Jean Michel Jarre - The Twelve Dreams Of The Sun (2000)

'The Twelve Dreams Of The Sun' was a concert held by Jean Michel Jarre on the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt starting on December 31, 1999 and carrying overnight to January 1, 2000. It was attended by 120,000 people, and consisted of two parts, the Main Concert in 1999 and a Sunrise Concert in 2000. It cost approximately $9.5m to put on, and it originated when Jarre was contacted by the Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak with the idea of a special project to celebrate the dawn of the new Millennium. It was to be held at the foot of the only remaining monument of the original 7 Wonders of the World - the Great Pyramids. Jarre's team had developed giant projections to be displayed on the faces of the Great Pyramids, however a heavy cloud of fog made the pyramids almost invisible, so most of the projections were discarded. On stage with him was Christopher Papendiek, Francis Rimbert, Gary Willis (the drummer from Pink Floyd), Joachim Garraud, the DJ who had helped Jarre since 'Metamorphoses', with special guest Laurie Anderson, who introduced The Dreams, plus an Arabic orchestra and choirs. The whole concept was intended to describe the 12 dreams of the sun, which is extremely important in Egyptian culture. Parts of the live concert were broadcast over the internet, and on various TV channels around the world, so the sound quality is excellent. For such a unique concept I wondered what it could have sounded like if a studio recording had been made for posterity, and so to hear my imaginary version I've removed all the crowd noise from the concert and then tidied up the tracks so that we now have a studio quality version of 'The 12 Dreams Of The Sun'. I've omitted the introduction and the countdown to the New Year that separated the Main Concert and the Sunrise Concert, so that 'Dream 8' flows into 'Dream 9', but apart from that all the music is from the original concert.  

Track listing

01 Bells
02 Je Me Souviens
03 Dream 1: The Rock
04 Metamorphose (Miss Moon)
05 Oxygene 2
06 Dream 2: The House
07 Chronologie 6
08 Dream 3: The Tree
09 Equinoxe 7
10 Chants Magnetiques 2
11 Dream 4: The Boat

12 Millions Of Stars
13 Dream 5: The Flesh

14 Souvenir De Chine
15 Oxygene 10
16 Dream 6: The Voice
17 Um Kalthoum Tune
18 Tribute To Um Kalthoum
19 Dream 7: The Sky
20 Hey Gagarin / Dream 8: The Child
21 C'est La Vie
22 Salma Ya Salama
23 Dream 9: The Bell
24 Equinoxe 4
25 Dream 10: The Snow
26 Oxygene 4
27 Tout Est Bleu
28 Dream 11: The Blood
29 (R)evolution
30 Oxygene 12
31 Dream 12: The Gate
32 Give Me A Sign
33 Oxygene 8
34 L'Orchestre Sous La Pluie
35 Second Rendez-Vous