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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, Fuck Buttons, Serge Gainsbourg, Julia Holter and Slam. 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, Jan Hammer and Isao Tomita, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Casino Versus Japan, 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 59 connections around Jean-Michel Jarre, reaching back through Michel Legrand and forward to Casino Versus Japan. 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 LegrandFuck ButtonsSerge GainsbourgJulia HolterSlamNatacha AtlasArchie SheppJohn ColtraneCasino Versus JapanBoys NoizeCan AtillaReturn to OmmadawnDJ QuicksilverMariusz DudaArmin van BuurenChicaneMike OldfieldEnigmaArt of NoiseJan HammerIsao TomitaEraMobyConjure One

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Jean-Michel Jarre connections

Jean-Michel Jarre grew out of Michel Legrand, Fuck Buttons, Serge Gainsbourg and Julia Holter, shares an orbit with Mike Oldfield, Enigma, Art of Noise and Jan Hammer, went on to shape Casino Versus Japan, Boys Noize, Can Atilla and Return to Ommadawn. 59 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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