Jean-Michel Andre' Jarre (born 24 August 1948 in Lyon, France) is a French composer, performer and music producer. He is highly regarded as one of the pioneers in the Electronic and New Age music genres, as well as the organiser of record-breaking outdoor spectacles of his music, which feature laser displays and fireworks, linking music with the surrounding environment and architecture. Jarre has sold an estimated 80 million albums and singles over his career.
His original artistic name was Jean-Michel Jarre but around 1991, he dropped the hyphen in the name.
Notable instruments
Throughout his concerts, Jarre uses several unusual or custom-built instruments. Some of these are:
* The theremin, an early electronic instrument
* The laser harp
* The Stylophone
* The Cristal Baschet
* The RhythmiComputer, Digisequencer and Matrisequencer, electronic sequencers designed and built by Michel Geiss
* The LAG Circulaire, LAG Insecte, LAG Meuble, LAG Grand Central, Magic Keyboard and other custom keyboards (usually of semi-circular shape) made by LAG
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Jean Michel Jarre website
See Jean Michel Jarre concert tip technique on VDO bar above
Jean Michel Jarre - Pekin 2004
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