Electronic Musician Jean-Jacques Perrey on "I've Got a Secret" (November 21, 1966)

[@IntenceCeption]

These guys were so way ahead of their time

[@laikaperraespacial6025]

Decades ahead XD

[@mr.mlaststandsite813]

Centuries even

[@Sprengstoff]

That's what they said in the old days ;)

[@tyronecracky]

I swear the TNA needs to check his Timeline. Something is wrong.

[@malfattio2894]

It's weird to think that the keyboard he's playing was designed in 1941

[@laikaperraespacial6025]

:o

[@angelface8210]

WHAT?!?

[@PrinceOfPixel]

@@angelface8210 This is called ondioline fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ondioline

[@DavidDeshabillz]

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAT

[@white_lotus_rising8812]

In 1939, to be accurate

[@midnightmosesuk]

I love old electronic music. In comparison to what we have today it's seems so primitive but they were so much more innovative and adventurous with the music they created.

[@ThatOneNerd14]

Must be since they were trying to figure out what the rules of Electronic music were, since it seemed like the sky was the limit for an instrument that let you make any sound possible. It's crazy to think that these guys were basically just making music of any type to see the limits of what was possible.

[@yorganyog]

Old music? Because has expiration date? They were more adventurous because Record labels took risks. Nowadays, they just take money and make Garbage. Young people were smarter back then and they could listen anything. Nowadays many Kids are formatted and can ONLY listen few things without getting boring. See why Kate perries, Rihannas etc sound all the same. See the KZbin videos about that.

[@RhythmAddictedState]

7:56 Holy shit, this is amazing!

[@ColinZeal01]

+RhythmAddictedState Surprised that Skrillex hasn't redone this

[@hellnawnaw]

+RhythmAddictedState It's called "Spook in Space" in case you were looking for it

[@RhythmAddictedState]

hellnawnaw Thank you! :)

[@MrAlexeiGil]

+hellnawnaw Spooks*

[@reverendbluejeans1748]

Can you dig it.

[@jhubertful]

so incredible, i've never heard any modern synthesizer replicate vibrato strings as accurately as the ondioline with its trembling keyboard

[@Taskarnin]

This is where analog circuits really shine.

[@Banana_Pony]

@@Taskarnin Exact sentence I was going to say! I also cant believe there isnt a giant Moog-type contraption and room full of patch cables next to this thing haha

[@MS-Patriot2]

Jean-Jaques Perrey was the first synth master I heard as a kid in the ‘60s, it started my journey collecting and enjoying synthesisers. I now have the time to get them out and explore their infinite possibilities.

[@gangulagangulic8989]

And the techno music was born..

[@CaseyVan]

To some extent it's true. Kingsley later on recorded a song called 'Pop Corn' on the Moog Modular which lead to another act making a hit single out of the song. That sound had automated arpeggios, and a dance beat in '72. Look it up.

[@dr.javierchagolla3036]

Los de mi generacion en México, crecimos escuchando muchas canciones de Jean Jaques Perrey..

[@cKHRISFOx]

Gracias a chespirito que las trajo, y las uso sin pagar derechos.

[@MicroUrb]

yep, I am sure you especially heard The Elephant Never Forgets and Baroque Hoedown as they were the theme song to one of the most popular comedies in Mexico and Latin America.

[@wOpzii88]

Ese "Chespirito" solo las utilizó sin dar a conocer al verdadero autor.

[@juanelpito]

Chespirito el pirata

[@amigosindanger]

"no contaban con mi astucia" de usar unos temas musicales ajenos, para mis shows de tv, sin pagar un centavo de regalias por casi 30 años. Ahora ya sabemos porque María Antonieta de las Nieves y Carlos Villagran tuvieron sus rifirrafes con Bolaños...en cuestiones de los derechos de personajes....

[@bobsbrain397]

This is breathtaking, like seeing a time-traveller giving future technology to people in the past, thanks to Gotye for making me aware of the ondioline's existence

[@jamesaustin1988]

"Guess you guys aren't ready for that yet, but your kids are gonna love it!"

[@metrolynn973]

For any of you wondering, the song played is "spooks in space"

[@wiskeydickbomber3384]

youre racist

[@GuyWithAPC]

@@wiskeydickbomber3384 haha lol

[@CZghost]

@@wiskeydickbomber3384 Why?

[@20rewind09]

Thanks!

[@guillermoromerogutierrez4449]

In those performances, Jean-Jacques was the happiest man in the world since he could have the interest of the audience, amaze them and make them laugh all at the same time. Great Jean-Jacques and Jenny the developer of such a magnificent instrument.

[@Poodleinacan]

I bet that during these years, musicians were shitting bricks and being like "There's no way electronic pianos are gonna replace me!" Though, while nowadays, it can replace real instruments, it can't completely replace them. But they are great for economical productions (in terms of using sounds that sound like real instruments. Not everyone is Mike Oldfield).

[@ChainAlgorithm0]

I love how he can modulate it by pressing on the spring-loaded keyboard. That's brilliant. Why don't they have something like that for MIDI???

[@jhubertful]

seriously!

[@DanielGonzalez-gf6oi]

MIDI wasn't even invented back in the 60's

[@jasonmoyer]

The only other synth I can think off, off-hand, with that kind of expressivity is the upper manual on the Yamaha GX-1 which could move up and down and also side to side. I think I've seen something in development within the past year that's aiming for something similar but I can't remember what it was.

[@MrDuncl]

@Jose Benito Juarez Guerrero One of the differences between the £2000 Yamaha Montage and the £900 Yamaha MODX

[@the-np4mr]

@@DanielGonzalez-gf6oi that's the point, op was saying why don't they make something like that for midi

[@Allwaysontop1949]

Their albums got me interested in electronic music back in college. I still compose on my DAW at home.

[@cyclos12]

People were astounded by what we now call every day music

[@EmeraldPixelGamingEPG]

We call it every day because nowadays it's worse. You don't find those genuinely amazing instruments such as the Roland Jupiter 8 anymore.

[@phonotical]

Now why does his simple machine sound much better than even most modern day synthesisers

[@JaydenLawson]

He's so happy playing his Ondioline :)

[@Dreamskater100]

I looked up Ondioline & found lots of good stuff! 🎹

[@JaydenLawson]

@@Dreamskater100 yeah this guy was a legend! Thanks to Wally DeBacker (Gotye) for letting the know about Jacques Perry and his magical Ondioline

[@Matthew-re9pb]

Rip to both of these men 🎹🎼

[@aldoali6173]

Amazing to see Mr, Perrey and Mr Kingsley in action.

[@space_train]

ここからテクノが始まったと思うととても感慨深い。 とても大好きな音で今からずっと昔とは思えない新しいサウンド…

[@pedro89570]

El padre de la Electronica sin Duda :)

[@jotaro.tapatio]

Pensé que michel jean jarre era el papa de la música electrónica

[@capitancondor4401]

Vince clark , Gary numan, depeche mode Y otros! Después Fueron herederos de la musica electrónica.

[@marioserna3564]

@@jotaro.tapatio El fue de la siguiente generacion, Delia Derbyshire, Jean-Jacques Perrey, Gerry Kingsley, Wendy Carlos, Malcom Cecil y muchos mas fueron los que abrieron el camino a la musica electronica.Saludos.

[@ernestosoltero]

¡Hay cosas más viejas mis amigos! Aparte de Maurice Martenot y Leon Theremin (inventores de instrumentos que llevan su apellido), hay que hablar de Karlheinz Stockhausen (Alemania) o Pierre Henry (Francia) quienes venían trabajando desde finales de los años ´40. Claro, era algo más experimental, más basado en los novedosos sonidos que generaba la tecnología que en el ritmo o la melodía. Hoy día lo catalogarían de arte sonoro...

[@andrelizar249]

El compuso el arreglo del tema del chavo del 8 y Chespirito se lo robó

[@_Patobot]

WOWW!!! looks like JJ Perrey came from the year 3000!!! 2020 and it still sounds fantactic!!!! :O

[@johnman1286]

I bought an 8-track tape in a clearance sale when I was a young kid and it was the in sound from way out album. I listened to it for years and got the CD when that came out. Still play the mp3's ripped from the CD to this day 45 years later. And now I get to see them perform that song from the album from all those years ago. Thanks for posting this.

[@JamFeliix]

i really like how electronic music evolved, and to hear what it sounded like in the 60s gets me a bit emotional :)

[@measlyfurball37]

It is absolutely delightful to see this! The awe and wonder of the audience, the confusion of the judges unable to wrap their heads around what his instrument could possibly be- what a marvelous view into the past and the early days of electronic music.

[@MusicandGame23]

In 60s, electronic music still new and never knew what is it but Jacques Perrey doing it :))

[@TheUnreadableUser]

I've spent countless hours watching their performance together because it's so weird thinking they composed this in the 60s. To think that Jean Jacques died in 2016 and Kingsley in 2019 breaks my heart. I would've LOVED meeting perrey.

[@renat8n]

what a beautiful reverb from the studio!

[@RebootMX]

Simplemente emocionado y he vivido pensando que solo habia musica electronica apartir de los 90, vivan los 60 creadores de este estilo que hoy en dia enriquece la música

[@tucancosmicodelosmaresdebo8718]

Gustavo Adolfo G. Quirazco x2, pues ya vez el intro del chavo del 8 el programa es de los 70 y contiene una canción de este señor

[@ecucenter9604]

Yeah.... Precious video

[@yorgle]

I've never seen footage of Jean-Jacques Perrey before, but now I just want to hug him. :D

[@hugoeduardolimasaguilar4585]

fl studio of 1966 xD

[@andremartinez4689]

Hugo Eduardo Limas Aguilar MOOG xd

[@clifford87]

Miss this man every day. I used to listen to his music on repeat for hours back in school, would always just go completely wild

[@Matthew-re9pb]

I sure had fun going through his discography...

[@SteveStalzle]

This was so cool. I am a big fan of their work. I never knew that they were on TV, doing a number from THE IN-SOUND, FROM WAY OUT!😀

[@Daring2Win]

My confusion is, how did this not take the world by storm? Expense, no demand, too cumbersome? This thing is amazing

[@Frigoni]

5:11 "That's horrible alright"

[@Dreamskater100]

I know! Why did he say that?!

[@0505121968]

@@Dreamskater100 bc 4:50

[@ivanmay7890]

The Ondioline is not a synthesizer, but it is an analog keyboard that can imitate dozens of sounds of musical instruments and which also predates the synthesizer by several years.

[@audiodood]

it’s a synthesizer

[@KyleWhitlock-Music]

RIP Jean. This was way ahead very happy music!

[@leandrovidela9983]

Esto es una joya de hallazgo !!! A esta altura.

[@akenaton97]

Para esa epoca el ya habia producido el mejor disco de música electrónica popular incluso antes de popcorn. Una belleza

[@cazcarolwhite]

Thanks for sharing - this is a real reminder of how our world has changed so much and seems just so quaint!

[@jackcarver33700]

EDM History dude thank you!! RIP in the paradise of music

[@DeadKoby]

The records that they made are VERY FUN....... Instrumental stuff that really works well for families. These songs make my kids laugh.

[@leonardomusica3291]

Increible..... adelantado a su época...Genial!!!!!!!!!!!

[@dannybelgium]

The pioneer of electronic music

[@gerarddip]

So expressive, even back then! The wiggling keyboard is an interesting idea, I wish more keyboards had that feature nowadays.

[@Persun_McPersonson]

Yeah, it's a shame it's hard to find expressive keyboard instruments even now.

[@epinette_blanc]

WOW magnifique !!!!

[@kworld01]

I was 6 years old at this time. Now I create everything with Logic 9!

[@toditron]

thanks so much for posting this. it's great to see these guys perform live.

[@tukatuka165]

R.I.P.

[@astrophonix]

Gershon Kingsley (who would later write Popcorn, a 1970's hit for Hot Butter) is playing a Hohner Clavinet and Perrey is playing an Ondioline, but I'm damned if I can tell what that other keyboard is that seems to play taped sound effects like a Mellotron but also has some kind of pitch slider like an Odnes Martinot.

[@JonasClark]

I'm honestly not sure what instrument created the glissandi (an Ondes Martenot is as good a guess as any), but as with many bands performing on TV in that era, "Spooks In Space" is the pre-recorded track, to which they're miming along. The first Perrey & Kingsley album was pre-Moog Synthesizer, but Perrey was already modifying sounds, recording them, and re-splicing them; the taped sound effects were of that format, and I think Perrey was just trying to mime as best he could as though they were playing live. Everything up to his duet with Kingsley is live playing. There's another (two-part) clip of Perrey on "I've Got A Secret," which shows more live playing.

[@kyma1999x]

astrophonix these are two models of same instrument...the ondioline. the black faced and smaller was the newer model, the other the old one. we used it on our new record, real one not sampled libraries, it is unreleased yet...always loved it since i was a child.

[@RaulRamosRazo]

Perrey & Kingsley. Bravo!

[@cimagenproyectosmobiliario3579]

Me saco el sombrero ante tremendo maestro

[@maddanmusic]

really the inventive talents of these early synth pioneers..thank you all ...smile

[@WumpMucket]

Fantastic!😁

[@Initial_Gain]

Mr. Perry and team deserve the title of a piano book I used to learn by the title: "Hours with The Masters". 🇲🇹

[@gilbertosesparza1265]

Genious of music and electronic instruments..

[@ulisesramirezsalinas]

these guys are the creator of the Music of the Boy of 8, chavo del ocho

[@lalomillar6335]

no,...Gomez Bolañoz la utilizó sin pagar derechos,..cosa que le costo a Televisa un millon de dolares de la época tras la demande de Perrey.

[@darkuaza]

@spike Jajaja boy of 8, se mamó, pinshi ingles nivel C2 que tiene Ulises

[@rotcivoinotna5767]

Sólo di "el chavo del ocho". No necesitas traducir el nombre del programa.

[@ulisesramirezsalinas]

@@lalomillar6335 Sorry bruh, I don't understand spanish

[@cristinazolo-zales7220]

Merci je ne connaissais pas cet grand personnage monsieur JEAN JACQUES PERREY Salut l'artiste

[@Jon19p]

Rest in peace, Jean Jacques Perrey and Gershon Kingsley.

[@DanFiebiger]

Jean-Jacques Perrey, with Gershon Kingsley, put out several albums on the Vanguard Label in the 60s. Perrey was also a master of tape loops, and used them heavily on his light pop songs. Their most often heard tune is "BAROQUE HOEDOWN" from their impressive 1967 album, "KALEIDOSCOPIC VIBRATIONS", which Disney used in the Light Parade shows at their theme parks. The tune they play here is called "Spooks in Space" which starts side 2 of their 1965 "IN SOUND FROM WAY OUT" album.

[@alondathomas293]

I only found out about Perrey's after finding out that Gang Starr sampled one of his early '70s tunes for their classic 1990 rap tune "Just To Get A Rep". I had no idea there was existing footage of Perrey doing his thing---this is cool to see!

[@cesarbravo822]

7:15 notice it had vibrato too!

[@Matthew-re9pb]

That guy must have been gutted that he played it better, and not spending hours learning his instrument...dude got sonned

[@pryingeyes1551]

That impressed the hell out of me.

[@AnthonyMonaghan]

I wonder why The Beatles never got there hands on one of these. I know Al Cooper played one, but who else? Beats me. Pretty cool precursor to the synthesiser. Thanks for this interesting time piece. That last track they played is WAAYYY OUT.

[@sinamor77]

Is it not a synthesiser?

[@AnthonyMonaghan]

Juan Jiménez Not as such. It pre dates the synthesiser by a few decades. I'm not sure what sets them apart, but I think it would be a stretch to call it a synthesiser. A photo synth maybe, like the Mellotron?

[@druuuuuuuu1]

The blues project did!

[@ramchickedy9570]

The performance in the end is what you watch the video for. The true scientists of sound!

[@AndyThomasStaff]

wtf this is awesome. shows the true creativity of electronic music if someone comes in to it with actual musical training

[@Dreamskater100]

This is amazing.

[@BortPlate]

When he played the violin sound on the keys @7:15, the keys seems to vibrate up and down. Does anyone know if that is a "feature" which effects the sound (vibrato)?

[@kielwb]

Per Wikipedia, The Ondioline was capable of creating a wide variety of sounds. Its keyboard had a unique feature: it was suspended on special springs which made it possible to introduce a natural vibrato if the player moved the keyboard (not the entire instrument) from side to side (laterally) with their playing hand. The result was an almost human-like vibrato that lent a wide range of expression to the Ondioline. The keyboard was also pressure-sensitive, and the instrument had a knee volume lever, as well.

[@KrakenMan5853]

This would've been in color. But, all we have left is this B&W Kinescope. Perrey and Kingley is most famous in the game show world for The Savers, which became the theme from The Joker's Wild.

[@zibobpompon5768]

C'est génial !!!! Quelle inventivité et la ligne mélodique vraiment ravissante ca vous emporte dans un décors d'antan sur des chameaux a la recherche du diamant vert !!!

[@joeyspider]

the dad of the sintetic music, disco and more jean

[@fuegoloco78]

El programa número uno de la televisión humorística

[@estroncio64]

2 legends.

[@techino1979]

estaba adelantado 60 años a su época

[@L3Xstuff]

Amazing! Such a musical genius!

[@sandratorpoco6448]

Que hermoso 👏👏👏

[@ataritab]

¡Wow! :o ¡¡El era todo un genio!!

[@jeremymcclure3372]

Dj's playing house music 40 years before it was invented...imagine what they could do now

[@krauzorion]

8:31 I love it at all, it's amazing!!!

[@rrgomes]

Of all the old Goodson-Todman game shows, IGAS is probably the most interesting now with respect to "how times have changed". There were many shows over the years that highlighted new technology and cultural trends, and I love seeing these from our half-century perspective.

[@hurricanefury439]

Perrey & Kingsley are my musical heroes

[@kevintwin7777]

This is gold thanks for uploading

[@williamjordan5554]

The host was also the first host of the Tonight Show. Steve Allen.

[@shayneoneill1506]

Fun little fact. The musician Gotye (the "Somebody I used to know" guy) was a friend with Perry in Perrys sunset years, and after Perry passed, Gotye managed to release a catalogue of previously unheard Perry recordings, and has since been working to preserve the old Ondiolines and even set up a chamber ensemble of Ondiolines to play some of this music

[@Persun_McPersonson]

That's actually really cool!

[@s.j7423]

oh this so beautiful

[@togethia]

The host is so patronising "those are cash registers or something on the other side" @ 4:34

[@AccountingRaiding]

+togethia This was normal is early era television programs.

[@911truthfarmer]

Steve Allen is/was the pioneer of the late night variety talk show and game show and was one of the greatest entertainers of all time, a brilliant comedian, actor, musician, writer. He wrote by his own claim about 8500 songs, several that became hits, numerous books and was an avid philosophy student. The best comedians that followed him cite him as their major influence. Check him out. To call him patronizing is, no offense intended, but somewhat ignorant. He was incredibly kind and wise so I seriously doubt his comment was intended as patronizing and didn't come off that way to me.

[@greenrobot5]

He was just trying to make the audience laugh, but if you notice, nobody did.

[@Eth4nRyu]

Ahh, The EDM has been born.

[@nilorodriguez7132]

Cancer IDM*

[@cthuluspawn6697]

Ain't edm yet just electric

[@Poodleinacan]

All those girls saying they like EDM (Cancer-DM), should like those sort of musics.

[@tinchociento22]

Pionero de la electrónica!

[@franciousth3d]

Amazing

[@k3yco]

Many Thankz

[@duncan-rmi]

au revoir JJP.

[@911truthfarmer]

Humans are amazing! This is so progressive!

[@illegalquantity]

They were pioneers of electronic music

[@lonebriefcase]

There are inventors and then there are innovators

[@PATROUXAMBIENTMUSIC]

impressive at this time and also the period the Mellotron was launched on the Market ( all the sounds were recorded on different tapes inside an heavy instrument and could be played on a keyboard ...with prohibitive price of 5200$ at this time reserved for rich musicians and produced in limited quantity less than 100 units) ...not so far later in 1969 Pink Floyd created their album Middle with amazing sounds using the VCS3 synthesizer :o)

[@mayzon111222]

What a genius!

[@carlosantuckwell]

First commercially available synthesizers. But if you research electronic instruments, you will find that this was Not new in 1966. Wikipedia lists the "Telharmonium" as the first example in 1897, then came the Theremin in 1924 (invented by Russian Lev Termen). So many things were done way earlier than most people (including myself til I found out) think. For instance, Revolution 9 sound collage style was first done by Walter Ruttman in 1928 (only he didn't have multi-tracks, just the one, so he had to use a sequence of interesting sounds -- he couldn't make more than one set of sounds on top of others, like John & Yoko did...and Paul McCartney before them in 1966, and Stockhausen in 1958 ("Carré"), and John Cage in 1939 ("First Construction").

[@HuntersMoon78]

From 7:56 that is amazing

[@leandrovidela9983]

Cultura hermosa y útil

[@JumbleTasteSpinning]

AMAZING!!!!!!!!

[@Owdfolkie]

Hard to believe that Georges Jenny patented the Ondioline as far back as March 17th 1941!