Perrey and Kingsley

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Perrey and Kingsley
Origin1965
GenresElectronic
InstrumentsOndioline
Moog
Years active1965-1967
LabelsVanguard (1966-2007)
Welk Music Group (2012)

Perrey and Kingsley (known also as "Perrey & Kingsley") was an electronic music duo made up of French composer Jean-Jacques Perrey and German-American composer Gershon Kingsley.[1][2] The duo lasted from 1965 to 1967.[3]

History[]

The In Sound From Way Out![]

Further information: Jean-Jacques Perrey § Early life, and Gershon Kingsley § Early life

Kingsley was a German-American arranger of Broadway musicals,[4] and Perrey was a French accordion player and medical student who abandoned his studies after meeting Georges Jenny, the inventor of the Ondioline. Jenny hired Perrey as a salesman of the instrument.[5] Perrey and Kingsley met in 1964 at Caroll Bratman's residence[6] and in that same year they began their first project entitled The In Sound From Way Out!.[7]

During the 1960s, Perrey experimented with tape loops,[5] a technique known as Musique concrete, which is generally attributed to the French Pierre Schaeffer.[8] Since this was decades before the advent of digital technology, each tune took weeks of painstaking editing and splicing to produce,[5] in addition his first composition for Vanguard label was "The Little Man From Mars".[9] Later the first Perrey and Kingsley album titled The In Sound From Way Out! was released in 1966, and its cover was made by Jules Halfant.[10] In that same year they made a performance on the American game show "I've Got a Secret", in which Perrey imitated four orchestral instruments with the Ondioline, and then played with Kingsley one of the songs recently released from album of that same year (Spooks In Space, an electronic version of the Saint-Saëns's Danse macabre).[11]

"Swan's Splashdown" is a version from Pyotr Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" and "Countdown at 6" is a version of the Dance of the Hours by Ponchielli.[12] The final track on the album, "Visa to the Stars" is co-credited to Andy Badale. Unlike the rest of the album, this track is has a more serious tone and lacks the unusual sound effects of the other eleven cuts. It is highly reminiscent of the style of Joe Meek and his hit "Telstar" by The Tornados.[13]

Kaleidoscopic Vibrations[]

For the second studio album "Kaleidoscopic Vibrations", Perrey and Kingsley they incorporated the Moog synthesizer, a huge and complicated electronic instrument that resembles an old style telephone switchboard. The Perrey's tape loops, and the effects were aggregates in post-production after Kingsley's performances.[14] In 1967 was finally released the second and ultimate studio album of the duet Perrey and Kingsley,[15] "Kaleidoscopic Vibrations" is one of the first albums to use the synthesizer by Robert Moog.[5] and some of the early Moog synthesizer tracks are "The Savers" and "Pioneers Of The Stars", two tracks that were released in December 1967 in a Double single, on the other hand, the instrument they bought is the second Moog modular ever sold.[16]

The album is a mix between original tracks by Perrey and Kingsley like "The Savers" or "Fallout" and synthesized interpretations of Winchester Cathedral, Mas Que Nada, Moon River and other songs from time.[17] One of the original tracks, "Piooners of the Stars" had an old version that was included in the 2017 compilation album titled "Jean-Jacques Perrey et son Ondioline".[18]

After the release of "Kaleidoscopic Vibrations", the duet disbanded, and Jean-Jacques Perrey recorded his two final albums with the Vanguard Records label: "The Amazing New Electronic Pop Sound of Jean Jacques Perrey" and "Moog Indigo".[19] On the other hand Gershon Kingsley released in 1969 the album "Music to Moog By", which included the original version of Popcorn, that would later reach a great popularity with the version of Hot Butter.[20]

Discography[]

Studio albums[]

  • 1966: The In Sound from Way Out! (Vanguard)
  • 1967: Kaleidoscopic Vibrations: Electronic Pop Music From Way Out (reissued in 1971 with a new artwork and new title: "Kaleidoscopic Vibrations: Spotlight on the Moog") (Vanguard)

Compilations albums[]

  • 1973: The Best Of The Moog (Vanguard)
  • 1975: Incredible Synthesizer (Vanguard)
  • 1975: The Essential Perrey & Kingsley (Vanguard)
  • 2001: The Out Sound from Way In! The Complete Vanguard Recordings (Vanguard)
  • 2007: Vanguard Visionaries: Perrey & Kingsley (Vanguard)
  • 2012: The Electronic Pop Songs (Welk Music Group)
  • 2012: Space Age Computer Music (Welk Music Group)

In popular culture[]

Further information: Jean-Jacques Perrey § In popular culture, and Baroque Hoedown § The Main Street Electrical Parade

Over the years, several of the songs from Perrey and Kingsley were and they continue to be used in several media:

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Synthesizer pioneer Gershon Kingsley has died aged 97". Resident Advisor. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Gershon Kingsley – Pop Corn". Un día, un disco. (in European Spanish). 2014-01-28. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Perrey-Kingsley | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Synth pioneer and maker of 'Popcorn', Gershon Kingsley, dies age 97". DJ Mag. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Jean-Jacques Perrey's Press Kit". Dana Countryman. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Jean Jacques Perrey's Autobiography, Part Two". Dana Countryman. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
  7. ^ Arce, Rodrigo. "'The Sound From Way Out!' el nacimiento de la electrónica con Perrey and Kingsley" (in Spanish). XHUIA-FM. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  8. ^ "The History of Musique Concrète". Sound Matters. 2011-10-30. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Jean Jacques Perrey's Top 20". Dana Countryman. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  10. ^ "The In Sound from Way Out! - Perrey-Kingsley | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  11. ^ Collins, Nick; Collins, Nicholas; Schedel, Margaret; Wilson, Scott (9 May 2013). Electronic Music. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-01093-2.
  12. ^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (5 November 1966). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 52. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
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  14. ^ "Jean Jacques Perrey: E.V.A." Seven45rpm. 2014-01-15. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  15. ^ "Kaleidoscopic Vibrations". Just for the Record. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  16. ^ "Holmes, Thom. "Moog: A History in Recordings—The First Moog Synthesizer Recordings"". Bob Moog Foundation. 17 June 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  17. ^ Magazine, Various Mojo (1 November 2007). The Mojo Collection: 4th Edition. Canongate Books. p. 747. ISBN 978-1-84767-643-6. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  18. ^ "Pioneers of the Stars (orchestral arrangement), by Jean-Jacques Perrey". Jean-Jacques Perrey. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  19. ^ "Jean Jacques Perrey". The Space Age Pop Music Page. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  20. ^ "Muere Gershon Kingsley, pionero de la electrónica y autor de "Popcorn"". Mondo Sonoro (in Spanish). 16 December 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  21. ^ "JAN 20 Disney History". This Day in Disney History. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  22. ^ "Gershon Kingsley". The Space Age Pop Music Page. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  23. ^ Norelli, Clare Nina (9 February 2017). Angelo Badalamenti's Soundtrack from Twin Peaks. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 978-1-5013-2303-4. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  24. ^ "Early Acid? Electronic Moog Hit On Top Of The Pops (1969)". Folk Radio. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  25. ^ Allen, Jim (1 April 2016). "20 Years Ago: Beastie Boys Release 'The In Sound From Way Out'". Diffuser.fm. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  26. ^ "Smash Mouth Gets Under The Covers, But How Often?". MTV News. 14 April 1998. Retrieved 19 January 2022.

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