Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Jean Michel Jarre



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CY9yKJ26cWc


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Jean-Michel AndrĂ© Jarre (born 24 August 1948, Lyon) is a French composerperformer and music producer. Since 1991 he writes his name Jean Michel Jarre, without the hyphen. He is regarded as a pioneer in the Avante-gardeelectronicsynthpop and New Age genres, as well as an organiser of outdoor spectacles of his music which feature lightslaser displays and fireworks including the 1997 New Guinness Book of Records entry for the biggest concert ever with 3.5 million watching at Moscow's 850th anniversary. Jarre has sold an estimated 80 million albums and singles.

Throughout his concerts, Jarre uses several unusual or custom-built instruments. Some of these are:

  • The theremin, an early electronic instrument
  • The laser harp
  • The Stylophone
  • The Cristal Baschet[35][36]
  • The Yamaha WX5 Midi Flute
  • The Digisequencer (1978) and Matrisequencer (1993), electronic sequencers designed and built by Michel Geiss
  • Several unique MIDI keyboards designed by LAG:
    • Circular shaped keyboards: Clavier Lumineux (1986), Clavier Circulaire 1 (1988), Clavier Circulaire 2 (or Magic) (1990)
    • KeytarsInsecte (1988), Mad Max 1 (1988), Mad Max 2 (1990), Otineau (1991)
    • Console: Meuble (or Grand Central) (1988), contained 1 octave keys from the Clavier Lumineux, the 96-key Clavier CirculaireEMS Synthi AKSRoland D-550, two monitor for partitions, Octapad drums, and a clock.
  • Custom-painted Yamaha Yamaha KX-5 Keytar with extended handgrip (two different versions, 1986 and 1988)

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