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V0RT3X · Post by **V0RT3X** » Sun Mar 20, 2016 2:50 am

I'm just curious if people actually still make music like Jean Michel Jarre used to do.

That is, the musician is surrounded by a bunch of analog synthesizers with very limited or no patch recall and basically recreates the sounds on the fly.

This kind of stuff kind of fascinates me.

ATN69 · Post by **ATN69** » Sun Mar 20, 2016 2:56 am

I been thinking the same thing. Most famous and successful musicians will have followers that will hook on the same genre, but Jean Michelle Jarre seems to be quite unique to this day.

gaf_thit · Post by **gaf_thit** » Wed Mar 23, 2016 10:23 am

Kebu is going strong. Very popular on youtube and does great liveshows. Don't know how he is able to enter that ring of synths or if it is set up around him.

One example of his tracks, but he does many covers, which often include own interpretations and variations on themes:

Edit: Now I see he is a member here, as well.

paradiddle · Post by **paradiddle** » Wed Mar 23, 2016 11:14 am

I'm more interested in somebody that starts with a blank thing and really makes it on the fly. Not pre-prepared songs. I have nothing against that way, just not as interesting.

gaf_thit · Post by **gaf_thit** » Wed Mar 23, 2016 11:16 am

paradiddle wrote:I'm more interested in somebody that starts with a blank thing and really makes it on the fly. Not pre-prepared songs. I have nothing against that way, just not as interesting.

In a live concert setting or instructional video?

paradiddle · Post by **paradiddle** » Wed Mar 23, 2016 11:42 am

Depends on the confidence level.

sugo · Post by **sugo** » Wed Mar 23, 2016 12:20 pm

Spend me the money for analog equiptment (round about 30.000 - 40.000 €, better more!) and i do it for you where you want

And, of course, someone who will manage the coordination

HunterKiller · Post by **HunterKiller** » Wed Mar 23, 2016 1:47 pm

V0RT3X wrote:I'm just curious if people actually still make music like Jean Michel Jarre used to do.

That is, the musician is surrounded by a bunch of analog synthesizers with very limited or no patch recall and basically recreates the sounds on the fly.

This kind of stuff kind of fascinates me.

Jarre only did that from 2007 onwards. Definitely not at any other time before that, aside from the supporting musicians and pre-prepared alternative takes/sequences.

Klaus Schulze used to do it live, TD as well. But the public nowadays is way too in-the-mind to let go and enjoy something like that. Most people need alcohol and drugs in order to enjoy music (concerts to the full), let alone abstract and experimental music, which is niche, at least on this world.

Jarre was successful because he was inbetween experimental and pop. Which is exactly the right mixture you need anyway. If you get too experimental, you yourself get lost. Pop provides the link to others.

BERFAB · Post by **BERFAB** » Wed Mar 23, 2016 2:18 pm

Keith Jarrett's concerts (and most recordings) are all completely improvisational, AFAIK. But no synths. Just a piano and that humming. That. Annoying. Humming.

deastman · Post by **deastman** » Wed Mar 23, 2016 2:26 pm

Live performance on modular synths is only increasing in popularity right now. Whether or not you actually consider those performances to be music is another debate entirely. As for people performing live with piles of old polysynths, you're probably asking the wrong crowd... Try Analogue Heaven.

Chris-S · Post by **Chris-S** » Tue Mar 29, 2016 8:39 am

Nils Frahm comes to my mind.

He combines classic influences with piano and analog synths.

Where are the electronic musicians who do live performances like the early Jean Michel Jarre stuff?