In 1990 Jarre released '' En Attendant Cousteau '' ( Waiting for Cousteau ) , inspired by the French oceanographer Jacques-Yves Cousteau . On Bastille Day 1990 he performed a concert at La Défense in Paris , attended by a record-breaking audience of about two million people , again beating his earlier world record . He later promoted a concert near the Pyramids of Teotihuacan in Mexico , to be held during the solar eclipse of 11 July 1991 . However , with only weeks to go , important equipment had not arrived and the sinking in the Atlantic Ocean of a cargo ship containing the purpose-built pyramidal stage and other technical equipment made staging the concert impossible . Jarre 's disappointment was such that he " could not cope with Mexican food for two years " . About two years later he released '' Chronologie '' , an album influenced by the techno-music scene . From a technical standpoint , the album is a reversion to a concept seen in Jarre 's '' Oxygène '' / '' Équinoxe '' period , where a grandiose overture precedes more rhythmic sections . The album features Jarre 's traditional collection of instruments like the ARP 2600 and Minimoog , as well as newer synthesisers such as the Roland JD-800 and the Kurzweil K2000
solar eclipse of 11 July 1991
Solar eclipse of July 11, 1991
Jean-Michel Jarre