Jean Michel Jarre - Concert Paris la Défense (Full Concert)with Renegades Steel Orchestra - Videos

The French National Day 1990 celebration marked the closing of the festivities celebrating the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution. Jarre conceived a gigantic concert for Paris' downtown, modern business quarters. La Defense, it must be said, formed the perfect background, not simply because of its futuristic character, but also because of the tall skyscrapers, von Spreckelsen's new Arc de Triomphe and steel monoliths which line the horizon visible from the centre of the city. Jarre designed a pyramid-shaped stage to fit the geometrical architecture of the setting where he performed with his musicians, a classical Arab ensemble (France's second largest community), and others including a choir, a steel-drum band and gigantic dancing puppets of various kinds. The entire show was synchronised and illuminated by 65 tons of fireworks, as well as laser and light projections on the tall buildings. For over two hours Jarre enchanted yet another record live audience of 2.5 million people, and most of Paris was replete with electronic sounds and a sea of light on this festive July summer evening. Track list: 1. Paris La Defense 2. Oxygene 4 3. Equinoxe 4 4. Equinoxe 5 5. Souvenir of China 6. Magnetic Fields 2 7. Ethnicolor 8. Ethni-transition 9. Zoolookologie 10. Revolution, Revolutions 11. Second Rendez-Vous 12. Calypso 2 13. Calypso 3 14. Calypso 1 15. Fourth Rendez-Vous 16. Calypso 1 (Encore) Musicians: Jean Michel Jarre The Amoco Renegades Guy Delacroix Christophe Deschamps Sylvain Durand Christine Durand Michel Geiss Les Choeurs Des Hauts De Seine Dino Lumbroso Al Mawsili classical arab orchestra Larbi Ouechli Dominique Perrier Francis Rimbert Frédéric Rousseau Date and Place: 14. Juli 1990 - La Defense, Paris, France Estimated audience: 2.500.000

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jerome ebenezer clarke October 26, 2013 at 10:10pm

Well in the year 1990 I was fortunate to take part and play in a Steelband in French Guyane Cayene made by a Guyanese named Bassey who had lived in Balata along with another Guyanese named Gorden and a St Lucian named Noel presumably ,,,,I had performed for Scientist and Engineer s,,i have seen the unexpected being excerised by over qualified persons,,because of joy ,,Rocket being Sucessfully Launched with the merger of Japan,,,Indian, America ,,,Japan, etc,,along with having a first hand and lifetime experience,,,a dream come through because of the Old /discarded and Rusty Oil drum,, converted /made into an International Musical Instrument.,Pan got to live on..respect to all WST Members.

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