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on the district of
La DéfenseLa Défense is a major business district for the city of Paris. With a population of 20,844, it is centered in an oval freeway loop straddling the Hauts-de-Seine département municipalities of Nanterre, Courbevoie and Puteaux...
in
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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.
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- For the epoynmous business district, see La Défense
La Défense is a major business district for the city of Paris. With a population of 20,844, it is centered in an oval freeway loop straddling the Hauts-de-Seine département municipalities of Nanterre, Courbevoie and Puteaux...
.
Paris La Defense - Une Ville En Concert was a concert held by musician
Jean Michel JarreJean-Michel André Jarre is a French composer, performer and music producer. He is regarded as a pioneer in the electronic, synthpop, ambient and New Age genres, as well as an organiser of outdoor spectacles of his music which feature lights, laser displays and fireworks.Jarre was raised in Lyon...
on the district of
La DéfenseLa Défense is a major business district for the city of Paris. With a population of 20,844, it is centered in an oval freeway loop straddling the Hauts-de-Seine département municipalities of Nanterre, Courbevoie and Puteaux...
in
ParisParis is the capital of France and the country's most populous city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
on
Bastille DayBastille Day is the French national holiday, celebrated on 14 July each year. In France, it is called Fête Nationale in official parlance, or more 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 TriompheThe Arc de Triomphe is a monument in Paris, France that stands in the centre of the Place Charles de Gaulle, also known as the "Place de l'Étoile". It is at the western end of the Champs-Élysées. The triumphal arch honors those who fought for France, particularly during the Napoleonic Wars. On the...
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
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album, and vast grotesque marionettes created by Trinidadian
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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)
Musicians
- Jean-Michel Jarre: Synthesizers
- Michel Geiss: Synthesizers
- Francis Rimbert
Francis 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 Rousseau
Frederick 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 2500
The ARP 2500, built from 1970 through the mid-70's, was ARP's first big synthesizer. A monophonic analog modular synthesizer equipped with a set of matrix switches to connect modules in addition to the more common patch cords. It used cords with 1/8" miniphone connectors rather than the 1/4' cords...
- ARP 2600
The ARP 2600 is a semi-modular analog subtractive audio synthesizer, designed by Alan R. Pearlman and manufactured by his company, ARP Instruments, Inc. Unlike other modular systems of the time, which required modules to be purchased individually and wired by the user, the 2600 was semi-modular...
- Elka AMK8
- Elka Synthex
The Elka Synthex is an analog, polyphonic hybrid music synthesizer.-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...
- Elka MK-88
- EMS AKS
The EMS Synthi A, and a version of it with a built-in keyboard and sequencer, the EMS Synthi AKS, is a portable modular analog synthesizer made by EMS in England starting in 1972. Most notable for its patch pin matrix, its functions and internal design are similar to the VCS 3 synthesizer, also...
- EMS VCS3
- Korg EXM1R
- Korg T3
- Roland D-50
The Roland D-50 was a polyphonic 61-key synthesizer produced by Roland. It was released in 1987 to compete with the Yamaha DX7. Its features include on-board effects, a joystick for data manipulation, and an intuitive layout design...
- Roland D-550
- Roland D-70
- Roland MKS 80 (Super Jupiter)
- Akai S1000
The 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 Harp
A 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 popularized by Jean Michel Jarre in his concerts....
- 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
- Basse Musikmaker
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