Paris la Defense

:"For the epoynmous business district, see La Défense."Paris La Defense - Une Ville En Concert was a concert held by musician Jean Michel Jarre on the district of La Défense in Paris on Bastille Day, July 14, 1990. About 2.5 million people standing in front of the pyramidical stage all the way down to the Arc de Triomphe witnessed this event, setting a new "Guinness Book of Records" entry for Jarre. The concert was funded by Mairie De Paris, Ministry of Culture and a small cluster of high-profile Parisian business concerns. Later, a concert video as well as a photobook of the event were released.

The show featured new tracks from the Waiting for Cousteau album, and vast grotesque marionettes created by Peter Minshall. A VHS cassette of the concert was released in 1992.

Track listing

*Waiting For Cousteau (played on loop before the concert)
*Paris La Defense
*Oxygene 4
*Equinoxe 4
*Equinoxe 5
*Souvenir de Chine / Souvenir of China
*Les Chants Magnetiques II / Magnetic Fields II
*Ethnicolor
*Ethnitransition
*Zoolookologie
*Revolution, Revolutions
*Second Rendez-Vous
*Calypso 2
*Calypso 3 - Fin De Siécle
*Calypso
*Fourth Rendez-Vous
*Calypso (encore)

Musicians

*Jean-Michel Jarre: Synthesizers
*Michel Geiss: Synthesizers
*Francis Rimbert: Synthesizers
*Dominique Perrier: Synthesizers
*Frederick Rousseau: Synthesizers
*Sylvain Durand: Synthesizers
*Guy Delacroix: Bass, Synthesizers
*Christophe Deschamps: Drums & Percussions
*Dino Lumbroso: Drums & Percussions
*Christine Durand: Soprano

*Larbi Ouechli: Arab Vocals
* [http://mitglied.lycos.de/espacejarre/renegade.html Amoco Renegades] (directed by Jit Samaroo): Steel Drums
*Les Choeurs Des Hauts De Seine (conducted by Bruno Rossignol): Choir
*Al Mawsili: Classical Arab Orchestra

Instruments used

*ARP 2500
*ARP 2600
*Elka AMK8
*Elka Synthex
*Elka MK-88
*EMS AKS
*EMS VCS3
*Korg EXM1R
*Korg T3
*Roland D-50
*Roland D-550
*Roland D-70
*Roland MKS 80 (Super Jupiter)
*Akai S1000
*Roland S-550
*Yamaha KX-5
*Clavier Circulaire
*Laser Harp
*LAG Mad Max II
*LAG Insecte
*ARP Sequencer
*Alesis Quadraverb
*Alesis 1622
*MIDI Tap Lone Wolf
*Atari ST4
*Unitor C.Lab
*Pearl Drums
*Pad Pearl
*Basse Musikmaker

External links

* [http://equinoxejmjarre.free.fr/Albums-Concerts/1990-1999/1990-07-14_La_Defense/1990-07-14_La_Defense-photos.html Pictures of the Event]