ever audience at an outdoor event for his Moscow concert on September 6, 1997, wich was attended by 3.5 million people.

Title:  The Concert In China (40th Anniversary Edition) (2022)

Genre:  Ambient, New Age, Electronic Trance,  Progressive Rock, Techno, Avant-Garde, Progressive Electronic, Experimental Electronic, Adult Alternative, Mixed Media, Club, Dance

Label:  Sony Music

Rating:   *****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

Disc 1:

 1.  The Overture (4:47)

 2.  Arpegiator (6:51)

 3.  Equinoxe 4 (7:39)

 4.  Fishing Junks At Sunset (9:35)

 5.  Band In The Rain (1:23)

 6.  Equinoxe 7 (9:52)

Disc 2:

 1.  Orient Express (4:21)

 2.  Magnetic Fields 1 (0:28)

 3.  Magnetic Fields 3 (3:48)

 4.  Magnetic Fields 4 (6:43)

 5.  Laser Harp (3:26)

 6.  Night In Shanghai (7:02)

 7.  The Last Rhumba (2:03)

 8.  Magnetic Fields 2 (6:19)

 9.  Souvenir Of China (4:00)

Format:  LP

Tracks:

LP 1:

Side A:

 1.  The Overture (4:47)

 2.  Arpegiator (6:51)

 3.  Equinoxe 4 (7:39)

Side B:

 1.  Fishing Junks At Sunset (9:35)

 2.  Band In The Rain (1:23)

 3.  Equinoxe 7 (9:52)

LP 2:

Side C:

 1.  Orient Express (4:21)

 2.  Magnetic Fields 1 (0:28)

 3.  Magnetic Fields 3 (3:48)

 4.  Magnetic Fields 4 (6:43)

 5.  Laser Harp (3:26)

Side D:

 1.  Night In Shanghai (7:02)

 2.  The Last Rhumba (2:03)

 3.  Magnetic Fields 2 (6:19)

 4.  Souvenir Of China (4:00)

Personnel:

Jean-Michel Jarre:  Fairlight CMI, Eminent, Oberheim )B-Xa,Moog Taurus, EMS Synthi AKS, EMS VCS 3, Linn LM-1, Eletro-Harmonix Micro, Synthesizer, Laser Harp, Elka X-705

Frederick Roussea:  MCB Polysequencer, RSF Kobol, Yamaha CS-60, Korg Rhythm, ARP 2600

Dominique Perrier:  Moog Liberation, Sequential Circuits Propphet-5, Eminent, Korg Polyphonique, RSF Kobol

Roger Rizzitelli:  Eletronic, Percussion, Simmons Electronic Drum

Additional Musicians:

Pierre Mourey:  Musican Instrument Coordinator

Peking Conservatoire Symphony Orchestra:  Chinese Orchestra on "Fishing Junks At Sunset"

Huang Feili:  Orchestra Conductor on "Fishing Junks At Sunset"

The Concert In China is a live album by Jean-Michel Jarre, originally released on May 1982 by Disques Dreyfus, remastered and reissued on November 29, 2022 by Sony Music.  40th Anniversary in 2 CD and 2 LP, including Unpublished Collector's Booklet.