I absolutely love the fact that so many of those early electronic musicians are also sci-fi enthusiasts. Like Jean-Michel Jarre loves Arthur Clarke and watched 2001 a space odyssey for like 50 times when it aired in 1968, Kraftwerk went full on that Metropolis aesthetics with their man-machine-isms, Tangerine Dreams making one space-themed album after another, Klaus Schulze on Dune, Gary Numan being so obsessed with Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep that he made 3 albums (as well as an android persona) almost entirely based on Philip Dick's futuristic dystopia, The Human League & John Foxx being fans of JG Ballard, etc.. Finding out about these little "crossovers" and influences really brings me joy since I love both retro electronic music & retro scifi.
Xenakis révolution. Le bâtisseur du son, (documentary/biography, 2022, 56', in French w/ French, Italian, English, Spanish, and Polish sub, and German dubbed), Directed by Stéphane Ghez, Arte / Cinétévé, 2022. Feat. Mâkhi Xenakis, Pascal Dusapin, George Aperghis, Jean-Michel Jarre, Trio Xenakis/Collectif Xenakis [Adélaïde Ferrière, Emmanuel Jacquet, Rodolphe Théry, and Jean-Baptiste Bonnard, Othman Louati, Emmanuel Curt]
1 July 2011 | Jean Michel Jarre, Princess Charlene of Monaco and Prince Albert II of Monaco appear onstage during the Jean Michel Jarre concert celebrating the Royal Wedding of The Prince and The Princess at the Port of Monaco in Monaco. The civil ceremony took place in the Throne Room of the Prince's Palace of Monaco, followed by a religious ceremony to be conducted in the main courtyard of the Palace on July 2. With her marriage to the head of state of Principality of Monaco, Charlene Wittstock has become Princess consort of Monaco and gains the title, Princess Charlene of Monaco. Celebrations including concerts and firework displays are being held across several days, attended by a guest list of global celebrities and heads of state. (c) Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images