Jean Michel Jarre - The Concerts In China 1981

The Concerts In China: More + anecdotes about this Album: - "L'Ouverture" ("The Overture") is in fact the first movement of "Magnetic Fields Part 1" slowed down. - "Jonques De Pêcheurs Au Crépuscule" ("Fishing Junks at Sunset") is a new arrangement of a very old traditional Chinese song known as the "Fisherman's Chant at Dusk", and is wrongly attributed as being composed by Jean Michel Jarre, misled by the album inlay. - During this "Tour", Jean-Michel Jarre played for the very first time Laser Harp on the eponymous track " Harpe Laser" ("Laser Harp") - The album was originally released as a double-disc LP, then as a double-disc CD. - "Arpegiateur" ("Arpegiator") was used in the soundtrack of the cult film 9½ Weeks as well as in several mid-1980s episodes of the American soap opera Santa Barbara. More generally: This album is a balance of previously released tracks by Jarre, new compositions inspired by Chinese culture, and one rearranged traditional Chinese track "Jonques De Pêcheurs Au Crépuscule" ("Fishing Junks at Sunset"), see above about that track. The album consists mainly of live material, plus ambient sound recordings and one new studio track "Souvenir of China". Other new compositions recorded live include "Nuit À Shangai" ("Night in Shanghai"), "Harpe Laser" ("Laser Harp"), "Arpegiateur" ("Arpegiator") and "Orient Express". Sources: Wikipedia French and English