- Soul City
- E.V.A.
- The Rose and the Cross
- Cat in the Night
- Flight of the Bumblebee
- Moog Indigo
- Gossipo Perpetuo
- Country Rock Polka
- The Elephant Never Forgets
- 18th Century Puppet
- Hello Dolly
- Passport to the Future
Far-out electronic entertainments created with the fabulous Moog synthesizer
Without a ship Columbus could not have traversed the Atlantic, without a telescope Galileo could not have charted the solar system, and what the MOOG SYNTHESIZER opens up for the future of music is beyond dreams. The MOOG is the remarkable musical instrument of our electronic age, and actually an infinite variety of instruments in one. A five-octave keyboard like that of the piano operates a system of interconnected oscillators, amplifiers, generators, filters, mixers and voltage controls which can produce any variation of pitch, wave frequency, overtone mixture, timbre, dynamics and tone duration. The use of multi-track tape enables the performer to layer sound upon sound, melodic line upon melodic line, rhythm upon rhythm and add new possibilities to the play of his imagination.
The most amazing instrument is nothing without a mind behind it, and Jean Jacques Perrey's mind is that of a combined musician and scientist, with a special love for what is happy and vital in popular music. The way Paganini thought musically in terms of the violin, Perrey thinks musically in terms of the MOOG. Some of these tunes are his; others are from different people. All of them kindled his MOOG-extended imagination, bent to make music an enjoyable experience.
The most amazing instrument is nothing without a mind behind it, and Jean Jacques Perrey's mind is that of a combined musician and scientist, with a special love for what is happy and vital in popular music. The way Paganini thought musically in terms of the violin, Perrey thinks musically in terms of the MOOG. Some of these tunes are his; others are from different people. All of them kindled his MOOG-extended imagination, bent to make music an enjoyable experience.
(From original liner notes)
Instruments by Carroll Music
Engineer: Ed Friedner
Originally released in 1970
Jean-Jacques Perrey (born 1929) is a French electronic music producer and was an early pioneer in the genre. He is best known within the sphere of popular music as a member of the influential electronic music duo Perrey and Kingsley, and for his unusually light-hearted style of music.
Biography
Perrey was born in France in 1929. He was studying medicine in Paris when he met George Jenny, inventor of the Ondioline. Quitting medical school, Perrey travelled through Europe demonstrating this keyboard ancestor of the modern synthesizer. At the age of 30, Perrey relocated to New York, sponsored by Caroll Bratman, who built him an experimental laboratory and recording studio. Here he invented "a new process for generating rhythms with sequences and loops", utilising the environmental sounds of "musique concrète." With scissors, splicing tape, and tape recorders, he spent weeks piecing together a uniquely comique take on the future. Befriending Robert Moog, he became one of the first Moog synth musicians, creating "far out electronic entertainment". In 1965 Perrey met Gershon Kingsley, a former colleague of John Cage. Together, using Ondioline and Perrey's loops, they created two albums for Vanguard — The In Sound From Way Out (1966) and Kaleidoscopic Vibrations (1967). Perrey and Kingsley collaborated on sound design for radio and television advertising. Perrey returned to France, composing for television, scoring for ballet and continuing medical research into therapeutic sounds for insomniacs.
Influence and recent collaboration
The rap group Beastie Boys released an instrumental CD titled, as a tribute to Perrey & Kingsley, The In Sound From Way Out. Two themes from Perrey, "The elephant never forgets" and "Baroque Hoedown" were used in Mexico by the writer/ comedian Roberto Gomez Bolaños , A cover version of "Baroque Hoedown" was the main theme for Disney's Main Street Electrical Parade, Chespirito as the main themes from his comedy shows El Chavo Del Ocho and El Chapulin Colorado. One theme from Perrey, "Gossip Perpetuo" has been used in Sweden by the comedians Anders och Måns in their selftitled comedy show on Swedish television. His 1970 song "E.V.A" was sampled by several rap artists, most notably Gang Starr on "Just to Get a Rep" (1991) and also O.G.C. on "No Fear" (1996).
Perrey's return from obscurity began in 1997, when he started recording in Bordeaux, France with David Chazam. Their album Eklectronics was first released on vinyl in France only, in 1998. A CD version of the album was released in Holland on the BASTA label, with several additional tracks added. The year 2000 also saw his collaborative CD with Gilbert Sigrist, released. "Circus of Life" was first released as a "library" recording, for TV and Radio (France only), then released on Perrey's own PHMP label.
The year 2006, saw the release of the CD The Happy Electropop Music Machine on Oglio Records, of Los Angeles, CA. The CD was a collaboration with musician/arranger Dana Countryman. The two toured the West Coast of America to promote the CD.
Also, in 2006, Perrey began collaborating with producer Luke Vibert for a CD on England's Lo Records: Moog Acid. The result is a blend of retro and modern analogue house synth-pop, encapsulating many genres and the two respective styles of the artists. The CD was released in 2007.
Perrey's current CD release is Destination Space, also on Oglio Records (2008). It is also a collaboration with Dana Countryman. The duo performed concerts in New York City, and Montreal in Oct., 2008, to promote its release. This CD is remarkable, in light of the fact that Perrey was almost 80 years old, when it was released.
Perrey's 1974 moog track, "Boys And Girls," on which he collaborated with Gilbert Sigrist, is used for the closing credits music in the Nickelodeon cartoon series, The Mighty B!
Discography
As Perrey and Kingsley:
* The In Sound From Way Out! (1966)
* Kaleidoscopic Vibrations: Spotlight on the Moog (1967)
As Jean-Jacques Perrey:
* Prelude au Sommeil (1957) [France only]
* Cadmus, Le Robot de l'Espace (1959) [France Only]
* Mr. Ondioline (1960) [EP]
* Musique Electronique Du Cosmos (1962)
* The Amazing New Electronic Pop Sound of Jean Jacques Perrey (1968)
* The Happy Moog (1969)
* Moog Indigo (1970)
* Moog Sensations (1971)
* Moog Expressions (1972)
* Quadraphonic Demonstration Album - Program 2 (1972)
* Moog Generation (1973)
* Mig Mag Moog (1974)
* Dynamoog (with Gilbert Sigrist) (1978)
* Good Moog - Astral Animations & Komputer Kartoons (1998)
* Circus of Life (with Gilbert Sigrist) (1999)
* Eclektronics (with David Chazam) (2000)
* Moog Sensations (2001)
* The Happy Electropop Music Machine (with Dana Countryman)(2006)
* Moog Acid (with Luke Vibert) (2007)
* Destination Space (with Dana Countryman)(2008)
(From Answers.com)
Biography
Perrey was born in France in 1929. He was studying medicine in Paris when he met George Jenny, inventor of the Ondioline. Quitting medical school, Perrey travelled through Europe demonstrating this keyboard ancestor of the modern synthesizer. At the age of 30, Perrey relocated to New York, sponsored by Caroll Bratman, who built him an experimental laboratory and recording studio. Here he invented "a new process for generating rhythms with sequences and loops", utilising the environmental sounds of "musique concrète." With scissors, splicing tape, and tape recorders, he spent weeks piecing together a uniquely comique take on the future. Befriending Robert Moog, he became one of the first Moog synth musicians, creating "far out electronic entertainment". In 1965 Perrey met Gershon Kingsley, a former colleague of John Cage. Together, using Ondioline and Perrey's loops, they created two albums for Vanguard — The In Sound From Way Out (1966) and Kaleidoscopic Vibrations (1967). Perrey and Kingsley collaborated on sound design for radio and television advertising. Perrey returned to France, composing for television, scoring for ballet and continuing medical research into therapeutic sounds for insomniacs.
Influence and recent collaboration
The rap group Beastie Boys released an instrumental CD titled, as a tribute to Perrey & Kingsley, The In Sound From Way Out. Two themes from Perrey, "The elephant never forgets" and "Baroque Hoedown" were used in Mexico by the writer/ comedian Roberto Gomez Bolaños , A cover version of "Baroque Hoedown" was the main theme for Disney's Main Street Electrical Parade, Chespirito as the main themes from his comedy shows El Chavo Del Ocho and El Chapulin Colorado. One theme from Perrey, "Gossip Perpetuo" has been used in Sweden by the comedians Anders och Måns in their selftitled comedy show on Swedish television. His 1970 song "E.V.A" was sampled by several rap artists, most notably Gang Starr on "Just to Get a Rep" (1991) and also O.G.C. on "No Fear" (1996).
Perrey's return from obscurity began in 1997, when he started recording in Bordeaux, France with David Chazam. Their album Eklectronics was first released on vinyl in France only, in 1998. A CD version of the album was released in Holland on the BASTA label, with several additional tracks added. The year 2000 also saw his collaborative CD with Gilbert Sigrist, released. "Circus of Life" was first released as a "library" recording, for TV and Radio (France only), then released on Perrey's own PHMP label.
The year 2006, saw the release of the CD The Happy Electropop Music Machine on Oglio Records, of Los Angeles, CA. The CD was a collaboration with musician/arranger Dana Countryman. The two toured the West Coast of America to promote the CD.
Also, in 2006, Perrey began collaborating with producer Luke Vibert for a CD on England's Lo Records: Moog Acid. The result is a blend of retro and modern analogue house synth-pop, encapsulating many genres and the two respective styles of the artists. The CD was released in 2007.
Perrey's current CD release is Destination Space, also on Oglio Records (2008). It is also a collaboration with Dana Countryman. The duo performed concerts in New York City, and Montreal in Oct., 2008, to promote its release. This CD is remarkable, in light of the fact that Perrey was almost 80 years old, when it was released.
Perrey's 1974 moog track, "Boys And Girls," on which he collaborated with Gilbert Sigrist, is used for the closing credits music in the Nickelodeon cartoon series, The Mighty B!
Discography
As Perrey and Kingsley:
* The In Sound From Way Out! (1966)
* Kaleidoscopic Vibrations: Spotlight on the Moog (1967)
As Jean-Jacques Perrey:
* Prelude au Sommeil (1957) [France only]
* Cadmus, Le Robot de l'Espace (1959) [France Only]
* Mr. Ondioline (1960) [EP]
* Musique Electronique Du Cosmos (1962)
* The Amazing New Electronic Pop Sound of Jean Jacques Perrey (1968)
* The Happy Moog (1969)
* Moog Indigo (1970)
* Moog Sensations (1971)
* Moog Expressions (1972)
* Quadraphonic Demonstration Album - Program 2 (1972)
* Moog Generation (1973)
* Mig Mag Moog (1974)
* Dynamoog (with Gilbert Sigrist) (1978)
* Good Moog - Astral Animations & Komputer Kartoons (1998)
* Circus of Life (with Gilbert Sigrist) (1999)
* Eclektronics (with David Chazam) (2000)
* Moog Sensations (2001)
* The Happy Electropop Music Machine (with Dana Countryman)(2006)
* Moog Acid (with Luke Vibert) (2007)
* Destination Space (with Dana Countryman)(2008)
(From Answers.com)
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