Jean-Jacques Perrey

Sydney Festival Review: Gotye’s Tribute to Jean-Jacques Perrey is a love letter to an electro music pioneer

The name Jean-Jacques Perrey could mean everything and absolutely nothing to different people. Perrey was a musical chameleon and the first and only virtuoso of the Ondioline, a rare French electronic musical instrument and precursor to the modern synthesiser. Perrey’s work has been sampled by rap artists, played on South Park and garnered the likes…

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Gotye set to return home with the music of Jean-Jacques Perrey for MOFO 2018

It makes sense that Gotye‘s return to Australia would have to be with something a little special, no? The musician has been announced on the 2018 MOFO line up with a premiere performance alongside the Ondioline Orchestra. Paying tribute to the late French electronic composer Jean-Jacques Perrey, Gotye has already been named as a program highlight of next year…

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