Blah Blah Cafe, the Jean-Michel Jarre forum

[Xyxophas]

The concert in Katowice in 2010 was a disaster - the only time I took someone to a JMJ concert, I was embarrased AF at her "WTF is this" - she's no trained musician by any measure, but she's not a member of the Church of Jarre either, so she didn't have to pretend she liked it

I also went to concerts in Warsaw in 2008 and 2011. Both sounded terrible. I have the same hard time listening to Oxygene Live in Your Living Room.

JMJ better not play live.

He could take an example from other electronic music artists and learn how to use DJ equipment, a mixing desk and Ableton Live at concerts.

Like for example Simon Posford from Shpongle. He doesn't pretend to play anything live except for a few additional melodic lines.

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I dream of hearing a 2-hour DJ set by JMJ without any breaks between songs, where the individual songs blend seamlessly with each other.

[Kanta]

Jean-Michel Jarre @ Tallinn - 17/06/2025

[Jarrepeggiator]

The concert in Katowice in 2010 was a disaster - the only time I took someone to a JMJ concert, I was embarrased AF at her "WTF is this" - she's no trained musician by any measure, but she's not a member of the Church of Jarre either, so she didn't have to pretend she liked it

I also went to concerts in Warsaw in 2008 and 2011. Both sounded terrible. I have the same hard time listening to Oxygene Live in Your Living Room.

JMJ better not play live.

He could take an example from other electronic music artists and learn how to use DJ equipment, a mixing desk and Ableton Live at concerts.

Like for example Simon Posford from Shpongle. He doesn't pretend to play anything live except for a few additional melodic lines.

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I dream of hearing a 2-hour DJ set by JMJ without any breaks between songs, where the individual songs blend seamlessly with each other.

Then how will he say lines like "electronic music has nothing to do with rock, blues, America or Trump" or "Robots don't cry.. so far" between tracks?

[Richard-Eastham]

The concert in Katowice in 2010 was a disaster - the only time I took someone to a JMJ concert, I was embarrased AF at her "WTF is this" - she's no trained musician by any measure, but she's not a member of the Church of Jarre either, so she didn't have to pretend she liked it

I also went to concerts in Warsaw in 2008 and 2011. Both sounded terrible. I have the same hard time listening to Oxygene Live in Your Living Room.

JMJ better not play live.

He could take an example from other electronic music artists and learn how to use DJ equipment, a mixing desk and Ableton Live at concerts.

Like for example Simon Posford from Shpongle. He doesn't pretend to play anything live except for a few additional melodic lines.

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I dream of hearing a 2-hour DJ set by JMJ without any breaks between songs, where the individual songs blend seamlessly with each other.

Then how will he say lines like "electronic music has nothing to do with rock, blues, America or Trump" or "Robots don't cry.. so far" between tracks?

He could always shout these things out, the way other DJs shout: "Put your hands in the air!" and "Make some noise!"

[rinogurr]

Setlist - Tallinn

Les Chants Magnétiques 1
Epica - Oxygene
Oxymore
Sex in the Machine
Oxygène 2
Arpegiateur (Dedicated to Baltic and Nordic electronic music artists)
Zoolookologie
Équinoxe pt 7
The Architect
Zero Gravity
Exit
Industrial Revolution 2
Robots Don’t Cry (Movement 3)
Herbalizer
Oxygène (Part 19)
Équinoxe 4
Brutalism
Oxygene part 4
Epica
Stardust
Rendez-vous
Magnetic Fields

Source: https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/jeanmich ... b6608.html

[jeanbatman]

Thanks for the tracklists.
No tracks from the 90's...

[rinogurr]

[Richard-Eastham]

Looks like the Tallinn Arena was set up with seating throughout, no standing area, not even in front of the stage. Totally flattens the atmosphere. No idea why JMJ agrees to this approach for his indoor shows.

[Jote]

No "If The Wind Could Speak"? Bummer. I hope it makes a reappearance on Friday.

This is probably be the only track that nobody has uploaded anywhere...

[Jarrepeggiator]

Thanks for the tracklists.
No tracks from the 90's...

All tracks (except one) are either modern versions from the 1976-84 era or from the 2015-2025 "Silver era".

[Oxygene]

Looks like the Tallinn Arena was set up with seating throughout, no standing area, not even in front of the stage. Totally flattens the atmosphere. No idea why JMJ agrees to this approach for his indoor shows.

A question of ticket sales, I presume...

[Oxygene]

Stardust:


Equinoxe 4:


Robots Don't Cry/Herbalizer:

[Xyxophas]

Of all the videos I've seen so far, Brutalism has the best visuals in my opinion.

Bali Indah in Dolina Charlotty is a great place to play Ethnicolor. I have some hopes, but I'm afraid I'll be disappointed.
Also, there's no sign of Equinoxe 5 yet.

[rinogurr]

Looks like the Tallinn Arena was set up with seating throughout, no standing area, not even in front of the stage. Totally flattens the atmosphere. No idea why JMJ agrees to this approach for his indoor shows.

[rinogurr]