Paris La Défense – Une Ville En Concert
Paris La Défense – Une Ville En Concert was a concert held by musician Jean-Michel Jarre on the district of La Défense in Paris on Bastille Day, July 14, 1990.[1] About 2.5 million people standing in front of the pyramidal stage all the way down to the Arc de Triomphe witnessed this event, setting a new Guinness Book of Records entry for Jarre. The concert was funded by the Mairie de Paris, the 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 Waiting for Cousteau album, and vast grotesque marionettes created by Trinidadian Peter Minshall. A VHS cassette of the concert was released in 1992.[2]
Track listing
- Waiting For Cousteau (played on loop before the concert)
- Paris La Défense
- Oxygène 4
- Équinoxe 4
- Équinoxe 5(*)
- Souvenir de Chine (Souvenir of China)
- Les Chants Magnétiques II (Magnetic Fields II)
- Ethnicolor
- Ethnitransition
- Zoolookologie
- Revolution, Revolutions
- Second Rendez-Vous
- Calypso 2
- Calypso 3 – Fin De Siècle
- Calypso
- Fourth Rendez-Vous(*)
- Calypso (encore)
Songs marked (*) are omitted from the official video release.
Musicians
- Jean-Michel Jarre: Synthesizers
- Michel Geiss : Synthesizers
- Francis Rimbert : Synthesizers
- Dominique Perrier : Synthesizers
- Frederick Rousseau : Synthesizers
- Sylvain Durand: Synthesizers
- Guy Delacroix: Bass, Synthesizers
- Christophe Deschamps : Drums & Percussions
- Dino Lumbroso : Drums & Percussions
- Christine Durand: Soprano
- Larbi Ouechni: Arab Vocals
- Amoco Renegades (directed by Jit Samaroo): Steel Drums
- "Les Chœurs Des Hauts De Seine" (conducted by Bruno Rossignol): Choir
- Al Mawsili: Classical Arab Orchestra
Instruments used
- ARP 2500
- ARP 2600
- Elka AMK8
- Elka Synthex
- Elka MK-88
- EMS AKS
- EMS VCS3
- Korg EXM1R
- Korg T3
- Roland D-50
- Roland D-550
- Roland D-70
- Roland MKS-80 (Super Jupiter)
- Akai S1000
- Roland S-550
- Yamaha KX-5
- Clavier Circulaire
- Laser Harp
- LAG Mad Max II
- LAG Insecte
- ARP Sequencer
- Alesis Quadraverb
- Alesis 1622
- MIDI Tap Lone Wolf
- Atari Mega ST 4 (11 units)
- C-Lab Unitor
- Pearl Drums
- Pad Pearl
- Musicman Stingray 5 Bass
References
- ↑ Forman, Edward (2010). Historical Dictionary of French Theater. Plymouth: Scarecrow Press. p. 139. ISBN 9780810849396. OCLC 705622337.
- ↑ Mike Mansfield (Director), Jean-Michel Jarre (Performer) (1992). Jean Michel Jarre: Paris La Defense - A City In Concert (VHS video)
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