Since we’re all locked in at home this New Years Eve and no where to go, the world is open online for a virtual experience to remember as Jean-Michel Jarre will be mixing live at the historic Notre-Dame in Paris France.<\/p>\n
In partnership with the City of Paris, and under the patronage of UNESCO, Electronic Music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre teams with French VR start-up VRrOOm to take us into the New Year with a Live-stream trailblazing concert-spectacular set in the virtual environment of the planetary landmark, Notre-Dame de Paris. The unique visual world created by Jarre in VR will also be the official midnight news image coming from the City of Paris.<\/p>\n
“Welcome to the Other Side” is a one-off exclusive, worldwide and open-to-all, free concert experience whose ambition, beyond celebrating the New Year in a futuristic and festive way, is to send a message of hope for 2021: a digital and virtual invitation from Paris, the City of Light, vibrant metropole of the Arts & of Culture and home to the most famous cathedral in the world. Notre-Dame has a unique place in the collective imagination, it is a symbol of the strength and of World Heritage that binds us together.<\/p>\n
Jarre\u2019s virtual concert-spectacular invites us all to ring-in the New Year together and social virtual reality gives the possibility to party together, wherever we are, including all who are socially or geographically isolated.<\/p>\n
The Live-stream experience on December 31, will be produced as a cutting-edge simultaneously-mixed-media creation: welcome to other side of reality, welcome into the New Year, welcome to your own personal celebration, welcome to a global party, all via your own chosen dimension:<\/p>\n
Jean-Michel Jarre will perform live from a studio near the Cathedral in Paris, whilst his avatar plays inside a virtual Notre-Dame.<\/p>\n
The 45-minute concert that Jarre will perform will be comprised of tracks from his recent Grammy-nominated opus Electronica, as well as new reworked versions of his classics, Oxyg\u00e8ne and Equinoxe.<\/p>\n
The audio of the concert will be released on 01.01.2021 0:15am CET on all music streaming platforms under the title \u201cWelcome to the Other Side \u2013 LIVE\u201d.<\/p>\n
Jarre, whose legendary concert-spectaculars have broken world records in attendees and took place at some of the globe\u2019s most renowned landmarks throughout his outstanding career, have left their imprint on world-class entertainment. “Welcome to the Other Side” is an invitation to enter the other side of the mirror and to travel from the physical concert world into a virtual fantasy world.<\/p>\n
Jarre\u2019s visionary creativity in partnership with VRrOOm\u2019s VR designers come together here to create a concert-spectacular that is nothing short of his benchmark outdoor performances and above all a milestone today in setting new standards for music entertainment tomorrow.<\/p>\n
“Virtual reality is to the performing arts today what cinema was to the theatre in its early days, a kind of curiosity. I believe that VR will become tomorrow, a mode of expression in its own right. \u00bb Jean-Michel Jarre<\/p>\n
Play it loud and watch it on a big screen\u00a0!<\/p>\n
Join & share the party December 31, 2020, 23h25 CET & Paris-time:<\/p>\n
Created by Jean-Michel Jarre<\/p>\n
Designed by VRrOOm,
\nProduced by the City of Paris
\nUnder the patronage of UNESCO
\nIn partnership with Radio France & BFM TV \/ BFM Paris<\/p>\n
Executive Production: R2B<\/p>\n