As Jean-Michel Jarre gears up to release a boxset of his city-swallowing spectacular in Bratislava earlier this year, we chat to the French master of electronic music about the evolution of his extraordinary live shows, from his 1971 debut to the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics

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