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Chris-S · Post by **Chris-S** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 9:21 am

The godfather of electro-pop was born 24.Aug.1948 in Lyon.

Happy Birthday..

4damind · Post by **4damind** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 9:46 am

starflakeprj · Post by **starflakeprj** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 10:18 am

Electro-pop??

When I started listening to Mr.Jarre, the musical style was rather talked about as "new age", possibly ambient, even though I don't know if ambient music was recognized as a musical style back then, I mean by name.

First time I hear someone claiming Jean-Michel Jarre to be electro-pop, unless you mean that Jarre probably has influenced a lot of electro-pop artists of later years.

Delta Sign · Post by **Delta Sign** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 10:21 am

Happy birthday! I can't stand most of his music, it's just a little bit too much on the cheesy side for my taste, but he also has some tracks I absolutely love.

Chris-S · Post by **Chris-S** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 2:43 pm

starflakeprj wrote:Electro-pop??

My local newspaper used this term....

Nowadays most people would call it electronica maybe.

low_low · Post by **low_low** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 2:45 pm

SO FUNNY ... I literally had Oxygene going through my head when I saw this post, but since I don't know HOW the song got in my head, could it be because I subconsciously perceived the thread title BEFORE I consciously perceived it a few minutes later ? lol.

low_low · Post by **low_low** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 2:55 pm

starflakeprj wrote:When I started listening to Mr.Jarre, the musical style was rather talked about as "new age", possibly ambient, even though I don't know if ambient music was recognized as a musical style back then, I mean by name.

That's how I remember it ... the music was brand new then, unlike anything I had heard before, so I don't remember it having a genre. When I bought Oxygene and Equinox it was on tape, and sold at a fair as a kind of new age meditation music, next to the beads, candles, and the rest of it. In fact, his performances were marketed the same way, as a kind of head trip, or a psychedelic experience, and I don't remember anyone talking about his music as a form of entertainment.

starflakeprj · Post by **starflakeprj** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 3:21 pm

Chris-S wrote:
starflakeprj wrote:Electro-pop??
My local newspaper used this term....

Nowadays most people would call it electronica maybe.

Electronica is, even though it's a much wider term, more suitable to use I guess

Maybe electro-pop could be applied to the track "Téo and Téa" by Jean-Michel Jarre?

low_low · Post by **low_low** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 3:27 pm

Worth noting, his music was similar to some other music that was going on ... for example, Yes's "Tales from Topographic Oceans" had a very similar vibe to it, with arguably a similar semi-religious experience type goal.

Vortifex · Post by **Vortifex** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 6:47 pm

low_low · Post by **low_low** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 7:02 pm

I had never seen that video before, thank you!

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 7:07 pm

Chris-S wrote:The godfather of electro-pop

That's exactly how i would specify his music. It surely isn't "Ambient". New Age, perhaps. New Age is such a watered down term, that it could literally mean anything.

low_low · Post by **low_low** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 7:10 pm

chk071 wrote:New Age is such a watered down term, that it could literally mean anything.

That's true now, but it didn't used to be that way.

Aloysius · Post by **Aloysius** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 7:10 pm

Old Age music.

If he was a dog, he would be approximately 490 in human years.

fluffy_little_something · Fri Aug 24, 2018 7:13 pm

The band Space was also from that time and country, and made similar music.

Jean-Michel Jarre - 70