Pierre Schaeffer
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Pierre Henri Marie Schaeffer was a French composer, writer, broadcaster, engineer, musicologist, acoustician and founder of Groupe de Recherche de Musique Concrète. His innovative work in both the sci
Schaeffer in 1960
Pierre Schaeffer presenting the Acousmonium (1974) that consisted of 80 loudspeakers for tape playback at GRM
Schaeffer often created his "concrete music" with real-world sounds. The notable Railroad Study (French: "Étude aux chemins de fer"), for instance, featured recordings of the noises made by trains running along railroad tracks.
Jean-Michel Jarre
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Jean-Michel André Jarre is a French composer, performer and record producer. He is a pioneer in the electronic, ambient, and new-age genres, and is known for organising outdoor spectacles featuring hi
Pierre Schaeffer
…services. Over the years, Schaeffer mentored a number of students who went on to have successful careers, including Éliane Radigue and the young Jean Michel Jarre, who called his mentor the first disc jockey. His last "étude" (study) came in 1959: the "Study of Objects" (Études aux Objets). Schaeffer became an…
Jarre at Coachella in 2018
Jarre in 1986
Rendez-vous Houston, 1986
Destination Docklands, October 1988