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Jean-Jacques Perrey (born 20 January 1929, Amiens, France - died 4 November 2016, Lausanne, Switzerland) was a French electronic musician and composer, recognized as an early pioneer in the electronic music genre. Initially studying medicine in Paris, he met the inventor of the Ondioline, which led him to quit medical school and travel across Europe demonstrating this keyboard, a precursor to modern synthesizers. At the age of 30, he moved to New York City, where he was sponsored by an unnamed individual who provided him with an experimental laboratory and recording studio. There, he developed a new process for generating rhythms with sequences and loops, incorporating environmental sounds from musique concrète. Using scissors, splicing tape, and tape recorders, he created a unique and comedic vision of the future. In New York, Perrey befriended another musician and became one of the first Moog musicians, producing "far out electronic entertainment." In 1965, he collaborated with a former associate of another unnamed individual, and together they produced two albums, "The In Sound from Way Out!" (1966) and "Moog Indigo" (1967), utilizing the Ondioline and Perrey's loops. Additionally, he worked on sound design for radio and television advertising. After returning to France, Perrey continued his career by composing for television, scoring for ballet, and conducting medical research into therapeutic sounds for insomniacs. Some of his

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