Here the full 1981 China concert video:
Jean Michel Jarre – Equinoxe IV (1981) [video]
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Re: Jean Michel Jarre – Equinoxe IV (1981) [video]
#22Fans of Jean-Michel Jarre often also like:
Tangerine Dream (DE): My favorite recordings are Logos and Poland (both live recordings), but there’s many other great ones, e.g. Force Majeure, Phaedra, Quinoa, …
Redshift (UK): Love almost every single album they made. My all-time favorites are Redshift Wild 3, Redshift Wild 2, and Wild (all live recordings).
Peter Baumann (DE): I particularly like the first few tracks of Romance '76.
If anyone shares my taste, please please please post some more recommendations! :)
Re: Jean Michel Jarre – Equinoxe IV (1981) [video]
#23That's a lot of knobs. Knobs are the ultimate general purpose machine. They can make music, or macaroni. Knobs can also make knobs, which accelerates our ability to make knobs. Artificial dexterity running on cheap knobs will one day force us to deal with a world without work. Sounds great too.
Your comment is hilarious, but as I deal with UIs a lot, the sheer complexity of all those knobs kind of astounds me that he can deal with it all, and in real time to make music.
Wow.
I've loved his music since the late 70's, it's great to hear it again.
Re: Jean Michel Jarre – Equinoxe IV (1981) [video]
#24Fans of Jean-Michel Jarre often also like: Tangerine Dream (DE): My favorite recordings are Logos and Poland (both live recordings), but there’s many other great ones, e.g. Force Majeure, Phaedra, Quinoa, … Redshift (UK): Love almost every single album they made. My all-time favorites are Redshift Wild 3, Redshift Wild 2, and Wild (all live recordings). Peter Baumann (DE): I particularly like the first few tracks of…
Tangerine Dream - Le Parc was also the base of Street Hawk soundtrack (and extremely iconic for 80s TV shows).
Re: Jean Michel Jarre – Equinoxe IV (1981) [video]
#25Not sure what this is doing here, presumably because of the electronic devices on his stage? Sure, he was an early adopter of sampling technology, but he probably also invented the "turning knobs on the DJ equipment just for show" malpractice and most certainly built up huge fake device installations on stage.
> but he probably also invented the "turning knobs on the DJ equipment just for show" malpractice and most certainly built up huge fake device installations on stage. Those are modular synths. And there's nothing "for show" about them, this is not DJing. He tweaks filters, and other such things.
That's part of what contemporary mainstrea DJ do too. And it's not always gimmicky; a low pass filter as a bridge-cut to slowly restore the full sound (such as the intro of Armand Van Helden - You don't know me) is a very common idiom and has a clear musical emotional impact on people.
Re: Jean Michel Jarre – Equinoxe IV (1981) [video]
#26That's a lot of knobs. Knobs are the ultimate general purpose machine. They can make music, or macaroni. Knobs can also make knobs, which accelerates our ability to make knobs. Artificial dexterity running on cheap knobs will one day force us to deal with a world without work. Sounds great too.
Your comment is hilarious, but as I deal with UIs a lot, the sheer complexity of all those knobs kind of astounds me that he can deal with it all, and in real time to make music. Wow. I've loved his music since the late 70's, it's great to hear it again.
Everything in direct access, and everything at a fixed place.
Synthesizer interfaces are really interesting: a digital (or even hybrid) one quickly gets to a level of complexity where "one knob per function" really is impossible or too expensive, but good UIs retain as much of that as possible. A display and a few buttons is cheap to make, but impossible to tweak on-the-fly. The interface has a large impact on how a synth feels to play and which of its abilities are used.
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#27Fans of Jean-Michel Jarre often also like: Tangerine Dream (DE): My favorite recordings are Logos and Poland (both live recordings), but there’s many other great ones, e.g. Force Majeure, Phaedra, Quinoa, … Redshift (UK): Love almost every single album they made. My all-time favorites are Redshift Wild 3, Redshift Wild 2, and Wild (all live recordings). Peter Baumann (DE): I particularly like the first few tracks of…
Tangerine Dream - Le Parc was also the base of Street Hawk soundtrack (and extremely iconic for 80s TV shows). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl_I1qHjihU
Yeah! I remember when I watched Street Hawk as a child and my dad, a huge Tangerine Dream fan, recognized the sound track from the other room.
They have a 2-volume CD set with some of their movie soundtracks, see https://www.discogs.com/Tangerine-Dream-The-Hollywood-Years-....
They were quite active in that space. Quoting wikipedia:
> The group created over sixty soundtracks which include those for the films Sorcerer, Thief, Risky Business, The Keep, Firestarter, Legend, Near Dark, Shy People, and Miracle Mile. They also composed the score for the video game Grand Theft Auto V.
Re: Jean Michel Jarre – Equinoxe IV (1981) [video]
#28Fans of Jean-Michel Jarre often also like: Tangerine Dream (DE): My favorite recordings are Logos and Poland (both live recordings), but there’s many other great ones, e.g. Force Majeure, Phaedra, Quinoa, … Redshift (UK): Love almost every single album they made. My all-time favorites are Redshift Wild 3, Redshift Wild 2, and Wild (all live recordings). Peter Baumann (DE): I particularly like the first few tracks of…
Some of Mike Oldfield works also fit the style. Try Songs Of Distant Earth for example.
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#29Jean Michel Jarre - Rendez-Vous Houston (VHS), 1986
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iVQ2o-PI9M
Fantastic collection of TV sound bites begins at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iVQ2o-PI9M&t=57
This love of some french artist in Houston felt odd when I last rewatched this, about ten years ago. Loved the enthusiasm and openness shown in this video.
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
Your comment is hilarious, but as I deal with UIs a lot, the sheer complexity of all those knobs kind of astounds me that he can deal with it all, and in real time to make music. Wow. I've loved his music since the late 70's, it's great to hear it again.
Everything in direct access, and everything at a fixed place. Synthesizer interfaces are really interesting: a digital (or even hybrid) one quickly gets to a level of complexity where "one knob per function" really is impossible or too expensive, but good UIs retain as much of that as possible. A display and a few buttons is cheap to make, but impossible to tweak on-the-fly. The interface has a large impact on how a…
Good points, thanks!