Jean-Jacques Perrey
Jean-Jacques Perrey was a French electronic music composer born on January 20,
1929 in Amiens, and died on November 4, 2016 in Lausanne, Switzerland. He began
his musical career as an accordionist, then left his medical studies to become a
representative of the Ondioline, an electronic instrument that was the precursor
of the synthesizer. In 1957, he recorded his first album, Prélude au Sommeil. He
then befriended Bob Moog, becoming one of the very first artists to use the
inventor's device, the Moog, exclusively. In 1965, Perrey formed a duo with his
British counterpart Gershon ...
