LONDON, July 21 (Reuters) – French digital music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre has offered his total music publishing again catalogue to BMG, following within the footsteps of different performers cashing in on their work.
In an announcement on Thursday, BMG, owned by German media firm Bertelsmann AG, stated the acquisition, for which it didn’t disclose monetary particulars, was the most important single deal it had accomplished in France. It contains rights for Jarre’s famed Nineteen Seventies albums “Oxygene” and “Equinoxe” and his author’s earnings stream.
It additionally follows BMG’s earlier acquisition of sound recordings of Jarre’s first three albums when the corporate purchased document label Francis Dreyfus Music in 2012.
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“Jean-Michel Jarre is just not solely a ground-breaking pioneer in digital music, he’s a polymath and a shining ambassador for tradition and internationalism,” BMG Chief Govt Hartwig Masuch stated.
“Practically fifty years after Oxygene burst upon the world, we’re delighted to construct on our longstanding relationship to change into custodians of his music publishing rights.”
Jarre, who has offered 85 million information, is understood for his hanging sound and light-weight concert events, carried out in opposition to spectacular backdrops together with Paris’ Eiffel Tower and the pyramids in Cairo. At occasions, his exhibits have attracted large audiences, together with 3.5 million spectators at his 1997 Moscow live performance.
“This partnership with BMG means so much to me… I’m happy that my publishing again catalogue is sheltered right here in Europe and that my work will proceed to develop in such good fingers,” Jarre stated.
“Right this moment is a brand new begin permitting me to develop recent concepts and giving me the means to discover new territories.”
Previously yr, Justin Timberlake, Sting and Tina Turner are among the many music artists who’ve struck offers for his or her work.
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Reporting by Marie-Louise Gumuchian
Enhancing by Raissa Kasolowsky
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