As promised ages ago, this is a special on Jean-Jacques Perrey, who passed last year.

(Re)-read Wally’s tribute to him here, and watch this great doco about him (in French).

Coincidentally, as I write this, I got an email from Wally’s newsletter, letting me know about a brand new release, available digital and on vinyl: Jean-Jacques Perrey et son Ondioline. It is a compilation of 33 tracks, that Wally curated for his new label: Forgotten Futures.

As always, I’d like to thank all the little wikipedian hands that put the relevant articles together.

Let’s conclude with a quote from Wally’s announcement:

I know you’re smiling up there, you pioneer of the stars.

  1. Jean-Jacques Perrey & Gershon Kingsley - Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Kaleidoscopic Vibrations: Spotlight on the Moog, Vanguard Records, 1967, France / Germany & USA)
  2. Jean-Jacques Perrey - Mary France (The Amazing New Electronic Pop Sound of Jean Jacques Perrey, label, 1968, France)
  3. Jean-Jacques Perrey - E.V.A. (Moog Indigo, Vanguard Records, 1970, France)
  4. Jean-Jacques Perrey & Gershon Kingsley - Cosmic Ballad (The in Sound From Way Out!, Vanguard Records, 1966, France / Germany & USA)
  5. Jean-Jacques Perrey - Island in Space (The Amazing New Electronic Pop Sound of Jean Jacques Perrey, Vanguard Records, 1968, France)
  6. Jean-Jacques Perrey - Là-Bas (Good Moog: Astral Animations & Komputer Kartoons, Kosinus Records, 1998, France)
  7. Jean-Jacques Perrey - Flight of the Bumblebee (Moog Indigo, Vanguard Records, 1970, France)
  8. Jean-Jacques Perrey - Quand le temps sera venu (Good Moog: Astral Animations & Komputer Kartoons, Kosinus Records, 1998, France)
  9. Jean-Jacques Perrey - Pioneers of the Stars (orchestral arrangement) (Pioneers of the Stars, not on label, 2016, France) – download the track for free on Bandcamp
  10. Ondioline Orchestra - Flight of the Bumblebee (live at National Sawdust) (live recording, not on label, 2016, France & Australia)
  11. Jean-Jacques Perrey - In the Heart of a Rose (The Amazing New Electronic Pop Sound of Jean Jacques Perrey, Vanguard Records, 1968, France)
  12. Jean-Jacques Perrey & David Chazam - Indicatif spatial (ELA, Freaksville Records, 2015, France / France) – purchase the release on Bandcamp
  13. Jean-Jacques Perrey - Prélude au sommeil (Prélude au sommeil, Institut Dormiphone, 1958, France)