Blah Blah Cafe, the Jean-Michel Jarre forum

I recently joined Bandcamp and now have 2 albums and a free EP available for download.

http://thelightdreams.bandcamp.com/

My music is instrumental electronic, inspired by science-fiction, travel and dreams... there's also a huge influence of Jean Michel Jarre, Mike Oldfield, Vangelis, Peter ...

No "new" music as such... probably the same, I would imagine.
A lot of ambient sounds and samples of Charlotte talking along with extracts from tracks like Equinoxe and Souvenir of China, etc.

I went to the exhibition last month. It was small, but interesting. And very nice to hear JMJ's music and read his introduction to the work.

That's interesting. I wonder how much music he has already recorded.

Can somebody enlighten me as to the history of these tracks and year they were recorded?

Orient Express
Moon Machine
El Dorado
Globe Trotter

Thanks!

I really like the sound of this track. Does anybody know if "Adagio" is the official name? Where did this come from?

I hope we don't have to wait too long to hear some more from his new album-in-progress. those little snippets on the Thé ou Café programme also sound great.

Thanks!

As a Doctor Who fan, I did find the review amusing, but whoever wrote it clearly doesn't actually know that much about Jean Michel or his music.

I'm still on a high from Saturday's show; it was only my second Jarre gig, and I never thought I'd get to see him live once, let alone twice!

I would ...

I deliberately ignored The Symohonic Jean Michel Jarre upon it's release, thinking to myself, "I like synthesisers - why would I want to hear any other version?" How wrong I was.

Quite recently, I was in the kitchen, and heard some familiar notes drifting in from the TV in the lounge. The ...

It's probably second favoruite JMJ album after the original Oxygene. Although I had loved the original from an early age, it wasn't until this album came out in 1997 that I realised I needed to investigate more and have more of Jean Michel's music in my life!

1997 was a siginficant year for me and ...

I read a recent interview when the same thing was said - I didn't know his mother had passed away, which is sad.

It would be interesting to know what state the album is at - half done, nearly done, complete, or just started!

Also, does anybody know if Variations I-III will be part of the new album? Or maybe he's keeping those with Oxygene.

Since he says he's been writing/recording the album whilst touring, that does suggest to me that it will be analogue again, since he has also embraced this original technology for his live shows - going back to his roots, and realising this is not only what he does best, but what people expect of ...

Oxygene 7 is in my top 3 Jarre tracks! It is sublime, epic and atmospheric. JMJ through and through! How can you not like it?!

My only disappointment in the 2010 tour is that he didn't play Oxygene 7, 8 or 10 (I didn't expect all, but one would have been nice). But you can't have everything!