Perrey, Jean- Jacques - The Amazing New Electronic Pop Sound Of Jean-Jacques Perrey


Year of Release: 1996
Label: Vanguard Italy/Comet Records
Catalog Number: n/a
Format: LP
Total Time: 30:03:00

This LP is a peek into the past of electronic music, it is as historically important as it is viable as a resource for any musician that is attempting to create electronic music of any kind. This was the beginning of the Moog synthesizer and its amazing impact upon music and television.

It was Jean-Jacques Perrey's intent to take the many colorful palettes of modern day music and funnel it into this new electronic gizmo. The result was fascinating and space age for its day. Upon listening to all of this today, it is entertaining and interesting, although not attention grabbing enough for continued listening. In a sense, this makes it more of novelty and collectors piece than something you would buy on impulse or a favorite artists' new release. This of course does not devalue the music in any way; I am merely looking at it from the perspective of the year 2002 opposed to something new and exciting in 1968. As with anything there is the positive and negative, in this case I think the positive outweighs any negative connotations. It is electronic wizardry in all its glory and better yet, it is on vinyl.

First released in 1968 by Vanguard (Vanguard VSD-79286)


Tracklisting:
Side One: Mary France (2:49) / The Little Ships (2:19) / Island In Space (2:44) / The Mexican Cactus (2:16) / Porcupine Rock (2:18) / The Little Girl From Mars (2:58) / Mister James Bond (3:03)

Side Two: Fràre Jean Jacques (2:39) / Brazilian Flower (1:57) / In The Heart Of A Rose (2:43) / The Minuet Of The Robots (2:18) / Four, Three, Two, One (2:34) / Gypsy In Rio (2:02)

Musicians:
Harry Breuer - composer
Andy Badale & The Beer Garden Band - composer
Ed Friedner - special effects
Jean-Jacques Perrey - composer
Gary Carol - composer
Eileen Davies - composer
Stanley Krell - composer
Pat Prilly - composer

Discography:
Prelude Au Sommeil (1957)
Cadmus, Le Robot De l'Espace (1959)
Mr. Ondioline (ep) (1960)
Musique Electronic Du Cosmos (1962)
The Amazing New Electronic Sound of Jean Jacques Perrey (1968/1986) 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)

Genre: Electronic

Origin FR

Added: October 13th 2002
Reviewer: Keith "Muzikman" Hannaleck
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Artist website: www.jeanjacquesperrey.com
Hits: 1826
Language: english

  

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