J.M. Jarre Magazine – A kind of Fanclub or something like that
The “Rarities” album, by Jean Michel Jarre, is going to be released on vinyl in a few days, according to Francis Dreyfus Music. This release will contain a 180 gr vinyl and a gatefold sleeve.
As Fairlight Jarre previously reported, Francis Dreyfus Music will release “Oxygene“, “Equinoxe” and “Magnetic Fields” in vinyl aswell.
You can already reserve this album on Fnac France and Amazon France.
The first rehearsals and light test for the concert in Monaco has just started. In these images published by our friends of Jarrefan Brazil, you can see the first sights of this spectacular event.
Today, June 24, marks the first anniversary of the death of the French record producer FRANCIS DREYFUS at the age of 69. DREYFUS undoubtedly represented the figure of the ideal producer and publisher.
Dreyfus was clear about what was his vocation. So it was that after finishing his law studies in Paris formed the Parisian Society of Promotion of the Arts, a key institution since French record industry, while founded his first publishing company, Editions Labrador.
His instict for artists not only led him to discover musicians like Christophe, who to this day remains a legend in France, but to promote in France performers as David Bowie and Pink Floyd.
It was not until 1970 that he founded his first label, Disques Motors, which later derived in Disques Dreyfus, through which published works of musicians as disparate as successful, among them Jean Michel Jarre.
It would be his wife, Helen Dreyfus, who encouraged FRANCIS recruit the young musician he met at the Groupe de Recherches Musicales headed by Pierre Schaeffer. The partnership would be strengthened dramatically over 30 years, nearly two dozen albums and a series of concerts around the world that would change the concept of live music.
In 1991, FRANCIS DREYFUS which above all had a passion for Jazz, created a label specifically for that genre: Dreyfus Jazz. That label was joined by MICHEL PETRUCIANI and Marcus Miller among many others.
Even after the breakup in 2002 of tandem DREYFUS / JARRE , it is fair to remember that the work of Francis Dreyfus was decisive for JARRE. Without doubt, and these are words of JEAN-MICHEL “My music might not have been the same without the presence at my side of FRANCIS, or Helen, his wife, along all these years.”
Photo: PHILIPPE QUIDOR
Jean Michel Jarre is working in his Monaco free concert next July 1st at 10 PM, in the Port Hercule. Jarre is now rehearsing with Francis Rimbert, Claude Samard and Jerome Gueguen a tracklist similar to the past concerts but with some variations. Jarre is also working on the stage design and projections for the show
As we reported few days ago, the concert will be aired by Euronews an possibly recorded on HD.
The concert that Jean Michel Jarre is going to perform in Monaco next July, 1 will be broadcasted live by the Euronews channel. This is part of a partnership between Jarre and Euronews that will cover future releases and concerts of the french musician.
Thanks to Danielle Feuillerat and Benjamin Guyot, from Disques Dreyfus, we have the first images of the artwork of the new compilation album “Essentials & Rarities“.
In the FDM web, you can hear some excerpts from both albums. Patrick Pelamourgues was the technician who mastered the two CDs in high definition (96 Khz, 24 bits).
Jean Michel Jarre has presented the compilation to a group of representatives of music distribuitors in his private studio in Bougival. There are some promotional copies given to the press and to TV and radio stations in order to market the album in the media.
You can download the EPK in english: http://www.jeanmicheljarre.com/press-parts-essentials-rarities/epk-hd-en.zip
And in french:
http://www.jeanmicheljarre.com/press-parts-essentials-rarities/epk-hd-fr.zip
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.
