THE HAPPY ELECTROPOP MUSIC MACHINE 
Press Release

This August, Oglio Records will release the new Jean-Jacques Perrey / Dana Countryman CD, THE HAPPY ELECTROPOP MUSIC MACHINE. The CD is an insanely-happy instrumental collection of original tunes, and also includes five 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.

Jean-Jacques Perrey is a legend, and a pioneer in the popular electronic music field. He was the second musician to ever own a Moog Synthesizer, and one of the first to record with it, way back in 1966. Over the past five decades, Perrey has released many classic MOOG albums, featuring his trademark crazy tape loops and his catchy original melodies. His theme "Baroque Hoedown" (co-composed with Gershon Kingsley) has been featured as part of Disneyland's much-loved "Main Street Electrical Parade" for over 30 years. Even today, Perrey's music has been sampled by countless popular Hip-hop and Rap artists, including Ice T, DJ Premier, Gangstarr, and many others. At age 77, Perrey is still very much active, and still creating "Music for Smiles and Laughs".

Perrey's music partner for THE HAPPY ELECTROPOP MUSIC MACHINE is Dana Countryman, the former musical mastermind behind Seattle's beloved comedy cabaret act The Amazing Pink Things. The groups' songs have been featured on The Dr. Demento Show, and they performed on television's The Arsensio Hall Show. Countryman was also the publisher and editor of the eclectic music publication Cool and Strange Music Magazine, which was the medium through which the two musicians met up and hit it off.

Perrey and Countryman co-wrote their original music for THE HAPPY ELECTROPOP MUSIC MACHINE in an interesting way...

Since Perrey lives in France, and Countryman lives in the United States, they sent each other unfinished tunes by MiniDisc through the mail, and also sent mp3 files over the internet. They each added new music to each other's tunes, and discussed the arrangements, communicating by e-mail and by voice, talking through their computers via Skype - the internet telephone service.

Perrey then traveled to Countryman's recording studio in Everett, Washington, near Seattle, where they worked intensely, recording in 12-hour sessions for weeks on end. The result of these marathon sessions has resulted in THE HAPPY ELECTROPOP MUSIC MACHINE, their first CD together.

Perrey comments: "Today, more than ever, mankind continues to face so many negative influences. So, many years ago I decided to make it my musical mission to contribute by bringing more optimism, humor and faith in the future to all my brothers and sisters of
this planet."

THE HAPPY ELECTROPOP MUSIC MACHINE is a light-hearted and playful CD, designed with no other purpose other than to "make people feel good." Musical guest stars on the CD include session greats Dick Hyman, Vinnie Bell and Robert Drasnin, among many others.

A recent Perrey/Countryman concert in Berlin, Germany had a sell-out crowd, and that performance will be released soon on DVD. To support the release of new THE HAPPY ELECTROPOP MUSIC MACHINE, Perrey and Countryman will be performing the new album in a mini-tour of concert venues this August, starting in Seattle, and continuing on to San Francisco and Los Angeles.

A tour of the United Kingdom is planned for the Spring of 2007, followed by a tour of Japan, later that year.

THE HAPPY ELECTROPOP MUSIC MACHINE is a refreshing "blast from the past", focusing on catchy melodies, at a time when interest in the Moog synthesizer is suddenly in vogue again.

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Perrey and Countryman's web sites are at:
http://www.jeanjacquesperrey.com
http://www.danacountryman.com