Hong Kong is a live album by Jean Michel Jarre

Jean Michel Jarre

Jean Michel André Jarre is a French composer, performer and music producer. He is a pioneer in the electronic, ambient and New Age genres, and known as an organiser of outdoor spectacles of his music featuring lights, laser displays, and fireworks.Jarre was raised in Lyon by his mother and...

, and released in 1994 on Disques Dreyfus

Disques Dreyfus

Disques Dreyfus is a record label which is currently home to artists such as Klement Julienne. Jean Michel Jarre was part of the label for more than 20 years.Francis Dreyfus founded Disque Dreyfus in 1985...

, licensed to Polydor. Even though the album is called Hong Kong and has pictures of the event on its booklet, most of the tracks are from the Europe in Concert venues, except for "Souvenir of China" which is a special mix consisting of the Paris la Defense

Paris la Defense

Paris La Defense - Une Ville En Concert was a concert held by musician Jean Michel Jarre on the district of La Défense in Paris on Bastille Day, July 14, 1990. About 2.5 million people standing in front of the pyramidical stage all the way down to the Arc de Triomphe witnessed this event, setting a...

 version and the actual track played in Hong Kong. Also, "Fishing Junks at Sunset" was recorded from the Hong Kong concert rehearsals.

The first version released in 1994 included two CDs but since the 1997 remasters the album has been on one CD, with first part of "Fishing Junks at Sunset" and other ambient snippets from the rest of the album were removed.

Disc one

1. "Countdown" – 1:37
2. "Chronologie 2" – 6:37
3. "Chronologie 3" – 5:46
4. "How Old Are You?" – 1:17
5. "Équinoxe 4" – 4:46
6. "Souvenir of China" – 4:43
7. "Qu'est-ce-que l'amour?" – 0:52
8. "Chronologie 6" – 5:10
9. "Chronologie 8" – 4:49
10. "Where Are You Going?" – 0:52
11. "Oxygène 4" – 4:32

Disc two

1. "Hong Kong Hostess" – 0:35
2. "Fishing Junks at Sunset - Part 1" – 6:09
3. "Fishing Junks at Sunset - Part 2" – 5:31
4. "Sale of the Century" – 1:18
5. "Digi Sequencer" – 6:07
6. "Magnetic Fields 2" – 6:31
7. "Band in the Rain" (unplugged version) – 2:26
8. "Rendez-Vous 4" – 6:23
9. "Chronologie 4" – 6:35

Remastered edition

1. "Countdown"
2. "Chronologie 2"
3. "Chronologie 3"
4. "How Old Are You?"
5. "Equinoxe 4"
6. "Souvenir of China"
7. "Qu'est-ce-que l'amour?"
8. "Chronologie 6"
9. "Chronologie 8"
10. "Where Are You Going?"
11. "Oxygene 4"
12. "Fishing Junks at Sunset"
13. "Sale of the Century"
14. "Digi Sequencer"
15. "Magnetic Fields 2"
16. "Band in the Rain" (unplugged version)
17. "Rendez-Vous 4"
18. "Chronologie 4"

Personnel

• Jean Michel Jarre
  Jean Michel Jarre
  Jean Michel André Jarre is a French composer, performer and music producer. He is a pioneer in the electronic, ambient and New Age genres, and known as an organiser of outdoor spectacles of his music featuring lights, laser displays, and fireworks.Jarre was raised in Lyon by his mother and...
  
   – keyboards and synthesizers
• Francis Rimbert – keyboards
• Dominique Perrier – keyboards
• Sylvain Durand – keyboards
• Laurent Faucheux – drums
• Dominique Mahut – percussions
• Michel Valy – bass
• Patrick Rondat
  Patrick Rondat
  Patrick Rondat is a French guitarist. He plays instrumental heavy metal associated with diverse influences such as new age music, progressive metal, classical music and jazz. He appears in some shows by Jean Michel Jarre.-Biography:...
  
  – guitars
• Chuen Ying Arts Centre of Hong Kong – Chinese orchestra
• Cheng Chai-man – conductor
• Hong Kong Opera Society – choir
• Julie Lecrenais – child soprano
• Miranda – voice of time

External links

• Hong Kong at Jarre UK