The Concerts in China

by Jean Michel Jarre

The Concerts in China cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: May 1982
  • Label: Disques Dreyfus
  • Country: France
  • Length: 1:18:52
  • Community rating: 3.96/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Documenting a landmark cultural exchange, this double album chronicles the French electronic pioneer becoming the first Western popular musician to perform in post-Mao China. The spectacular, synthesizer-driven concert featured newly composed material incorporating traditional Chinese instrumentation and groundbreaking laser projections.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, atmospheric, progressive, space, synth

Tracklist

  1. L'ouverture / The Overture - Live (4:51)
  2. Arp茅giateur / Arpegiator - Live (6:51)
  3. 脡quinoxe (Pt. 4) / Equinoxe Part 4 - Live (7:46)
  4. Jonques de p锚cheurs au cr茅puscule / Fishing Junks at Sunset - Live (9:43)
  5. L'orchestre sous la pluie / Band in the Rain - Live (1:23)
  6. 脡quinoxe (Pt. 7) / Equinoxe Part 7 - Live (9:52)
  7. Orient Express - Live (4:21)
  8. Chants magn茅tiques (Pt. 1) / Magnetic Fields Part 1 - Live (0:27)
  9. Chants magn茅tiques (Pt. 3) / Magnetic Fields Part 3 - Live (3:45)
  10. Chants magn茅tiques (Pt. 4) / Magnetic Fields Part 4 - Live (6:45)
  11. Harpe laser / Laser Harp - Live (3:34)
  12. Nuit 脿 Shanghai / Night in Shanghai - Live (7:01)
  13. La derni猫re rumba / The Last Rumba - Live (2:10)
  14. Chants magn茅tiques (Pt. 2) / Magnetic Fields Part 2 - Live (6:18)
  15. Souvenir de Chine / Souvenir of China - Live (3:58)

Credits

  • Dominique Perrier - musician
  • Fr茅d茅rick Rousseau - musician
  • Pierre Mourey - musician
  • Roger Rizzitelli - musician
  • Huang Feili - conductor
  • Li Meng - musical assistance [artcistic collaboration]
  • Wang Zhi - musical assistance [artcistic collaboration]

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