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[Richard-Eastham]

As for ESET, yeah, I spotted their building there a while back, it was pretty obvious for me why they are sponsoring it.

Or the other way around? As in this is the main reason JMJ has 'chosen' this location?

[Jote]

I wouldn't think so, the bridge with its UFO restaurant is emblematic and very much inline with the Starmus theme, so that's what likely came first; then the hunt for sponsors. ESET probably agreed because of the proximity.

[Richard-Eastham]

I wouldn't think so, the bridge with its UFO restaurant is emblematic and very much inline with the Starmus theme, so that's what likely came first; then the hunt for sponsors. ESET probably agreed because of the proximity.

Yeah, that make more sense

Anyway, it is all very exciting and I have booked flights from the UK and booked accommodation in Bratislava old town. So a big thank you to ESET for sponsoring this event! Interestingly, ESET UK HQ is in Bournemouth, where I live, and just a few kms from my house.

[Kanta]

[dzoolook]

As you already know, the concert in Bratislava will last 2 hours. Given that JMJ has very little time to prepare musical arrangements and has shown that he lacks a music production team to assist him in recent times, and considering how the last concerts have been in recent years, this is what I believe he will perform at the festival:

Ethnicolor
The Opening
Oxygene 2
Oxygene 4
Equinoxe 7
Conquistador
Equinoxe 4
Chronologie 6
Industrial Revolutions 2
The Architect
Souvenir of China
Oxygene 19
Oxygene 8
Zero Gravity
Oxygene 17
Epica
Zoolookologie
Time Machine or Rendez Vous 2
Rendez Vous 4
Chronologie 4
Stardust

[Robi83]

Lacks a music production team?

Anyway, there will be session musicians with him...

[Richard-Eastham]

As you already know, the concert in Bratislava will last 2 hours. Given that JMJ has very little time to prepare musical arrangements and has shown that he lacks a music production team to assist him in recent times, and considering how the last concerts have been in recent years, this is what I believe he will perform at the festival:

Ethnicolor
The Opening
Oxygene 2
Oxygene 4
Equinoxe 7
Conquistador
Equinoxe 4
Chronologie 6
Industrial Revolutions 2
The Architect
Souvenir of China
Oxygene 19
Oxygene 8
Zero Gravity
Oxygene 17
Epica
Zoolookologie
Time Machine or Rendez Vous 2
Rendez Vous 4
Chronologie 4
Stardust

Will Brian May play the role of Patrick Rondat on Rendez Vous 4 and Chronologie 4 and will that be it? Or will he be on stage from the start and contribute to other tracks too? Looking at your list, perhaps a JMJ x May guitar duet on Conquistador?!?!

[melo]

I remember when Jarre, May and Garlik first came together in a likely collaboration for the International Year of Astronomy in 2009, at an event that was supposed to take place in the Canary Islands...May and Jarre would collaborate on a song together, in which sounds from stars, quasars and pulsars would be used... how about going back to the idea??

[jeanbatman]

I wouldn't think so, the bridge with its UFO restaurant is emblematic and very much inline with the Starmus theme, so that's what likely came first; then the hunt for sponsors. ESET probably agreed because of the proximity.

UFOs have become more trendy since the US AIrForce published those videos of actual UFOs…

[luckybleeder]

What about an updated version of Digisequencer? Pretty sure JMJ & Brian May could do something pretty special

[Kanta]

[jeanbatman]

This discord will be a paradise for troll feeding!

[Kanta]

Brand new Jean-Michel Jarre Discord server.

[Richard-Eastham]

Brand new Jean-Michel Jarre Discord server.

I just get an "invalid invite" error message when I try to join. Anybody else getting this?

[Jote]

Christ, why does everything has to be on Discord now? What problem does it solve, esp. in this particular case? Is that a "How do you do, fellow kids" thing?

I just get an "invalid invite" error message when I try to join. Anybody else getting this?

Nope, the invite worked fine. During the registration I got the "suspicious activity" warning and had to verify via e-mail which didn't work correctly at first (the UI is - as is typical in the 2020s - dumb and I clicked on "send verification e-mail" twice, because the click doesn't do anything (i.e. doesn't even display "e-mail sent" message), so the links that I got were already expired)