The French producer Francis Dreyfus died late yesterday. Dreyfus was an important figure for Jean Michel Jarre as he was the first who trusted in his works and gave it a commercial outlet. They met in 1972 through Dreyfus‘s wife, Helene, and under the seal of his company would take to light Jarre‘s early works such as Les Granges Brulees or Deserted Palace, in addition to various singles and collaborations with various French artists.
The highlight of the collaboration come in 1976/1977, at which time Oxygene was released first in France and then in the rest of the world, becoming a bestseller.
The artistic relationship between Jarre and Dreyfus was broken in 2002 for reasons not too clear; as a curiosity, Jarre, after several years of fightings, recalled, in the acknowledgments when he earned a MOJO award a few days ago, Francis Dreyfus as his true discoverer.
Rest in peace, Francis Dreyfus.
That’s a vey sad news. Rest in Peace, Francis.