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Interview with Patrick Pelamourges

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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Rendez-Vous 2011 in Ciudad Real

The XIV edition of the Rendez-Vous (annual meeting of Jean Michel Jarre fans arranged by Fairlight Jarre) will be held in the spanish city of Ciudad Real. The Rendez-Vous will be probably held in the month of September.

We’ll keep you informed about the final date and events for the Rendez-Vous 2011 in Ciudad Real.

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“Memories & Rarities” New Album in 2011

We can already announce that 2011 will see a new Jean Michel Jarre album.

This album is called “Memories & Rarities”, a double CD album which includes hits, inedits and pre-Oxygene material.

The launch of the album is due to be held on the three first months of 2011.

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Concert-Tribute to Jean Michel Jarre

Within the “Electronic Music Festival d’Esplugues Iguana 2010” to be held on 18th December at the Cultural Centre l’Avenç d’Esplugues de Llobregat, the group DB Synthetik will give a concert in tribute to Jean Michel Jarre. They tried, in the adaptation of the tracks and production, a sound as close as possible to the original. They will play an extensive tracklist and on the stage will have a original Eminent (for all Oxygene and Equinoxe pads), a Theremin (played by our partner in the Forum Quim Bertrán), Minimoogs, Little Phatty, Kurzweil K2000, Roland D50 (for Industrial Revolution) and a laser harp!

Tracklist:

1-Oxygene II
2-Oxygene III
3-Oxygene IV
4-Oxygene VIII
5-Equinoxe I
6-Equinoxe III
7-Equinoxe IV
8-Equinoxe V
9-Band In The Rain
10-Equinoxe VIII
11-Magnetic Fields II / Souvenir of China
12-Rendez Vous II (Only Laser Harp)
13-Rendez Vous IV
14-Industrial Revolution
15-The Emigrant
16-Chronologie III
17-Chronologie VI

Date: December 18, 2010
Site: Cultural Centre L’Avenç d’Esplugues de Llobregat (Barcelona)
Time: 22:00

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“L’Aventure Motors” Tribute to Francis Dreyfus

“MOTORS is one of the adventures of my life as a producer, the most energetic, unique and rich in improbable encounters”. Francis Dreyfus, founder of DISQUES MOTORS and DISQUES DREYFUS.

Since September 27 is on sale a triple CD compilation entitled “L’Aventure Motors”, published by Disques Dreyfus, containing a collection of songs and artists representative of this famous French label MOTORS throughout its existence. The project was coordinated by Laura Dreyfus, daughter of the late FRANCIS DREYFUS, and pretend to be something of a tribute to the career of this unusual and innovative producer. Its preparation has used the original tapes of the recordings have been remastered at the legendary Studio Ferber in Paris by René AMELINE, contributor to JARRE in studio and in one of his most important recordings.

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