Jean Michel Jarre - Water for Life, Merzouga (Dec 16, 2006) [Morocco TV Remastered] (First 3 Tracks)

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"Water for Life" was a concert given by French electronic musician Jean Michel Jarre on the night of December 16, 2006 amidst the dunes of the Sahara desert at Merzouga, Morocco. The concert was held under the auspice of UNESCO as 2006 had been designated the International Year of Deserts and Desertification by the United Nations General Assembly.
Audience: 10.000 - 15.000
The free 2h25m concert, sponsored by the Kingdom of Morocco, was attended by an estimated 10-15,000 spectators. It was filmed in high-definition TV and broadcast live by the public Moroccan TV station (channels RTM1 and TVM International) and by Almaghribya TV. A one-hour edit was produced for sale to TV stations.
A souvenir 172-page hardback book entitled "The Making of Water for Life" was published in 2007 which documented how the concert was staged in detail.
Stage
The stage featured a collection of nine 4-by-10-metre vertical screens (similar to those in the 1993 Europe in Concert tour), described as "doors to the desert". On them were projected images - static and animated -, as in a typical Jarre concert. Behind the stage, the desert dunes were lit, and fireworks were shot behind and around the stage.
Two general rehearsals were held, on the previous night and on the evening of the day of the concert, complete with fireworks. Like Jarre's previous concert, Space of Freedom, they were filmed to get additional coverage for a post-live edit; the rehearsals were also filmed to prevent any bad weather during the live concert preventing its release on video, as had happened before with The Twelve Dreams of the Sun (1999-2000) and Aero - Tribute to the Wind (2002).
During rehearsals, a balloon with an internal projector was placed on center stage, but it did not appear in the concert itself.
SETLIST
Intro Saturée
Suite for Flute
Oxygene 2
Miss Moon
Oxygene 7
Space of Freedom (March 23)
Chronologie 6
Millions of Stars
Oxygene 4
Education (Revolutions)
Hey Gagarin
Light My Sky
Oxygene 12
Chronologie 2
C'est la Vie
Theremin Memories
Souvenir of China
UNESCO Theme
Rendez-Vous 4
Rendez-Vous 2
MUSICIANS
Jean Michel Jarre: bass guitar, cymbals, Dynacord, Eminent, Laser Harp, Midi flute, music box, Roland AX-1, Theremin
Francis Rimbert: Fantom, Roland JD800, Roland S760
Claude Samard: musical director, guitar, keyboards
Morocco Philharmonic Orchestra
Casablanca Orchestra of Arabic Modern Music
Alizées Choir
Gnawa Maaster Hamid Elikasri and his Band
B'net from Marrakesh
Charaf and Dansers
Hadji Younes (luth)
Abdellah El Miry (violin)
Saida Charaf (vocals)
Ahmed Alaoui (vocals)

[@Zeibekkikina]

Is it possible to upload the whole concert? I wasn't fortunate enough to see it

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@@jarrebootlegsconcerts thank you ❤ you are a star!

[@dadsarmyfooty4935]

Do we have only 20 minutes of this day of the concert? The other I believe is the dress rehersal

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ruclips.net/video/_dpTWLuCMQ0/видео.html Dress Rehearsals is only for the 3 first tracks. The rest is the concert.