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Paris La Défense – Une Ville En Concert - Wikipedia

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Paris La Défense – Une Ville En Concert was a concert held by musician Jean-Michel Jarre on the district of La Défense in Paris on Bastille Day, 14 July 1990.^[1] About 2.5 million people standing in front of the pyramidal stage all the way down to the Arc de Triomphe witnessed this event, setting a new Guinness Book of Records entry for Jarre. The concert was funded by the Mairie de Paris, the Ministry of Culture and a small cluster of high-profile Parisian business concerns. Later, a concert video as well as a photobook of the event were released.

The show featured new tracks from the Waiting for Cousteau album. The concert is the only time that the track Calypso 2 has been performed live to date. Vast grotesque marionettes created by Trinidadian Peter Minshall were used in the concert, along with a live steel drum band.

A 50 minute television edit was produced for broadcast worldwide after the event and a 75 minute edit later released on VHS cassette in 1992. The tracks Equinoxe 5 and Rendez-Vous 4 were not included on the VHS release for unknown reasons, while encore of Calypso 1 was played over a video montage for the end credits. Only camcorder footage exists of these tracks, available on YouTube. A DVD release of the VHS edit was mooted by Jarre for a number of years but was eventually dropped.

An unofficial, broadcast quality, double CD of the entire concert exists and has been traded amongst fans since the event.

Track listing

Waiting For Cousteau (played on loop before the concert)
Paris La Défense
Oxygène 4
Équinoxe 4
Équinoxe 5(*)
Souvenir de Chine (Souvenir of China)
Les Chants Magnétiques II (Magnetic Fields II)
Ethnicolor
Ethnitransition
Zoolookologie
Revolution, Revolutions
Second Rendez-Vous
Calypso 2
Calypso 3 – Fin De Siècle
Calypso
Fourth Rendez-Vous(*)
Calypso (encore)

Songs marked (*) are omitted from the official video release.

Musicians

Jean-Michel Jarre: Synthesizers
Michel Geiss : Synthesizers
Francis Rimbert : Synthesizers
Dominique Perrier : Synthesizers
Frederick Rousseau : Synthesizers
Sylvain Durand: Synthesizers
Guy Delacroix: Bass, Synthesizers
Christophe Deschamps : Drums & Percussions
Dino Lumbroso : Drums & Percussions
Christine Durand: Soprano
Larbi Ouechni: Arab Vocals
Amoco Renegades (directed by Jit Samaroo): Steel Drums
"Les Chœurs Des Hauts De Seine" (conducted by Bruno Rossignol): Choir
Al Mawsili: Classical Arab Orchestra

Instruments used

ARP 2500
ARP 2600
Elka AMK8
Elka Synthex
Elka MK-88
EMS AKS
EMS VCS3
Korg EXM1R
Korg T3
Roland D-50
Roland D-550
Roland D-70
Roland MKS-80 (Super Jupiter)
Akai S1000
Roland S-550
Yamaha KX-5
Clavier Circulaire
Laser Harp
LAG Mad Max II
LAG Insecte
ARP Sequencer
Alesis Quadraverb
Alesis 1622
MIDI Tap Lone Wolf
Atari Mega ST 4 (11 units)
C-Lab Unitor
Pearl Drums
Pad Pearl
Musicman Stingray 5 Bass

References

^ Forman, Edward (2010). Historical Dictionary of French Theater. Plymouth: Scarecrow Press. p. 139. ISBN 9780810849396. OCLC 705622337.

v t e Jean-Michel Jarre
Studio albums	Oxygène (1976) Équinoxe (1978) Les Chants Magnétiques (1981) Musique pour Supermarché (1983) Zoolook (1984) Rendez-Vous (1986) Revolutions (1988) En attendant Cousteau (1990) Chronologie (1993) Oxygène 7–13 (1997) Métamorphoses (2000) Sessions 2000 (2002) Geometry of Love (2003) Téo & Téa (2007) Oxygène: New Master Recording (2007) Electronica 1: The Time Machine (2015) Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise (2016) Oxygène 3 (2016) Radiophonie Vol. 9 (2017) Equinoxe Infinity (2018) Snapshots from EōN (2019) Amazônia (2021) Radiophonie Vol. 12 (2022) Oxymore (2022)
Live albums	Les Concerts en Chine (1982) Jarre Live / Destination Docklands: The London Concert (1989) Hong Kong (1994) Live from Gdańsk (Koncert w Stoczni) (2005)
Compilation albums	Images – The Best of Jean-Michel Jarre (1991) AERO (2004) Essentials & Rarities (2011) Planet Jarre (2018)
Remix albums	Jarremix (1995) Odyssey Through O₂ (1998)
Live performances	The Concerts in China (China, 1981) Rendez-vous Houston (USA, 1986) Destination Docklands (UK, 1988) Paris La Défense – Une Ville en Concert (France, 1990) Space of Freedom (Poland, 2005)
Related	Discography Compositions with multiple titles Maurice Jarre Kevin Jarre "Oxygène (Part IV)" "Toxygene" "Stardust"

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