Although modern gear is more powerful, portable, flexible and probably able to digitally reproduce pretty much every sound here, the point is that this guy had no-one to learn from. He couldn't just select a few patches and tweak them - all the sounds had to be crafted from oscillators, filters etc. So it's kind of like comparing constructing an Ikea chair with carving one from trees you chopped down yourself. Respect the craftsman, even if the music ain't your bag.
Pioneering. Like watching the original TRON. I remember watching that in the cinema - it was amazing... When you realise every single thing, including atmospheric effects, lighting, shadows and literally everything else wasn't coded untill they coded it.
Isao Tomita, Wendy Carlos and Jean Michel Jarre are three I know if who are the pioneers in synthesizer music that has brought joy to my ears. And those who created the variety of synthesizers have made science fiction movies of the 50s special.
Oxygene and Équinoxe, two of my favourite albums. I have the originals and still play them regularly. Fantastic music, absolutely timeless masterpieces.
Uhm... that turnout wasn't for his music. Are you serious? He did a concert in HOUSTON after the crash of the Space Shuttle, Challenger, in 1986. Because he dedicated Rendezvous (fourth part) to that event there was a large turnout to see the show. IN HOUSTON. By design. American patriotism is why that many people amassed. Like having a benefit concert in New York City after 9/11 and claiming people turned out for the musicians.
@@DiffEQ Who mentioned Houston? He did the same in Paris and Moscow. Each time beating his own record, no live aid, no disasters, just him and his performance.
I was born 79 and I was raised with Jean Michel Jarre and other similar artists, and I still love their music and are still listening to it and probably will until the day I take my last breath.
@@MusicWizard79 And me too. 37 years old. My parents listened it. And I do it, including Oxygene and Equinoxe. I have grown with it, and Jarre made my an electronic music liker. Later I've found many other wonderful elecronic music (first of all trance and new age). But Jarre's music is present with me all my life.
Oxygene and Equinoxe were by far the greatest electronic albums ever to be made...you can listen to them today and they still sound like they came from the future.
@@jamiepastman5594 Definitely not. It might be, on a melodic aspect, a bit more experimental at some moments, but it was very basic synth with instruments around, and the melody was mostly cacophonic. JH was fidgeting with toys, JMJ was composing symphonies.
@@nicojar these are opinions, not facts. Also; there is more than one melody on First Seven Days, and (even though I'm a professional full time musician for over 40 years) I have absolutely no idea what cacophonic means, is that a new word ? Anyway, you have your opinion, I have mine, that's the beautiful thing about music. Sweeping statements about things being the "best" are idiotic
@@jamiepastman5594 You're mean spirited for saying that. Admiration of a musicians work is subjective, so that makes your opinion just that, "your opinion." Do tell where you get your holier than thou superior credentials. We're waiting.
I was 14 when Oxygène came out. It was literally lifechanging, and shaped my appreciation of music forever. I loved it then, and at 60, I still do today.
+zedster911 hm. i think, that this would be kinda not so interesting. or do you see, how a modern film composer like James Horner, John Williams or others are composing with a pen and paper?
Musicians today do not realise how easy they have it... In those days people like Jean Michael, Vangelis and Kraftwerk didn't just make their own music. They made their own musical instruments.... Listen to him at 1:48 about the sequencer he conceived. Seriously fucking incredible...
One thing that never fails to impress me is just how unbelievably musical Oxygene is. He uses every piece, as an instrument, as if it was part of an orchestra. Oxygene is as timeless as Beethoven's 5th.
Every sound is instantly recognisable. To make an album of music with this equipment in the early 70s is where the talent and skill of this man shines very brightly
Love that collage of old synthesizers! They all have a sound and personality of their own and their sounds have only been imitated by modern synths but not duplicated!
En tant que batteur compositeur, fan de Pierre Henri, et des premiers synthétisers ,quand je vois ça !!! j'hallucine ! magnifique, Jean Michel à su faire une musique qui touche tout le monde avec ces incroyables instruments électro , franchement j'adore ce grand artiste, tout comme Vangelis !
Straightaway you hear the sound from his record from 1976, 30 years later in the studio! Now, either he remembers what the settings were or he has those pieces of paper to show him where to set the controls or he hasn't moved the controls on some of those things since 1976! It's the era of making a _few_ _great_ sounds. This is so in contrast to the digital workstation or modern virtual analog or post-2000 analog era where you've got guys in revews who say 128 or 1000 memories are not enough, plenty to store their 1000 crap sounds, every one forgettable and they all sound the same. I just heard some guy playing an Alesis A6 Andromeda. It sounded just the same as some other guy on a new Prophet-12 and some other guy on a Roland Jupiter 80. Yawn! Here I stumbled across this video of Jarre today 24 September 2014 and the last time I heard most of the sounds he playing was when I last heard Oxygene probably when I bought it on CD in the 1990s! So he is unique.
+Dave Bellamy " Now, either he remembers what the settings were or he has those pieces of paper to show him where to set the controls or he hasn't moved the controls on some of those things since 1976!" Well... Most Producers who use analogue synths either write down what they did, use so called "Preset sheets" or simply take a picture of their settings ^^
All I could think was how much money was he getting back then from his dad Maurice (who I know was rich due to soundtrack work) because he'd have to have been loaded to have had more than 1 of an instrument.
These are such antiques and, I saw him recently in concert, he is still using them! It changed my view immensely on him, playing live and with such passion.
A brilliant musician, composer and master of the synthesizer (let's not forget, with a large musical and technical assistance from Michel Geiss, another genius in the world of synthesizers)
He's so incased in music, so fascinated by it. It just doesn't come to his mind who's good, who's not, when he has a chance to show his 'children', he toys. He's excited proud of THEM, not about himself. The positive side of nerdiness :)
I remember him as a very friendly guy. I met him in 1978 on the set of "Die Hamburger Krankheit" He was surrounded by people but still took the time to chat with a 12 year old
It's amazing he takes all of those sounds - that sound so cheesy by themselves - and meld them into "Oxygene!" Just goes to show that it's not just the gear.
Yeah, you can give someone ten grands worth of studio equipment - and you'll get the audio equivalent of soda pop... Others you can give a stylophone to and get something that would make Mozart look skyward and ask "why is my music so mediocre!?!?".
I boght Oxygene a few years ago. Listening late at nigh,t I fell asleep, and woke up to the sound of the first synth he demonstrates in this video. I kept hearing the sshhhoooOO - pkkhhh sound, and was convinced someone was launching rockets somewhere in my city. I looked out the different windows, wondering where they were coming from,, where they were landing before I realized I heard them best near the speakers. I had a good laugh when I figured it out. I hope Jean-Michel sees this and has a good laugh too.
I still have some of his old cassettes, he introduced me to the world of electronic music. Come to think of it, he probably he introduced the world to electronic music
Introduced the world to electronic music. You know nothing if you believe that. YOUR experience and knowledge isn't very deep on the subject if you make such an inane comment like that. Wow.
Yeah maybe a youngster, walter/wendy carlos 1969 and various one of groups like Lothar and the Hand-people 1969 or White Noise by Delia Derbyshire on Island records or even Musique Concrete stuff from the 50's....and kraftwerk etc were all earlier doesnt know anything
no he's not, I can't even express my indignity at the negative comments here. How can you like electronic music and not have massive respect for Jarre? hes probably the most influential pioneer, and oxygene has stood the test of time. I can't say the same for your boi skrill.
Maybe they are just too young to have any feeling towards this. No matter what, JMJ really pushed the electronics music forward while still created his own sound. Like it or not, he deserves big respect.
JMJ first albums in the early 80ies were an inspiration for my own development in synthesizer music. He is a real handmade sound artist icon, and this video sample let us feel his strong passion to legendary machines, especially in relation to his Oxygene Album which I remember was one of my favorite disc when I was young teenager. Thanks for this video.
1. I LOVED his comment about the noise generator, saying that all it needed was some phasing and "musical intention". Musical intention is everything. Forget about millions of dollars worth of gear. What you do with what you have is everything. 2. Where can I get those beautiful floor lamps?
@blackdevilguitars Well said, and that very "noise generator" was an EMS VCS3... try pricing one out. JMJ couldn't exemplify any more the very antithesis of 'creativity borne of a shoestring budget.'
Oxygen and Equinox are two of the most influential albums of all time, and not just for electronic and synth music. JMJ's was a pioneer with these two works and while others were also breaking new ground, JMJ's use of the sounds were very unique to him. Excellent video, excellent music and an excellent creator.
+Pioneer707 I'm into both artists, and Kraftwerk didn't predate Jarre by a decade. The fact that you describe JMJ as elevator music simply proves that you have no experience of writing or producing electronic music, dance or otherwise. Early Kraftwerk is very rough experimental and really hard to listen to, often without melody or rhythm. It wasn't until Autobahn and TEE that Kraftwerk got their signature sorted, roughly the time of Oxygen. Both artists are important, but as for influence and popularity, check out their album's sales figures.
Jean, Twoje utwory słyszałem po raz pierwszy w roku 1975. Od tamtej pory jestem Twoim fanem, miłość do tej muzyki zaszczepiłem również moim dorosłym już synom, z którymi byłem na Twoim pamiętnym koncercie w Stoczni Gdańskiej.👍❤️
Great instruments, great musician, great memories. I was a young teen when I heard Oyxgene for the first time and it influenced my whole life in several ways.
This man is absolutely fucking genius. This whole interview goes to show that nothing can get in the way of musical talent. If you want to be creative, you will do so.
I have been listening to JMJ for almost my whole life, Oxygene still takes me on a cosmic tour and gives me chills to this day, just beautiful inspiring electronica from the early days, lots of other great EDM since but JMJ started this journey for me, and even though I don't follow him or know much about him these days, his music had a big impact on my life.
His audience is much much larger than 100 or so million French speakers. It only makes sense he speaks in the language that more of his audience understand and have subtitles for the rest.
That Theremin is something else... A gem of a clip... I'll be thinking of all of these instruments and of course efforts next time I listen to JMJ... We're honored to experience all of these auric delights.
It's easy to poke fun, but the guy got me in to electronic music when I was a kid and so I love him for that, and I still enjoy the odd listen to a bit of Rendezvous or even the oddly fractured Zoolook. Good on you Jean-Michel but come on mate sort out that syrup no-one's fooled 😃
eminent 310 unique is absolutely my fav synth of all time!! it sounds so magic!!!! there is more than a million dollar in this studio....damn....its a fucking museum!!
I remember when you could buy a Moog kit from radio shack and build your own A friend of mine did it and while he played it i would play my Violin with him .those were the days my friend ,those were the days of magic .And here we are today still mesmerized and enthralled by those mysterious and magical sounds that can transport us to a place you will never find any other way .
I've listened to Oxygene / Equinoxe hundreds of times since they were released, I still hear new things in them. Now seeing these vids on YT of JMJ talking and I'm learning even more. It's great gear, but his message is -- it's not about the gear, it's about you finding what speaks to you. These were what he used; you can hear it as soon as he touches them. You might have to use something else. Presets and preprogrammed software sound great, but literally anyone can use them, and it all sounds the same. Experiment. Explore. Be the next JMJ by going where nobody else is going
I can only imagine how much time has gone into the discovery of all the possibilities with these instruments. He still seems to know all of them like his back pocket.
What a fantastic interview with an absolutely legendary pioneer of electronic music. His equipment is a living/working example of the progression of electronic equipment of the 20th century. What a fabulous collection!!
A homage to the era of analog synths, a set up like this will never be seen again. Complex sequencing can now be handled through software control effectively and patch saving can save you buying multiple synths.
My dad played Rendez Vous 4 on the car journey to school one day when I was about 8 years old. I felt like I'd been taken to another world. Just an amazing musician who really did break the mould.
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Although modern gear is more powerful, portable, flexible and probably able to digitally reproduce pretty much every sound here, the point is that this guy had no-one to learn from. He couldn't just select a few patches and tweak them - all the sounds had to be crafted from oscillators, filters etc. So it's kind of like comparing constructing an Ikea chair with carving one from trees you chopped down yourself. Respect the craftsman, even if the music ain't your bag.
Pioneering. Like watching the original TRON. I remember watching that in the cinema - it was amazing...
When you realise every single thing, including atmospheric effects, lighting, shadows and literally everything else wasn't coded untill they coded it.
Although modern gear is more powerful old gear is more reliable
Isao Tomita, Wendy Carlos and Jean Michel Jarre are three I know if who are the pioneers in synthesizer music that has brought joy to my ears. And those who created the variety of synthesizers have made science fiction movies of the 50s special.
@@parasiteunit If you listen carefully, you can tell some of the sounds in Tron are from both the Apple II and Atari computers of the 80s.
His music is still superior to most of today's stuff!
Oxygene and Équinoxe, two of my favourite albums.
I have the originals and still play them regularly.
Fantastic music, absolutely timeless masterpieces.
Any man who can get over 1.1 million people to turn up at one concert gets my respect
You forgot to meant 3,5 million people concert in Moscow in 1997. That's astonishing. French electro is the best.
@@marekpumex when you're 3 Kms from the scene, can you consider your attending the concert ?
@@jeandurand3095 Well Guinness World Record Commission did think like this :D
Uhm... that turnout wasn't for his music. Are you serious? He did a concert in HOUSTON after the crash of the Space Shuttle, Challenger, in 1986. Because he dedicated Rendezvous (fourth part) to that event there was a large turnout to see the show. IN HOUSTON. By design. American patriotism is why that many people amassed. Like having a benefit concert in New York City after 9/11 and claiming people turned out for the musicians.
@@DiffEQ Who mentioned Houston? He did the same in Paris and Moscow. Each time beating his own record, no live aid, no disasters, just him and his performance.
At the age off 15 I loved this stuff. Now 40 years later. I still do.
I was born 79 and I was raised with Jean Michel Jarre and other similar artists,
and I still love their music and are still listening to it and probably will until the day I take my last breath.
same, I am 45 now
@@MusicWizard79 And me too. 37 years old. My parents listened it. And I do it, including Oxygene and Equinoxe. I have grown with it, and Jarre made my an electronic music liker. Later I've found many other wonderful elecronic music (first of all trance and new age). But Jarre's music is present with me all my life.
Yes.
Oxygene and Equinoxe were by far the greatest electronic albums ever to be made...you can listen to them today and they still sound like they came from the future.
No I don't agree. He used less gear, but Jan Hammer's "The First Seven Days" blows away anything Jarre ever did. There, I said it...
@@jamiepastman5594 Definitely not. It might be, on a melodic aspect, a bit more experimental at some moments, but it was very basic synth with instruments around, and the melody was mostly cacophonic. JH was fidgeting with toys, JMJ was composing symphonies.
@@nicojar these are opinions, not facts. Also; there is more than one melody on First Seven Days, and (even though I'm a professional full time musician for over 40 years) I have absolutely no idea what cacophonic means, is that a new word ? Anyway, you have your opinion, I have mine, that's the beautiful thing about music. Sweeping statements about things being the "best" are idiotic
@@jamiepastman5594 I just RUclipsd "The First Seven Days", wondering, how many edibles you were on when you posted that?
@@jamiepastman5594 You're mean spirited for saying that. Admiration of a musicians work is subjective, so that makes your opinion just that, "your opinion." Do tell where you get your holier than thou superior credentials. We're waiting.
Been loving his music for over 40 years, but this was the first time I've seen him play let alone speak. What a treat - thanks for posting this video!
I was 14 when Oxygène came out. It was literally lifechanging, and shaped my appreciation of music forever. I loved it then, and at 60, I still do today.
Imagine if Bach, Beethoven and Debussey did a RUclips download of how they made their music... This is an important addition to the History of Music
+zedster911 hm. i think, that this would be kinda not so interesting. or do you see, how a modern film composer like James Horner, John Williams or others are composing with a pen and paper?
There are videos of Shostakovitch and Stravinsky explaining how they wrote their music.
They did, but tapes were lost.
Musicians today do not realise how easy they have it...
In those days people like Jean Michael, Vangelis and Kraftwerk didn't just make their own music. They made their own musical instruments....
Listen to him at 1:48 about the sequencer he conceived.
Seriously fucking incredible...
One thing that never fails to impress me is just how unbelievably musical Oxygene is.
He uses every piece, as an instrument, as if it was part of an
orchestra.
Oxygene is as timeless as Beethoven's 5th.
Every sound is instantly recognisable. To make an album of music with this equipment in the early 70s is where the talent and skill of this man shines very brightly
Add to that the fact that a record company took a chance on this guy and pressed him onto vinyl!
@@rusty1187 that wouldn't happen now
Jarre; an absolute genius who will never be matched. True musical magician 🎩 🇦🇺
JMJ is a living legend. His melodies will remain stuck in my brain forever!
Mr Jarre is an Electronic Pioneer and visionary light years ahead of his time. Thank you for your wonderful music!
Love that collage of old synthesizers! They all have a sound and personality of their own and their sounds have only been imitated by modern synths but not duplicated!
En tant que batteur compositeur, fan de Pierre Henri, et des premiers synthétisers ,quand je vois ça !!! j'hallucine ! magnifique, Jean Michel à su faire une musique qui touche tout le monde avec ces incroyables instruments électro , franchement j'adore ce grand artiste, tout comme Vangelis !
"There is no memory so I need few of them for different family of sounds" hahaha he is a true legend.
Straightaway you hear the sound from his record from 1976, 30 years later in the studio! Now, either he remembers what the settings were or he has those pieces of paper to show him where to set the controls or he hasn't moved the controls on some of those things since 1976!
It's the era of making a _few_ _great_ sounds. This is so in contrast to the digital workstation or modern virtual analog or post-2000 analog era where you've got guys in revews who say 128 or 1000 memories are not enough, plenty to store their 1000 crap sounds, every one forgettable and they all sound the same. I just heard some guy playing an Alesis A6 Andromeda. It sounded just the same as some other guy on a new Prophet-12 and some other guy on a Roland Jupiter 80. Yawn!
Here I stumbled across this video of Jarre today 24 September 2014 and the last time I heard most of the sounds he playing was when I last heard Oxygene probably when I bought it on CD in the 1990s! So he is unique.
+Dave Bellamy " Now, either he remembers what the settings were or he has those pieces of paper to show him where to set the controls or he hasn't moved the controls on some of those things since 1976!" Well... Most Producers who use analogue synths either write down what they did, use so called "Preset sheets" or simply take a picture of their settings ^^
@@davebellamy4867 I'm totally with you. It's all about finding a character.
He probably have every single machine set for a specific sound. They're set on that sound indefinitely.
All I could think was how much money was he getting back then from his dad Maurice (who I know was rich due to soundtrack work) because he'd have to have been loaded to have had more than 1 of an instrument.
After all these years, he's still as enthusiastic as ever around these wonderful instruments.
These are such antiques and, I saw him recently in concert, he is still using them! It changed my view immensely on him, playing live and with such passion.
I saw him play Houston Texas 1986 it was mind blowing
Legendary. That was synthesized music. Still is today. A lot of logic and talent needed to create epic tracks.
A brilliant musician, composer and master of the synthesizer (let's not forget, with a large musical and technical assistance from Michel Geiss, another genius in the world of synthesizers)
Amazing modesty in this guy who is a legend. One of the very few in this genre. I hope there are more of these videos.
I was just thinking that myself.
He's so incased in music, so fascinated by it. It just doesn't come to his mind who's good, who's not, when he has a chance to show his 'children', he toys. He's excited proud of THEM, not about himself.
The positive side of nerdiness :)
I remember him as a very friendly guy. I met him in 1978 on the set of "Die Hamburger Krankheit" He was surrounded by people but still took the time to chat with a 12 year old
Вы не представляете, как я смотрю и радуюсь. Очень хорошо, что он всё это сохраняет. И удивительно, что эти инструменты всё-еще в рабочем состоянии.
It's amazing he takes all of those sounds - that sound so cheesy by themselves - and meld them into "Oxygene!" Just goes to show that it's not just the gear.
Yeah, you can give someone ten grands worth of studio equipment - and you'll get the audio equivalent of soda pop...
Others you can give a stylophone to and get something that would make Mozart look skyward and ask "why is my music so mediocre!?!?".
Zoolook album is more better for me than Oxygène album.
Oxygene is an amazing album, as is Equinoxe. Genius.
Agreed!
Equinoxe changed my life for good! Thank you Jean Michel.
I boght Oxygene a few years ago. Listening late at nigh,t I fell asleep, and woke up to the sound of the first synth he demonstrates in this video. I kept hearing the sshhhoooOO - pkkhhh sound, and was convinced someone was launching rockets somewhere in my city. I looked out the different windows, wondering where they were coming from,, where they were landing before I realized I heard them best near the speakers. I had a good laugh when I figured it out. I hope Jean-Michel sees this and has a good laugh too.
Jean is a musical genius. I loved his first three albums. He must have gotten the musical part from his father, it all seems to fall into place.
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I saw a concert in front of 300 people done with this machines ... It was just amazing...
Thank you JMJ and fuc* the jalous ;-)
I have many of his albums. His music is magical. He was the first electronic artist I heard and has remained one of my favorites.
Got all of them. And together with Vangelis, Mike Oldfield and Kraftwerk he is my all time favorite. :)
Klaus Schulte top all
I remember Oxygen no. 4 as a kid. That's the first full synth tune that I know. His music was regarded as futuristic and it really was.
I still have some of his old cassettes, he introduced me to the world of electronic music. Come to think of it, he probably he introduced the world to electronic music
Introduced the world to electronic music. You know nothing if you believe that. YOUR experience and knowledge isn't very deep on the subject if you make such an inane comment like that. Wow.
Yeah maybe a youngster, walter/wendy carlos 1969 and various one of groups like Lothar and the Hand-people 1969 or White Noise by Delia Derbyshire on Island records or even Musique Concrete stuff from the 50's....and kraftwerk etc were all earlier
doesnt know anything
no he's not, I can't even express my indignity at the negative comments here. How can you like electronic music and not have massive respect for Jarre? hes probably the most influential pioneer, and oxygene has stood the test of time. I can't say the same for your boi skrill.
Maybe they are just too young to have any feeling towards this. No matter what, JMJ really pushed the electronics music forward while still created his own sound. Like it or not, he deserves big respect.
As a huge fan of Oxygene and Equinoxe, this is amazing to see so many years later: thanks so much for uploading!
JMJ first albums in the early 80ies were an inspiration for my own development in synthesizer music. He is a real handmade sound artist icon, and this video sample let us feel his strong passion to legendary machines, especially in relation to his Oxygene Album which I remember was one of my favorite disc when I was young teenager.
Thanks for this video.
JMJ is one of the pioneers of electronic music. It was in the early 80's that his music caught my attention and I've been hooked ever since.
1. I LOVED his comment about the noise generator, saying that all it needed was some phasing and "musical intention". Musical intention is everything. Forget about millions of dollars worth of gear. What you do with what you have is everything.
2. Where can I get those beautiful floor lamps?
@blackdevilguitars Well said, and that very "noise generator" was an EMS VCS3... try pricing one out. JMJ couldn't exemplify any more the very antithesis of 'creativity borne of a shoestring budget.'
What I lack and what most lack is "all it needed was some phasing and "musical intention". Musical intention is everything"
Probably about half a million for all that rare, vintage analog gear.
My mom has one of those floor lamps, sadly no synths hahaha.
@@motosporttouring yes but getting a noise generator and a phaser is an easy task for anyone!
Oxygen and Equinox are two of the most influential albums of all time, and not just for electronic and synth music. JMJ's was a pioneer with these two works and while others were also breaking new ground, JMJ's use of the sounds were very unique to him. Excellent video, excellent music and an excellent creator.
+Pioneer707 I'm into both artists, and Kraftwerk didn't predate Jarre by a decade. The fact that you describe JMJ as elevator music simply proves that you have no experience of writing or producing electronic music, dance or otherwise. Early Kraftwerk is very rough experimental and really hard to listen to, often without melody or rhythm. It wasn't until Autobahn and TEE that Kraftwerk got their signature sorted, roughly the time of Oxygen. Both artists are important, but as for influence and popularity, check out their album's sales figures.
absolutely true !
I've actually shaken the hand that played all those influential tunes :-)
David Harry tubular bell Oldfield started all thx to virgin Branson than came Jean Michel
"Oxygen and Equinox are two of the most influential albums of all time."Not in reality.
Jean, Twoje utwory słyszałem po raz pierwszy w roku 1975. Od tamtej pory jestem Twoim fanem, miłość do tej muzyki zaszczepiłem również moim dorosłym już synom, z którymi byłem na Twoim pamiętnym koncercie w Stoczni Gdańskiej.👍❤️
Wow 13 years old video on youtube !
Than you for this gem 🙏
This is awesome! A dream studio.
Funny to read some of the comments. Whether you like JMJ or not, you have to admit that he knows (and I think) and loves his synths.
I seen Jean Michel Jarre Play live in Dublin Ireland on 10.10.2016 A dream come true for me, an amazing show indeed. Fantastic, thank you. Justin
I love everything about this. Especially the Tufnel syrup.
" no but these go up to eleven..."
Great instruments, great musician, great memories. I was a young teen when I heard Oyxgene for the first time and it influenced my whole life in several ways.
This man is absolutely fucking genius. This whole interview goes to show that nothing can get in the way of musical talent. If you want to be creative, you will do so.
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Mostly he is a daddy's boys.
Even through RUclips compression and my crappy smartphone speakers you feel the warmth of analog creation.
I have been listening to JMJ for almost my whole life, Oxygene still takes me on a cosmic tour and gives me chills to this day, just beautiful inspiring electronica from the early days, lots of other great EDM since but JMJ started this journey for me, and even though I don't follow him or know much about him these days, his music had a big impact on my life.
The eminent sounds heavenly
It's funny that he is French and he is speaking English and the subtitles are in French !!!
+Jez2008UK He speak with a very good french accent isn't it?
Me too :))
As it should be old boy
lol!! i'ts funny i didn't even think about that until you said it.
His audience is much much larger than 100 or so million French speakers. It only makes sense he speaks in the language that more of his audience understand and have subtitles for the rest.
r asa Which part of 'It's funny' didn't you understand ?
That Theremin is something else... A gem of a clip... I'll be thinking of all of these instruments and of course efforts next time I listen to JMJ... We're honored to experience all of these auric delights.
love all those synths in my bedroom, i would never go out. a genius who has influenced a lot of music artists.
He seems like he's having so much fun, I love it!
I like when he said: "When the brain is not working anymore"...Lol :)
I have every album you’ve made. Thanks Jean Michel for the wonderful music you’ve created.
Thank you Mr Jarre for showing your wonderful instruments!
That is the best setup I have ever seen dude!! ;)
It's easy to poke fun, but the guy got me in to electronic music when I was a kid and so I love him for that, and I still enjoy the odd listen to a bit of Rendezvous or even the oddly fractured Zoolook. Good on you Jean-Michel but come on mate sort out that syrup no-one's fooled 😃
Brian Rhodes No way that is a wig lol no way.
I have like all of his LPs in LP form. Brings me back in time and the LP cracking noise is a must in JMJ.
eminent 310 unique is absolutely my fav synth of all time!! it sounds so magic!!!! there is more than a million dollar in this studio....damn....its a fucking museum!!
It's lovely seeing JMJ talk in English and watching it subtitled into French!
oh im in heaven! i could listen to him for hours about how they work!
Magnetic Fields, my favourite album :)
so cool hearing the different parts of his music sounding identical still.
Very much enjoyed his concert last Saturday in Nuremberg. He's such a talented and gentle person.
If there's a Heaven it would be that room for me.
This man is a new Mozart of the Age.!!
I remember when you could buy a Moog kit from radio shack and build your own A friend of mine did it and while he played it i would play my Violin with him .those were the days my friend ,those were the days of magic .And here we are today still mesmerized and enthralled by those mysterious and magical sounds that can transport us to a place you will never find any other way .
Superb collection of synths and a legend taking us round them :)
What more can you ask for!!!!!
10/10
That reference to Walter Carlos at around 5:30 is gold
the master aint rockin no laptop
+blipblip88 He is now
+Will Prat His new stuff is hideous though
+KILLAGORILLA7000 I like it.
Amazing he didnt let go of those amazing modulars. Still sounding as great as ever!
Thanks dad for bringing me to this guys live show in sweden!
A master at work
I've listened to Oxygene / Equinoxe hundreds of times since they were released, I still hear new things in them. Now seeing these vids on YT of JMJ talking and I'm learning even more. It's great gear, but his message is -- it's not about the gear, it's about you finding what speaks to you. These were what he used; you can hear it as soon as he touches them. You might have to use something else. Presets and preprogrammed software sound great, but literally anyone can use them, and it all sounds the same. Experiment. Explore. Be the next JMJ by going where nobody else is going
And in 2022 you can do all that on your phone...what an age to be alive
yeahhh, this collection is mind blowing. great album
so cute. like having bob ross talk about old synths instead of happy trees.
+kenbrisby hilarious great analogy
He's more like a French Ozzy Ozbourne
kenbrisby. Porn
Synthgasm
Damn his understanding of synthesis is quite incredible. Much respect for JMJ!
Heard him on the Cal Jam album! Had no idea of the way he created his music! Genius!
Oh god, that moog keytar!
Is there an english translation for the french subtitles?
WOW!!! so good to find out where all those superb sounds came from👍👍👍👍👍
I can only imagine how much time has gone into the discovery of all the possibilities with these instruments. He still seems to know all of them like his back pocket.
more than 2M US dollars in stuff there
and to think that it can all be done in software now and run on a $50 cellphone !
with ultra shit sound and no soul :)
porjo38 No ypu can't If you want to do something really good.
porjo38 nope
@@porjo38 not really true.
Mad genius in his lab
JMJ - Oxygenius Of Electronic Music ! Greets From Poland ;-)
This reminds me of the “Building the Barn” synth music from the Witness movie. It was written by Maurice Jarre and I still listen to it.
A musical genius.
Legend
What a fantastic interview with an absolutely legendary pioneer of electronic music. His equipment is a living/working example of the progression of electronic equipment of the 20th century. What a fabulous collection!!
A homage to the era of analog synths, a set up like this will never be seen again. Complex sequencing can now be handled through software control effectively and patch saving can save you buying multiple synths.
Knobs and sliders have made a big comeback and they help avoid preset syndrome.
Musical genius! 😁
That theremin looks like an original RCA one.
I have a friend who knows a guy who heard about someone attending JMJ's 2000 New Years show a Giza in egypt. Legend!
I already thought I heard a theramin on Oxgene .. Amazing trip trough musical history ! Thanks for posting.
Heaven.
how much money did this guy have back in the 70's? geez
he was the son of a famous movie director so loads
His father, Maurice Jarre was a Composer and Conductor, not a Director. He died in 2009. His father left him when he was 5.
SomethingTVTV well he is Maurice Jarre’s son. Famous composer. Dr Zhivago etc. Affluent. Talented.
He took out loans. Many of the electronic music pioneers borrowed big money to buy their stuff.
My dad played Rendez Vous 4 on the car journey to school one day when I was about 8 years old. I felt like I'd been taken to another world. Just an amazing musician who really did break the mould.
Where is more of this???? Fascinating stuff..MORE,MORE,MORE!!!!!