Finaero wrote:The worst part of that "ping pong ball sound = Magnetic Fields 1" issue is that it has led to all those bootlegs dividing PLD's tracklisting to monstrosities like "--- Magnetic Fields 1, Souvenir of China, Diva, Sylvain Durand sneezing, Magnetic Fields 2 ---". Now that's anal.
Speaking of Magnetic Fields, I was tipped off to the similarities of MF1(.1) and some Chopin track from the past. Cool stuff.
In fact this track has been made after Chopin
Re: Magnetic Fields - a controversial album
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2021 5:49 pm
by phonetic1990
Interesting ... probably only in the USA (source discogs.com) there is a version of the MF cover with the added names "Jean-Michel". I have not seen anything like this anywhere else. Does anyone have such a cover but in a nicer quality? https://images92.fotosik.pl/482/9accd225dd86d3f2.jpg
Re: Magnetic Fields - a controversial album
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2022 12:51 pm
by Kanta
French article published 30/06/2022
Pierre Mourey, a man in the shadows
In Achères station, he recorded a freight train which ended on Chants Magnétiques by Jean-Michel Jarre. The SNCF station officials took it upon themselves to run the train very slowly.
Even if his passion for work well done, meticulous, took him away from the studios, those he frequented, in which he prepared or repaired equipment, even Moog synths "as big as Norman cabinets" are illustrious: Croissy, Aquarium, Damiens. Here is a piece of the journey of a man in the shadows, electronics engineer, sound engineer, craftsman, who deserved a little bit of the light that the blog devoted to Jean-Michel Jarre's enthusiasts gave him. We discover an era, recruitments that go very quickly, and the importance of being in the right place at the right time.
Where did that Magnetic Fields 2 La Defense pre-mix version come from?
.. Leaked by one of those clandestine "super-fans" who have access to JMJ rarities that they refuse to share with the rest?
Re: Magnetic Fields - a controversial album
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2022 4:47 pm
by Dr_Jones
Didn't it originate from Rimbert?
Re: Magnetic Fields - a controversial album
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2022 5:51 pm
by Finaero
Hmm, that'd make sense. IIRC Rimbert did share some of JMJ's custom Roland D-50 patches with some keyboard magazine too (even though from what I remember, I didn't recognize those sounds from any JMJ tracks/renditions from the era )
Finaero wrote:The worst part of that "ping pong ball sound = Magnetic Fields 1" issue is that it has led to all those bootlegs dividing PLD's tracklisting to monstrosities like "--- Magnetic Fields 1, Souvenir of China, Diva, Sylvain Durand sneezing, Magnetic Fields 2 ---". Now that's anal.
Speaking of Magnetic Fields, I was tipped off to the similarities of MF1(.1) and some Chopin track from the past. Cool stuff.
In fact this track has been made after Chopin
Just a weak MF1 pt1 from JmJ. Two years to come up with this Oh Dear : a basic sequence and pads.
MF1 should been 19 minutes of middle pt2.
With p3 to start the "B" side.
This is where someone that could advised JmJ been useful. Such as Michel Geiss advising JmJ to keep Equinoxe7.
Re: Magnetic Fields - a controversial album
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2022 7:43 pm
by plate of chips
Finaero wrote: Sat Oct 08, 2022 5:51 pm
Hmm, that'd make sense. IIRC Rimbert did share some of JMJ's custom Roland D-50 patches with some keyboard magazine too (even though from what I remember, I didn't recognize those sounds from any JMJ tracks/renditions from the era )
I would like to know exactly what the various personnel did on Rendezvous album and Revolution album.
More than just listing their name and synths they played.
Finaero wrote: Sat Oct 08, 2022 5:51 pm
Hmm, that'd make sense. IIRC Rimbert did share some of JMJ's custom Roland D-50 patches with some keyboard magazine too (even though from what I remember, I didn't recognize those sounds from any JMJ tracks/renditions from the era )
I would like to know exactly what the various personnel did on Rendezvous album and Revolution album.
More than just listing their name and synths they played.
I think they just played the score written by JMJ using the synths he told them to use ? At the time it was possible to record everyone playing live contrary to the earlier albums where JMJ had to record all the part one at a time on tape.
Re: Magnetic Fields - a controversial album
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2023 12:07 pm
by plate of chips
The band just drank Champagne on those albums.
Re: Magnetic Fields - a controversial album
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2023 12:10 pm
by plate of chips
MF1 pt1 proper Balearic Trance nearly a decade before 90s first Balearic Trance tunes.
MF2 proto Drum n Bass a decade before the first Drum N Bass tunes in early 90s.
