Jean-Jacques Perrey (January 20, 1929 – November 4, 2016) was a French ele… Read Full Bio ↴Jean-Jacques Perrey (January 20, 1929 – November 4, 2016) was a French electronic music producer and he was an early pioneer in the genre. He was a member of the electronic music duo Perrey & Kingsley.
An avant-gardist with sense of daftness, his name resounded throughout the land since the track "E.V.A." was remixed by Fatboy Slim. At the age of 76 he released a new album. Nowadays he is known as one of the creators of pop music.
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.
The rap group Beastie Boys released an instrumental CD titled, as a tribute to Perrey & Kingsley, The In Sound From Way Out.
Most recently, Perrey had been collaborating with Seattle music/composer Dana Countryman, and they have released two CDs on Oglio Records, "The Happy Electropop Music Machine", and "Destination Space".
In 2010, his song "Chicken on the Rocks" was featured in an episode of "South Park".
His official website can be found at: http://www.jeanjacquesperrey.com/
An avant-gardist with sense of daftness, his name resounded throughout the land since the track "E.V.A." was remixed by Fatboy Slim. At the age of 76 he released a new album. Nowadays he is known as one of the creators of pop music.
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.
The rap group Beastie Boys released an instrumental CD titled, as a tribute to Perrey & Kingsley, The In Sound From Way Out.
Most recently, Perrey had been collaborating with Seattle music/composer Dana Countryman, and they have released two CDs on Oglio Records, "The Happy Electropop Music Machine", and "Destination Space".
In 2010, his song "Chicken on the Rocks" was featured in an episode of "South Park".
His official website can be found at: http://www.jeanjacquesperrey.com/
Give It Up
Jean-Jacques Perrey Lyrics
Hey boy, you know sometimes when two people are in love
They just can't seem to get it together
And that's how I feel about you
He already knew I was down for the cause
But hard to get is much more fun
What's better than that really?
Son was like feel me?
I was all Nah
Catchin' feelings truly upset when he had to go
And school me on ways of catchin a mate, god
I'm matchin' a date cuz I'm lackin skills
And mack is Smaller than an iPod
I'm kiddin' I know the mackin' is rules
Was tackin' on the wifey latch since backpackin' in school
But he's different though I feel him mo'
Can't play it simple, no
Can't fuck up the friendship for them dimples, nope
I need to enter his space and probe his Interscope
Just like I'm vanity lookin' for his inner glow
He's not a Bad Boy, never sampled, his type before
Moved to New York from Los Angeles
Cali Swagger ain't attached to nothin
We puffin analyzing the city after he's rollin' somethin'
I wanna ROC A FELLA so bad, oh man
Note pad filled with all the ink his soul had
Visions of us kissin', the whole nine
No JIVE could picture his whole profile
But I can't step, I risk the chance of losin' everything
A friendship is more important than a wedding ring
Now when he's callin' me I keep actin Shady
And lately screenin' all his calls to escape he
Keepin' my heart safely tucked in, but I can't function
Until the AFTERMATH of our conjunctions passed
Punkin' out, I'm duckin out his way
Can't look him in the face, eyes drippin' with game
My mind's trippin' again, damn
You got me goin crazy
I think I, I think I love you,
I think I love you, But
Maybe it just shouldn't be us two
Maybe I'm just not the one who's right you know
And maybe we can't be together tonight
Or maybe it's just not good
I mean, maybe you need another girl
Maybe I can't just be in your world
Maybe we just can't be together
For you, whatever
(Jean's alter ego talking)
Boy you got me going crazy
Should we be lovers
Should we be friends
I just wanna be with you, until the end
I, J Grae solemnly need this Fresh to death man
Even blind girls can see that he's DEF JAM
I'm in this UNIVERSAL problem
Y'all can probably relate, y'all follow then
So do I give my lovin' to him?
Or would that just ruin everything that we're about
I'm so attached to him
He knows the way I am, tempers un-godly so
Domestic violence could turn to me on DEATH ROW
He's so persistent with it, we're makin out again
We double datin', out with one of his COLUMBIA friends
He didn't graduate, So it makes him feel shitty
We leave the place, and wonder hand in hand around the city
He leans in kisses me, his G-Unit shiftly
My mind is misses sweet(?) We movin' into ecstasy
His warmth next to me, now we're all neckin'
Layin' in his arms affectionate
Maybe it should be us two together
Maybe I'm the one for you forever
Or maybe we were suppose to be together tonight
And maybe everything is just right
And maybe I'm your love until the end of time
And maybe I'm suppose to be yours, and you mine
And maybe It's just alright
And for you still, whatever
Well I guess I, I guess I was the one for you
This is beautiful,
Just us together forever and ever and ever
Can I get you anything?
Do you need some weed?
Some back woods?
A back rub?
A slice of cake?
I'd do anything for you boy
Anything, anything
Except for that
They just can't seem to get it together
And that's how I feel about you
He already knew I was down for the cause
But hard to get is much more fun
What's better than that really?
Son was like feel me?
I was all Nah
Catchin' feelings truly upset when he had to go
I'm matchin' a date cuz I'm lackin skills
And mack is Smaller than an iPod
I'm kiddin' I know the mackin' is rules
Was tackin' on the wifey latch since backpackin' in school
But he's different though I feel him mo'
Can't play it simple, no
Can't fuck up the friendship for them dimples, nope
I need to enter his space and probe his Interscope
Just like I'm vanity lookin' for his inner glow
He's not a Bad Boy, never sampled, his type before
Moved to New York from Los Angeles
Cali Swagger ain't attached to nothin
We puffin analyzing the city after he's rollin' somethin'
I wanna ROC A FELLA so bad, oh man
Note pad filled with all the ink his soul had
Visions of us kissin', the whole nine
No JIVE could picture his whole profile
But I can't step, I risk the chance of losin' everything
A friendship is more important than a wedding ring
Now when he's callin' me I keep actin Shady
And lately screenin' all his calls to escape he
Keepin' my heart safely tucked in, but I can't function
Until the AFTERMATH of our conjunctions passed
Punkin' out, I'm duckin out his way
Can't look him in the face, eyes drippin' with game
My mind's trippin' again, damn
You got me goin crazy
I think I, I think I love you,
I think I love you, But
Maybe it just shouldn't be us two
Maybe I'm just not the one who's right you know
And maybe we can't be together tonight
Or maybe it's just not good
I mean, maybe you need another girl
Maybe I can't just be in your world
Maybe we just can't be together
For you, whatever
(Jean's alter ego talking)
Boy you got me going crazy
Should we be lovers
Should we be friends
I just wanna be with you, until the end
I, J Grae solemnly need this Fresh to death man
Even blind girls can see that he's DEF JAM
I'm in this UNIVERSAL problem
Y'all can probably relate, y'all follow then
So do I give my lovin' to him?
Or would that just ruin everything that we're about
I'm so attached to him
He knows the way I am, tempers un-godly so
Domestic violence could turn to me on DEATH ROW
He's so persistent with it, we're makin out again
We double datin', out with one of his COLUMBIA friends
He didn't graduate, So it makes him feel shitty
We leave the place, and wonder hand in hand around the city
He leans in kisses me, his G-Unit shiftly
My mind is misses sweet(?) We movin' into ecstasy
His warmth next to me, now we're all neckin'
Layin' in his arms affectionate
Maybe it should be us two together
Maybe I'm the one for you forever
Or maybe we were suppose to be together tonight
And maybe everything is just right
And maybe I'm your love until the end of time
And maybe I'm suppose to be yours, and you mine
And maybe It's just alright
And for you still, whatever
Well I guess I, I guess I was the one for you
This is beautiful,
Just us together forever and ever and ever
Can I get you anything?
Do you need some weed?
Some back woods?
A back rub?
A slice of cake?
I'd do anything for you boy
Anything, anything
Except for that
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Homer Banks, Bettye Jean Barnes Crutcher, Raymond E. Jackson
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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