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Electronic music became a prominent genre in the 1970s thanks to the work of groups like Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream, but they weren't the first groups to pioneer this sound. Some of the earliest popular electronic music was created by the duo of Jean Jacques Perrey and Gershon Kingsley. However, the music this avant-garde duo created wasn't atmospheric space rock; instead, they utilized early synthesizers and experimental studio techniques to create lighthearted pop instrumentals. A good introduction to their work can be found on The Essential Perrey & Kingsley, a collection that conveniently packages together their two albums The In Sound From Way Out and Kaleidoscopic Vibrations: Spotlight on the Moog. The material from The In Sound From Way Out is half avant-garde experiment and half comedy album: Perrey & Kingsley mix traditional instrumentation and pre-Moog keyboards like the Ondioline with tape loops of bizarre sound effects and animal noises to create music that is spacy and silly all at once. For instance, "Jungle Blues From Jupiter" marries a traditional blues melody to a kitschy keyboard sound and intersperses the melody with corny animal noises, while "Girl From Venus" layers some spare keyboard lines over tape loops of cartoon-style sound effects. The music that results is too caught up in its own gimmickry to succeed as straight pop music (the sound effects compete with the melodies instead of fleshing them out), yet remains strangely listenable. The material from Kaleidoscopic Vibrations: Spotlight on the Moog benefits from the introduction of the title synthesizer, which creates a more sophisticated electronic sound, and a greater concentration on creating catchy pop melodies. Over half of this material is covers; highlights in this vein include a lightning-fast synth version of "Flight of the Bumblebee" and a remake of "Third Man Theme" that sounds like carnival music from outer space. However, the best tunes from this half of the album are the originals: "The Savers" is a fast-paced slice of electronic pop built on a flurry of ornate synthesizer riffs, and "Baroque Hoedown" successfully marries two very different genres of music using a clever arrangement that seamlessly blends the harpsichord and the synthesizer. In the end, The Essential Perrey & Kingsley is probably a little too kitschy and eccentric for the average listener, but makes a tidy and never dull collection for the adventurous lounge music admirer.
© Donald A. Guarisco /TiVo
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Gershon Kingsley, ComposerLyricist - Jean-Jacques Perrey, ComposerLyricist - Perrey And Kingsley, MainArtist - Seymour Solomon, Producer
(C) 2006 Vanguard ℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Gershon Kingsley, ComposerLyricist - Jean-Jacques Perrey, ComposerLyricist - Perrey And Kingsley, MainArtist - Seymour Solomon, Producer
(C) 2006 Vanguard ℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Gershon Kingsley, ComposerLyricist - Jean-Jacques Perrey, ComposerLyricist - Perrey And Kingsley, MainArtist - Seymour Solomon, Producer
(C) 2006 Vanguard ℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Gershon Kingsley, ComposerLyricist - Jean-Jacques Perrey, ComposerLyricist - Perrey And Kingsley, MainArtist - Seymour Solomon, Producer
(C) 2006 Vanguard ℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Gershon Kingsley, ComposerLyricist - Jean-Jacques Perrey, ComposerLyricist - Perrey And Kingsley, MainArtist - Seymour Solomon, Producer
(C) 2006 Vanguard ℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Harry Breuer, ComposerLyricist - Jean-Jacques Perrey, ComposerLyricist - Perrey And Kingsley, MainArtist - Sam Fiedel, ComposerLyricist - Seymour Solomon, Producer
(C) 2006 Vanguard ℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Gershon Kingsley, ComposerLyricist - Jean-Jacques Perrey, ComposerLyricist - Perrey And Kingsley, MainArtist - Seymour Solomon, Producer
(C) 2006 Vanguard ℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Gershon Kingsley, ComposerLyricist - Jean-Jacques Perrey, ComposerLyricist - Perrey And Kingsley, MainArtist - Seymour Solomon, Producer
(C) 2006 Vanguard ℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Gershon Kingsley, ComposerLyricist - Jean-Jacques Perrey, ComposerLyricist - Perrey And Kingsley, MainArtist - Seymour Solomon, Producer
(C) 2006 Vanguard ℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Gershon Kingsley, ComposerLyricist - Jean-Jacques Perrey, ComposerLyricist - Perrey And Kingsley, MainArtist - Seymour Solomon, Producer
(C) 2006 Vanguard ℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Gershon Kingsley, ComposerLyricist - Jean-Jacques Perrey, ComposerLyricist - Perrey And Kingsley, MainArtist - Seymour Solomon, Producer
(C) 2006 Vanguard ℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Jean-Jacques Perrey, ComposerLyricist - Andy Badale, ComposerLyricist - Perrey And Kingsley, MainArtist - Seymour Solomon, Producer
(C) 2006 Vanguard ℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Gershon Kingsley, ComposerLyricist - Jean-Jacques Perrey, ComposerLyricist - Perrey And Kingsley, MainArtist - Seymour Solomon, Producer
(C) 2006 Vanguard ℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Michel Le Grand, Composer - Perrey And Kingsley, MainArtist - Seymour Solomon, Producer
(C) 2006 Vanguard ℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Edward Snyder, ComposerLyricist - Bert Kaempfert, ComposerLyricist - Charles Singleton, ComposerLyricist - Perrey And Kingsley, MainArtist - Seymour Solomon, Producer
(C) 2006 Vanguard ℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
António Carlos Jobim, ComposerLyricist - Jon Hendricks, ComposerLyricist - NEWTON MENDONCA, ComposerLyricist - Perrey And Kingsley, MainArtist - Seymour Solomon, Producer
(C) 2006 Vanguard ℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Sandy Linzer, Author, Arranger, Work Arranger - Denny Randell, Author, Arranger, Work Arranger - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Perrey And Kingsley, MainArtist - Seymour Solomon, Producer
(C) 2006 Vanguard ℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Anton Karas, ComposerLyricist - Perrey And Kingsley, MainArtist - Seymour Solomon, Producer
(C) 2006 Vanguard ℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Gershon Kingsley, ComposerLyricist - Jean-Jacques Perrey, ComposerLyricist - Perrey And Kingsley, MainArtist - Seymour Solomon, Producer
(C) 2006 Vanguard ℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Gershon Kingsley, ComposerLyricist - Jean-Jacques Perrey, ComposerLyricist - Perrey And Kingsley, MainArtist - Seymour Solomon, Producer
(C) 2006 Vanguard ℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Geoff Stephens, ComposerLyricist - Perrey And Kingsley, MainArtist - Seymour Solomon, Producer
(C) 2006 Vanguard ℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Gershon Kingsley, ComposerLyricist - Perrey And Kingsley, MainArtist - Seymour Solomon, Producer
(C) 2006 Vanguard ℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Billy Mure, ComposerLyricist - Perrey And Kingsley, MainArtist - Seymour Solomon, Producer
(C) 2006 Vanguard ℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Johnny Mercer, ComposerLyricist - Henry Mancini, ComposerLyricist - Perrey And Kingsley, MainArtist - Seymour Solomon, Producer
(C) 2006 Vanguard ℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Jorge Ben, ComposerLyricist - Perrey And Kingsley, MainArtist - Seymour Solomon, Producer
(C) 2006 Vanguard ℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Harry Breuer, ComposerLyricist - Jean-Jacques Perrey, ComposerLyricist - Perrey And Kingsley, MainArtist - Gary Carol, ComposerLyricist - Seymour Solomon, Producer
(C) 2006 Vanguard ℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Album review
Electronic music became a prominent genre in the 1970s thanks to the work of groups like Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream, but they weren't the first groups to pioneer this sound. Some of the earliest popular electronic music was created by the duo of Jean Jacques Perrey and Gershon Kingsley. However, the music this avant-garde duo created wasn't atmospheric space rock; instead, they utilized early synthesizers and experimental studio techniques to create lighthearted pop instrumentals. A good introduction to their work can be found on The Essential Perrey & Kingsley, a collection that conveniently packages together their two albums The In Sound From Way Out and Kaleidoscopic Vibrations: Spotlight on the Moog. The material from The In Sound From Way Out is half avant-garde experiment and half comedy album: Perrey & Kingsley mix traditional instrumentation and pre-Moog keyboards like the Ondioline with tape loops of bizarre sound effects and animal noises to create music that is spacy and silly all at once. For instance, "Jungle Blues From Jupiter" marries a traditional blues melody to a kitschy keyboard sound and intersperses the melody with corny animal noises, while "Girl From Venus" layers some spare keyboard lines over tape loops of cartoon-style sound effects. The music that results is too caught up in its own gimmickry to succeed as straight pop music (the sound effects compete with the melodies instead of fleshing them out), yet remains strangely listenable. The material from Kaleidoscopic Vibrations: Spotlight on the Moog benefits from the introduction of the title synthesizer, which creates a more sophisticated electronic sound, and a greater concentration on creating catchy pop melodies. Over half of this material is covers; highlights in this vein include a lightning-fast synth version of "Flight of the Bumblebee" and a remake of "Third Man Theme" that sounds like carnival music from outer space. However, the best tunes from this half of the album are the originals: "The Savers" is a fast-paced slice of electronic pop built on a flurry of ornate synthesizer riffs, and "Baroque Hoedown" successfully marries two very different genres of music using a clever arrangement that seamlessly blends the harpsichord and the synthesizer. In the end, The Essential Perrey & Kingsley is probably a little too kitschy and eccentric for the average listener, but makes a tidy and never dull collection for the adventurous lounge music admirer.
© Donald A. Guarisco /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 26 track(s)
- Total length: 01:02:35
- Main artists: Perrey And Kingsley
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Vanguard Records
- Genre: Electronic Dance
© 2006 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company ℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
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