Equinoxe 7 Bass Part - How they did it back in 1978

[@thhedk]

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[@davidarmstrong1624]

The bass transition from Equinoxe 6 to 7 is the greatest transition in musical history.

[@willfomes406]

Best Album in musical History.

[@willfomes406]

@Rhizosphere of course. I just love the sound of Synthesizers.

[@AshleyPomeroy]

I've always liked the way the bassline from Part 5 went all the way through Part 6 and then segued into Part 7. It must have been nerve-wracking performing it at the time because it sounds like a single take.

[@davidarmstrong1624]

@@AshleyPomeroy Is it not sequenced?

[@Zeibekkikina]

Equinoxe is the GREATEST instrumental album in history

[@fraxis2007]

Probably the most important musical 'how to' video ever put on KZbin!

[@thhedk]

Haha thanks man. I knew my ultra nerdy hobby would please someone :) Remember to see my jarre playlist ;)

[@dchrisrocsynth504]

No but really!❤

[@stephen3390]

Oxygene & Equinoxe are so unique. To create this music in the 70s using the available instruments is beyond genius.

[@nkronert]

As a kid I just let myself float on the audio landscape that Jarre created with Equinoxe. Almost 50 years later I'm still hearing new nuances and my awe for the many intricacies keeps growing. As you said, at the time there were no DAWs were one could easily correct mistakes or tweak things after the fact.

[@RealmsOfThePossible]

I'm a 70s child I cannot tell you the impact those two albums had on my childhood and even to this day, for me they are the two greatest pieces of music ever made and have shaped my musical creation.

[@maasle]

Part 6 and 7 together on Equinoxe = epic music. People tend to forget Eqinoxe over Oxygene.

[@davem3325]

I love this part of Equinoxe!

[@MrCrrispy]

Now I can't get this bassline out my head 🤣 Several days already

[@thhedk]

HA!!! Welcome in the club!

[@KaeRZed]

The same for me... Since more than 20 years !!! 🤪😂

[@lundsweden]

I loved this shit as a small child in the late 70s/early 80s. I still love this shit and will until I die!

[@RegencyGentleman]

The best cover of Equinoxe 7 I have ever heard. Brilliant!

[@JgHobley]

Agreed John. Nailed that bass. Very clever using the lower notes to give that weird mono/porta effect.

[@rolandbley1957]

i think also....very amazing!

[@JotaCeDenton]

Are you sure you aren't the true Jarre teasing us? Simply amazing

[@pepinillosazucarados6743]

i dont think that ... jarre's fingers are much thicker

[@realomon]

Jesus, you have same Avatar as mine :))))

[@domdom6895]

Him Fake.....him not play.....That is Orginal from Jean Michel Jarre....Equinoxe 7...

[@pumpum800]

@@domdom6895 Are you dumb ??? Of course he's playing !

[@MarcWeertsMusic]

My favourite synth bass sequence... Excellent!

[@Xethis]

Man, I just came here from the Dr. Mix's Equinoxe video. Very impressive and also incredibly accurate and precisely done. Great job!

[@thhedk]

Thanks!

[@jonathanb5367]

Same. This is awesome!

[@stephaner5526]

Excellent ! Since 1976 I listen Jean Michel Jarre, when my parent came back from Iran and go back to Brittany. It's magic and wonderful music. What you do is amazing ! :)

[@thestig8133]

Only one word describes this EXELLENT cover version AWESOME!!! One of the very few cover versions i have heard by others replicating J.M.J music & all i can say is WELL DONE!!! to yourself. 🎼🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹 😁👏👏👏👏👍😉

[@thhedk]

Thanks you SO much!! :) Please subscribe ;)

[@pauljarvis1944]

I totally agree!!! EXCELLENT!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@SplashDino]

Equinoxe 7 - the best of JMJ's tracks. Nice cover.

[@pkillor]

Ohh my god!! I like this better than the original!! LOL Now seriously, for me, your performance is fantastic... Congratulations!!

[@SockSockson]

Absolutely nailed it. Well done! Equinoxe was the album that made me want to write electronic music and I used to wonder about those little modulations in the basslines. Part 7 had then, and still does, to me, one of the best basslines and synth bass sounds ever.

[@Dangerousdaze]

I keep coming back to this video. Wonderful stuff.

[@TomasMisura]

absolutely impressive. Every tone, every sequence has been played exactly how it would be Jarre himself :)

[@vincentmb238]

OK, this is good, this is nice. This i like. Equinox is my most favorit JMJ music. And, when I am in the right conditions, part 7 puts me in a trance. (And when I'm not, the whole album almost puts me in the right condition... I think about it, I should listen to it all on repeat. Except for part 8 which is very good, but it's more about re-emerging).

[@lasu7712]

I remember I was dreaming in the sky as I heard this bass line the first time, this led me flying to JMJ world, to his universe that I still have not got out yet!

[@thhedk]

It's absolutely magic! :)

[@x7video]

I close my eyes and it feels like im on a journey. What a joy to listen. Absolutely fantastic!!!

[@davidroche1696]

My best JMJ song and part I really love so much ! This bass playing is just so big !!! Moog sound is so much warm and punchy ! The best Equinox 7 remake I ever ear ...... sounds are really well worked and show Reason potential very well ! Very good job !

[@spacemonkey59]

The true gift of Genius is when they make it look so easy....

[@thhedk]

Thanks :)

[@flonflon62]

ThomasH you're incredible ! I'm as addict to your mix as the original from Jean-Michel Jarre Himself.♥

[@thhedk]

Thanks. I have to ask, are you as a subscriber, presented of my new video? I'm struggling to have any views on all the new stuff I make, and I can't find out why.

[@cyrusworldmusic]

impressive, very very close sound and performance...PERFECT!

[@vladimirvladimirov5047]

Extremelly impressive. Ideal note-by-note playing.

[@ГригорийДзюбенко-и8и]

Супер!!! Великолепно!!! Идеально,наиболее удачно выбран тембр и все параметры звучания баса!!! Это можно слушать бесконечно.Мечтаю иметь такой инструмент, и играть и творить музыку в таком стиле. Здоровья Вам и новых успехов!!!

[@RetroWaveGuy]

Well done! My favourite sound bass I ve ever heard is exactly on this track! Congrats!

[@lavishjaat]

Listen to the Equinoxe Part 7 cover by Glenn Main. The bass part in it is also very good.

[@AshleyPomeroy]

I've always loved the way that the bassline runs all the way through Equinoxe 5 and 6 and most of part 7. It must have been nerve-wracking recording it in the studio because it sounds like one continuous take.

[@LFOVCF]

excellent rendition! yet to see better.

[@maval4537]

Breathtaking!

[@antreastsichlis]

feels like im listening to the original!!!!!!! amazing work!!!!!!! congrats!!!!

[@emulatorIIforever]

This is genuinely moving - a near perfect recreation that beautifully balances the mechanics of electronic rhythm with the nuances of human performance that have always been a huge part of Jarre's attraction for me. With those delicate grace notes and the cheeky bridge notes you've absolutely nailed that feeling of the humanised machine... or the mechanised human - never quite sure which way around it is! I've heard many recreations of this track and they always lack those subtleties, so it's wonderful to hear them properly delivered here. Bravo sir - and mange tak!

[@spiesonmars]

Wow, wonderfully deconstructed and beautifully played!

[@thhedk]

Thanks :)

[@JgHobley]

I still find this incredable to watch. Made around 3 main bass arp patterns? Fantastic!!!!

[@thhedk]

Thanks man :) Well it's actually only two, they are put together in some of the lines in the start.

[@georgecarlinismytribe]

Thank you. I always assumed great wheel bend control skill to achieve that bassline.

[@LaurenceTimms]

I know Equinoxe 7 so well, I must have listened to the whole album several hundred times and this is an absolutely marvellous cover, best I've ever heard. And yes, I can tell it's a cover; there are quite a few tiny tiny differences, especially after 4:00. Well done, thhedk. Made me smile the whole way through.

[@thierrybeaujour4387]

Un grand bravo à vous votre travail est magnifique. J'ai rarement entendu une reprise de cette qualité, cette ligne de basse me donne des frissons a chaque écoute et j'ai ressenti la même chose avec votre travail ! vraiment excellent !

[@timpearce3314]

fantastic cover of this "timeless" piece , love it to my dying day! and I mean that!! jarre the master as always, x,T.J.

[@templarseries]

Always wondered how jmj did this sequence: one of my fave parts of Equinoxe.

[@AZ0986688]

Equinox 7 is one Of the very most beautiful pieces Of music I know Of!:)

[@Instrumental_covers_by_Albert]

WOW !!

[@adriaanlaurijsen]

funny thing, I didn't see at first that it was you that left "WOW" but after I put in my comment I saw your name, hahaha. This one is so close tot the original, indeed Wow !!

[@NFawc]

Many thanks for this. I was always in awe of how clever this sequence was. And all the more so given the equipment of that time!

[@thhedk]

Yes I always wondered how it could be played so quantized, now I know why :)

[@nilsonmodesto1969]

Reminded me Jean-Michel Jarre

[@MarcWeertsMusic]

Wow, excellent! Love that bass pattern!

[@_eXXos_]

Excellent ! Best cover ever ! It would be hard to get closer to the original !

[@alien_brain]

+eXXos i think the same thing

[@C2O-consulting]

Direct insight from Michel Geiss himself ? Wow ! Great job, bu the way !

[@thhedk]

Thanks. Yes I contacted him and he confirmed it was like this :)

[@C2O-consulting]

@@thhedk Just RESPECT, to both of you.

[@brunocst330]

Grazie e complimenti ! EQUINOX 7 the best of J. M. JARRE.

[@dincarslan9752]

Amazing (re)production

[@PROJECT-de9pd]

Very skillfully done. Bravo!

[@thhedk]

Thank you so much

[@BarryMcleod-b3r]

Love the into. Who else can’t sit still listening to it?!😁

[@techsuperman]

Superb in every way.!! Fantastic work.

[@mtjoy747]

Always impressed with how just removing treble from something can change the tone so much - plus Equinox 7 is a classic, IMHO

[@patnocat]

My eyebrows have not stopped twitching with each switch! Superb.

[@AlbaEcstasy]

Excellent!

[@Dr.Jellyfingers]

Incredible, just outstanding 👏

[@thhedk]

Thanks :)

[@stephanevermette145]

I love how you've mastered the variations in the patterns in the sequencer/arpeggiator. And the warble by hitting those fluttering notes! Wow! Nice job!

[@elintrepidomoncho2779]

Realmente fantástico siempre pensé en aquellos años que se utilizaba más movimientos de los dedos. Simplemente maravilloso.

[@mrbassacik9109]

love the non-flat B at 0:46, what a detail

[@thhedk]

I'm a man of details ;)

[@HattoriHanzo62]

@MrBassacik thanks... I didn't noticed when I watched it the first time!

[@VideotecadoJota]

@@thhedk Very impressive. Bravo.

[@TomasMisura]

This sequence is my favorite one :)

[@unabdingbar]

It is so bizarre, I loved listening to this as an 8 year old kid, and that non-flat note I recall how it stuck out. Of course I had no idea of what was played, but I just recall "whoa, different note!" I much later understood why I loved this album, bc of the many subtle details.

[@delphine-kellytyler9493]

Alors la woaw chapeau mon gars c'est vraiment du tres bon boulot, Fécilitations !!!

[@neilclay5835]

Absolutely brilliant.

[@wn186]

Mega wykonanie. Super!

[@MrFirechild]

Amazing!!! Thanks a lot for breaking the secret code for this bass! Also the "Sequencer" part was tricky to get right without thinking of using a sequence you just transpose with the keyboard.

[@ronbergh2345]

Super Work. Love it. Thanks you so much for Showing

[@thhedk]

Thanks!

[@Rob280402]

Certainly the best cover of Equinoxe 7, fantastic!

[@daniellebrunel2960]

Just humming to this - love it.

[@JanMichalSzulew]

Checking this out again as I managed to do something almost exactly the same in the new Vital synth. It doesn't have a built-in arpeggiator so I did this all via 2 custom-drawn LFOs pairs (one modulates pitch, the other one amplitude and filter) and it actually was the key (sic) to achieving this effect as MOST arpeggiators that you can find in synths will not retrigger the note in the middle of the step when you press a different key, thus making the trills and not-so-quantized key changes that give the original that feel impossible. With LFOs it's obviously much harder to program but works like a charm. I remember discussing this with S. Gervais (he complained about the arp issue described above) while he was doing the Electronica Tour with JMJ.

[@toiminen73]

We are proud of You. Your Jarre covers are awesome!! You should share them more also in Soundcloud.

[@Chalky-ze6js]

This is extraordinarily good, thank you so much for doing this!!

[@mariocontreras8661]

Felicitaciones, solo un genio podría descifrar la creación de un genio de la música.

[@thhedk]

Thanks. ThomasH - please check out my own compositions too.

[@earthwalker007]

Simply beautiful 😍 ❤ ♥

[@LeDudareeno]

This is absolutely brilliant. Major JMJ Fan ;)

[@Editing72337]

Your are an amazing player what a gift you have one of my favourites

[@DdraigGoch16]

Outstanding work, and thanks for the .rfl file

[@ivmivm2935]

This is amazing! Can't find words to express...

[@joseugen2012]

Excelente.

[@damondrobinson3313]

Bravo :) I'm a huge Jarre fan and this middle eastern style bass note sequence has always fascinated me, just goes to highlight how much a simple repetitive pattern can be manipulated with glides etc. I also love the middle bold bass note section from Oxygene Pt.1, the way those notes are played as part of that dark crescendo, the ARP-2600 was definitely Jarre's secret weapon and forms a lot of the Equinoxe sound and effects. Speaking about Equinoxe, I have always wanted to find the exact notes being played on Pt.2 (my fav section) can't find the sheet music online and the one demo video I found was hard to decipher, I bet you know :) ?

[@thhedk]

Hi thank you ;) I agree, ARP2600 really made Equnoxe! But all the effects is from EMS VCS 3 or EMS Synthi Part 2 is SO complex and strange but still beautiful. It's really hard to say what genre it is, it's just so strange :D I have tried of cause, but it's really hard to keep the real tempo to the "beat" of the SmallStone Phaser and I think he used both keyboards on the Eminent to double octaves sometimes, så it's super difficult. Also the chords in the last part is very hard to hear and decipher because of the opera sound - I'd like to turn the voice of that lady down! :D

[@RebelScumbag]

I have been a Jarre fan for over 40 years and this is very very VERY impressive @ThomasH 👍😱😍

[@thhedk]

@@RebelScumbag Wow, thank you so much. :)

[@Apachetipie.]

Comment avez vous procédez pour en arriver la, c'est impressionnant 😊

[@luisgarbizuteclados]

Superb cover! 👏👏👏👏

[@thhedk]

Thanks :)

[@torley]

When you started getting the glide/pitch instability going at the beginning, I GOT CHILLS DOWN MY SPINE.

[@arcadeuk]

Wow! You did such a good job of getting those variations and flutters perfect

[@jfn467]

Impressive!! Very well programmed!!🔥🔥🔥

[@thhedk]

Thanks ThomasH - please check out my own compositions too.

[@jacobnoergaard]

That was beautiful. Enjoy my upvote, it's deserved.

[@thhedk]

Thanks :)

[@olivierdumouchel7885]

I’m glued to your video! Amazing!

[@simbeasley8632]

Pure class.....thanks for uploading ❤

[@thhedk]

Thanks. Please subscribe if you haven't - I'm so close to 10,000 now! :D

[@DANIEL-mr7br]

IMPRESIONANTE lo has clavado me ha encantado PERFECTA VERSIÓN y INCREÍBLE SONIDO sigue así, que envidia me das, a sido un PLACER ESCUCHARTE, UN SALUDO AMANTE DE LA BUENA MÚSICA.

[@VAGCOMM]

JMJ great musician. His music is everlasting.

[@Gabrielland150]

Terrific details. And Reason too. Love it

[@MrPoutsesMple]

Spot on ! Thank you !!! It's my favorite track from Equinoxe :).

[@brosfab480]

Beautifully done.

[@thhedk]

Thanks.

[@robertszkorup7964]

I needed two friends and two keyboards to play togheter Equinox 4,5,6. We recorded this on cassette recorder. Single take. It was fun. Good old times

[@chrislangham8545]

Amazing

[@thhedk]

Thanks! :)

[@LicocoS]

Crei que solo las manos expertas de Jean Michel Jarre saben reproducir esta música con este nivel de perfección.

[@robertwellington1106]

SENSACIONAL!!!

[@mortezasabetraftar6007]

It's the first time I'm commenting on KZbin and just because I had to say that it was pure ecstasy trying your refill in Reason. Can't thank you enough for sharing both the video and the refill, amazing work. Love all your Jarre covers, hope you do Chronologie 6 sometime

[@thhedk]

Hi all, Remember to watch my other video, try some of my playlists. My Music: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYW9oIpqrK9qp7M Car stuff: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6fIgoWmbb-ZeLM Piano covers: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqnEdJZrn5ysgbs Jean Michel Jarre cover versions: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZ6phaCGr5Wlh5Y Thanks to all of you writing comments, I try to answer the most of them. //Thomas H.

[@Waffledogchat]

One word, excellent.

[@thhedk]

Four words; Thank you so much :)

[@PEMBYSGAMINGWORLD]

Absolutely brilliant mate.

[@albertocabezas282]

I absolutely LOVED this. Thank You.

[@silkyscouse]

This is awesome, along with the slight irony of the name on the keyboard!

[@pablo-pp6tc]

wonderfull, I love it, great job!!!!!

[@volt7cooltangs701]

Top marks Sir! Superb.