PERREY-KINGSLEY

The collaboration of Jean-Jacques Kingsley and Gershon Kingsley produced two records which, along with Walter Carlos' "Switched-On Bach," helped to bring electronic music into the popular music realm. Regarded as equal parts innovation and novelty, their work earned a great deal of media attention, from television appearances to cutting-edge commercials. Click either album's page for audio clips.

KALEIDOSCOPIC VIBRATIONS: SPOTLIGHT ON THE MOOG

This second work by the Perrey-Kingsley duo was very much a sequel to the first. Using the same tape technique mentioned above, they now provided a backing for the
Moog synthesizer, an altogether new and dynamic instrument which paved the way for the future of electronic music.

Gershon Kingsley and Jean-Jacques Perrey on The Mike Douglass Show

THE IN SOUND FROM WAY OUT

"The In Sound From Way Out" was a recording of remarkable prescience. For this project, Gershon Kingsley (who was the staff arranger at Vanguard Records) and Jean-Jacques Perrey spent months producing and organizing taped sounds from the natural world as well as electronic effects. From these small bits of audio tape, they assembled carefully synchronized loops which would serve as unique textural backgrounds for live musicians playing new musical arrangements and original compositions. The record also featured the Jenny Ondioline, a curious French keyboard instrument whose keys the player actually shook to produce an expressive vibrato effect on the sound.

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Originally published by Vanguard Records, both of these classic recordings may now be purchased as a single compact disc.

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