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/
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Jean-Jacques Perrey Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Jean-Jacques Perrey:
Alcohol Pt. 1 Long drive home through the rain Can't help from feeling lik…
Another Day When you say forever do you mean it for always? When…
Cat In The Night You knew we had to come back like this, right…
E.V.A. Live And not live The end of the game Is to fell real…
Four Three Two One 4321…
Frère Jean Jacques ELLE ÉTAIT ORPHELINE DEPUIS QU’ELLE AVAIT PERDU SES PARENTS …
Give It Up Hey boy, you know sometimes when two people are in…
Hold It Down Call me Call me anytime when you feel lonely I won't…
In the Heart of a Rose You Still In My Heart Hard To Me To Forget You…
Jungle [Wyclef] (Come on) Root to the fruit More bass than Bootsy C…
La-Bas Avant de s'envoler Et que la nuit ne vienne Le prendre…
Les Enfants d'Abraham Le soir descend, porteur de paix et d'amertume Le sang bat…
Musique De L'Infini Musique de ma vie, ô mon parfum, ma femme Empare-toi de…
My Blue Morlok Don't know when I've been so blue Don't know what's come…
On a Cloud I've been waiting for a mushroom cloud When will bombs drop…
one two two 4321…
One Zéro Zéro Hacksaws, crass black Rachmaninoff Smack paws with the catch…
Six Froots Under Freckled-faced and doe-eyed, long hair down your spine Like …
The Stars And Stripes Forever Pretty scene cut, I Never knew a rut, I Really give a…
The World Somebody said I'm annoying That I'm one to be avoiding Someb…
What's Up Duck? You, you've got a lot on your plate this week A…
When You're #1 I saw a blind man, He was a kind man, Helping a…
With My Friends Long drive home through the rain Can't help from feeling lik…
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kyma1999x
today sampling and synthesis are light years ahead of ondioline....except for a thing, REALTIME EXPRESSION (VIBRATO AND VOLUME).
what sets special ondioline or ondes martenot is the realtime capability to change pitch (vibrato) or volume with gestures, ondes has ruban, sliding keys and touch of intensity, ondioline has sliding keys for vibrato and knee lever for volume.
in almost every analogue or digital synth the vibrato is done by LFO controlled by modulation wheel or pedal or aftertouch, but the oscillator controls the speed and nature of vibrato, whereas in those ancient electronic instruments YOUR FINGER controls the amount AND speed of vibrato, sliding every key left and right, more complex compared with modern sensor keys BUT similar to an acoustic instrument.
why all modern stuff hasn't those old tehcnologies?
because instruments in the past were done for PERFORMERS working in orchestra or ensambles, todays most of people buying synths are dj or electronic music producers, not real performers.
Mastering a good natural vibrato technique on the ondioline, ondes martenot or trautonium takes years of pratice, whereas doing the same with an LFO takes some hours of understanding how it works.
In a nutshell, ondioline per se isn't more realistic than a modern super digital synth, but has means to be expressive like a real instrument, so to ears it sounds vivid and musical like real acoustic instruments.
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Why cant modern keyboards sound this good? WTF
idot
They can, you just have to be skilled enough to make them sound good
Reign Micah
instablaster
em7dim9
The player had a lot to do with how this demo was pulled off. He uses the perfect example for each tone.
kyma1999x
today sampling and synthesis are light years ahead of ondioline....except for a thing, REALTIME EXPRESSION (VIBRATO AND VOLUME).
what sets special ondioline or ondes martenot is the realtime capability to change pitch (vibrato) or volume with gestures, ondes has ruban, sliding keys and touch of intensity, ondioline has sliding keys for vibrato and knee lever for volume.
in almost every analogue or digital synth the vibrato is done by LFO controlled by modulation wheel or pedal or aftertouch, but the oscillator controls the speed and nature of vibrato, whereas in those ancient electronic instruments YOUR FINGER controls the amount AND speed of vibrato, sliding every key left and right, more complex compared with modern sensor keys BUT similar to an acoustic instrument.
why all modern stuff hasn't those old tehcnologies?
because instruments in the past were done for PERFORMERS working in orchestra or ensambles, todays most of people buying synths are dj or electronic music producers, not real performers.
Mastering a good natural vibrato technique on the ondioline, ondes martenot or trautonium takes years of pratice, whereas doing the same with an LFO takes some hours of understanding how it works.
In a nutshell, ondioline per se isn't more realistic than a modern super digital synth, but has means to be expressive like a real instrument, so to ears it sounds vivid and musical like real acoustic instruments.
dare2win
Hey, I'm from 9 years in the future and here, sample libraries/modelling technology has rendered most non keyboard musicians obsolete. lol
G R
Perrey is a genius.
Hurricane Furia
Was
FOX POPVLI
Perrey is like the mad scientist of the music! :D
Jonas Clark
Saw him live in Seattle a few years ago and he was just as smiley and silly as he apparently was back then. Fun to watch.