#moog indigo

[vinyl-artwork]

Jean-Jacques Perrey – Moog Indigo (1970) Cover Photography : Fred Burrell.

[mitjalovse]

Early electronic music had to fight a lot? Well, I wouldn't go that far, yet I believe the early electronic musicians that tried to achieve the mainstream did have to encounter some resistance. I mean, check Jean-Jacques Perrey, he did a lot of melodic electronic music. However, he doesn't get mentioned for the same reason as Gershon Kingsley, i.e. their style seems way too cheerful for the machine tunes. That might be one of the reasons Kraftwerk continue to be prominent about in the category of the early electronica outfits, i.e. they fit a stereotype of cold robot – they fit, mind you, they aren't really like this at all, whereas Perrey seemed like a very funny man with a keyboard that made some hilarious noises.

[mitjalovse]

The electronic music tends to be more intense about the sonic changes, because the sound machinery that surrounds all the genres there evolves rapidly. Thus, many pioneers of the brand became retro later on with Jean-Jacques Perrey being a good case of that. His Moog Indigo followed his 60's, where he slowly modified the early electronica into a feasible style, though his 70's debut can be seen as more of the same. I agree, the early 70's didn't really find any use with the instruments he played with, but I fear Moog Indigo located him in the gimmick corner of the soundscape. I agree, Mr. Perrey probably didn't see this that way, he merely followed the context of the era that treates his pieces as a fairground attraction, but you know he was capable of much more.

[plus-low-overthrow]

Photo: Jean Jacques Perrey, “Moog Indigo” 8 Track (Vanguard)

[myspiltmilknola]

The future you hear in Perrey’s music is a Jetsonian one with bleeps and blorps that anticipate an optimistic future, one where technology makes everything possible. Synth-generated trumpets play a fanfare over a synth-generated harpsichord on “The Rose and the Cross” as different eras and aesthetics collide and collaborate 

- From Alex Rawls’ interview with the daughter of electronic music pioneer Jean-Jacques Perrey to coincide with the vinyl reissue of his 1970 album “Moog Indigo.”

[sr-helvetica]

E.V.A. - Jean-Jacques Perrey

E.V.A. – Jean-Jacques Perrey

¡Mecachis, otro obituario, vaya año llevamos! No deja de ser algo que entra dentro de lo previsible (a fin de cuentas, hablamos de una persona que nació en 1929) pero qué pena enterarme hoy del fallecimiento del gran Jean-Jacques Perrey, ese visionario que se adelantó a todos y en mucho al desarrollo y popularización de la música electrónica. Por lo que leo en el periódico, el francés falleció el…

View On WordPress

[mujerdelhampa]

Jean-Jacques Perrey - E.V.A.

Moog Indigo (1970)

[supersmashtv]

RIP Jean-Jacques Perrey, you were years ahead of your time.