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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

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It's Not Over Now for Linda Spa, because I read recently that she has a self-composed collection of love songs coming out soon and I also read that her real name is Mad. Gerlinde Spazierer - although her friends just call her Madge, probably. Wink
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Hi,

I wrote to her a couple of years back and she replied very nicely and thanked me, for the poem. It was a poem about a rose opening up in the sun in the morning. She was surprised that someone would write a poem for her, it seemed to me, however, I am not sure that the feeling reverberated to help her create some new music.

As mentioned, she was an "arranger" and I think that her ability in TD was to make sure that the new orchestrations of the various pieces, with herself first, then Iris included and then the violin, worked well together and that requires someone with a keen sense of touch and feel about music ... which is probably not as strong if you are a composer, as you would be looking at someone else's music. Your "ideas" or "thoughts" would ot be in place when you are putting together your own piece, whereas when you are working on someone else's a lot of the feeling vibrations are already in place and only require to be extended or redefined. And I don't think that she missed very many points with it, not to mention do an excellent job on saxophone and flute, both of which were also utilized within the electronic and symphonic design of things with us not even knowing it, it it was done as a "sample"

I keep hoping to hear from her, but I'm not sure it will happen anymore. Sometimes, waiting for forever is a good thing, but I would not be surprised if she had just about quit it all ... and I have a feeling that she wanted to be personally involved with Edgar and it did not go far enough for her. That's a feeling, not necessarily a reality. He would have been her "mentor" in a lot of ways. And one day, the mentorship was gone like a brick on the wall taking you out for good! 

And honestly, I think that TD should have made an attempt to work with her at least one more album or two to see if something could be done, but I wonder if someone's ego felt that she would be in the way with her more symphonic and classically minded style that Edgar favored all of his life, including his experiments!
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^ For me, Tangerine Dream's two best eras  by far were 1992-1996 and 2005-2014, which just happened to be the two eras when Linda Spa was in  the TD  line-up. Heart Smile



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Jarre's early albums are good. He peaked a bit early, with Les Chants Magnétiques.

Too bad Jarre hasn't released anything worth paying for in over 25 years. Wacko

That doesn't sound very promising. The last JMJ album I bought on CD was Images: The Best of Jean Michel Jarre (1991) and I haven't heard any albums beyond that up until today, so I'll Rendez-Vous back with you later this week when I've listened to them all. Smile
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Here's Gerlinde (Linda) Spa with her pre-TD band HYPERSAX! You can't miss her. Wink


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And this is lovely Linda playing a hyper-piano version of Stratosfear. Heart

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Originally posted by wiz_d_kidd wiz_d_kidd wrote:

Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

...Too bad Jarre hasn't released anything worth paying for in over 25 years. Wacko


I thought Metamorphoses and Teo & Tea were both quite good, and worth paying for (which I did). Some of his other recent material smacks of an attempt at "modernizing" his sound to attract a younger audience. I'm not sure it worked.

Oxygene 7-13 is where I stop, though I did buy (and eventually sold) AERO. I also "investigated" subsequent releases. Not impressed by the Electronica volumes (though listenable) nor Oxygene 3 and (especially) the dreadful Amazonia. A friend had some unkind words for Oxymore. That's all I'll say about that.
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

And this is lovely Linda playing a hyper-piano version of Stratosfear. Heart


I just watched that the other day. Clap
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Originally posted by moshkito moshkito wrote:

And honestly, I think that TD should have made an attempt to work with her at least one more album or two to see if something could be done, but I wonder if someone's ego felt that she would be in the way with her more symphonic and classically minded style that Edgar favored all of his life, including his experiments!

I believe Linda does not intend to collaborate with a post-EF TD.
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^ Linda gets off to a bit of a shaky start, but the ending is magnificent! She made me realise just how complex a piece of music Startosfear is and how difficult it is to play on the piano. Clap
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

^ Linda gets off to a bit of a shaky start, but the ending is magnificent! She made me realise just how complex a piece of music Startosfear is and how difficult it is to play on the piano. Clap

Edgar said Linda was a better pianist than saxist. Wink
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5 stars 2000: Jean Michel Jarre- Live in Cairo, Egypt: The Twelve Dreams of the Sun - The Millennium Concert, recorded on December 31st 1999




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Originally posted by wiz_d_kidd wiz_d_kidd wrote:

Just to clear up any potential confusion, the video Paul posted, title "Concert in China" is part of the "Forbidden City" concert. It is not the original, ground-breaking 1981 performance which was recorded as "Les Concerts en Chine" or "The Concerts in China".

Thanks for letting me know. I've since corrected my mistake and the China concert is now in its proper place in the Jean Michel Jarre chronologie. Thumbs Up

5 stars 2004: Jean Michel Jarre - Jarre in China - http:///www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLRHo9yHkjQ
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

^ Linda gets off to a bit of a shaky start, but the ending is magnificent! She made me realize just how complex a piece of music Stratosfear is and how difficult it is to play on the piano. Clap

Hi,

And I wouldn't wish her to (work with TD again), however, as you can see on the piano, why she is such a good ARRANGER and was able to help TD make updates, changes and improve the performances with both herself and then Iris to create a very strong group with magnificent material.

It would not surprise me, to see a piano driven bunch of TD pieces released on a CD, though, something that TD would not be able to stop from happening, not to mention that they would also get a few goodies off it. 

A lot of TD's music is very difficult, because there is so much happening at the same time. We just do not have the complete ear for a whole lot beyond a stupid melody, in order to appreciate the completeness and design of the whole thing.

Reminds me of the recent DD thing on TFTO and in one of the pieces (either 3rd or 4th -- have to hear them again), Chris Squire is in the background, really low, and his dancing on an incredible volcano piece of music is understated and at a low level that only a sharp ear can appreciate ... it is, ultimately, incredible and insane, and makes one wonder one thing ... how the fudge does someone create that? It's that insane, and something that 99 out of 100 bass players will never do because they don't have the ear or the ability to add to anything they hear! Linda, for me, was a very important part of what "made" TD work, and I think that Edgar appreciated that a lot.
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4 stars 2005: Jean Michel Jarre - Live from Gdansk Shipyard - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKNJtNrJcpA

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The laser harp is one of my all-time favorite instruments -- even if it is just a simple MIDI triggering device. The effect is way cool.
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A-Z Playlist of Progressive Electronica

2 stars 1972: Jean Michel Jarre - Deserted Palace - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAC95B32592AAB8CB
2 stars 1973: Jean Michel Jarre - Les Granges Brulees (soundtrack) - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nv5fCOKpxzWIMELLIhj3Kpci9ALHUqqoA
4 stars 1976: Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ab7tIZNplM
4 stars 1978: Jean Michel Jarre - Equinoxe - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHZZaC4sfjU
4 stars 1979: Jean Michel Jarre - Live: Place de la Concorde, July 14th 1979 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck66uf8Guh0
4 stars 1982: Jean Michel Jarre - The Concerts in China - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mOB1K0kPJQnHrIHvGe5usJRnLOlrcF6MM
3 stars 1984: Jean Michel Jarre - Zoolook - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfRtFlCIO60
4 stars 1986: Jean Michel Jarre - Rendez-Vous - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URaWRK7vqDE
4 stars 1987: Jean Michel Jarre - Rendez-Vous Houston Concert '86 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRzzF-WObYE
4 stars 1988: Jean Michel Jarre - Revolutions - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjQjngI55iA
5 stars 1989: Jean Michel Jarre - Destination Docklands: The London Concert - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VATBlh5nOCc
3 stars 1990: Jean Michel Jarre - Waiting for Cousteau - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lijI3-jCMwE-oDpkvgjLWd9gHnl5H95Nc
5 stars 1991: Jean Michel Jarre - Images: The Best of Jean Michel Jarre - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPgkrdMZS8E
4 stars 1994: Jean Michel Jarre - Live in Hong Kong - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMaAq5XIXjikSSesqTsTH9O7_lKjMQEBb
4 stars 1995: Jean Michel Jarre - Concert for Tolerance: Live in Paris - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBE9UW5BNKo
3 stars 1995: Jean Michel Jarre - Jarremix - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EFJUVIlqAc 
3 stars 1998: Jean Michel Jarre - Odyssey Through O2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=529wpUFAw5w
2 stars 1998: Jean Michel Jarre - Paris Live Electronic Night - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCbZ1bLSRJo
5 stars 2000: Jean Michel Jarre - Live in Cairo: Twelve Dreams of the Sun - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWTpyqAyFlQ
2 stars 2001: Jean Michel Jarre - Interior Music - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BycXfQS-Ipg
3 stars 2002: Jean Michel Jarre - Sessions 2000 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtL6grt0h28
4 stars 2002: Jean Michel Jarre - Tribute to the Wind: Live in Denmark - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rksR2tFI7Tw
3 stars 2002: Jean Michel Jarre - Live: Printemps de Bourges - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsRB2mzS6fU
4 stars 2004: Jean Michel Jarre - AERO - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY2oEBVLM_Y
5 stars 2004: Jean Michel Jarre - Jarre in China - http:///www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLRHo9yHkjQ
4 stars 2005: Jean Michel Jarre - Live from Gdansk Shipyard - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKNJtNrJcpA
3 stars 2006: Jean Michel Jarre - Sublime Mix - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6JXg5cDtFI
3 stars 2007: Jean Michel Jarre - Teo & Tea - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox-XeqPuCfk
4 stars 2007: Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene: New Master Recording - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV-EBwtL7eekF-bodA1sA3sGCpFjxh1kM
4 stars 2011: Jean Michel Jarre - Live in Monaco - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhrOkO3naaI
4 stars 2015: Jean Michel Jarre - Electronica 1: The Time Machine - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kGZCPLWLHaw1r2s9rkp-hLXJPLB1FJDfg
4 stars 2016: Jean Michel Jarre - Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kD9aoWK2b-0sodo-xEimQ86vF3AZDlgVk
4 stars 2018: Jean Michel Jarre - Equinoxe Infinity - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mwgxJaid3qStUkKT8icwzHCA6oD7CmzXg    
3 stars 2019: Jean Michel Jarre - Snapshots from EoN - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=996aLcmuE54      
4 stars 2021: Jean Michel Jarre - Welcome to the Other Side: Concert from Virtual Notre-Dame - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO-wcegvqMA
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4 stars 2021: Jean Michel Jarre - Welcome to the Other Side: Concert from Virtual Notre-Dame - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO-wcegvqMA

The ultimate light show! A virtual reality vision of what a Live performance may look like in the future. Cool







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Excellent video! Thanks for posting!
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Originally posted by wiz_d_kidd wiz_d_kidd wrote:

Excellent video! Thanks for posting!

Thanks! I watched the concert last night on my big-screen TV. I didn't even need the lights on as JMJ's spectacular light show lit up the entire room. Smile 
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Jean Michel Jarre - The Video Singles Collection (Part One)

Oxygene, Part 4 (1976)


Equinoxe, Part 4 (1978)


Magnetic Fields, Part 2 (1981)



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