The Twelve Dreams of the Sun
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The Twelve Dreams Of The Sun was a concert held by musician Jean Michel Jarre
on the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
starting on December 31, 1999 and carrying overnight to January 1, 2000. It was attended by 120,000 people. The concert consisted of two parts, the Main Concert and a Sunrise Concert. The concert cost approximately $9,500,000 and it originated when Jean-Michel Jarre was contacted by the Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak
with a special project to celebrate the dawn of the new Millennium at the foot of the only remaining monument of the original 7 Wonders of the World - the Great Pyramids.
Jarre's team had developed giant projections to be displayed on the faces of the Great Pyramids, however a heavy cloud of fog made the pyramids almost invisible, so most of the projections were discarded. Parts of the concert were broadcast live on TV stations around the world.
The Sunrise Concert
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 Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
starting on December 31, 1999 and carrying overnight to January 1, 2000. It was attended by 120,000 people. The concert consisted of two parts, the Main Concert and a Sunrise Concert. The concert cost approximately $9,500,000 and it originated when Jean-Michel Jarre was contacted by the Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak
Hosni Mubarak
Muhammad Hosni Sayyid Mubarak is a former Egyptian politician and military commander. He served as the fourth President of Egypt from 1981 to 2011....
with a special project to celebrate the dawn of the new Millennium at the foot of the only remaining monument of the original 7 Wonders of the World - the Great Pyramids.
Jarre's team had developed giant projections to be displayed on the faces of the Great Pyramids, however a heavy cloud of fog made the pyramids almost invisible, so most of the projections were discarded. Parts of the concert were broadcast live on TV stations around the world.
Track listing
The Main Concert- The Legend
- Bells
- Je Me Souviens
- Dream 1: The Rock
- Miss Moon
- Oxygene 2
- Dream 2: The House
- Chronologie 6
- Dream 3: The Tree
- Equinoxe 7
- Magnetic Fields 2
- Dream 4: The Boat
- Millions of Stars
- Dream 5: The Flesh
- Souvenir of China
- Oxygene 10
- Dream 6: The Voice
- Oum Kalsoum tribute
- Dream 7: The Sky
- Hey Gagarin
- Dream 8: The Child - This track wasn't played due to the drummer, Gary Wallis, falling ill
- Gloria
- Millennium Countdown
- C'est La Vie
- Salma Ya SalamaSalma Ya SalamaSalma Ya Salama is an Egyptian popular song composed by musician Sayed Darwish for the 1919 play "Qulu lu". The lyrics are by Egyptian poet Badi' Khairi...
- Dream 9: The Bell
- Equinoxe 4
- Dream 10: The Snow
- Oxygene 4
- Tout est Bleu
- Dream 11: The Blood
- Evolutions - The original track, Revolutions, had to be censored due to 'Revolution' being prohibited from being spoken of or written in Egypt. Also, the word 'Sex' is banned so the lyrics had to be altered.
- Oxygene 12
- Dream 12: The Gate
- Give Me A Sign
- Oxygene 8
- Band in the Rain
- Rendez-vous 2
The Sunrise Concert
- Ethnicolor
- Oxygene 7
- C'est La Vie
- The Sun
- Hey Gagarin
- Eldorado
The Musicians
- Jean Michel JarreJean Michel JarreJean 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, Laser Harp, Vocals - Gary WallisGary WallisGary Wallis is a drummer/percussionist trained at the London Symphony School of Music. He is known for having a massive percussion kit featuring many electronic drums and percussion. He is best known as the secondary percussionist for Pink Floyd in the post-Waters era for live performances...
- Drums & Percussions - 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...
- Keyboards - Joachim GarraudJoachim GarraudJoachim Garraud, was born in 1968 in Nantes, is a French DJ, but he is also a remixer and producer. He is the producer of stars such as Geyster, Paul Johnson, Deep Dish, David Bowie, OMD, Kylie Minogue, Mylène Farmer, Cassius, Belamour, Kid Vicious, Saffron Hill and Culture Club.Known for his many...
- Sound design, Keyboards - Christopher Papendieck - Bass
- Natacha AtlasNatacha AtlasNatacha Atlas is a Belgian singer known for her fusion of Arabic and Western electronic music, particularly hip-hop. She once termed her music "cha'abi moderne" . Her music has been influenced by many styles including Arabic, hip hop, drum 'n' bass and reggae.Atlas began her career as part of...
- Vocals on 'C'est La Vie' - Laurie AndersonLaurie AndersonLaura Phillips "Laurie" Anderson is an American experimental performance artist, composer and musician who plays violin and keyboards and sings in a variety of experimental music and art rock styles. Initially trained as a sculptor, Anderson did her first performance-art piece in the late 1960s...
- Vocals on 'Je Me Souviens' and Dream introductions - Amal MaherAmal MaherAmal Maher is an Egyptian singer. Her powerful voice provided her license to the hearts of good listeners as she is quiet much influenced by Umm Kulthoum...
- Vocals - Yvan Cassar - Symphonic Orchestra Musical Arrangements
- Frederic Sanchez - Sound Illustrator
- Cairo Opera Symphonic Orchestra - Conducted by Dr. Moustafa Nagui
- Cairo Opera House Choir - conducted by Aldo Magnato
- National Arabic Ensemble - conducted by Nasredine Dalil
- National Folkloric Music Troupe
- El Nil Folkloric Music Troupe
- Aswan Folkloric Music Troupe