Officially released today - the new CD by Jean-Jacques Perrey and Dana Countryman! Two years in the creation, with lots of help from our talented musician friends, and our fabulous production team, it's a great feeling to finally know that it is OUT! http://tinyurl.com/46jtfx 30-sec audio samples at: http://tinyurl.com/6ptho9 ****** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OGLIO RECORDS RELEASES NEW JEAN-JACQUES PERREY / DANA COUNTRYMAN CD: "DESTINATION SPACE" (Dateline: Los Angeles - The Oglio Entertainment Group, Inc., September 23rd, 2008 release) JEAN-JACQUES PERREY: STILL WRITING, RECORDING AND ROCKING AT AGE 80 ******* Oglio Entertainment Group, Inc. has released the new Jean-Jacques Perrey / Dana Countryman CD, "DESTINATION SPACE". The CD is a new, all-instrumental collection of 17 original tunes, featuring Perrey's trademark craziness, but this time veering into Spy Rock and Science Fiction themes. Using classic 3Moog2 synthesizers, the CD is styled to be very retro, and very futuristic.. At 80-years old, Jean-Jacques Perrey is a legend, and a pioneer in the popular electronic music field, and he continues to be a favorite and honored performer at electronic music festivals around the world. In the two years since their last Oglio CD ("THE HAPPY ELECTROPOP MUSIC MACHINE"), Perrey and Countryman have performed their special brand of crazy electronic pop in Germany, Norway, England, Holland, France, Switzerland, Romania, Russia and the United States. Young audiences have great respect for this living legend of electronic pop music, who, unlike many other musicians his age, is still composing, still performing and still rocking. 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. Perrey's "E.V.A." has been sampled by countless popular Hip-hop and Rap artists, including Ice T, Dr. Dre, Fatboy Slim, and many, many others. His music has been featured in countless commercials, and even THE BEATLES featured one of his tunes on one of their famous Christmas recordings! The Beastie Boys, Smashmouth, Negativland, They Might Be Giants, and Luke Vibert (to name just a few) have all paid tribute to Perrey in their own music. Perrey's music partner for "DESTINATION SPACE" is Seattle arranger and composer Dana Countryman. The duo have appeared in concert together in clubs and music festivals in Europe and America. The new CD was recorded in Countryman's studio, in the Seattle area. A culmination of two year's intense work, this CD blazes new musical territory for Perrey and Countryman, this time veering into more rock themes, and they even get funky with a Moog-ed out dance tune: "FUNKY LITTLE SPACEGIRL." Besides Perrey's famous happy-go-lucky space-age pop tunes, "DESTINATION SPACE" also features several new "Spy-Rock" tunes, and Science-Fiction themed musical creations. The closing song to "Destination Space" is "BEYOND THE MILKY WAY", Perrey and Countryman's first song, written with lyrics. Always aiming to surprise, the musical duo used computers to synthesize to create artificial singing voices for the song, instead of merely bringing in real singers. The effect becomes an eerie version of "The Carpenters Meet ELO in Outer Space." "DESTINATION SPACE" is Perrey's 22nd album in his long career, and at age 80, he is showing no signs of slowing down. Perrey and Countryman will be performing two very special shows in NYC and Montreal, to debut songs from the new CD: *********** TWO UPCOMING Perrey & Countryman performances: NEW YORK CITY: Jean-Jacques Perrey and Dana Countryman, with Circuit Parade Oct. 1st, 2008, 7:00 PM (Le) Poisson Rouge 158 Bleecker Street New York, NY 11205 Info Line 212.505.FISH http://www.brownpapertickets.com/producerevent/39679?prod_id=8035 MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA Jean-Jacques Perrey and Dana Countryman, with Unireverse Oct. 3rd, 2008, 8 pm MONTREAL POP FESTIVAL Cabaret du Musee Juste Pour Rire 2111 Boul St. Laurent Montreal, Québec (514) 845 - 2014 http://popmontreal.com/en/node/3104 ***** For more information about Perrey and Countryman's CD "DESTINATION SPACE", please contact: Craig Melone Hands On Public Relations (310) 341-3201 Perrey and Countryman's web sites are at: http://www.jeanjacquesperrey.com http://www.danacountryman.com
