Jean Michel-Jarre

SaphiaGlam · 11-17-2009, 01:13 PM

He's such a ledge. This French composer guy my dad listens to who I fell in love with. I saw him live about a year ago, one of the best sit-down concerts I've ever been to.
I just stole some stuff off Wikipedia for y'all to read if you're interested. Just basic/interesting factual type things:

Jean-Michel André Jarre; composer, performer, and music producer.
Born 24th August 1948
He is regarded as a pioneer in the electronic, synthpop, ambient and New Age genres, as well as an organiser of outdoor spectacles of his music which feature lights, laser displays and fireworks.
Jarre has sold an estimated 80 million albums and singles.
He was the first western musician to be allowed to perform in the People's Republic of China.
He has three children, and is married to French actress Anne Parillaud.
His first mainstream success was the 1976 album Oxygène. Recorded in a makeshift studio at his home, the album went on to sell an estimated 12 million copies. Oxygène was followed in 1978 by Equinoxe, and in 1979 Jarre performed to a record-breaking audience of more than a million people at the Place de la Concorde. A record he has since broken on three seperate occasions.
He's had tons of awards, I'm not bothered to name them all, look him up on Wiki if you want =]
He holds the world record for the largest ever audience at an outdoor event.
An asteroid, 4422 Jarre, has been named in his honour.

As you can see, he's ABIT of an awesome dude.

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Probs my favourite JMJ composition.