Blah Blah Cafe, the Jean-Michel Jarre forum

[Richard-Eastham]

Listening to Oxygene Pt. 4 and Equinoxe Pt. 4 from Paris La Defense and realise just how much I miss live drumming on JMJ concert tracks. Creates a massive difference compared to the album versions. I wish Bratislava and La Rochelle and the Summer Special Tour 2025 had included a live drummer. Claude doesn't count, I'm afraid. Sorry.

[Richard-Eastham]

Listening to Oxygene Pt. 4 and Equinoxe Pt. 4 from Paris La Defense and realise just how much I miss live drumming on JMJ concert tracks. Creates a massive difference compared to the album versions. I wish Bratislava and La Rochelle and the Summer Special Tour 2025 had included a live drummer. Claude doesn't count, I'm afraid. Sorry.

I now the intro to Magnetic Fields Pt. 2 at La Defense. Those drums!

[Finaero]

Oh yes, PLD's drums rank first with CPLT and 12DOTS right behind on my list -- and I remember it being a cool reunion when the drummer from PLD (Christophe Deschamps, IIRC) made a one-off return in one of the 2010 tour gigs

[Dr_Jones]

Speaking of La Defense's drummer, Christophe Deschamps: