One of the most famous names in audio visual technology is without a doubt the 64 year old legend that is Jean Michel Jarre; composer of such classical compositions that to hear them is to be automatically transported back to the first time you heard them. It is almost a certainty that at some stage in your life, a Jean Michel Jarre song has featured in a memory. Jean Michel Jarre was born in Lyon, France in 1948 and has pioneered the discipline electronic, ambient composition as well as being at the centre of the most creative audiovisual technology in existence which he uses for his amazing live laser shows. As a child Jarre was raised on a healthy diet of jazz while learning the piano from an early age.
The Early Days
The degree at which audio visual technology became Jarre’s claim to fame obviously paralleled how famous he became for his original compositions. ‘Oxygène’ was the first commercial album he released in December 1976 but its success did not come early. Jarre had already been dabbling in the course of his audio visual technology ambitions with an unsuccessful synthesizer album; he had also made advertising jingles and some compositions for a ballet. Eventually a company took on the audiovisual technology wizard’s album, Francis Dreyfus but they were not sold on the electronic style of music so they only pressed 50,000 albums; it went on to sell 15 million albums. Keeping up with the momentum of this, Jarre released ‘Équinoxe’ 1978 and followed that up in 1979 with an audio visual technology display worthy of front-page news; more than a million people made up a record breaking audience at the Place de la Concorde although he would break his own record three times.
Breaking Records in Sales
That fateful concert served as a blueprint in a book for the future of audio visual technology shows that Jarre would host. As of 2004, Jarre has sold overall around 80 million albums and holds the record for the largest ever audience for an outdoor event internationally as well as being the first westerner allowed to perform live in the People’s Republic of China. The reason for the reputation behind Jean Michel Jarre’s reputation as an audio visual technology wizard is due in no small way to these records he has broken but he has also invented unique instruments including the laser harp which has become legendary in its own right. Audio visual technology has a lot to thank for Jean Michel Jarre; without his success on the world stage, who knows where combining the two elements on stage would be today.
Eugene Calvini is a writer with a taste for music; he has worked for an audio visual company which has afforded him the ability to share interesting stories with the internet
The Early Days
The degree at which audio visual technology became Jarre’s claim to fame obviously paralleled how famous he became for his original compositions. ‘Oxygène’ was the first commercial album he released in December 1976 but its success did not come early. Jarre had already been dabbling in the course of his audio visual technology ambitions with an unsuccessful synthesizer album; he had also made advertising jingles and some compositions for a ballet. Eventually a company took on the audiovisual technology wizard’s album, Francis Dreyfus but they were not sold on the electronic style of music so they only pressed 50,000 albums; it went on to sell 15 million albums. Keeping up with the momentum of this, Jarre released ‘Équinoxe’ 1978 and followed that up in 1979 with an audio visual technology display worthy of front-page news; more than a million people made up a record breaking audience at the Place de la Concorde although he would break his own record three times.
Breaking Records in Sales
That fateful concert served as a blueprint in a book for the future of audio visual technology shows that Jarre would host. As of 2004, Jarre has sold overall around 80 million albums and holds the record for the largest ever audience for an outdoor event internationally as well as being the first westerner allowed to perform live in the People’s Republic of China. The reason for the reputation behind Jean Michel Jarre’s reputation as an audio visual technology wizard is due in no small way to these records he has broken but he has also invented unique instruments including the laser harp which has become legendary in its own right. Audio visual technology has a lot to thank for Jean Michel Jarre; without his success on the world stage, who knows where combining the two elements on stage would be today.
Eugene Calvini is a writer with a taste for music; he has worked for an audio visual company which has afforded him the ability to share interesting stories with the internet
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