• Billboard Dance Jean-Michel -- as an electronic music pioneer, what are your thoughts on electronic dance music's current boom in popularity?
• Jean-Michel Jarre I've always been convinced that one day, Electronic Music would be the most popular way of composing, performing, producing & distributing music worldwide !
• Billboard Dance Jean-Michel -- how do you balance analog gear with in-the-box digital plug-ins on your new material?
• Jean-Michel Jarre Easily
• Gonzalo Schafer Canobra Dear Jean-Michel Jarre. Hello, I am from Chile I have 16 years, I wonder if Jean-Michel plans to do or would like to do a concert in South America or some tour to promote his new album that is on the way?
many Thanks...
• Jean-Michel Jarre Visiting South America is definitely part of my future plans !
• Billboard Dance How did you each become familiar with each other's music?
• Jean-Michel Jarre Since Swedish house Mafia and of course as a solo artist
• Daniel Radu Jean-Michel - What keeps you really young in spirit, mind and body ?
• Jean-Michel Jarre Music Wine & Sex émoticône wink
• Sven Syntetics Jean Michel: Will be there ever a Jarre Synthesizer like Novation did with Moroder?
• Jean-Michel Jarre Yes if I'm really involved in the creative process
• Christophe En Katherine Coussement Hello, Jean-Michel. What do you like about the music/remixes of Steve? Why you choose him to make a remix of Glory?
• Jean-Michel Jarre I have a lot of respect for Steve, both as a musician and producer. He has an instant recognizable sound and I was convinced he would be able to convey and enhance both the emotional and dynamic elements of the tracks.
• Stephen Toole I'd like to start by asking a question about the Music For Supermarkets album. Was each track numbered in parts like on Oxygene and Equinoxe or did each track have a different song title ? There was only one pressing of this album and no one has ever seen the back cover of the LP showing the song titles so no one knows
• Jean-Michel Jarre There was 8 tracks if I remember correctly
• Antoine Gasnier Jean-Michel What do you think of the new french touch generation with Madeon etc... ?
• Jean-Michel Jarre Originally Electronic Music came from Germany & France and since then there is a logic that a lot of great new talent are emerging from France regularly
• Anne Ida Forest bonsoir Jean Michel! what is it like to work in London compared to France? Is there anything you like better or that you like less? Thank you for your great music over the years, I went to see you a few times at concerts, and I keep very great memories...
• Jean-Michel Jarre I like working everywhere, I record in Paris, London, New York, LA, Berlin...I feel more and more nomad these days
• FJ Okkerse Jean Michel..when can we expect your new album in stores? And will there be a tour...in the Netherlands perhaps?
• Jean-Michel Jarre Stay tuned...
• Meishel Menachekanian Jean Michel: With so many collaborators on the current project how did you maintain a flow for your upcoming album?
• Jean-Michel Jarre I started working on this project 4 years ago
• Krzysztof Zieliński Hello Jean-Michel, I have two questions for you. When did you get an idea of creating album with many collaborators? Was it your dream to compose with thease artists?
• Jean-Michel Jarre In the case of the collaborations with Gesaffelstein, M83, Tangerine Dream & Massive Attack I've always felt being part of the same tribe
• Matthew Stringer Question for JMJ: You have an Arp 2500, it features prominently on studio shots and on stage. Whilst Moogs and whatnot are commonplace on records and they have a signature sound, the 2500 has always had that air of mystery. I've never seen a clip or heard a piece of music that has ever been created on one (The Who fed an organ through its filter but it wasn't producing its own sound), just FX and drone sounds. Because of this I've found the instrument fascinating, which leads to my question: On what pieces of music can we hear the 2500, is there a particular patch or melody you've recorded that is distinctively from that machine that features on one of your songs?
Thanks for the music, Oxygene changed my life!
• Jean-Michel Jarre Last time I used it was on stage, during my last tour, on Variation 3
• Vitalii Vovk JMJ: will you collaborate with Michel Granger on future album artwork?
• Jean-Michel Jarre Why not, I like his work as you know
• GB Paris Jean-Michel Jarre -- Another question : did you ever think about conveying your knowledge ? such as teaching in a school or collaborating with a keyboards brand ?
• Jean-Michel Jarre I'm still learning before I become a teacher
• Alex Storer Jean-Michel, although we are yet to see the full list of collaborators on your new album, is there anybody you really wanted to work with, but were unable to, this time round? I'm really looking forward to hearing what you've created with Gary Numan
• Jean-Michel Jarre I have been lucky enough so far
• Bo Andersen question for Jean Michel: has the eminent 310 been used for this and the other collaborations?
• Jean-Michel Jarre Yes
• Duncan Walls Hello Jean Michel. This year marks the 25th anniversary of your Paris La Defence concert. Have you any plans to release this on DVD/Blu-Ray, and indeed have you any plans for any other releases from your back catalogue of concerts/shows? Kind regards, Dunkie (JarreUK).
• Jean-Michel Jarre Hi Dunkie, thanks for reminding the 25th of La Defense and thanks for being faithful since then
• Geoff Vane JM - would you concider working with Air? Or the Chemical Brothers?
And how about the 8 bit computer scene, where your name is mega big?
• Jean-Michel Jarre Why not - lots of respect for both acts !
• Dan Tearle Jean Michel - going back to your earlier works, and an exciting time in the development of the synthesizer; on albums such as Equinoxe which had such wonderfully diverse sounds, what proportion of these do you think were 'happy accidents' and how much by design? And do unexpected sounds still get created today, or is it more like an experienced painter who can mix any colour instantly based on experience?
Thank you for everything!
• Jean-Michel Jarre Accidents are part of the creative process, and it still true now
• Barış Ensari Jean, you talked about a possible Royksopp collaboration back in 2010 when you played in Bergen. Will it ever happen?
• Jean-Michel Jarre Why not, I like them
• Bo Andersen question for both: how do you connect your musical future and past during your collaboration?
• Jean-Michel Jarre Both of us have a sense of timelessness in music émoticône wink
• Matt Mowles Jean-Michel, What album of yours do you hold closest to your heart and what do you think is the favourite of your fans? Mine is Zoolook ...a masterpiece!
• Jean-Michel Jarre It depends on the mood
• Francisco Cerda Sepúlveda to both of you, great people: do you know another artists who worked with the timeless ARP, as Todd Terje? Are you still interested in using it or are another modern machines who caught your attention already? thanks!
• Jean-Michel Jarre I'm still using my ARP 2600 & 2500. It's like a steinway, a stradivarius, it's timeless !
• Stephen Windle Jean Michel. Will the new album be totally collaborations or will there be any solo material ? If there is any solo material will it in keeping to what the bulk of fans expect,innovative,melodic etc
• Jean-Michel Jarre I hope you listened to the Tangerine Dream collaboration called Zero Gravity
• Julliene Aisha do you have plans on having a tour this year? any future collabs?
• Jean-Michel Jarre It's always great to be on stage and I'm looking forward to it.
• Alitz Tzadkiel Jean-Michel Jarre, are you planning other collaborations like the one with M83?
• Jean-Michel Jarre I have been working with M83 and Tangerine Dream, Gesaffelstein & 3D/Massive Attack...stay tuned for the next steps...
• GB Paris Jean-Michel Jarre -- What do you think about the analogue synths revival ?
• Jean-Michel Jarre It's great because we have a constant choice between Analog & Digital
• Cristian Gabriel Jean-Michel Jarre. How did you manage to create Oxygène so out of the blue?
• Jean-Michel Jarre It was not out of the blue, but something I had in mind since I've been in contact with Electronic Music.
• Daniel Löwen Jean Michel - a musical dream of yours for the future?
• Jean-Michel Jarre New audio experience maybe...
• Matt Boardman Jean-Michel, a lot of todays electronic music is very bland and unoriginal. Do you think the golden age of original pioneering electronic music is over?
• Jean-Michel Jarre The golden age of electronic music is ahead of us
• Kanta Devi Jean-Michel Jarre and Steve Angello The lyrics to Glory, what is the story behind them?
• Jean-Michel Jarre Doing Electronic Music is belonging to the other land, everybody is welcome.
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