Jean-Michel Jarre to Release a Book on the History of Electronic Music

Dance music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre can now add “published author” to his resume, as the French titan is set to release his debut book this fall.

Coming Nov. 24, Machines: A History of Electronic Music will document Jarre’s vast collection of electronic and electro-acoustic instruments. According to a press release, “Through these machines, Jarre traces the evolution of a century of sonic experimentation, underscoring the ideas, technologies and cultural movements that shaped electronic music as we know it today.”

The book will “journey through Surrealism and the Bauhaus, into avant-garde radio…