Water for Life
"Water for Life" was a concert given by French electronic musician
The free 2h25m concert, sponsored by the
A souvenir 172-page hardback book entitled "The Making of Water for Life" was published in 2007 which documented how the concert was staged in detail.[1]
Stage
The stage featured a collection of nine 4-by-10-metre vertical screens (similar to those in the 1993 Europe in Concert tour), described as "doors to the desert". On them were projected images - static and animated -, as in a typical Jarre concert. Behind the stage, the desert dunes were lit, and fireworks were shot behind and around the stage.
Two general rehearsals were held, on the previous night and on the evening of the day of the concert, complete with fireworks. Like Jarre's previous concert,
During rehearsals, a balloon with an internal projector was placed on center stage, but it did not appear in the concert itself.
Track listing
- "Intro Saturée" - 3'50
- "Suite for Flute"
- "Oxygene 2"
- "Miss Moon"
- "Oxygene 7"
- "Space of Freedom" (originally "March 23")
- "Chronologie 6"
- "Millions of Stars"
- "Oxygene 4"
- "Education" (originally "Revolution, Revolutions", with new lyrics)
- "Gagarin" (originally Hey Gagarin)
- "Light My Sky" (originally "Tout Est Bleu", with new lyrics)
- "Oxygene 12"
- "Chronologie 2"
- "C'est la Vie"
- "Theremin Memories"
- "Souvenir of China"
- "UNESCO Theme" (originally "Eldorado")
- "Rendez-Vous 4"
- "Rendez-Vous 2"
"Intro Saturée" was premiered at this concert, loosely based on "Melancholic Rodeo", a track from his then forthcoming Téo & Téa album. Of all the retitled tracks and new lyrics (from their original recordings), only the lyrics for "Education" were premiered at this concert. "Suite for Flute" had been previously performed as the intro of "Oxygene 2".
Personnel
- Jean Michel Jarre: bass guitar, cymbals, Dynacord, Eminent, Laser Harp, Midi flute, music box, Roland AX-1, Theremin
- Francis Rimbert: Fantom, Roland JD800, Roland S760
- Claude Samard: musical director, guitar, keyboards
- Morocco Philharmonic Orchestra
- Casablanca Orchestra of Arabic Modern Music
- Alizées Choir
- Gnawa Maaster Hamid Elikasri and his Band
- B'net from Marrakesh
- Charaf and Dansers
- Hadji Younes (luth)
- Abdellah El Miry (violin)
- Saida Charaf (vocals)
- Ahmed Alaoui (vocals)