(1948-) Synth player and showman originally from Lyon, France. Jean-Michel is the son of clasical composer Maurice Jarre, but the elder Jarre left the family when Jean-Michel was five years old, and the two seldom spoke after that. As a young adult, Jean-Michel acquired a taste for experimental music; he wrote and performed several pieces of music relying mostly on tape studio techniques, although he was also an early adopter of the EMS VCS3. He also did some work composing commercial jingles and background music, and played guitar in a rock band.