Jean-Jacques Perrey and Dana Countryman

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:
1. Prologue
2. Destination Space
3. The Spy From Outer Space
4. Kittens On The Moon
5. Café Brasilia
6. The Mysterious Mr. Him
7. Funky Little Spacegirl
8. Rhapsody
9. The Girl From Berlin
10. Barn Dance On Saturn
11. Agent 29's Escape
12. Venusian Love Duet
13. 18th Century Robot
14. Little Brown Moog
15. Calypso Electronica
16. Pour L'amour De Toi
17. Beyond The Milky Way
18. 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:

1. Atomic Twist
2. Pizzicato Samba
3. Cosmic Cowboys And Indians
4. Edith Von Aachenburg (In Memory of Edith Piaf)
5. Mame
6. The Whistling Cosmonauts
7. The Typewriter
8. Harry’s Rag
9. Hernando’s Hideaway/Tico Tico
10. The Good Old Days
11. Chicken On The Rocks
12. Forever Moog (In Memory of Robert Moog)
13. The Stars And Stripes Forever
14. Troll’s Story
15. Morning Theme
16. The Gate of Thule
17. The Arrival of the Queen
18. Triumphant Return of the Adventurers
19. The Queen’s Minuet
20. Furioso Disco
21. Furioso Disco (Bran Flakes Remix)