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# Life Soundtrack: Jean-Michel Jarre - The Concerts in China
- URL: https://www.glamglare.com/music/20151126life-soundtrack-jean-michel-jarre-the-concerts-in-china/
- Published: 2015-11-26T18:43:45.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-26T18:43:45.000Z
- Author: Oliver Bouchard
- Tags: Music, #oliver-2, #wordpress, #Import 2024-07-26 07:44

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Recently I saw this [promotional video](https://youtu.be/X4s3OsSFOGs?ref=glamglare.com) of French electronic music pioneer [Jean-Michel Jarre](http://jeanmicheljarre.com/?ref=glamglare.com), which reminded me of a phase in the 80s, when I bought all his albums, which were by then already a few years old and hence cheaper. I was surprised how many iconic instrumentals he wrote, for example [*Oxygene 4*](https://youtu.be/P%5FI2ch8%5FTXc?ref=glamglare.com) of 1976, which probably everybody on the planet has heard at some point.

My favorite album of Jean-Michel Jarre was *The Concerts in China* with live recordings of his historic 1981 tour to Beijing and Shanghai, complete with Chinese sound bites. The record starts with the track *L’Overture*. It’s a soaring piece and you can imagine how it gave the audience – there are limited visuals available, but I imagine some sort of stadium with tens of thousands of people – collectively the chills as it slowly builds up. The second track, *Arpegiateur* is no less riveting with the namesake arpeggios floating through the stereo space.

I used both tracks frequently as openers for my mix cassettes. There’s nothing better to raise your heartbeat and get you in the mood for more good music.

*L’Overture*:

  
*Arpegiateur*:

  
Listen to the album on [Apple Music](https://itun.es/us/otGq9?ref=glamglare.com) or [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/1I15TUSEsDHXn4IIvDsFHe?ref=glamglare.com).