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Jean-Michel Jarre

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Jean-Michel Jarre is a Ambient act. Their sound grew out of Michel Legrand, The Crystal Method, Fuck Buttons, Serge Gainsbourg and Julia Holter. Those roots explain a lot about how Jean-Michel Jarre arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Mike Oldfield, Enigma, Art of Noise, Delerium and Jan Hammer, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Michael Garrison, Boys Noize, Can Atilla, Return to Ommadawn and DJ Quicksilver, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 60 connections around Jean-Michel Jarre, reaching back through Michel Legrand and forward to Michael Garrison. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Jean-Michel JarreMichel LegrandThe Crystal MethodFuck ButtonsSerge GainsbourgJulia HolterSlamNatacha AtlasArchie SheppMichael GarrisonBoys NoizeCan AtillaReturn to OmmadawnDJ QuicksilverMariusz DudaArmin van BuurenChicaneMike OldfieldEnigmaArt of NoiseDeleriumJan HammerIsao TomitaEraMoby

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Jean-Michel Jarre grew out of Michel Legrand, The Crystal Method, Fuck Buttons and Serge Gainsbourg, shares an orbit with Mike Oldfield, Enigma, Art of Noise and Delerium, went on to shape Michael Garrison, Boys Noize, Can Atilla and Return to Ommadawn. 60 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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