JEAN-MICHEL JARRE

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The Concerts In China: 40th Anniversary Remastered Edition SONY French synth maestro’s 1981 shows given sonic touch-up. Plenty of musicians are referred to as “groundbreaking”, but when Jean-Michel Jarre played five shows in Shanghai and Beijing in 1981 he really was opening up new territory. No Western artist had played in communist China since the late Chairman Mao’s Cultural Revolution brutally expunged all such decadent influence from the People’s Republic, and although the electronic composer and synthscapist’s instrumental style meant there were no potentially corrupting lyrics to offend his hosts with, it was still a step into the unknown for both of them. With this remaster adding new pinsharp clarity to the sound, 40 years on it still sounds like the future’s being beamed in from somewhere in a distant…

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