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Das Filter - Interview - 2016



Jean-Michel Jarre on the history of electronic music

Source: http://dasfilter.com/sounds/rave-war-me ... chen-musik

CLAP met Jean-Michel Jarre



Clap met Jean-Michel Jarre who presents his new album "Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise" released on 6 May 2016. He returns to one of his main sources of inspiration: the cinema. The film "2001 Space Odyssey" was founded for electronic music. He even calls the feature "audiovisual object" where sound and silence are of paramount importance. He says it's the only film he has seen seven consecutive times in 7 days! Find Jean-Michel Jarre in Clap Saturday 4 June 2016 at 13:25 on HD1.

Source: http://www.tf1.fr/hd1/clap/videos/clap- ... jarre.html

Just out of curiosity sake, do we know of all tracks/artists/collaboraters who Jarre has and hasn't met? We know that he met everyone of the first album except for Boys Noize. He's the only one who never got a track story and I don't think we've ever seen any footage of them together what-so-ever
Of The Heart if Noise we know he has met with at least: Rone, Sebastian Tieller, Julia Holter, Peaches, Gary Newman, Christoph, Edward Snowden and of course Hans Zimmer. Also confirmed that he never met the Pet Shop Boys, but what about the remaining bunch? Has any others been confirmed? Cyndi Lauper, Jeff Mills, Yello, The Orb and Siriusmo are I think the only bunch of whom we don't know anything yet.

USB stick DR:
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DR4 -0.67 dB -8.03 dB 02 - THE HEART OF NOISE (Part 2).wav
DR5 -0.67 dB -6.30 dB 03 - BRICK ENGLAND.wav
DR5 -0.73 dB -9.18 dB 04 - THESE CREATURES.wav
DR4 -0.62 dB -7.56 dB 05 - AS ONE.wav
DR4 -0.54 dB -6.09 dB 06 - HERE FOR YOU.wav
DR5 -0.75 dB -8.51 dB 07 - ELECTREES.wav
DR4 -0.38 dB -7.36 dB 08 - EXIT.wav
DR3 -0.65 dB -5.17 dB 09 - WHAT YOU WANT.wav
DR5 -0.40 dB -6.91 dB 10 - GISELE.wav
DR3 -0.00 dB -6.56 dB 11 - SWITCH ON LEON.wav
DR5 -0.58 dB -7.87 dB 12 - CIRCUS.wav
DR4 -0.65 dB -6.19 dB 13 - WHY THIS, WHY THAT AND WHY.wav
DR4 -0.58 dB -7.11 dB 14 - THE ARCHITECT.wav
DR4 -0.45 dB -6.10 dB 15 - SWIPE TO THE RIGHT.wav
DR4 -0.43 dB -6.65 dB 16 - WALKING THE MILE.wav
DR5 -0.57 dB -6.33 dB 17 - FALLING DOWN.wav
DR4 -0.69 dB -6.57 dB 18 - THE HEART OF NOISE (The Origin).wav
DR4 -0.00 dB -7.00 dB 19 - CONTINUOUS MIX.wav
DR7 -0.62 dB -9.52 dB 20 - STARDUST (RISING STAR REMIX BY AVB).wav
DR4 -0.64 dB -6.89 dB 21 - SUNS HAVE GONE (THYLACINE REMIX).wav
DR3 -0.64 dB -4.72 dB 22 - SUNS HAVE GONE (G2X REMIX).wav
DR3 -0.67 dB -4.91 dB 23 - SUNS HAVE GONE (RAUMAKUSTIK REMIX).wav
DR5 -0.65 dB -7.64 dB 24 - IF..! (SUNSET CHILD REMIX).wav
DR4 -0.56 dB -7.18 dB 25 - IF..! (JAVI GREX REMIX).wav
DR4 -0.63 dB -7.49 dB 26 - IF..! (GATIS GIRDENIS REMIX).wav
DR4 -0.38 dB -6.38 dB 27 - IF..! (SHAAN GREYLING REMIX).wav
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Number of files: 27
Official DR value: DR4

Elf wrote:I got the box set two days ago. Where can I see the number?

On the back of the lid, there's a certificate with a signature of JMJ and a number.

Dr_Jones wrote:
On the back of the lid, there's a certificate with a signature of JMJ and a number.

Just to make sure - you are talking about the back of the lid of the first box, shipped last year? Please don't tell me, you received the content of the second part in an extra box with lid...

Something different: What is so important / interesting on the DR values. I'm not very familiar with those kind of things, but understood it is 'dynamic range'. But what does it actually tell someone / whats the benefit? Does it work for wav files only?

Thanks for enlighting me

Cheers

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Jean-Michel Jarre featuired on Metropolis - Brussels - 2016

Music: Jean-Michel Jarre, dean of the French electronic music
It is among the most famous French musicians. In the late 1970s, it is with "Oxygen" as Jean-Michel Jarre performs one of the best-selling album of all time. The second part of the double album "Electronica" has just been published. In collaboration with celebrities like Moby or Rone, Jean-Michel Jarre celebrates electronic music.

Official video by ARTE TV: http://www.arte.tv/guide/fr/063705-008-A/metropolis

Hans_Best wrote:Just to make sure - you are talking about the back of the lid of the first box, shipped last year? Please don't tell me, you received the content of the second part in an extra box with lid...

No one did, we all just received the two vinyl's, posters/fingerprints, CD and USB packed together. You're apparently supposed to insert in all into the box you received last year. Despite showing a photo that we'd apparently receive a second box, this is seemingly not the case.

Hans_Best wrote:Something different: What is so important / interesting on the DR values. I'm not very familiar with those kind of things, but understood it is 'dynamic range'. But what does it actually tell someone / whats the benefit? Does it work for wav files only?

No it works on pretty much all audio files. But the Dynamic Range shows how much space there is between the highest highs and the lowest lows in terms of volume (and the average of course). The more space there is, the better. Although the range of course largely also depends on what the genre is. Trance for example usually has an lower average because that's simply how the music works. This YouTube Video, while not going into the technical details shows very clearly what it is and how it effects music.

Elf wrote:No lid in my shipment. I only got the vinyls, the finger prints, the usb stick, CD, poster and liner notes. They were not inside a box.

Are you talking about the lid of vol 1, which came in a box, and where I'm obviously supposed to put the contents of vol 2?

It seems you're supposed to insert it into the boxset of the first album. I've done so and it does fit rather snug in there.

shadow wrote:

Hans_Best wrote:Something different: What is so important / interesting on the DR values. I'm not very familiar with those kind of things, but understood it is 'dynamic range'. But what does it actually tell someone / whats the benefit? Does it work for wav files only?

No it works on pretty much all audio files. But the Dynamic Range shows how much space there is between the highest highs and the lowest lows in terms of volume (and the average of course). The more space there is, the better. Although the range of course largely also depends on what the genre is. Trance for example usually has an lower average because that's simply how the music works. This YouTube Video, while not going into the technical details shows very clearly what it is and how it effects music.

Thank you for the video and explanation - that was really helpful

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South China Morning News - Interview - 3 June 2016



Jean-Michel Jarre talks about his plans to return to China with his latest album

Source: http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-maga ... rd-snowden

Where does he talk about retourning to China, please ?

Finaero wrote:Quite a lackluster "Collector's Box" compared to the E1 one (which IMO was more or less worth the price). Most of the track stories are from E1, IIRC the remixes were horrible (aside from Rising Star(dust)) and I'm not really one of those people who dig "Electronic Press Kits". Guess I got lucky when I cancelled my E2 preorder and just bought the CD instead...

Quite the shame.

Now where's that Paris La Defense inedité BluRay?

It's not supposed to be a box on its own. What's in the Part 2 shipment is supposed to be placed in the Part 1 box. There was an extra CD slot for the Pt. 2 CD, a slot for the Pt. 2 thumb drive.

There was never supposed to be a box for Part 2. The box that came with Part 1 is designed to hold all the contents for both volumes

Electronica Deluxe Fan Box

Elf, underneath the lid of the original Part 1 box is where the JMJ signed and numbered certificate is supposed to be ...

Pat Gleeson wrote: Electronica Deluxe Fan Box

Deluxe Fan Box doesn't exists. Deluxe Box and Fan Box do exist only.

@ Christophe, re: What You Want 7"

I received the single a couple of days ago. There is no difference between the US release and the EU release: clear vinyl, one sided, made in Germany. Which makes sense after JMJ said it was a 1,000 copy release worldwide.

By the way, does anyone know the number of copies for the Exit 7"? It was released on Record Store Day in several countries in Europe, so it was limited for sure, but since release day of Electronica 2 it's been available in the US on Amazon (and sold by Amazon) and it's the same record, and they still have it in stock. Granted, it's for hard-core fans and completists only, but I'm surprised there are still copies around if it was just a small batch of singles...