Jean-Jacques Perrey

Jean Marcel Leroy was born in Amiens,{{cite news |title=Jean-Jacques Perrey, composer of Disney theme park music – obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/11/19/jean-jacques-perrey-composer-of-disney-theme-park-music--obituar/ |access-date=23 December 2021 |work=The Telegraph |date=19 November 2016}} in the north of France.{{cite news|date=7 November 2016|title=Electronic music pioneer Jean-Jacques Perrey dies at 87|language=en|work=CBC News|location=|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/obit-perrey-jean-jacques-electronic-1.3839648|access-date=11 March 2021}} He was given his first instrument, an accordion, at age 4 on Christmas Eve, 1933. He learned to play piano and studied music at a conservatory for two months,[https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/07/arts/music/jean-jacques-perrey-electronic-music-pioneer-dies-at-87.html Bromwich, Jonah Engel, "Jean-Jacques Perrey, Electronic Music Pioneer, Dies at 87"], New York Times (obit), 6 Nov. 2016 during which he and several classmates formed a jazz band, which performed at the school and at public venues. However, the school's director warned the students that they could either "continue playing jazz or continue your studies".{{cite web |title=Jean-Jacques Perrey's Passport to the Future |website=PopMatters |date=25 May 2017 |url=https://www.popmatters.com/jean-jacques-perreys-passport-to-the-future-2495391248.html |access-date=10 March 2021}} Perrey was expelled from the conservatory for violating a prohibition against students performing in public; he later graduated from the Lycée d'Amiens. He studied medicine in Paris for four years, and planned to pursue scientific research.{{cite web |title=The Fairy Tale Life of French Composer Jean-Jacques Perrey |website=Red Bull Music Academy Daily |url=https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2016/11/jean-jacques-perrey-fairy-tale |access-date=19 February 2021 |language=en}} He was an avid reader of science fiction, in particular the works of Isaac Asimov, Aldous Huxley, Arthur C. Clarke, and Ray Bradbury, and took occasional work as an accordionist.{{cite journal |last1=Vicente |first1=Álex |title=Muere Jean-Jacques Perrey, precursor de la música electrónica, a los 87 años |journal=El País |date=7 November 2016 |url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2016/11/07/actualidad/1478526693_566067.html |access-date=11 March 2021 |language=es |issn=1134-6582}}

In 1950, while enrolled in medical school, Perrey heard inventor Georges Jenny playing and promoting his homemade Ondioline on a French radio show.Fourier, Laurent, "Jean-Jacques Perrey and the Ondioline", Computer Music Journal, Vol. 18, No. 4, Winter 1994, MIT Press{{cite web |title=Jean-Jacques Perrey's Press Kit |website=Dana Countryman |url=http://www.danacountryman.com/jjp1/presskit/history.html |access-date=2 March 2021}} "With the audacity of youth [Perrey] phoned the radio station and requested Georges Jenny's telephone number, which he was duly given," wrote music historian Mark Brend. "Perrey then phoned Jenny himself, saying he liked the sound of the Ondioline but couldn't afford to buy one."{{sfn|Brend|2012|p=44–45}} Perrey offered to promote the instrument if Jenny would give him one for free.{{cite magazine |title=The Australian Musician Gotye Resurrects the Sounds of the Ondioline |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-australian-musician-gotye-resurrects-the-sounds-of-the-ondioline |access-date=11 September 2022 |magazine=The New Yorker |date=17 June 2017}} After a visit to the inventor's workshop, Perrey was loaned an Ondioline. For six months Perrey practiced playing the Ondioline with his right hand while simultaneously playing piano with his left.{{sfn|Brend|2012|p={{Page needed|date=November 2022}}}} Jenny was so impressed with Perrey's proficiency, he offered him a job as a salesman and product demonstrator.{{cite web |title=Alfred Hickling talks to musician Jean-Jacques Perrey about the secret of his success |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/feb/28/electronicmusic.alfredhickling |website=The Guardian |access-date=21 June 2022 |language=en |date=28 February 2008}} After earning substantial commissions on sales made during a trip to Sweden (during which he performed on TV), Perrey quit medical school and devoted his career to electronic music.{{sfn|Brend|2012|p={{Page needed|date=November 2022}}}}

In 1951, singer/composer Charles Trenet heard about the Ondioline and requested a demonstration of the instrument by Perrey, who at the time was traveling to promote the new device. Trenet was so impressed{{cite web |title=L'âme des Poètes, by Charles Trenet et son Quartette Ondioline feat. Jean-Jacques Perrey |url=https://jean-jacquesperrey.bandcamp.com/track/l-me-des-po-tes |website=Jean-Jacques Perrey |access-date=19 May 2021}} that he hired Perrey for the recording session for the song "L'Âme des poètes" ("The Soul of Poets").{{sfn|Brend|2012|p={{Page needed|date=November 2022}}}} At a second session, Perrey played Ondioline on three more Trenet songs; the guitarist on two of those later tracks was Django Reinhardt. "L'Âme des poètes" became an international commercial success, and Perrey was asked to accompany Trenet on stage.{{cite web |title=Jean Jacques Perrey's Autobiography, Part One |url=http://www.danacountryman.com/jjp1/auto/bio1.html |website=Dana Countryman |access-date=23 September 2021}} "My collaboration with [Trenet] lasted a year," said Perrey, "during which I was able to meet other great artists and singers such as Yves Montand and Jacques Brel. I made my debut on radio and French television, not only as an accompanist of great singing stars, but also performing my own musical act." Perrey began to travel extensively, first in France and then abroad to attend international music fairs. Eventually he developed a cabaret act, "Around the World in 80 Ways", which was a showcase for the Ondioline's versatility. Perrey explained:

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Thanks to the Ondioline, I could imitate instruments from around the world, such as bagpipes from Scotland, American banjo, Gypsy violin, soprano voice, Indian sitar, and so on. I made a world tour in music and finished it with a gag of whistling a tune. At the end, the whistling was still going on (thanks to the Ondioline), but I was drinking a glass of water. We all laughed.

Perrey's first commercially released recording under his own name was Prelude au Sommeil (Prelude to Sleep), issued in 1958,{{cite web |title=The greatest electronic albums of the 1950s and 1960s |url=https://thevinylfactory.com/features/the-greatest-electronic-albums-of-the-1950s-and-1960s-2/ |website=The Vinyl Factory |access-date=21 January 2022 |date=30 May 2014}} which was described by the artist as an "auditory recipe" to induce sleep in insomniacs. "I had the good fortune of meeting scientists who were interested in the possibilities of using electronic sound for psycho-medical purposes," Perrey later recalled. "Together we had the idea of creating sound complexes to induce calm in disturbed, agitated people. We created a team of researchers: acousticians, medical doctors, physicists, psychiatrists, a total of nine in all. I was the catalyzer, the musician. We spent many hours making experiments to determine which sounds would induce a state of serenity and calm."

In 1959 Perrey performed on a 10" LP entitled Cadmus, Le Robot de l'Espace, a children's record issued on the Philips label; Perrey played Ondioline and provided sound effects.{{cite web |title=Jean Jacques Perrey's LP Discography |url=http://www.danacountryman.com/jjp1/lps/LPs.html |website=Dana Countryman |access-date=16 July 2021}} That same year, composer Paul Durand hired Perrey to provide Ondioline accompaniment for the main theme of the French-Italian tragi-comedic film La Vache et le Prisonnier (The Cow and the Prisoner), which starred French actor-singer Fernandel.{{cite web |title=La Vache et le Prisonnier main theme (excerpt), by The Orchestra of Paul Durand feat. Jean-Jacques Perrey |url=https://jean-jacquesperrey.bandcamp.com/track/la-vache-et-le-prisonnier-main-theme-excerpt |website=Jean-Jacques Perrey |access-date=15 January 2022 |language=en}}

At the Studio of Contemporary Music Research in France, Perrey met Pierre Schaeffer, who had pioneered the avant-garde sound art form known as musique concrète. Thereafter, Perrey began to experiment with tape manipulation.{{cite web |title=The Jean Jacques Perrey Interview |url=http://www.danacountryman.com/jjp1/98Inter/98interview.html |website=Dana Countryman |access-date=25 August 2021}} Around this time he performed at the Olympia Theater in Paris accompanying France's most acclaimed chanteuse, Edith Piaf, who became an enthusiastic proponent of Perrey's musical gifts. The association with Piaf, Perrey later wrote, proved pivotal in advancing his career.

Edith herself was very impressed by the immense possibilities of the Ondioline. From her, I learned many “tricks of the trade” having to do with show business and song arrangement. She gave me money to buy studio time, which allowed me to record a few pieces on magnetic tape which were a showcase for the Ondioline. She even decided herself which pieces I should record to obtain maximum effect. She was impeccable – very demanding. When she had decided that the tape was “almost perfect,” she told me, “Now you must mail this to a person I’m going to give you the name and address for in New York. I will write him as well, to let him know of your forthcoming correspondence. You’ll see; he will answer you.” It was impossible to debate with Edith; one always had to do as she decreed! Three weeks later, I received an envelope from America. There was no note enclosed – only a round-trip plane ticket with an open return date, plus one word written in big felt-tip pen on the envelope: “COME!” Thus began the fairy tale.

The man to whom Perrey had sent the tape was instrument contractor Carroll Bratman, the well-connected proprietor of Carroll Music.{{cite web |title=Carroll Bratman |url=https://www.spaceagepop.com/bratman.htm |website=www.spaceagepop.com |access-date=14 November 2022}} In March 1960, Perrey relocated to New York{{cite web |last1=Betillouloux |first1=Antoine |title=VIDEO - Jean-Jacques Perrey, l'homme-orchestre de la musique électronique |url=https://www.francemusique.fr/musique-contemporaine/video-jean-jacques-perrey-l-homme-orchestre-de-la-musique-electronique-80549 |website=France Musique |access-date=23 September 2021 |language=fr |date=20 January 2020}} under the mentorship of Bratman, who sponsored Perrey's green card, paid Perrey's living expenses at the Bristol Hotel on West 48th Street, got him registered with the musicians' union, paid him a salary, and landed him appearances performing the Ondioline on television. Bratman built Perrey an experimental laboratory and recording studio, with state-of-the-art tape recorders, and accorded him free use of any instruments in the Carroll Music collection.

After his arrival in the United States, he recorded two EPs on the French label Pacific Records with the aim of demonstrating the capabilities of the Ondioline for the American public, the first Mr. Ondioline was released in 1960, it consists of four tracks showing Perrey on the cover "donning a dark hood with small slits for the eyes and mouth in an attempt to conjure up the record's mysterious titular figure." The second entitled Ondiolinorama was released in 1961 with a much lower number of units. Both EPs featured Perrey's instrumental arrangements of other songwriters' work.{{cite web |title=Jean-Jacques Perrey et son Ondioline - digital booklet |url=https://archive.org/stream/front-cover-jean-jacques-perrey-et-son-ondioline-1400x-1400_202203/Jean-Jacques%20Perrey%20et%20son%20Ondioline%20-%20Digital%20Booklet%20-%20Forgotten%20Futures%20-%20FF001_djvu.txt |website=Internet Archive |access-date=14 November 2022 |date=12 May 2017}}

Perrey made his U.S. television debut on Tonight Starring Jack Paar; he also appeared on The Garry Moore Show, I've Got a Secret, and Captain Kangaroo. Perrey composed jingles for radio and television,{{cite news |title=Electronic music pioneer Jean-Jacques Perrey dies at 87 |url=https://apnews.com/article/c7b70eee9e014775ac68a102fae1e22b |access-date=23 December 2021 |work=Associated Press |date=5 November 2016}} sometimes in partnership with Harry Breuer and Angelo Badalementi (working under the name "Andy Badale"). In 1962 Perrey issued the LP Musique Electronique du Cosmos (Electronic Music from Outer Space), in collaboration with Sam Fiedel and Harry Breuer, on the MusiCues label. The album was recorded in New York, but the location was listed as Paris on the jacket to avoid union obligations. The 15 short tracks (most under two minutes long and all composed or co-composed by Perrey) were intended for television and radio background use. Less than 500 copies were reportedly pressed.

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Perrey was introduced to German-American composer/musician Gershon Kingsley in 1965 at Carroll Music.{{Cite web |url=http://www.danacountryman.com/jjp1/auto/bio2.html |title=Jean Jacques Perrey's Autobiography, Part Two |website=Dana Countryman |access-date=2021-02-11}} As a duo, Perrey and Kingsley recorded two albums for the Vanguard label: The In Sound From Way Out! (1966), for which Perrey played Ondioline and provided musique concrète "rhythmic patterns", and Kaleidoscopic Vibrations (1967), on which the duo played mostly Moog synthesizer, with added special effects.{{cite news|date=8 November 2016|title=Jean-Jacques Perrey, leader in electronic pop music, dies at 87|newspaper=Washington Post|agency=|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/jean-jacques-perrey-leader-in-electronic-pop-music-dies-at-87/2016/11/08/212fc3be-a5e5-11e6-ba59-a7d93165c6d4_story.html|access-date=13 February 2021}} Some tracks by Perrey and Kingsley were licensed for radio and television commercials. In 1968, "The Savers", from Kaleidoscopic Vibrations, won a Clio Award when it was used as the soundtrack for a No-Cal diet soft drink commercial.

After splitting from Kingsley, Perrey continued featuring the Moog (as well as Ondioline) on many of his subsequent solo records, most of which incorporated the name "Moog" in album titles like Moog Indigo (1970).{{cite news |first=Anna |last=Gaca |title=R.I.P. Jean-Jacques Perrey, Moog Composer Extraordinaire |url=https://www.spin.com/2016/11/jean-jacques-perrey-dead-moog-composer/ |access-date=2 June 2021 |work=Spin |date=5 November 2016}} On the Moog Indigo track "Flight of the Bumblebee" (adapted from an interlude composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov), Perrey began with a recording of actual bees:

For this composition, I took a Nagra tape recorder to an apiary in Switzerland to record the live sounds of bees buzzing about their hive. I took these bee tapes back to New York, where my studio had a variable-speed tape recorder. Using this machine, I transposed the bee buzzes to the subdivisions of the 12-tone equal-tempered scale and rerecorded them on another tape machine. Then, using manual splicing techniques, I edited the melody for one verse. Just this part took 52 hours of splicing work. People told me that I was crazy, but I told them to listen to the result! We added an accompaniment to the melody, recreating the "Flight of the Bumblebee" played by living bees.

The Happy Moog! was recorded with Harry Breuer, one of the first musicians he met when he moved to New York City.{{cite web |title=Harry Breuer |url=https://www.spaceagepop.com/breuer.htm |access-date=25 January 2021|website=The Space Age Pop Music Page}} Perrey played Moog synthesizer and other keyboards, while Breuer played xylophone and other percussion.{{cite web |title=The Happy Moog by Perrey and Breuer |website=Dana Countryman |url=http://www.danacountryman.com/TheHappyMoog/HappyMoog.html|access-date=25 January 2021}}

After a decade in the United States, Perrey moved back to France in 1970, ostensibly for family reasons. He was named musical director of a ballet company,{{cite web |title=E' morto Jean-Jacques Perrey, pioniere del synth moog e della musica elettronica |url=https://www.quotidiano.net/magazine/showbiz/jean-jacques-perrey-1.2655462 |website=Quotidiano Nazionale |access-date=15 January 2022 |language=it |date=5 November 2016}} while continuing to explore therapeutic sounds to treat insomnia.{{cite web |title=Jean Jacques Perrey fallece a los 87 años |date=8 November 2016 |website=The Loft Music Academy |url=https://www.music-academy.cl/jean-jacques-perrey-fallece-a-los-87-anos/ |access-date=23 February 2021 |language=es}} That included a project that involved shooting with dolphins in the waters near Vancouver, Canada. He also wrote and recorded music for television commercials and various French cartoons, and released several albums of this music on the Montparnasse 2000 label.{{cite web |title=Jean Jacques Perrey |url=https://www.spaceagepop.com/perrey.htm |access-date=14 November 2022}} In 1996, after a decade of inactivity because of his mother's passing, Perrey began working occasionally with electropop musician/composer David Chazam; a collection of previously unreleased collaborative works, ELA, recorded over a number of years and at various locations,[https://jean-jacquesperreydavidchazam.bandcamp.com ELA by David Chazam and Jean-Jacques Perrey at Bandcamp] was independently issued by Chazam in May 2015; it was the final album of new Perrey material released during his lifetime.

In 1997 Perrey collaborated with the band Air on the tracks "Remember" (on the album Moon Safari) and "Cosmic Bird" (on the various artists compilation Source Lab 3 Y).{{cite magazine |title=Air goes through 20 years of its career in 15 pictures |date=18 July 2016 |magazine=Trax |url=https://www.traxmag.com/air-goes-through-20-years-of-its-career-in-15-pictures-part-1/ |access-date=27 January 2021 |language=en}} The following year he performed at the Klinkende Munt festival in Brussels, Belgium, with David Chazam.{{cite web |title=Jean-Jacques Perrey Concert Setlists |url=https://www.setlist.fm/setlists/jeanjacques-perrey-33d79c9d.html |website=setlist.fm |access-date=15 January 2022 |language=en}} In 1999 he composed and recorded "The Groovy Leprechauns" for a thematic compilation album At Home with the Groovebox, issued on the Beastie Boys' Grand Royal label.{{cite web |title=The Groovy Leprechauns - Jean-Jacques Perrey {{!}} Song Info |url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/the-groovy-leprechauns-mt0008493436 |website=AllMusic |access-date=24 December 2021 |language=en}} In 1995 the Beastie Boys had issued an album entitled The In Sound From Way Out! that was an obvious homage to Perrey and Kingsley. In 2001 Vanguard Records released a triple CD entitled The Out Sound From Way In!, which compiles four Perrey and Kingsley albums, two as a duet and solo, plus seven remixes of Perrey and Kingsley's work, including two reworkings from the Moog Indigo song, "E.V.A." by Fatboy Slim and five by Eurotrash.{{cite news |title=DANCE BEAT: DJ Keoki, Perrey & Kingsley, Labradford ... |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/1439026/dance-beat-dj-keoki-perrey-kingsley-labradford/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214102934/http://www.mtv.com/news/1439026/dance-beat-dj-keoki-perrey-kingsley-labradford/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 February 2021 |access-date=15 January 2022 |work=MTV News |date=2 February 2001 |language=en}}

In 2003, MediaDreams Productions produced a documentary titled Jean-Jacques Perrey: Extraterrestrial Musician, which was presented at MIPCOM in 2003.{{cite web |title=Everyone off to MIPCOM |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/39411/ |website=Cineuropa |date=7 October 2003 |access-date=17 January 2024}} With Luke Vibert Perrey recorded an album titled Moog Acid, which was released in 2007. AllMusic reviewer John Bush observed that Perrey "uncannily conjures the rather eerie ghosts of musique concrète's past, while Vibert anchors them with expert productions. ... The tracks are ... the 21st century equivalent of Perrey-Kingsley's vision of lock-solid arrangements accompanied by the far-out sound of the Moog as a lead voice."{{cite web |last1=Bush |first1=John |title=Moog Acid - Jean-Jacques Perrey, Luke Vibert {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/moog-acid-mw0000488399 |website=AllMusic |access-date=15 January 2022 |language=en}}

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Perrey and Dana Countryman released the collaborative album Destination Space in 2008; AllMusic reviewer William Ruhlmann wrote that "this is not an album to be taken seriously, but it is one to enjoy."{{cite web |first1=William |last1=Ruhlmann |title=Destination Space - Dana Countryman, Jean-Jacques Perrey |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/destination-space-mw0000796814 |website=AllMusic |access-date=15 July 2021 |language=en}} Countryman also wrote a biography of Perrey titled Passport to the Future, which was published in 2010 through CreateSpace. In 2009 Gilles Weinzaepflen produced a film documentary, titled Prélude au Sommeil, about Perrey's life and work.{{cite web |title=Prélude au Sommeil, A Documentary About French Electronic Music Pioneer Jean-Jacques Perrey |url=https://laughingsquid.com/prelude-au-sommeil-a-documentary-about-french-electronic-music-pioneer-jean-jacques-perrey/ |website=Laughing Squid |access-date=3 January 2022 |date=20 June 2009}}[https://boingboing.net/2009/06/19/documentary-about-je.html Pesocvitz, David, "Documentary about Jean-Jacques Perrey"], Boing Boing, 19 June 2009

In 2013, Belgian-Australian musician Wally (Gotye) De Backer composed and recorded a song inspired by Perrey's work, then contacted Perrey to share the track for review. At the time, Perrey was 80 and living in Lausanne, Switzerland. "To my great joy, Jean-Jacques and his daughter, Patricia, both responded really warmly and said it was really sweet that a young musician would be inspired by his work but also respond to it in that way by writing a piece like that, and they invited me to visit,” said De Backer. “To me, it was incredible as a fan and long time listener just to meet the wonderful old man who had a lot of great stories and a wink in his eye, who made time for me to come and chat about the aspects of his work that I was really interested in."[https://www.monsterchildren.com/gotye-pays-tribute-to-electronic-pioneer-jean-jacques-perrey/ Bromhead, Erin, "Gotye Pays Tribute to Electronic Pioneer Jean-Jacques Perrey"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229063611/https://www.monsterchildren.com/gotye-pays-tribute-to-electronic-pioneer-jean-jacques-perrey/ |date=29 December 2022 }}, Monsterchildren.com, 18 Dec. 2017 Over the next few years, De Backer visited regularly and began helping the aging musician catalog and preserve his legacy. De Backer also began purchasing existing Ondiolines, undertaking their restoration (with technical help from Stephen Masucci),[https://tapeop.com/interviews/124/stephen-masucci/ Crane, Larry, "Stephen Masucci: Restoring the Future"], Tape Op Magazine, Issue #124, Mar/Apr 2018 and learning how to play the instrument.{{cite news |title=Wally De Backer on the Lasting Influence of Jean-Jacques Perrey and the Ondioline |url=https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2017/07/gotye-ondioline-interview |access-date=9 September 2021 |work=Red Bull Music Academy |date=25 July 2017 |language=en}}

Eventually, after a number of Ondiolines had been reconstructed, De Backer formed the Ondioline Orchestra, consisting of two Ondiolines (played by De Backer and Rob Schwimmer), Moog, Theremin, clarinet, guitar, bass, drums, and sampling devices. The ensemble's debut was scheduled for 22 November 2016, at National Sawdust, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, with Perrey invited to attend. However, his health declined, and he could not travel.{{cite news|last1=Divola|first1=Barry|author1-link=|date=20 December 2017|title=Gotye's unlikely friendship with Jean-Jacques Perrey|language=en|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/gotyes-unlikely-friendship-with-jeanjacques-perrey-20171208-h014ia.html|access-date=9 September 2021}} Two and a half weeks before the performance, Perrey died of lung cancer at the age of 87.{{cite magazine |agency=Associated Press |title=Jean-Jacques Perrey, Electronic Music Pioneer, Dies at 87 |magazine=Billboard |date=5 November 2016 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/jean-jacques-perrey-dead-7565718/ |access-date=7 January 2022}}{{cite news |title=Electronic music pioneer Jean-Jacques Perrey, who wrote famous Disney parade jingle, dies |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/2043418/electronic-music-pioneer-jean-jacques-perrey-who-wrote-famous |access-date=7 January 2022 |work=South China Morning Post |date=6 November 2016 |language=en}}{{cite news|last1=Brown|first1=Tracy|date=7 November 2016|title=Electronic music pioneer Jean-Jacques Perrey, of Disneyland's Main Street Electrical Parade fame, dies at 87|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-jean-jacques-perrey-dies-20161107-story,amp.html|access-date=9 November 2016}}

De Backer and the Ondioline Orchestra have staged several performances of Gotye Presents a Tribute to Jean-Jacques Perrey: at the Sydney Festival (16–17 January 2017); at the Melbourne Recital Centre (20 January 2017); and at the opening night of Roulette's Mixology Festival (3 February 2018), in Brooklyn.{{cite web|title=Mixology Festival 2018: Circuit Breakers: Gotye Presents a Tribute to Jean-Jacques Perrey|url=https://roulette.org/event/mixology-gotye/|access-date=17 August 2021|website=Roulette}} The Sydney concert won a Helpmann Award in the Contemporary Music category.{{cite news |last1=Jefferson |first1=Dee |title=Sydney Theatre Company the biggest winner at this year's Helpmann Awards |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-16/helpmann-awards-full-results-sydney-theatre-company-dominates/9998470 |access-date=17 August 2021 |work=ABC |date=16 July 2018 |language=en-AU}} De Backer launched a record label, Forgotten Futures, whose first release was Jean-Jacques Perrey et son Ondioline,{{cite web |title=Jean-Jacques Perrey - Jean-Jacques Perrey et son Ondioline |url=https://lightintheattic.net/releases/3219-jean-jacques-perrey-et-son-ondioline |website=Light In The Attic Records |access-date=17 August 2021}} a compilation album featuring rare and unreleased tracks with Perrey on the Ondioline. The album was released on vinyl and digitally in May 2017.{{cite web |title=Jean-Jacques Perrey et son Ondioline, by Jean-Jacques Perrey |url=https://jean-jacquesperrey.bandcamp.com/album/jean-jacques-perrey-et-son-ondioline |website=Jean-Jacques Perrey |access-date=17 August 2021}}

• 1958: Prelude au Sommeil (Institut Dormiphone)
• 1959: Cadmus, Le Robot de l'Espace (with Henri Gruel) (Philips)
• 1960: Mr. Ondioline (Pacific)
• 1962: Musique Electronique Du Cosmos (Electronic Music From Outer Space) (MusiCues)
• 1966: The In Sound From Way Out! (with Gershon Kingsley) (Vanguard)
• 1967: Kaleidoscopic Vibrations: Electronic Pop Music From Way Out (with Gershon Kingsley) (Vanguard)
• 1968: The Amazing New Electronic Pop Sound of Jean Jacques Perrey (Vanguard)
• 1968: Electronic Music (unreleased studio demo acetate)
• 1969: The Happy Moog! (with Harry Breuer) (Pickwick)
• 1969: Switched On Santa (engineer, Moog programming; with Sy Mann) (Pickwick)
• 1970: Moog Indigo (Vanguard)
• 1971: Moog Sensations (Editions Montparnasse 2000)
• 1972: Moog Expressions (Editions Montparnasse 2000)
• 1972: Moog Generation (Editions Montparnasse 2000/Zero International Records)
• 1974: Moog Mig Mag Moog (Editions Montparnasse 2000)
• 1976: Dynamoog (with Gilbert Sigrist) (Mondiophone/Crea Sound Ltd)
• 1977: Moog is Moog (with Harry Breuer) (Editions Montparnasse 2000)
• 1980: Kartoonery (with Daniel Longuein and Guy Boyer) (Editions Montparnasse 2000)
• 1982: Energize with Exercise (with Bette and Ione Darrel) (Black & White)
• 1998: Eclektronics (with David Chazam) (Basetonic; Basta Music)
• 2000: Circus Of Life (with Gilbert Sigrist and O.C. Banks) (Koka Media)
• 2006: The Happy Electropop Music Machine (with Dana Countryman) (Olgio)
• 2007: Moog Acid (with Luke Vibert) (Lo Recordings)
• 2008: Destination Space (with Dana Countryman) (Oglio)
• 2010: Froots (with Cosmic Pocket) (In-Vitro Records)
• 2015: ELA (with David Chazam) (Freaksville)

• 1973: The Best Of The Moog (Vanguard)
• 1975: Incredible Synthesizer (Vanguard)
• 1975: The Essential Perrey & Kingsley (Vanguard)
• 2000: Good Moog: Astral Animations and Komputer Kartoons (Kosinus)
• 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)
• 2017: Jean-Jacques Perrey et son Ondioline (Forgotten Futures)
• 2019: Past Future Sound Tracks

• 1959: Les Folles Aventures d'omer et de Jacques Courtois: Omer en Synovie (Polydor)
• 1971: {{Interlanguage link|Glop|fr}} (Riviera)
• 2006: Moog (one track, with Luke Vibert) (Hollywood Records)

• "Chicken on the Rocks" (from Musique Electronique du Cosmos) was used in a 1960s commercial for the Ideal Toy Company.{{cite web |title=Jean-Jacques Perrey - Musique Electronique Du Cosmos |url=https://lightintheattic.net/releases/3254-musique-electronique-du-cosmos |website=Light In The Attic Records |access-date=5 June 2021}}
• "The Minuet of the Robots" (from The Amazing New Electronic Pop Sound of Jean Jacques Perrey) served as the soundtrack for the Muppet feature "Big Bird's Dance" on 14 December 1969, in The Ed Sullivan Show, it was accompanied by arrangements made by the CBS Studio Orchestra.{{cite web |title=This Video May Ruin Cherished Memories Of Your Childhood |url=https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/09/24/minuet-of-the-robots-on-ed-sullivan-show-music-by-jean-jacques-perrey/ |website=Synthtopia |access-date=2 June 2021 |date=24 September 2009}}{{cite web |first1=Phillip |last1=Chapman |title=Muppets Magic from the Ed Sullivan Show DVD |date=22 August 2003 |website=Muppet Central Articles |url=https://muppetcentral.com/articles/reviews/merchandise/muppets_magic_dvd.shtml |access-date=29 January 2021}}
• "March of the Martians" (from The Happy Moog!) was used as the opening theme for the program The Hilarious House of Frightenstein.{{cite web |title=September 14, The Screening Room Theater Will Hold A Return To Frightenstein CD Launch Event |website=Rue Morgue |date=11 September 2019 |url=https://rue-morgue.com/september-14-the-screening-room-theater-will-hold-a-return-to-frightenstein-cd-launch-event/ |access-date=7 February 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Ward |first1=Marshall |title=Shazam!: The Hilarious House of Frightenstein hits 50th anniversary |url=https://www.waterloochronicle.ca/opinion-story/10403098-shazam-the-hilarious-house-of-frightenstein-hits-50th-anniversary/ |website=WaterlooChronicle.ca |access-date=11 December 2021 |language=en-CA |date=27 May 2021}}
• "The Elephant Never Forgets" (from Moog Indigo) was used as main theme of the Canadian TV program The Buck Shot Show.{{cite web |first=record |last=storeemployee |title=Vintage Vinyl: The Buckshot Show's First Album – 1983 |url=http://turnituprecordsandhifi.com/author/recordstoreemployee/ |website=Turn It Up! Records & Hi-Fi |date=16 July 2016 |access-date=17 May 2021 |language=en |archive-date=22 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422210040/http://turnituprecordsandhifi.com/author/recordstoreemployee/ |url-status=dead }}
• An orchestral adaptation of "Baroque Hoedown" (from Perrey & Kingsley's Kaleidoscopic Vibrations: Electronic Pop Music From Way Out!) was used as the Main Street Electrical Parade theme at Disney parks.{{cite web |title=JAN 20 Disney History |url=http://www.thisdayindisneyhistory.com/jan20.html |website=This Day in Disney History |access-date=5 June 2021}}
• Two pieces by Perrey were used as principal themes for television comedy shows created by and starring Mexican comedian Chespirito (Roberto Gómez Bolaños): "The Elephant Never Forgets" also was used as the main theme for El Chavo,{{cite web |title=Las mejores canciones de "El Chavo del 8": Los recordados éxitos de la vecindad |date=17 Jun 2020 |work=Guioteca.com |url=https://www.guioteca.com/humor/las-mejores-canciones-de-el-chavo-del-ocho-los-recordados-exitos-de-la-vecindad/ |access-date=31 January 2021 |language=es}}{{cite news |first1=Abraham |last1=Huitron |title=Muere Jean-Jacques Perrey, creador del tema de "El Chavo del 8" |date=6 Nov 2016 |work=Sopitas |url=https://www.sopitas.com/musica/muere-jean-jacques-perrey-creador-tema-el-chavo-del-8/ |language=es}}{{cite journal|date=11 March 2020|title=El secreto detrás de la canción de "El Chavo del 8"|url=https://tn.com.ar/show/basicas/el-secreto-detras-de-la-cancion-de-el-chavo-del-8_1041494/|journal=Todo Noticias|language=es|access-date=31 January 2021}}{{cite news |title=Muere Jean-Jacques Perrey, creador del tema de "El Chavo del 8" |newspaper=El Universal |date=6 November 2016 |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/espectaculos/musica/2016/11/6/muere-jean-jacques-perrey-creador-del-tema-de-el-chavo-del-8 |access-date=3 March 2021 |language=es}} and "Baroque Hoedown" (co-composed by Perrey and Kingsley) was the closing theme for El Chapulín Colorado.{{cite news |title=Jean-Jacques Perrey: El anónimo del moog más escuchado 'sin querer queriendo' |work=Ibero 90.9 |date=6 November 2016 |url=https://ibero909.fm/blog/jean-jacques-perrey-el-anonimo-del-moog-mas-escuchado-sin-querer-queriendo |access-date=20 May 2021 |language=es-MX}}{{cite news|date=28 November 2014|title=Chespirito: ¿qué relación tienen El Chavo del Ocho y Beethoven|language=es|work=RPP Noticias|url=https://rpp.pe/famosos/celebridades/chespirito-que-relacion-tienen-el-chavo-del-8-y-beethoven-noticia-746340|access-date=30 January 2021}} "Country Rock Polka" was used in the program Chespirito.{{cite news|title=El Chavo del Ocho: Curiosidades|language=es|work=Europapress|location=|url=https://www.europapress.es/desconecta/curiosity/noticia-chavo-ocho-curiosidades-relacionan-chespirito-beethoven-20141201113022.html|access-date=30 January 2021}}{{cite news |title=Murió Jean-Jacques Perrey, el precursor de la música electrónica |url=https://www.eluniverso.com/vida-estilo/2016/11/07/nota/5892670/murio-jean-jacques-perrey-precursor-musica-electronica/ |access-date=16 June 2022 |work=El Universo |date=7 November 2016 |language=es}} In 2009 the composers filed a lawsuit against the Televisa Network for improper use of their music; the case was settled and they now receive prominent credit in promotional materials for El Chavo del Ocho.Frajman, Eduardo (17 March 2017) [https://web.archive.org/web/20170614145041/http://www.lemonwire.com/2017/03/17/jean-jacques-perrey-he-helped-shape-the-latin-american-imagination-and-didnt-even-know-it/ Jean-Jacques Perrey: He Helped Shape the Latin American Imagination, and Didn't Even Know It!]. LemonWire. Retrieved 22 December 2021
• In 1973, a cover of "Passport to the Future" (originally from Moog Indigo) by instrumental rock band The Ventures peaked at #38 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.{{cite web |title=Skylab (Passport to the Future) (song by The Ventures) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts |url=https://www.musicvf.com/song.php?title=Skylab+%28Passport+to+the+Future%29+by+The+Ventures&id=125737 |website=www.musicvf.com |access-date=4 August 2022}}
• The track "E.V.A." (composed by Perrey, Badalamenti, and Marie Perreault, from the album Moog Indigo) has been sampled numerous times by hip-hop and rap artists,{{cite web |title=Musical spelunking #2: The Moog Modular |url=https://compulsiongames.com/en/news/46/musical-spelunking-2-the-moog-modular?referrer_lang=fr |website=Compulsion Games |access-date=9 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210909172958/https://compulsiongames.com/en/news/46/musical-spelunking-2-the-moog-modular?referrer_lang=fr |archive-date=9 September 2021 |language=en |url-status=live}} notable examples include "Just to Get a Rep" by Gang Starr (1990),{{cite news |title=Electronic music pioneer Jean-Jacques Perrey has passed away |url=https://www.nme.com/news/jean-jacques-perrey-passed-away-1830341 |access-date=25 January 2022 |work=NME |date=6 November 2016}}{{cite news |last1=Ketchum III |first1=William |title=Jean-Jacques Perrey, Electronic Music Pioneer, Dies At Age 87 |url=https://www.okayplayer.com/news/jean-jacques-perrey-electronic-music-pioneer-dies-at-age-87.html |access-date=25 January 2022 |work=Okayplayer |date=5 November 2016}}{{cite web |title=The 25 Best DJ Premier Beats |url=https://www.complex.com/music/2013/08/dj-premier-best-beats/gang-starr-just-to-get-a-rap |website=Complex |access-date=7 February 2022 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Lynch |first1=Sean |title=The Best Visual Artist-Directed Music Videos of All Time |url=https://www.complex.com/style/2014/02/the-best-artist-directed-music-videos/just-to-get-a-rep |access-date=7 February 2022 |work=Complex |date=7 February 2014 |language=en}} "Lower da Boom" by Artifacts (1994),{{cite web |title=Les samples de Artifacts |url=https://www.du-bruit.com/samples-artifacts.html |website=Du-bruit.com |access-date=1 July 2021}} "Gameplan" by Lord Finesse (1995),{{cite web |title=Lord Finesse |url=http://oldschoolflava.overblog.com/lord-finesse |website=Oldschool Flava |date=3 March 2013|access-date=1 July 2021 |language=en}} "3000" by Dr. Octagon (1996), "Same Ol'Thing" by A Tribe Called Quest (1997),{{cite web |title=Samples of E.V.A. by Jean-Jacques Perrey |website=Second Hand Songs |url=https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/20704/samples |access-date=30 June 2021}} "Lunch Money" by Pusha T (2014),{{cite magazine |last1=Reed |first1=Ryan |title=Hear Pusha T's Trippy, Kanye West-Produced New Track |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/kanye-west-adds-trippy-electronic-haze-to-pusha-ts-lunch-money-202938/ |access-date=7 February 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=19 November 2014}}{{cite web |title=Ten oddball samples found in classic hip-hop tracks |url=https://mixdownmag.com.au/features/ten-oddball-samples-found-in-classic-hip-hop-tracks/ |website=Mixdown Magazine |access-date=27 January 2022 |language=en-AU |date=9 March 2021}}{{cite web |title=Who Flipped it Better? Gang Starr vs Pusha T |date=21 November 2014 |website=The Boombox |url=https://theboombox.com/who-flipped-it-better-gang-starr-vs-pusha-t/ |access-date=30 January 2021}}{{cite news |title=Listen to Pusha T's "Lunch Money" (Prod. by Kanye West) |url=https://twistedsoulmusic.org/2014/11/24/listen-to-pusha-ts-lunch-money-prod-by-kanye-west/ |access-date=7 February 2022 |work=twistedsoulmusic.org |date=24 November 2014}} and "Every Little Thing I Do" by Jamila Woods and Taylor Bennett (2017).{{cite news |title=Chance the Rapper Previews New Soul for Real-Sampled Song |url=https://www.rap-up.com/2017/08/23/chance-the-rapper-previews-new-soul-for-real-sampled-song/ |access-date=7 February 2022 |work=Rap-Up |date=23 August 2017}}
• In 1996, "E.V.A." was sampled for a UK TV commercial for energy drink Lucozade.
• In 1997, remix artist Fatboy Slim reconfigured the track,{{cite journal |last1=Lamm |first1=Olivier |title=Jean-Jacques Perrey, Robin des bois du son électronique |journal=Libération |date=6 November 2016 |url=https://www.liberation.fr/france/2016/11/06/jean-jacques-perrey-robin-des-bois-du-son-electronique_1526637/ |access-date=11 March 2021 |language=fr}} and in 2002, electronic artist Glyn Bush (under the name Lightning Head) recorded a "E.V.A." cover version for his album Studio Don.{{cite web |title=Studio Don |url=https://tru-thoughts.co.uk/releases/studio-don/ |website=Tru-Thoughts |access-date=5 June 2021}}
• In 2004, "E.V.A." was featured in a Zelnorm commercial, in 2016 in an advertising campaign "Shot on iPhone" by Apple and also appeared in the 2018 film, Ocean's 8.{{cite web |title=Jean-Jacques Perrey's Web Page of Fun |website=Dana Countryman |url=http://www.danacountryman.com/jjp1/newmain/Main.html |access-date=20 March 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Robbins |first1=Caryn |date=23 February 2017 |title=Classic Jean-Jacques Perrey Title 'Moog Indigo' to be Reissued on Vinyl |language=en |work=BroadwayWorld |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Classic-Jean-Jacques-Perrey-Title-Moog-Indigo-to-be-Reissued-on-Vinyl-20170223 |access-date=7 January 2022}}{{cite news |last1=Spellberg |first1=Claire |title=The 'Ocean's 8' Soundtrack Is Officially The Badass Playlist You Need This Summer |url=https://www.elitedaily.com/p/the-oceans-8-soundtrack-is-officially-the-badass-playlist-you-need-this-summer-9247958 |access-date=27 January 2022 |work=Elite Daily |date=13 June 2018 |language=en}}
• In 2010, a new recording by Perrey and Dana Countryman of "Chicken on the Rocks" (from The Happy Electropop Music Machine) was used in season 14, episode 3 ("Medicinal Fried Chicken") of the U.S. TV series South Park.{{cite journal |title=House on the Rocks |website=Matrixsynth |date=8 August 2011 |url=https://www.matrixsynth.com/2011/08/house-on-rocks.html |access-date=7 February 2021}} That same year, Perrey's "Brazilian Flower" was used in a soccer commercial,{{cite web |title=Football Commercial, using Jean-Jacques Perrey tune! |url=https://www.matrixsynth.com/2010/09/football-commercial-using-jean-jacques.html |website=Matrixsynth |access-date=2 June 2021}} and Perrey's music was used in the TV series The Simpsons.
• Perrey's music was used in three short films by David Lewandowsky: Going to the Store from 2011 (used the Perrey work "The Little Ships");{{cite web |title=going to the store |website=PetitPetitGamin |date=3 September 2011 |url=https://www.petitpetitgamin.com/en/2011/09/03/going-to-the-store/ |access-date=4 March 2021 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Going to the Store |url=https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/going-to-the-store |website=Know Your Meme |date=6 September 2011 |access-date=9 December 2021}}{{cite journal |last1=Emami |first1=Gazelle |title=Bizarre Short Film Entrances Hundreds Of Thousands On YouTube |journal=HuffPost |date=5 September 2011 |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/going-to-the-store-film_n_949133 |access-date=16 January 2022 |language=en}} Late for Meeting from 2013 (used "The Mexican Cactus");{{cite web|last1=Amidi|first1=Amid|date=25 October 2013|title="Late for Meeting" by David Lewandowsky|url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-brew-pick/late-for-meeting-by-david-lewandowski-90273.html|access-date=27 January 2021|website=Cartoon Brew}}{{cite web |title=Get Trapped in the Machine at Industry City this Saturday |url=https://rooftopfilms.com/blog/2014/06/get-trapped-in-the-machine-at-industry-city-this-sat/ |website=Rooftop Films Blog |access-date=16 January 2022 |date=5 June 2014}} and Time for Sushi from 2017 (used the song "Dynamoog").{{cite web|last1=Amidi|first1=Amid|date=7 July 2017|title='Time for Sushi' by David Lewandowski|url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-brew-pick/time-sushi-david-lewandowski-152123.html|access-date=9 December 2021|website=Cartoon Brew}}{{cite web |title=Dynamoog – Jean-Jacques Perrey & Gilbert Sigrist |url=https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2017/06/24/dynamoog-jean-jacques-perrey-gilbert-sigrist/ |website=Synthtopia |access-date=9 December 2021 |date=24 June 2017}}
• In 2018, Luke Vibert's Turn EP included a tribute song to Perrey titled "JJP".{{cite web |title=Un nuevo EP de Luke Vibert sirve para relanzar el sello People Of Rhythm |url=https://www.clubbingspain.com/noticias/2018/un-nuevo-ep-de-luke-vibert-sirve-para-relanzar-el-sello-people-of-rhythm.html |access-date=15 April 2021 |website=Clubbing Spain |language=es}}{{cite news |last1=Visnovský |first1=P. |last2=Valentík |first2=M|title=Luke Vibert to release new EP, Turn, on relaunched US label People Of Rhythm|url=https://ra.co/news/41642 |access-date=15 April 2021 |website=Ra |date=5 May 2018 |language=en}}
• His music was used in the later seasons of SpongeBob SquarePants and its spinoff series The Patrick Star Show.{{fact|date=June 2024}}
• The track "Boys and Girls" was used as the end credits theme for The Mighty B!.{{fact|date=June 2024}}

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• {{cite book |last1=Brend |first1=Mark |title=The Sound of Tomorrow: How Electronic Music Was Smuggled into the Mainstream |date=6 December 2012 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-1-62356-153-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oJHFAgAAQBAJ |language=en}}

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• {{official website|http://jeanjacquesperrey.com}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070128040814/http://emusician.com/em_spotlight/perrey_countryman/ November 2006 interview with Perrey]
• {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0000189641}}
• {{Discogs artist|12593-Jean-Jacques-Perrey}}
• {{IMDb name|0674628}}
• [https://www.jstor.org/stable/3681354?seq=1 Jstor.org - Jean-Jacques Perrey y la ondiolina]
• [https://ondioline.com Ondioline.com, curated by Wally De Backer]

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