BlahBlahCafe - Jean-Michel Jarre forum

GeeJee wrote:Just like it was suggested before, Claude used the microphone to give instructions, as he was the musical director of the project.

I think the VP330 was just being a sheet music stand for Claude

As for the ribbon - I think it was connected to the Memorymoog, but that's just a guess.

And - why they have 2 minipops on stage? Perhaps one was led trough a Smallstone and the other was kept dry?

Well I don't think the 330 was the only sheet stand, most of his gear was full of this hairpulling paper Anyway what exactly is meant by musical instruction in this live situation? "play the Oxygene 4 lead... NOW!" or...?

Nah, for Oxygène 2 when the lead-sequence starts : "GOO"

Jakob BC wrote:Anyway what exactly is meant by musical instruction in this live situation? "play the Oxygene 4 lead... NOW!" or...?

When something goes wrong with the tuning for example, Claude has to give instructions what to do etc. Also when they're improvising, someone has to give instructions whether or not to start the next track. I mean - if someone just starts playing the next track it becomes rather mesy...

Ahh ok so he is also some kind of the countdownhitting drumsticks of a band I never thought at that being important, as the Oxygene tracks rarely start from one second to another. On the other hand it must be important especially on a track like Oxy4 with rhythm, bass and seq starting at the same time.

Is this freaky? It certainly is
It's basically only minor changes, but these are complete gearlists.

Oxygene Marigny Theater:
ARP 2500 (FR)
ARP 2600 (red) (CS)
ARP 2600 (grey) (JMJ)
ARP Odyssey (DP)
Big Briar Series 91A Theremin (JMJ)
Doepfer Ribbon Controller with R2M (JMJ)
Eminent 310 U (JMJ)(FR)(DP)(CS)
EMS VCS-3 (JMJ)
EMS Synthi A (JMJ)(CS)
GEISS Digisequencer (JMJ)
Korg Minipops 7 (CS)
Korg PS-3200 w/ PS-3010 (FR)
Linn LM-1 (CS)
M-Audio Keystation 88es (FR)
Mellotron MK-II (DP)
Moog 55 (DP)
Moog Liberation (JMJ)
Moog Little Phatty Stage Edition (CS)
Moog Memorymoog (JMJ)
Moog Minimoog (FR)(CS)
Moog Minimoog Voyager (DP)
Moog Taurus (CS)
Oberheim TVS-1A (JMJ)
OSCar (JMJ)(FR)
RMI Harmonic Synthesizer (JMJ)
Roland Jupiter-4 (JMJ)
Roland Jupiter-8 (FR)
Roland VP-330 (CS)
Yamaha CS-80 (JMJ)


Oxygene Milan:
ARP 2500 (FR)
ARP 2600 (red) (CS)
ARP 2600 (grey) (JMJ)
ARP Odyssey (DP)
Big Briar Series 91A Theremin (JMJ)
Doepfer Ribbon Controller with R2M (JMJ)
Eminent 310 U (JMJ)(FR)(DP)(CS)
EMS VCS-3 (JMJ)
EMS Synthi A (JMJ)(CS)
GEISS Digisequencer (JMJ)
Korg Minipops 7 (CS)
Korg PS-3200 w/ PS-3010 (FR)
Linn LM-1 (CS)
M-Audio Keystation 88es (FR)
Mellotron MK-II (DP)
Moog 55 (DP)
Moog Liberation (JMJ)
Moog Little Phatty Stage Edition (CS)
Moog Memorymoog (JMJ)(FR)
Moog Minimoog (FR)(CS)
Moog Minimoog Voyager (DP)
Moog Taurus (CS)
Oberheim TVS-1A (JMJ)
RMI Harmonic Synthesizer (JMJ)
Roger Linn Adrenalinn II (CS)
Roland Juno-106 (CS)
Roland Jupiter-4 (JMJ)
Roland Jupiter-6 (JMJ)
Roland Jupiter-8 (FR)
Roland VP-330 (CS)
SCI Prophet-5 (DP)
Yamaha CS-80 (JMJ)


Oxygene Tour:
Alesis Andromeda A6 (JMJ)
ARP 2500 (FR)
ARP 2600 (red) (CS)
ARP 2600 (grey) (JMJ)
ARP Odyssey (DP)
Big Briar Series 91A Theremin (JMJ)
Boss DR-880 (JMJ)
Doepfer Ribbon Controller with R2M (JMJ)
Eminent 310 U (JMJ)(FR)(DP)(CS)
EMS VCS-3 (JMJ)
EMS Synthi A (JMJ)(CS)
GEISS Digisequencer (JMJ)
Korg Minipops 7 (CS)
Korg PS-3200 w/ PS-3010 (FR)
Linn LM-1 (CS)
M-Audio Keystation 61es (FR)
Mellotron MK-II (DP)
Moog 55 (DP)
Moog Liberation (JMJ)
Moog Little Phatty Stage Edition (CS)
Moog Memorymoog (JMJ)(DP)
Moog Minimoog (FR)(CS)
Moog Minimoog Voyager (DP)
Moog Taurus (CS)
OSCar (JMJ)
Oberheim TVS-1A (JMJ)
RMI Harmonic Synthesizer (JMJ)
Roger Linn Adrenalinn II (CS)
Roland JP-8080 (JMJ)
Roland Juno-106 (CS)
Roland Jupiter-4 (JMJ)
Roland Jupiter-8 (FR)
Roland VP-330 (CS)
SCI Prophet-5 (FR)
Yamaha CS-80 (JMJ)


Oxygene Tour Barcelona
Alesis Andromeda A6 (JMJ)
ARP 2500 (FR)
ARP 2600 (red) (CS)
ARP 2600 (grey) (JMJ)
ARP Odyssey (DP)
ARP Omni (JMJ)
Big Briar Series 91A Theremin (JMJ)
Boss DR-880 (JMJ)
Doepfer Ribbon Controller with R2M (JMJ)
Eminent 310 U (JMJ)(FR)(DP)
EMS VCS-3 (JMJ)
EMS Synthi A (JMJ)(CS)
GEISS Digisequencer (JMJ)
Korg Minipops 7 (CS)
Korg PS-3200 w/ PS-3010 (FR)
Linn LM-1 (CS)
M-Audio Keystation 61es (FR)
Mellotron MK-II (DP)
Memotron (CS)
MFB-Synth II (JMJ)
Moog 55 (DP)
Moog Liberation (JMJ)
Moog Little Phatty Stage Edition (CS)
Moog Memorymoog (JMJ)(DP)
Moog Minimoog (FR)(CS)
Moog Minimoog Voyager (DP)
Moog Taurus (CS)
OSCar (JMJ)
Oberheim TVS-1A (JMJ)
RMI Harmonic Synthesizer (JMJ)
Roger Linn Adrenalinn II (CS)
Roland JP-8080 (JMJ)
Roland Juno-106 (CS)
Roland Jupiter-4 (JMJ)
Roland Jupiter-8 (FR)
Roland VP-330 (CS)
SCI Prophet-5 (FR)
Yamaha CS-80 (JMJ)

Effectpedals for all concerts:
Boss DD-6 Digital Delay
Boss RC-30XL Loop Station
Boss RE-20 Space Echo
Electro-Harmonix Echoflanger
Electro-Harmonix Electric Mistress
Electro-Harmonix Small Stone mk3
Maxon PT-909 Phase Tone
Sovtek Small Stone

I wonder where his Elka Synthex is?. I'm suprised this is not being used.

Where would he need a synthex for? I know it's one of the best polysynths around, but he has plenty of those on stage so I don't think he's in need of another. I hope he's saving it up for later on. Now that you mention it, the synthex was very rarely seen with JM on stage...

You can never have enough poly's

GeeJee wrote:Where would he need a synthex for? I know it's one of the best polysynths around, but he has plenty of those on stage so I don't think he's in need of another. I hope he's saving it up for later on. Now that you mention it, the synthex was very rarely seen with JM on stage...

Yes except for Rendez-Vous Lyon and Houston and then La Defense

Maybe it's to heavy and it uses up to much space. And why would he? I mean yes it's one of the best poly synth's but it doesn't add anything new.

Of course it does. That's bull*.
But he doesn't need particularly a synthex for what he plays.

The analogue gear, close-up in all its glory for the Oxygene Tour 2008:



























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, my longest post about instruments.

Damn, there are some really nice pics there of the instruments. Such a shame about the watermarks spoiling the view.

Thanks Mrs K

Great photos, thanks Kanta!

Oh, i luv Eminent !!!! What a cool instrument !