Blah Blah Cafe, the Jean-Michel Jarre forum

[plate of chips]

Always be one of the finest sequenced tracks JMJ ever did. Adore hearing Arpegiateur.

43 years on sounds fresh as ever, contemporary modern.

Although this mix is waaaay Bass Kick Drum Heavy.

Alien seeing JMJ by himself on stage as this. Seems empty unnatural even.
Sometimes I'm reminded of Jote when Jote performed covers on stage by himself.

[Jarrepeggiator]

Always be one of the finest sequenced tracks JMJ ever did. Adore hearing Arpegiateur.

43 years on sounds fresh as ever, contemporary modern.

Although this mix is waaaay Bass Kick Drum Heavy.

Alien seeing JMJ by himself on stage as this. Seems empty unnatural even.
Sometimes I'm reminded of Jote when Jote performed covers on stage by himself.

I don't get it. What's the problem with the drums on this track? Isn't bass and the beat some of the best things in electronic music? Imagine Chronologie 6 without that pumping techno beat. Imagine Tout est bleu without that amazing bass. Electronic music has to be dynamic and mechanic to work, unless it's an atmospheric ambient like Waiting for Couteau or Amazonia.

Even classical music has drums. Were you serious last time about Jarre being a "Baroque classical" artist? I honestly thought that was a sarcastic comment from you.

[Oxygene]

On the setlist for Sofia on setlist.fm Zero Gravity and The Architect have swapped their places and Oxygene 19 and Brutalism are missing. 5 people worked on the list.

[Jarrepeggiator]

On the setlist for Sofia on setlist.fm Zero Gravity and The Architect have swapped their places and Oxygene 19 and Brutalism are missing. 5 people worked on the list.

That doesn't sound right. I doubt he had a shorter concert for the audience there. If the wind could speak and Rendez-Vous 4, at least this shorter version of it as similar when it comes to their length. But I don't think he would have a much shorter concert suddenly.

[Jarrepeggiator]

Jean-Michel Jarre in Sofia, 23.06.2025

Video:

Favourite bits:

0'57" - Bucket hat and festival t-shirt
1'08" - Rather fabulous

Worst bit: JMJ's trousers

I thought the trousers are the best part, that's totally 80s nostalgic. He doesn't have long hair and green suit jacket, but at least the trousers are still weird.

[Xyxophas]

I thought the trousers are the best part, that's totally 80s nostalgic. He doesn't have long hair and green suit jacket, but at least the trousers are still weird.

It seems that Stone Island is the sponsor of this concert tour, which is why Jarre is constantly wearing clothes from that brand and showcasing its logo. Personally, I'm not a big fan of those clothes. They look a bit... too wrinkled. And since we're on the topic of clothing, does anyone know what shoes Jarre wears?

[Oxygene]

On the setlist for Sofia on setlist.fm Zero Gravity and The Architect have swapped their places and Oxygene 19 and Brutalism are missing. 5 people worked on the list.

That doesn't sound right. I doubt he had a shorter concert for the audience there. If the wind could speak and Rendez-Vous 4, at least this shorter version of it as similar when it comes to their length. But I don't think he would have a much shorter concert suddenly.

I also think that's a mistake. Probably they just forgot about the two tracks and mixed-up the order.

[Jote]

On the setlist for Sofia on setlist.fm Zero Gravity and The Architect have swapped their places and Oxygene 19 and Brutalism are missing. 5 people worked on the list.

The Oslo setlist was wrong at first as well (someone just created it off a compilation YouTube video, which 1) didn't have all the tracks, 2) the tracks were not in order - which was clear from another video). Then the Helsinki setlist was wrong as well, as it had "If The Wind Could Speak" (having been more or less a copy-paste of the Oslo setlist) and I asked a couple of people who were there and I couldn't get a straight answer from them whether ITWCS was or was not played there. Thus I wouldn't - sadly - put much trust into setlist fm.

I know my Słupsk setlist was thorough becase I had a copy of the Helsinki/Tallinn setlist in my phone and I was mostly just ticking off the checkboxes.

[Kanta]

[1906]

It seems that Stone Island is the sponsor of this concert tour

The other sponsor is Ashun Sound Machines.

[rinogurr]

Webcam overlooking Piazza San Marco:
https://www.skylinewebcams.com/en/webca ... marco.html

[Kanta]

Budapest - 26/06/2025

[Richard-Eastham]

I thought the trousers are the best part, that's totally 80s nostalgic. He doesn't have long hair and green suit jacket, but at least the trousers are still weird.

It seems that Stone Island is the sponsor of this concert tour, which is why Jarre is constantly wearing clothes from that brand and showcasing its logo. Personally, I'm not a big fan of those clothes. They look a bit... too wrinkled. And since we're on the topic of clothing, does anyone know what shoes Jarre wears?

I think he wore all black, spikey Prada trainers on stage in Bratislava. But I cannot work out what brand the black and white trainers are that he wore in La Rochelle and on this tour too. Any ideas? I know in the past he's worn the French brand Palladium boots on stage for some of the Electronica era shows. "Founded in Lyon, 1947" is the Palladium boots slogan. One year later....

https://palladiumboots.co.uk/

[Dr_Jones]

Webcam overlooking Piazza San Marco:
https://www.skylinewebcams.com/en/webca ... marco.html

They're already building the stage, looks like

[Jarrepeggiator]

Oxy2 intro intro.mp3

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Intro before the intro for Oxygene 2 in Budapest.