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/
We Got The Funk
Jean-Jacques Perrey Lyrics
We were on our way to Denver
To see your favorite band
But the car
It overheated
And we got stranded
We sat under a tree
Talked about everything
Tired of receipts
Why does this shit keep on happening
I hadn't prayed in 10 years
But lately life has been so weird
I want to believe
We can make it through anything
I'm so in love with you
I love you more than I used to
You proposed to me
In my bedroom
I said yes
Not knowing what I was getting into
I love how much you love the moon
And all those nickelodeon cartoons
Invader Zim
Gir and his tacos
Oh my God
I love this show
I get mad when I look back
At the time when that dumb old man
Asked me if you were my dad
I was 21
You were 26
I never cared about our age difference
When I look at you
I see my prince
You saved my life so many times
I don't think I can count that high
You always make me smile
When we make out
You kiss my teeth more
Than my lips
I wanna die
Just
Like
This
I'm so in love with you
I love you more than I used to
You proposed to me
In my bedroom
I said yes
Not knowing what I was getting into
I love that you named your cat Zelda
You love video games
Remember Arkham Knight
You played 6 hours straight
While you held me so tight
It's so cute when you call me outside
To bask with you in the moonlight
I hope you know you don't have to get high
To be cool to me
You're the only human I like
I'm so in love with you
I love you more than I used to
You proposed to me
In my bedroom
I said yes
Not knowing what I was getting into
I never thought I'd be happy
All of your love is all I need
If the world fails us again
Then take my hand and we'll
Fly to Neverland
To see your favorite band
But the car
It overheated
And we got stranded
We sat under a tree
Talked about everything
Tired of receipts
Why does this shit keep on happening
I hadn't prayed in 10 years
I want to believe
We can make it through anything
I'm so in love with you
I love you more than I used to
You proposed to me
In my bedroom
I said yes
Not knowing what I was getting into
I love how much you love the moon
And all those nickelodeon cartoons
Invader Zim
Gir and his tacos
Oh my God
I love this show
I get mad when I look back
At the time when that dumb old man
Asked me if you were my dad
I was 21
You were 26
I never cared about our age difference
When I look at you
I see my prince
You saved my life so many times
I don't think I can count that high
You always make me smile
When we make out
You kiss my teeth more
Than my lips
I wanna die
Just
Like
This
I'm so in love with you
I love you more than I used to
You proposed to me
In my bedroom
I said yes
Not knowing what I was getting into
I love that you named your cat Zelda
You love video games
Remember Arkham Knight
You played 6 hours straight
While you held me so tight
It's so cute when you call me outside
To bask with you in the moonlight
I hope you know you don't have to get high
To be cool to me
You're the only human I like
I'm so in love with you
I love you more than I used to
You proposed to me
In my bedroom
I said yes
Not knowing what I was getting into
I never thought I'd be happy
All of your love is all I need
If the world fails us again
Then take my hand and we'll
Fly to Neverland
Lyrics © O/B/O DistroKid
Written by: Rebecca Calvillo
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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