le 10/10/2002 15:49, johan.andersson@allers.aller.se a écrit :
There where some reports to the list about Jarre attending one of the Paris shows, does anybody know if JMJ ever in interviews has mentioned KW as a source of inspiration - or mentioned them at all?
I mean - they've probably been inspired by each other in one way or another, but KW would never mention anything like this in an interview, thats why I wonder if JMJ ever has...
It's seems... that I heard - once at least ( but don't remember when where... I've heard/read/seen lots of Jarre interviews!) JMJ speeking briefly in high terms of Kraftwerk... However, I think JM Jarre is too "proud" to say: "I'm a K'fan, you know..." ;-) Even if he admitted to be (only) influenced by composers like Nino Rota or Pierre Schaeffer ( reffering to early interviews ), I've always been convinced Kraftwerk had a real influence on Jarre's music, especially in late 70's! For example: listen again to "Equinoxe" ( if you don't know it, you must discover that true electronic-music masterpiece recorded in 1978 ) well... it's obvious: "Equinoxe" ( particularly Part.4/5/6/7 ) contains typical advanced electro-synth-sounds(+vocoder!) textures, nice melodies, deep analog-sequences... rythm machines... and sounds to me like a long "evolving" "KlingKlang" track. Conclusion: JM Jarre, a Kraftwerk fan?? *lol*imho: It's a possibility... ;-) ...maybe, perhaps, _ /o o\ Filtre4Pole \ ~ / I I - -