First Single! 'Funky Little Spacegirl'

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DESTINATION SPACE

Jean-Jacques Perrey is a legendary pioneer in electronic music, and “Destination Space” is his 22nd album in his long career of many classic Moog and analog influenced albums. He has been sampled or celebrated from everyone from Ice T, Dr. Dre, Fatboy Slim, The Beastie Boys, Smashmouth, Negativland, They Might Be Giants to The Beatles to name a few.

Perrey's music partner is arranger and composer Dana Countryman. The CD was recorded in Countryman’s studio in Seattle and blazes new musical territory, this time adding rock and spy themes to their happy-go-lucky space age science fiction tunes. They even get funky with a Moog-ed out dance tune and first single, "Funky Little Spacegirl."

"Beyond The Milky Way" is Perrey and Countryman's first song written with lyrics. Always aiming to surprise, the musical duo used computers to synthesize and create artificial voices for the song. The effect becomes an eerie version of "The Carpenters Meet ELO in Outer Space."

"Destination Space" Track Listing:

• Prologue
• Destination Space
• The Spy From Outer Space
• Kittens On The Moon
• Café Brasilia
• The Mysterious Mr. Him
• Funky Little Spacegirl
• Rhapsody
• The Girl From Berlin
• Barn Dance On Saturn
• Agent 29's Escape
• Venusian Love Duet
• 18th Century Robot
• Little Brown Moog
• Calypso Electronica
• Pour L'amour De Toi
• Beyond The Milky Way
• Gymnopédie No. 1

 

THE HAPPY ELECTROPOP MUSIC MACHINE

“Over the last 50 years of the 20th Century, the world has been in such turmoil. Today, more than ever, Mankind continues to face so many negative influences. So, many years ago, I decided to make it my musical mission composing ‘Happy Music For Smiles and Laughs’ to contribute by bringing more optimism, humor and faith in the future to all my brothers and sisters of this planet” – Jean-Jacques Perrey

The Happy Electropop Music Machine is the new Jean-Jacques Perrey/Dana Countryman collaboration. This project is an insanely happy instrumental collection of original tunes which also includes a handful of melodies by other composers. Using classic “Moog” style analog synthesizers, as well as acoustic instruments, the CD is styled to be very retro, and very happy!

"The Happy Electropop Music Machine" Track Listing:

• Atomic Twist
• Pizzicato Samba
• Cosmic Cowboys And Indians
• Edith Von Aachenburg (In Memory of Edith Piaf)
• Mame
• The Whistling Cosmonauts
• The Typewriter
• Harry’s Rag
• Hernando’s Hideaway/Tico Tico
• The Good Old Days
• Chicken On The Rocks
• Forever Moog (In Memory of Robert Moog)
• The Stars And Stripes Forever
• Troll’s Story
• Morning Theme
• The Gate of Thule
• The Arrival of the Queen
• Triumphant Return of the Adventurers
• The Queen’s Minuet
• Furioso Disco
• Furioso Disco (Bran Flakes Remix)

“Over the last 50 years of the 20th Century, the world has been in such turmoil. Today, more than ever, Mankind continues to face so many negative influences. So, many years ago, I decided to make it my musical mission composing ‘Happy Music For Smiles and Laughs’ to contribute by bringing more optimism, humor and faith in the future to all my brothers and sisters of this planet” – Jean-Jacques Perrey

The Happy Electropop Music Machine is the new Jean-Jacques Perrey/Dana Countryman collaboration. This project is an insanely happy instrumental collection of original tunes which also includes a handful of melodies by other composers. Using classic “Moog” style analog synthesizers, as well as acoustic instruments, the CD is styled to be very retro, and very happy!

Tracks:

• Atomic Twist
• Pizzicato Samba
• Cosmic Cowboys And Indians
• Edith Von Aachenburg (In Memory of Edith Piaf)
• Mame
• The Whistling Cosmonauts
• The Typewriter
• Harry’s Rag
• Hernando’s Hideaway/Tico Tico
• The Good Old Days
• Chicken On The Rocks
• Forever Moog (In Memory of Robert Moog)
• The Stars And Stripes Forever
• Troll’s Story
• Morning Theme
• The Gate of Thule
• The Arrival of the Queen
• Triumphant Return of the Adventurers
• The Queen’s Minuet
• Furioso Disco
• Furioso Disco (Bran Flakes Remix)