This is the confirmed tracklist for the forthcoming Essentials & Rarities album:

CD 1 – ESSENTIALS
1. Souvenir Of China 3’59
2. Oxygene 2 3’12
3. Arpegiateur 6’16
4. Oxygene 4 4’14
5. Equinoxe 4 6’42
6. Calypso 2 2’28
7. Zoolook 3’52
8. Magnetic Fields 1 5’20
9. Magnetic Fields 2 4’02
10. Equinoxe 5 3’55
11. Industrial Revolution 2 2’22
12. Rendez Vous 4 3’59
13. Gloria, Lonely Boy 5’30
14. Oxygene 6 6’21
15. Space Of Freedom 8’02

CD 2 – RARITIES
1. Happiness Is A Sad Song 5’53
2. Hypnose 3’29
3. Erosmachine 2’58
4. La Cage 3’23
5. Chanson Des Granges Brûlées 2’45
Song Of The Burnt Barns
6. Windswept Canyon 7’39
7. The Abominable Snowman 0’52
8. Deserted Palace 2’22
9. Le Pays De Rose / Roseland 2’01
10. Rain Forest Rap Session 1’40
11. Black Bird 3’06
12. Music Box Concerto 2’41
13. Iraqi Hitch-Hiker 2’25
14. Les Granges Brûlées 3’13
15. La Cage Vitalic RMX 4’16
16. Erosmachine Vitalic RMX 3’45

Also we were informed by Disques Dreyfus about the release of the disc of Rarities, Oxygene, Equinoxe and Magnetic Fields in vynil.

We would like to thank Daniélle Feuillerat from Disques Dreyfus, for her kindness and support.

May

29/05/11 Jelling, Denmark. Jelling Musikfestival

July

01/07/11 Monaco, Monaco Principality. Port of Hercules

October

09/10/11 Sofia, Bulgaria. Sofia Arena Hall

10/10/11 Belgrade, Serbia. Beogradska Arena

11/10/11 Zagreb, Croatia. Zagreb Arena

14/10/11 Kiev, Ukraine. Palace of Sports

16/10/11 Kaunas, Lithuania. Kauno Arena

18/10/11 Moscow, Russia. Crocus City Hall

20/10/11 Saint Petersburg, Russia. Ice Palace

22/10/11 Turku, Finland. HK Arena

25/10/11 Stockholm, Sweden. Hovet

26/10/11 Oslo, Norway. Spektrum

28/10/11 Bergen, Norway. Vestlandshallen

31/10/11 Frankfurt, Germany. Festhalle

November

01/11/11 Hannover, Germany. TUI Arena

03/11/11 Hamburg, Germany. O2 World

04/11/11 Dortmund, Germany. Westfalenhalle

05/11/11 Köln, Germany. Lanxessarena

07/11/11 Dresden, Germany. Massehalle

08/11/11 Berlin, Germany. O2 World

09/11/11 Erfurt, Germany. Massehalle

10/11/11 Trier, Germany. Arena

12/11/11 Brno, Czech Republic. Hala Rondo

13/11/11 Katowice, Poland. Spodek

14/11/11 Warsaw, Poland. Torwar

15/11/11 Bydgoszcz, Poland. Hala Luczniczka

17/11/11 Vienna, Austria. Stadthalle

18/11/11 Graz, Austria. Stadthalle

19/11/11 München, Germany. Olympiahalle

20/11/11 Zurich, Switzerland. Hallenstadion

H.R.H Prince Albert II of Monaco and his fiancée Ms Charlène Wittstock, in celebration of their wedding, will offer a concert by Jean Michel Jarre. On Friday 1st of July 2011 at 10pm, the Principality of Monaco will pulsate with Jarre’s electronic music.

Hercules Port, entirely transformed into a one-night stage, will showcase Jean Michel Jarre’s concert-event, a special creation for Monaco, in this historic context.

Monaco will be the casket for a stunning evening. Jarre’s futuristic concert marries lighting and laser choreography, HD videos and pyrotechnics, the visual score of his universal music, performed from the stage centred in the Port.

A concert in the city, or a city-in-concert, this civic event, open to all, will be broadcast throughout the Principality, as well internationally.

“It is a great honour to have been chosen by Prince Albert of Monaco and his future wife for such an event. It is also a real pleasure to be able to perform in the exceptional site of Hercules Port” states Jean Michel Jarre.

The eagerly  awaited Essentials & Rarities album, the first work of Francis Dreyfus Music and Jean Michel Jarre together on almost ten years, will be released next May 30.

The album will contain two CD’s, in a limited edition:

- Essentials: A tribute from Jarre to Dreyfus, who passed away last year, with some excerpts of the albums published by FDM.

- Rarities: For the first time, this CD will contain some pre-Oxygene works and from the time that Jean Michel Jarre studied in the GRM (Groupe de Recherches Muscales) with his guru, Pierre Schaeffer.

He is the man in the shadow, responsible that everything will be OK, that nothing fails. In the recording studio, as technician, or in tour, taking care that a half hundred of analog synthesizers will run perfectly. JEAN MICHEL JARRE finds in PATRICK PELAMOURGUES the professional and the confidence person able to confront that task with success.

Since 1978, the year in which PATRICK worked in the preparation and equipment of Croissy as a studio recording, he has become in a pound of the JARRE Team. But there is more life outer JARRE’s surroundings, and PATRICK shows it to FAIRLIGHT JARRE.

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