With little around to compete with the single Oxygène when he released it nearly 50 years ago, Jean-Michel Jarre became the pinup of synth pop, and has continued to embrace the cutting-edge ever since ...

After the triumphant release of EQUINOXE INFINITY—the 40-year sequel to his legendary 1978 album EQUINOXE—JEAN-MICHEL JARRE returns with a 12-inch that sharpens three highlights of the album into ...

Jean-Michel Jarre is undeniably a legend. In the ’70s he made the synthesiser sexy with Oxygene and Equinoxe. In the ’80s he took the concert spectacle to new degrees of extravagance with shows in ...

French composer/synth savant Jean-Michel Jarre's best-known and best-selling works such as 1976's Oxygène and 1978's Équinoxe traffic in grandiloquent melodies, frou-frou tonalities, and sweeping ...

Exactly 40 years after "Equinoxe," Jarre resurrects his Watchers for a second installment of musical mystery By Kat Bein French composer and electronic musician Jean-Michel Jarre first introduced us ...

Jean-Michel Jarre has no problem rattling off countries and continents where he’s more famous than he is in North America: “Europe, China, South America, Japan, Australia …” he says, on the phone from ...

When electronic-ambient-new age pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre was working on 1976’s Oxygene, in his makeshift home studio, he often had to tape down two preset buttons of his Korg drum machine to achieve ...

LONDON, July 21 (Reuters) - French electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre has sold his entire music publishing back catalogue to BMG, following in the footsteps of other performers cashing in on ...

Jean-Michel Jarre performs onstage during a concert in Venice, Italy, in July 2025. (Credit: Stefano Mazzola/Getty Images) When electronic-ambient-new age pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre was working on 1976 ...