#jeanmicheljarre #electronicmusic #jarrelive #jarreconcert Paris La Défense – Une Ville En Concert was a concert held by musician Jean-Michel Jarre on the district of La Défense in Paris on Bastille Day, July 14, 1990.
About 2.5 million people standing in front of the pyramidal stage all the way down to the Arc de Triomphe witnessed this event, setting a new Guinness Book of Records entry for Jarre. The concert was funded by the Mairie de Paris, the Ministry of Culture and a small cluster of high-profile Parisian business concerns. Later, a concert video as well as a photobook of the event were released.
The show featured new tracks from the Waiting for Cousteau album. The concert is the only time that the track Calypso 2 has been performed live to date. Vast grotesque marionettes created by Trinidadian Peter Minshall were used in the concert, along with a live steel drum band.
A 50 minute TV edit was produced for broadcast worldwide after the event and a 75 minute edit later released on VHS cassette in 1992. The tracks Equinoxe 5 and Rendez-Vous 4 were not included on the VHS release for unknown reasons, while encore of Calypso 1 was played over a video montage for the end credits. Only camcorder footage exists of these tracks, available on YouTube. A DVD release of the VHS edit was mooted by Jarre for a number of years but was eventually dropped.
An unofficial, broadcast quality, double CD of the entire concert exists and has been traded amongst fans since the event.
Tracklisting
Waiting For Cousteau
Paris La Défense
Oxygène 4
Équinoxe 4
Équinoxe 5
Souvenir de Chine
Les Chants Magnétiques II
Ethnicolor
Ethnitransition
Zoolookologie
Revolution, Revolutions
Second Rendez-Vous
Calypso 2
Calypso 3 – Fin De Siècle
Calypso
Fourth Rendez-Vous
Calypso (encore)
Musicians
Jean-Michel Jarre: Synthesizers
Michel Geiss : Synthesizers
Francis Rimbert : Synthesizers
Dominique Perrier : Synthesizers
Frederick Rousseau : Synthesizers
Sylvain Durand: Synthesizers
Guy Delacroix: Bass, Synthesizers
Christophe Deschamps : Drums & Percussions
Dino Lumbroso : Drums & Percussions
Christine Durand: Soprano
Larbi Ouechni: Arab Vocals
Amoco Renegades (directed by Jit Samaroo): Steel Drums
"Les Chœurs Des Hauts De Seine" (conducted by Bruno Rossignol): Choir
Al Mawsili: Classical Arab Orchestra
Instruments used
ARP 2500 ARP 2600 Elka AMK8 Elka Synthex Elka MK-88 EMS AKS EMS VCS3 Korg EXM1R Korg T3 Roland D-50 Roland D-550 Roland D-70 Roland MKS-80 (Super Jupiter) Akai S1000 Roland S-550 Yamaha KX-5 Clavier Circulaire Laser Harp LAG Mad Max II LAG Insecte ARP Sequencer Alesis Quadraverb Alesis 1622 MIDI Tap Lone Wolf Atari Mega ST 4 (11 units) C-Lab Unitor Pearl Drums Pad Pearl Musicman Stingray 5 Bass
