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Jean-Michel André Jarre (born in 24 August 1948, Lyon) is a French composer, performer and music producer, regarded as a pioneer of electronic music. He is well-known for huge outdoor shows which feature lights, projections, lasers and fireworks.

Some of his most recognized work includes albums like Oxygene, Equinoxe, Magnetic Fields, Zoolook, Rendez-Vous, Chronologie, Oxygene 7-13 and Metamorphoses.

Jarre hold four Guiness World Records for biggest concert audience: Place De La Concorde (1979, 1 mil.), Rendez-Vous Houston (1986, 1.5 mil.), Paris La Defense (1990 2 mil.) and Oxygen in Moscow (1997, 3.5 mil.). In 1995 he was awarded Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur from the French Government and since 1993 he’s UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador. An asteroid, 4422 Jarre, has been named in his honour. Jarre has sold an estimated 80 million albums and singles.

Early years
Jean-Michel Jarre is the son of famous French composer Maurice Jarre and France Jarre. His parents separated when he was 5 years old, his father moved to the United States (he did not see him again until the age of 18), and Jarre remained with his mother in the suburbs of Paris. In childhood Jarre studied piano but the experience proved difficult. His more general interest in musical instruments was sparked by the discovery of a trumpet violin created by Boris Vian.

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1	Equinoxe Part 5	336
2	Souvenir of China	295
3	Oxygène (Part IV)	272
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6	Oxygene Part 2	218
7	Oxygene 4	209
8	Oxygene 2	190
9	Oxygene (Part II)	155
10	Equinoxe Part 4	147
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13	Oxygene (Part I)	131
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bike-mike1

Revolution...!!!

Monday evening
Victorhugones

really the best new age musician. :)

Monday afternoon
highlander2371

The Master!

Friday evening
AquarelaColor

sooooooooooo good!!

11 days ago
ahab01

The Commander

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abstractroom

God¡¡¡¡ MISS MOON¡¡¡¡ i love it¡¡

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VK1990

Souvenir of China

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halahup

For the tags issue, I try to go with the spelling of the original albums.

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aleksei-say

really cool!

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Xylvanya

If you like ambitious and relaxing music, maybe it´s possible you like XYLVANYA: „Anxious“; „Beach II“ „SA RIERA part I“, "Imperial Crown" „Climbing“ or „Ex-Mannequin“ or „Horizont (III) or "Gewitter-Regen" or "Erinnerungen an meinen Vater" or "Trust (Piano-Version)" or "Norwegen" or "Retrospective view" and many many more.....(all in all 6 hours of music, all songs free download) . Thank you for listening, support or feedback! Peace, Xylvanya

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douglasC280

super...

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artheta

genius!

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justine_tranter

i met him a few times. he's so nice and incredibly tallented. i just love him and his great music :)

December 2011
Alex_Vengeance

first album is perfect

December 2011
m-saIami

Equinoxe ftw !

December 2011
lowlifed

@radiocy_2010 and alin1: Thanks a lot, i appreciate your help very much. I've recently started to listen to JMJ and wanted to keep tags clean. And kill any mistakes before they grow.

December 2011
alin1

I use "Part x" for every album with parts (e.g. Chronologie Part 2). Two exceptions: for Oxygene 7-13 I use just numbers, without the word "Part" (e.g. Oxygene 9) and for Rendez-Vous I use ordinal numbers (e.g. Fourth Rendez-Vous).

December 2011
alin1

@lowlifed: Check what's the most used tag. For example: Equinoxe Part 1 (107,168 Scrobbles; 41,995 Listeners) vs Equinoxe 1 (4,274 Scrobbles; 1,026 Listeners). Look at the charts. To avoid charts with multiple tags for the same song (e.g. Oxygene 4, Oxygene Part 4, Oxygene Part IV), I recommend you to use the same tag for every version of the song, no matter what is printed on the back cover of the album. For example use Equinoxe Part 4 on every album with this song (Equinoxe, Images, The Essential, AERO, The Concerts in China etc). I discovered that a bit too late.

December 2011
radiocy_2010

It depends(R). From the CD inlays I've seen, t's always "Equinoxe (or Magnetic Fields) Part 4", but Oxygene is either "(Part IV)" or "Part IV". Some Rendez-vous parts are split up sometimes, e.g. Second Rendez-vous Part 1..3. I'd refer to one of the online tagging databases if in doubt (MusicBrainz, whatever).

December 2011
lowlifed

I am very confused when it comes to tagging his songs. Should it be Equinoxe 4 or Exuinoxe IV or Equinoxe part 4 or some other variations? There is even one tagged as Fourth Rendez-Vous! Damn!

December 2011