The Amazing New Electronic Pop Sound of Jean Jacques Perrey

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The Amazing New Electronic Pop Sound of Jean Jacques Perrey
Studio album by
Jean-Jacques Perrey
Released1968 (1968)
GenreElectronic
Length31:50
LabelVanguard
ProducerJean-Jacques Perrey
Jean-Jacques Perrey chronology
Musique Electronique du Cosmos
(1962) 		The Amazing New Electronic Pop Sound of Jean Jacques Perrey
(1968) 		Electronic Music
(1968)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4.5/5 stars[1]

The Amazing New Electronic Pop Sound of Jean Jacques Perrey is the sixth studio album by French electronic music piooner Jean-Jacques Perrey, released in 1968. It was the first album to be recorded after the musical duet Perrey and Kingsley broke up. Some of the album's tracks borrow melodies from other songs, such as "Frère Jacques" (retitled as "Frere Jean Jacques"), "Georgy Girl",[1] and "Dark Eyes" (retitled as "Gypsy in Rio").

Reissues[]

The album was reissued several times: In 1972 by Vanguard label in United Kingdom, in 1993 by King Records in Japan. On May 21, and October 28 from 1996 by the labels "Vanguard" and "Ace", on January 1, 2006 was re-released only by "Vanguard".[2]

Track listing[]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Mary France"
2:49
2."The Little Ships"Perrey2:19
3."Island in Space"
  • Perrey
  • Badale
2:44
4."The Mexican Cactus"
  • Perrey
  • Eileen Davies
2:16
5."Porcupine Rock"
  • Perrey
  • Davies
2:18
6."The Little Girl from Mars"
  • Perrey
  • Stanley Krell
2:58
7."Mister James Bond"
  • Perrey
  • Badale
3:03
8."Frere Jean Jacques"Perrey2:39
9."Brazilian Flower"
  • Perrey
  • Davies
1:57
10."In the Heart of a Rose"
  • Perrey
  • Davies
2:43
11."The Minuet of the Robots"
  • Harry Breuer
  • Pat Prilly
2:18
12."Four, Three, Two, One"
  • Davies
  • Prilly
2:34
13."Gypsy in Rio"
  • Perrey
  • Breuer
  • Gary Carol
2:02
Total length:31:50

Personnel [3][]

  • Ed Friedner (engineer, special effects)

Use in media[]

The song "The Minuet of the Robots" was used on The Ed Sullivan Show on December 14, 1969 in a Big Bird segment (character of Sesame Street) known as "Big Bird's Dance",[4] of the December 14, 1969.[5] being performed by Daniel Seagren,[6] A cover of Perrey's 1968 song "Mary France" was featured as the closing theme in the Japanese 1987 Famicom video game Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic, later adapted and released globally in 1988 as Super Mario Bros. 2. In 2003 the track "The Mexican Cactus" was used in the segment "Manualidades con Patana"' ("Crafts with Patana" in english), of the episode 12, "31 Minutos Educativio" of the second season of the series 31 minutos. In 2011, filmmaker David Lewandowsky published a video called "Going to the Store", which uses the song "The Little Ships" as its main theme.[7] Later the video went viral and several versions of it were made, causing the launch of a sequel called "Late for meeting" that used the song "The Mexican Cactus" as its main theme.[8]

During the 2010s "Brazilian Flower" became popular for being used for a meme known as Rainbow Bunchie, a image Gif in loop,[9] In 2010, the song "Brazilian Flowr" was also used for a soccer commercial,[10] of NFL Fantasy Football,[11] this commercial can be found on Perrey's official website.[12] The theme "Four, Three, Two, One" was used in a parody of the videos of Lewandowsky called "Missing the Bus", published in 2014.[13]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Unterberger, Richie. "Jean-Jacques Perrey – The Amazing New Electronic Pop Sound of Jean Jacques Perrey". AllMusic.
  2. ^ "The Amazing New Electronic Pop Sound of Jean Jacques Perrey - Jean-Jacques Perrey | Releases | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  3. ^ "The Amazing New Electronic Pop Sound of Jean Jacques Perrey - Jean-Jacques Perrey | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  4. ^ "This Video May Ruin Cherished Memories Of Your Childhood". Synthtopia. 2009-09-24. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  5. ^ Chapman, Phillip (22 August 2003). "Muppets Magic from the Ed Sullivan Show DVD": muppetcentral.com. Retrieved 29 January 2021. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ^ "Voice Compare - Big Bird". Behind the Voice Actors: behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  7. ^ "going to the store — David Lewandowski". dlew.me. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  8. ^ "{{ ($root.post && $root.post.id) ? $root.post.translations[$root.lang].socialTitle : $root.seo.pageTitle | translate | stripHtml }}". www.nowness.com. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Rainbow Bunchie Gesture". Second Life Marketplace. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  10. ^ "MATRIXSYNTH: Football Commercial, using Jean-Jacques Perrey tune!". www.matrixsynth.com. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Passport to the Future: The Amazing Life and Music of Electronic Pop Music Pioneer". Hola Wave (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  12. ^ "www.jean-jacquesperrey.com". www.jean-jacquesperrey.com. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  13. ^ Missing the Bus, 1 May 2014, p. YouTube, retrieved 2 June 2021
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