----- Original Message ----- From: "Filtre4Pole" <catmeow@wanadoo.fr>
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...
Those things could come from anywhere, perhaps from JMJ himself since he worked with synths and sequencing since the 60s. They are not unique KW elements. And there are no Vocoders on Equinoxe. Jarre described his techniques for those sounds in a 1979 interview with Sound On Sound. They are sounds from the ARP 2600 modified by effect equipment created by Michel Geiss. Glenn http://www.jarretribute.com