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French virtuoso prog star Jean-Michel Jarre has announced plans to host a spectacular New Year’s Eve virtual concert that will make it appear that he’s performing inside a virtual Notre Dame.
Jarre will perform live from a studio near the cathedral in Paris, while his avatar plays inside a virtual Notre-Dame. The 45-minute concert that Jarre will perform will be composed of tracks from his recent Grammy-nominated album Electronica, as well as new reworked versions of his classics, Oxygène and Equinoxe.
“Virtual reality is to the performing arts today what cinema was to the theatre in its early days, a kind of curiosity,“ says Jarre. “I believe that VR will become tomorrow, a mode of expression in its own right.”
Welcome To The Other Side, set for Thursday, December 31, is a one-off exclusive, worldwide and open-to-all, free concert experience whose ambition, beyond celebrating the New Year in a futuristic and festive way, is to send a message of hope for 2021: a digital and virtual invitation from Paris, the City of Light, vibrant metropole of the Arts & of Culture and home to the most famous cathedral in the world. Notre-Dame has a unique place in the collective imagination, it is a symbol of the strength and of World Heritage that binds us together.
The live stream experience on December 31 will be produced as a cutting-edge simultaneously-mixed-media creation. Welcome to other side of reality, welcome into the New Year, welcome to your own personal celebration, welcome to a global party, all via your own chosen dimension:
– In total immersion on the social VR platform VRchat, accessible either simply via PC, or in virtual reality for the audience equipped with VR headsets
– Live-streaming on Jarre’s & other social media platforms via any PC or Mac, smartphone or tablet
– Live audio broadcast on Radio France’s France Inter, French public radio
– Live TV broadcast by French BFM Paris news channel
Welcome To The Other Side takes place on December 31 at 11.25PM CET/10.25PM GMT/2.25PM PST.
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- Jean-Michel Jarre - The Concerts In China - Stickered - EX - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £20.00, $26.20, €23.00 (New Item) (arrived 07-Apr-2025 16:00)on April 15, 2025 at 12:58 am
JEAN-MICHEL JARRE The Concerts In China (1982 UK 15-track double vinyl LP recorded live during five concerts presented in Peking & Shanghai, the first performances of rock or contemporary music ever given in the People's Republic of China, including forty minutes of then-new material. Housed in a hype-stickered gatefold picture with illustrated tracklisting inners. The sleeve shows some light edgewear and there is a reference number handwritten on the top corner of the inners, whilstthe vinyl looks barely played PODV3)
- Jean-Michel Jarre - The Concerts In China - Japanese - 2-LP vinyl set - £75.00, $98.25, €86.25 (New Item) (arrived 31-Mar-2025 10:28)on April 15, 2025 at 12:58 am
JEAN MICHEL JARRE The Concerts In China (1982 Japanese 15-track double LP, housed in a deluxe gatefold picture sleeve complete with fold-out photo/credits insert, Japanese biography sheet & original obi-strip. The sleeve displays minimal wearand the vinyl has little signs of play 40MM-0177/8)
- Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygene - French - vinyl LP - £15.00, $19.65, €17.25 (Back In Stock) (arrived 12-Mar-2025 17:00)on April 15, 2025 at 12:58 am
JEAN MICHEL JARRE Oxygene (1979 French Disques Motors issue of the 1976 6-track LP, the mainstream breakthrough for the iconic French instrumentalist/composer, containing the first six movements to the Oxygene piece. The glossy picture sleeveshows minimal wear & the vinyl still looks barely played MTO77000)
- Jean-Michel Jarre - Waiting For Cousteau - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £35.00, $45.85, €40.25 (New Item) (arrived 27-Mar-2025 16:18)on April 15, 2025 at 12:58 am
JEAN-MICHEL JARRE Waiting For Cousteau (Scarce 1990 UK 4-track LP, glossy picture sleeve. The sleeve is Excellent with minimal shelf wear & the vinyl is clean & in Excellent condition with very little play)
- Jean-Michel Jarre - Rendez-Vous - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $19.65, €17.25 (New Item) (arrived 27-Mar-2025 16:19)on April 15, 2025 at 12:58 am
JEAN-MICHEL JARRE Rendez-Vous (1986 UK 6-track vinyl LP including Last Rendez-Vous: Ron's Piece, intended to be the first piece of music played & recorded in space, picture sleeve. The sleeve shows some edge wear & the vinyl remains in Excellent condition with few signs of play POLH27)
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