Native Instruments has shared the second video in their two-part feature on pioneering composer, performer, songwriter, and producer Jean-Michel Jarre In the video, embedded above, Jarre takes us through the evolution of sampling and delay technology throughout his career.
Developer Jan Ostman let us know that he’s released source code for an Arduino-based Minipops 7 clone. The Korg KEIO Minipops was featured prominently in Jean Michel Jarre’s classic electronic album, Oxygène. Ostman says that the code should work unmodified on any Arduino.
Jiggery Pokery Sound has introduced JPS Harmonic Synthesizer, a software recreation of the extremely rare RMI Harmonic Synthesizer. Produced in very limited quantities for a very short period in the mid-1970s, the RMI Harmonic Synthesizer is best known for its prominent role in Jean Michel Jarre’s Oxygéne. It was it was used extensively on Oxygéne (often through an Electric Mistress flanger) for… Read More JPS Harmonic Synthesizer – The Sound Of Jarre’s ‘Oxygene’ – Gets Virtualized
This video, via Red Bull Music Academy, captures a discussion by Jean-Michel Jarre & Laurie Anderson at RBMA Paris.
Jean-Michel Jarre today released his first album in eight years, Electronica 1: The Time Machine. The album is the first half of a double-album of collaborations with other electronic music artists, with the second half set for release the spring of 2016. The project was conceived with Jarre’s desire to explore the history of electronic music in his lifetime,… Read More Jean-Michel Jarre’s ‘Electronica 1’ Traces 60 Years Of Electronic Music
This video, via Future Music Magazine, takes a look inside the studio of electronic music icon Jean-Michel Jarre.
Sunday Synth Jam: This video, via reader Miguel Fernandes, is an affectionate cover of Jean-Michel Jarre‘s 4th Rendez-Vous.
Sunday Synth Jam: This video, via Kaj Roger Willumsen, captures a live performance (with sequencers) in his Forgotten Sounds series. The series is described as ‘relaxing instrumental music’, featuring the analog sounds of Korg MS-20 Mini synthesizer.
Jean-Michel Jarre today announced the full details of his upcoming album Electronica 1: The Time Machine, which features Jarre’s work with fifteen collaborators. Electronica 1 ranges from work with newer artists like Gesaffelstein and Little Boots, to songs with electronic music veterans such as 3D of Massive Attack and Moby, and fellow electronic music pioneers… Read More Jean-Michel Jarre Announces Full Details of Electronica 1: The Time Machine
Here’s another preview for Jean-Michel Jarre‘s upcoming collaboration album, due out October 16, Stardust – a collaboration with Armin Van Buuren – is the sixth piece of music to be announced from the Frenchman’s forthcoming project. Taking his place alongside M83, Tangerine Dream, Gesaffelstein, 3D (Massive Attack) and Vince Clarke, Armin van Buuren is the first artist… Read More Jean-Michel Jarre Collaborates With Armin van Buuren On ‘Stardust’
