New/Sealed
FORGOTTEN FUTURES 1
UPC: 712145792862
Release Date: 6/19/2017
 
Jean-Jacques Perrey (1929-2016) was a pioneer of electronic pop music celebrated for his uniquely whimsical sampled soundworld, his groundbreaking style of rhythmic tape editing, and his early use of the Moog modular synthesizer. Perrey was also the world’s only virtuoso of the Ondioline, a remarkable French proto-synthesizer from the 1940s. Jean-Jacques Perrey et son Ondioline focusses on this early period of Perrey’s musical life, exploring his intimate relationship with this unusual and expressive instrument. The compilation features never-before-released collaborations with Angelo Badalamenti and Dick Hyman, early arrangements from test pressings of beloved Perrey tunes, and cuts from highly collectible albums of early library music he recorded. Also featured is a rare extended demonstration of the Ondioline, which receives its first commercial release. A must for dedicated fans, and a vibrant introduction for new listeners, this release canvasses Perrey’s unparalleled mastery of the Ondioline, points towards his later sample and Moog work, and illuminates a heretofore little-explored melancholy side to his recorded work. Curated by long-time Perrey fan and recent collaborator Wally De Backer (Gotye), this is the first release on Forgotten Futures, a new record label set up by De Backer to excavate lost works by pioneering producers and musical instrument inventors.
 
Disc 1
Track
Title
1
La Vache et le Prisonnier main theme (excerpt)
2
Visa to the Stars (commercial arrangement)
3
Chicken on the Rocks A4. Danielle of Amsterdam
4
Cigale A6. L’âme des Poètes
5
Dandelion Wine
6
Barnyard in Orbit
7
Sérénade à la Mule
8
Mars Reflector
9
Pioneers of the Stars (orchestra arrangement)
10
Ondioline demonstration – Introduction
11
Ondioline demonstration - French Horn
12
Ondioline demonstration – Bagpipes
13
Ondioline demonstration – Fagot
14
Ondioline demonstration – Bongo
15
Ondioline demonstration - Evocation of Cartoons
16
Ondioline demonstration - The Cat
17
Ondioline demonstration – Oboe
18
Ondioline demonstration - Banjo
19
Ondioline demonstration – Spinet
20
Ondioline demonstration – Clarinet
21
Ondioline demonstration – Mandolin
22
Ondioline demonstration – Cello
23
Ondioline demonstration - String Bass
24
Ondioline demonstration – Violin
25
Ondioline demonstration – Castanets
26
Ondioline demonstration - Castanets with Sound
27
Ondioline demonstration - Sounds with a Base of B and A
28
Ondioline demonstration - Sounds with a Base of C
29
Ondioline demonstration - Sounds with F and H
30
Ondioline demonstration - Percussion Without String
31
Ondioline demonstration - We Use the Letter D, Several Seconds
32
Ondioline demonstration - Special Effects with the String
33
Ondioline demonstration - The String with the D
34
Ondioline demonstration - Special Effects
35
Ondioline demonstration - Percussion with the D, Several Seconds
36
Ondioline demonstration - Final Message from Jean-Jacques