Editing Jean-Michel Jarre (section)

===1980s===
[[File:Jean-Michel Jarre 1986.jpg|thumb|Jarre in 1986]]
By the time ''[[Les Chants Magnétiques]]'' was released on 20 May 1981, ''Oxygène'' and ''Équinoxe'' had achieved global sales of about 6&nbsp;million units. In its first two months the new album sold 200,000&nbsp;units in France alone.<ref name="Billboardchina">{{Citation | last = Way | first = Michael | title = Jarre off to China to Map Autumn Tour | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=rCQEAAAAMBAJ | page = 59 | magazine = Billboard | date = 11 July 1981 | access-date = 23 June 2009}}</ref> The album uses sounds from the [[Fairlight CMI]],<ref>{{cite journal |title=Jean-Michel Jarre – 10 of the best |journal=The Guardian |date=5 October 2016 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2016/oct/05/jean-michel-jarre-10-of-the-best |access-date=24 August 2022 |language=en}}</ref> a new instrument of which Jarre was a pioneer. Its digital technology allowed him to continue his earlier sonic experimentation in new ways.<ref name="Remilleuxp35">{{Harvnb|Remilleux|1988|p=35}}</ref>

In that same year, the British Embassy gave Radio Beijing copies of ''Oxygène'', ''Équinoxe'', and ''Les Chants Magnétiques'', which became the first pieces of foreign music to be played on Chinese national radio in decades.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Guide to Jean-Michel Jarre's Biggest Live Performances |url=https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2016/01/jean-michel-jarre-live-feature |website=daily.redbullmusicacademy.com |access-date=24 August 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n0UEAAAAMBAJ&dq=jarre+france+oxygene+billboard&pg=RA1-PA32-IA1|title=Jarre Around the World|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|via=Google Books|page=32|date=13 March 1982|access-date=23 September 2022}}</ref> The Republic invited Jarre to become the first western musician to play in post-[[Mao Zedong]] China.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jean-Michel Jarre - Biography of the pioneer of electronic music |url=http://jeanmicheljarre.com/biography |access-date=5 October 2022}}</ref> The performances were scheduled to run from 18 October to 5 November 1981.<ref name="Billboardchina" /> 5 concerts were performed, two in [[Beijing]] and three in [[Shanghai]].<ref name="jeanmicheljarre1">{{cite web|author=Jarre Labs |url=https://jeanmicheljarre.com/live/concerts-in-china |title=Concerts In China |publisher=Jean-Michel Jarre |date= |access-date=9 November 2019}}</ref> The first, in Beijing, was initially attended mostly by officials, but before the concert began, technicians realised that not enough power was available to supply the stage and auditorium. Chinese officials solved the problem by temporarily cutting power to the surrounding districts.<ref name="Remilleuxpp7475" />

The stadium was almost full when the concert began, but as Beijing's buses stopped running at about 10 o'clock, about half the audience left before it finished.<ref>{{Citation | title = China Is Exposed To Laser Rock | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1981/10/22/arts/china-is-exposed-to-laser-rock.html?scp=13&sq=jean%20michel%20jarre&st=cse | work = The New York Times | date = 22 October 1981 | access-date = 22 June 2009}}</ref> To boost the audience attendance for the second night, Jarre and his production team purchased some of the concert tickets and gave them to children on the streets. Jarre originally wanted the concerts to be free, but the Chinese authorities decided to charge between £0.20 and £0.50 per ticket.<ref name="Remilleuxpp7475">{{Harvnb|Remilleux|1988|pp=74–75}}</ref> In 1982, recordings of the concerts, which featured one of Jarre's signature electronic instruments, the [[laser harp]], were released as a double-disc [[vinyl record|LP]].<ref name="Warwickpp558559" /><ref>{{Harvnb|Remilleux|1988|p=77}}</ref>

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Between February and May 1983, Jarre recorded a single LP copy of an album entitled ''[[Musique pour Supermarché]]'' ([[English language|English]]: ''Music for Supermarkets'') whose objective was to be the soundtrack of a show called Orrimbe, to later be auctioned with the master tapes and plates destroyed. The album was later broadcast exclusively on [[Radio Luxembourg]] with Jarre encouraging listeners to record the broadcast.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_toughest_used_vinyl_get_in_the_world_jean_michel_jarres_music_for_super|title=The toughest used vinyl 'get' in the world: Jean Michel Jarre's 'Music for Supermarkets'|date=29 May 2014}}</ref>

In 1984, he  released seventh studio album ''[[Zoolook]]''. In this album he expanded the sample-based approach which had been initiated on ''[[Les Chants Magnétiques]]'' and continued on ''[[Musique pour Supermarché|Music for Supermarkets]]''. The album was based around multiple fragments of human voices pronouncing words and speeches in different languages from all over the world, recorded digitally by Jarre and then played back and edited on the [[Fairlight CMI]].<ref name="Steamroller" />

[[File:Rendezvous houston.jpg|right|thumb|[[Rendez-vous Houston]], 1986]]
In 1985, Jarre was invited by the musical director of the [[Houston Grand Opera]] to perform a concert celebrating [[Texas]]'s 150th anniversary on 5 April 1986. Although he was busy with other projects and was at first unimpressed by the proposal, on a later visit to the city, he was immediately impressed by the visual grandeur of the city's [[skyline]] and agreed to perform. Also, 1985 marked the 25th [[anniversary]] of the foundation of the [[Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center]];{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}} and [[NASA]] asked Jarre to integrate the anniversary into the concert.<ref name="Steamroller" />

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Jarre worked with several Houston-based [[astronaut]]s, including [[Bruce McCandless II]] and [[Ronald McNair]], an accomplished musician who was to have played the [[saxophone]] on "Rendez-Vous VI", recorded in the weightless environment of space. The live performance was curtailed by McNair's death in the [[Space Shuttle Challenger disaster|Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' disaster]] on 28 January 1986. Consideration was given to the cancellation of the concert; but McCandless contacted Jarre and urged him to proceed, in memory of the shuttle's crew. McNair's saxophone piece was recorded by French saxophonist Pierre Gossez and retitled "Ron's Piece". At Jarre's giant concerts in Houston and Lyon, the part was performed by McNair's friend, American saxophonist [[Kirk Whalum]]:

{{blockquote|I remember just before take-off, Ron calling me in Paris saying "Everything's ready, see you in a week's time, watch me on television for the take-off"&nbsp;... I will really, keep always, the bit of Ron's smile and Ron's face in my heart.<ref name="Steamroller" />}}

About 2,000&nbsp;projectors shone images onto buildings and giant screens up to {{convert|1200|ft|m}} high, transforming the city's skyscrapers into spectacular backdrops for an elaborate display of fireworks and lasers.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}} [[Rendez-vous Houston]] entered the ''[[Guinness Book of Records]]'' for its audience of over 1.5&nbsp;million, beating his earlier record, set in 1979. The display was so impressive that a nearby freeway was blocked by passing vehicles, forcing the authorities to close it for the duration of the concert.<ref name="Porticop86">{{Harvnb|Portico|Matlock|2008|p=86}}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Remilleux|1988|p=93}}</ref> Several months later he performed to an audience of about a million at his home city of [[Lyon]],<ref name="oxygeneconcert" /> in celebration of a visit by [[Pope John Paul II]]. Watching from [[Lyon Cathedral]], the Pope began the concert with a good-night blessing, a recording of which appears on ''Cities in Concert – Houston/Lyon''.<ref name="Steamroller" />

[[File:DESTINATION1.jpg|thumb|right|[[Destination Docklands]], October 1988]]

In 1988, Jarre released his ninth studio album ''[[Revolutions (Jean-Michel Jarre album)|Revolutions]]'', and in same year, a concert called [[Destination Docklands]] was planned for September, to be held at the [[Royal Victoria Dock]] in east London.<ref>{{cite web |title=Destination Docklands |url=https://jeanmicheljarre.com/live/destination-docklands |website=Jean-Michel Jarre |access-date=27 August 2022}}</ref><ref name="Jerry2017">{{cite book |last1=Grayson |first1=Jerry |title=Film Pilot: From James Bond to Hurricane Katrina |date=1 March 2017 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-4729-4106-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pN_oDAAAQBAJ&dq=royal+victoria+docklands+destination+docklands+jean+michel+jarre&pg=PT64 |access-date=27 August 2022 |language=en}}</ref> Close to the heart of London, the location was chosen in part for its desolate environment, but also because Jarre thought the architecture was ideally suited for his music. Early in 1988 Jarre met with local officials and members of the community,<ref name="makingofdocklands" /> but [[Newham Borough Council]] delayed their decision until 12 September, the month in which the show was due to take place.<ref name="Jerry2017" /> The local fire service were also concerned about access in the event of a fire. Site work continued as Jarre's team searched for alternative locations in which to stage the concert, but following improvements to both on and off-site safety Jarre eventually won conditional approval on 28 September to stage two separate performances, on 8 and 9 October.<ref name="makingofdocklands">{{Citation | title = Jean-Michel Jarre Destination Docklands | publisher = Francis Dreyfus Music | year = 1989}}</ref>

The floating stage on which Jarre and his musicians performed was built on top of four large [[barge]]s. Large purpose-built display screens were built, and one of the buildings to be used as a backdrop was painted white. One large mirror ball being transported to the event fell onto the roadside, causing a degree of confusion as some people mistook it for a fallen [[satellite]]. [[World War II]] searchlights were installed, to illuminate the sky and surrounding architecture.<ref name="makingofdocklands" />

Along with thousands in the surrounding streets and parks, 200,000&nbsp;people watched Jarre and guests such as guitarist [[Hank Marvin]] perform in less than ideal conditions. Inclement weather had threatened to break the stage from its moorings, putting paid to the original plan to float the stage across the Royal Victoria Dock. Wind speeds were so high that television cameras were blown over. On the second evening the audience, which included [[Diana, Princess of Wales]],<ref name="oxygeneconcert" /> was soaked by rain and wind.<ref name="makingofdocklands" />