Paris la Defense
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- For the epoynmous business district, see La DéfenseLa DéfenseLa Défense is a major business district of the Paris aire urbaine. With a population of 20,000, it is centered in an orbital motorway straddling the Hauts-de-Seine département municipalities of Nanterre, Courbevoie and Puteaux...
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Paris La Defense - Une Ville En Concert was a concert held by musician 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...
on the district of La Défense
La Défense
La Défense is a major business district of the Paris aire urbaine. With a population of 20,000, it is centered in an orbital motorway straddling the Hauts-de-Seine département municipalities of Nanterre, Courbevoie and Puteaux...
in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
on Bastille Day
Bastille Day
Bastille Day is the name given in English-speaking countries to the French National Day, which is celebrated on 14 July of each year. In France, it is formally called La Fête Nationale and commonly le quatorze juillet...
, July 14, 1990. About 2.5 million people standing in front of the pyramidical stage all the way down to the Arc de Triomphe
Arc de Triomphe
-The design:The astylar design is by Jean Chalgrin , in the Neoclassical version of ancient Roman architecture . Major academic sculptors of France are represented in the sculpture of the Arc de Triomphe: Jean-Pierre Cortot; François Rude; Antoine Étex; James Pradier and Philippe Joseph Henri Lemaire...
witnessed this event, setting a new Guinness Book of Records entry for Jarre. The concert was funded by Mairie De Paris, Ministry of Culture and a small cluster of high-profile Parisian business concerns. Later, a concert video as well as a photobook of the event were released.
The show featured new tracks from the Waiting for Cousteau
Waiting for Cousteau
Waiting for Cousteau is the seventh overall studio album by Jean Michel Jarre, released on Disques Dreyfus, licensed to Polydor, in 1990. The album was dedicated to Jacques-Yves Cousteau and was released on his 80th birthday 11 June 1990. The title of the album is a reference to Samuel Beckett's...
album, and vast grotesque marionettes created by Trinidadian Peter Minshall
Peter Minshall
Peter Minshall is a Trinidadian Carnival artist .-Early life and career beginnings:...
. A VHS
VHS
The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....
cassette of the concert was released in 1992.
Track listing
- Waiting For Cousteau (played on loop before the concert)
- Paris La Defense
- Oxygene 4
- Equinoxe 4
- Equinoxe 5(*)
- Souvenir de Chine / Souvenir of China
- Les Chants Magnetiques II / Magnetic Fields II
- Ethnicolor
- Ethnitransition
- Zoolookologie
- Revolution, Revolutions
- Second Rendez-Vous
- Calypso 2
- Calypso 3 - Fin De Siécle
- Calypso
- Fourth Rendez-Vous(*)
- Calypso (encore)
Songs marked (*) are omitted from the official video release.
Musicians
- Jean-Michel Jarre: Synthesizers
- Michel Geiss: Synthesizers
- Francis RimbertFrancis RimbertFrancis Rimbert is a French musician and composer.- Biography :Francis Rimbert started playing classical piano when he was 5 years old. At the conservatory, he studied harmony, counterpoint, the fugue and orchestral leading...
: Synthesizers - Dominique Perrier: Synthesizers
- Frederick RousseauFrederick RousseauFrederick Rousseau belongs to the generation that witnessed the beginning of New Age music and the explosion of technologic applications to the entertainment world...
: Synthesizers - Sylvain Durand: Synthesizers
- Guy Delacroix: Bass, Synthesizers
- Christophe Deschamps: Drums & Percussions
- Dino Lumbroso: Drums & Percussions
- Christine Durand: Soprano
- Larbi Ouechli: Arab Vocals
- Amoco Renegades (directed by Jit Samaroo): Steel Drums
- Les Choeurs Des Hauts De Seine (conducted by Bruno Rossignol): Choir
- Al Mawsili: Classical Arab Orchestra
Instruments used
- ARP 2500ARP 2500The ARP 2500, built from 1970 through the mid-70's, was ARP's first product. A monophonic analog modular synthesizer equipped with a set of sliding matrix switches above each module. These were the primary method of interconnecting modules. There were also rows of 1/8" miniphone jacks at the end...
- ARP 2600ARP 2600The ARP 2600 is a semi-modular analog subtractive audio synthesizer, designed by Alan R. Pearlman , and manufactured by his company, ARP Instruments, Inc...
- Elka AMK8
- Elka SynthexElka Synthex-Overview:Designed by Mario Maggi, it was produced between 1981 and 1985 by the Elka company of Italy. A company more noted for its organs, this would be its first and last foray into music synthesizers under that name. Unusually, it also contained a built in real-time and step-time 4-track...
- Elka MK-88
- EMS AKSEMS Synthi AKSThe EMS Synthi A, first available in May 1971, and then in March 1972 a version of it with a built-in keyboard and sequencer, the EMS Synthi AKS, a portable modular analog synthesiser made by EMS of England. Most notable for its patch pin matrix, its functions and internal design are similar to the...
- EMS VCS3
- Korg EXM1R
- Korg T3
- Roland D-50Roland D-50The Roland D-50 is a polyphonic 61-key synthesizer produced by Roland. It was released in 1987. Its features include Linear Arithmetic synthesis, on-board effects, a joystick for data manipulation, and an analog synthesis-styled layout design. The external Roland PG-1000 Programmer could also be...
- Roland D-550
- Roland D-70
- Roland MKS 80 (Super Jupiter)
- Akai S1000Akai S1000The Akai S1000 is a 16-bit professional stereo digital sampler, released by Akai in 1988. The S1000 was among the first professional-quality 16-bit stereo samplers. Its abilities to splice, crossfade, trim, and loop music in 16-bit CD-quality sound made it popular among producers of this era...
- Roland S-550
- Yamaha KX-5
- Clavier Circulaire
- Laser HarpLaser harpA laser harp is an electronic musical instrument consisting of several laser beams to be blocked, in analogy with the plucking of the strings of a harp, in order to produce sounds. It was invented by Bernard Szajner and popularized by Jean Michel Jarre, and has been a high profile feature of...
- LAG Mad Max II
- LAG Insecte
- ARP Sequencer
- Alesis Quadraverb
- Alesis 1622
- MIDI Tap Lone Wolf
- Atari ST4
- Unitor C.Lab
- Pearl Drums
- Pad Pearl
- Musicman Stingray 5 Bass