Jean-Michel Jarre: Les Concerts En Chine 1982 (music and more inside)

The first ever album of master Jean-Michel Jarre I had in my small and simple HIFI system was the recording of his concert in China in 1982. A special event, since those days the cold war was still ongoing and China was not that open as it is today.

I immediately loved the album - and although quite obvious - only later I discovered part of this recording was his older material, and part of it was new. The new tracks are inspired by Chinese music and sounds and comes out beautifully! The combination made this album such a great one for me. If I wouldn't have had the CD version, but vinyl, it would have been played grey, for sure!

Since I discovered this album, I've been exploring many of his other works, and amongst them some great stuff. But for some reason, it was always this China album I grabbed when I wanted to open a round of master Jarre. Such a special recording! From the many recordings on YouTube, I deliberately took one taken from Vinyl. It gives just that little extra when hearing the needle at the start of the album. I'm not going into the fact vinyl sounds generally better than digitally recorded and mastered CDs, since most of the vinyl advantage are difficult to hear in this recording anyway; But the needle, that one is obvious :)

For those who do not know Jean Michel Jarre. He is a Frenchman and started producing electronic music early 70s. Since then he has been very active with more than 30 albums and is still touring today, almost 70 years of age.

• Artist: Jean Michel Jarre
• Album: Les Concerts En Chine
• Style: Ambient
• Year: 1982

I can only advise: Hit the play button and enjoy the ride!