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Jean-Jacques Perrey
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Jean-Jacques Perrey (January 20, 1929 – November 4, 2016) was a French electronic music producer and he was an early pioneer in the genre.… read moreJean-Jacques Perrey (January 20, 1929 – November 4, 2016) was a French electronic music producer and he was an early pioneer in the genre. He was a member of the electronic music duo Perrey & Kingsley. An avant-gardist with sense of… read moreJean-Jacques Perrey (January 20, 1929 – November 4, 2016) was a French electronic music producer and he was an early pioneer in the genre. He was a member of the electronic music duo Perrey & Kingsley. An avant-gardist with sense of daftness, his name resounded throughout the land since the … read more
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Perrey & Kingsley
14,292 listeners
The musical duo Perrey and Kingsley (Jean-Jacques Perrey (1929—2016) and Gershon Kingsley, (1922—2019), were pioneers in the field of elect… read moreThe musical duo Perrey and Kingsley (Jean-Jacques Perrey (1929—2016) and Gershon Kingsley, (1922—2019), were pioneers in the field of electronic music. Prior to their collaboration in 1964, electronic music was considered to be purely av… read moreThe musical duo Perrey and Kingsley (Jean-Jacques Perrey (1929—2016) and Gershon Kingsley, (1922—2019), were pioneers in the field of electronic music. Prior to their collaboration in 1964, electronic music was considered to be purely avant-garde. They were among the first to create electronic mu… read more
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Mort Garson
382,418 listeners
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40,718 listeners
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Dick Hyman
71,326 listeners
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Wendy Carlos
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Isao Tomita
105,340 listeners
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They Might Be Giants
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"Weird Al" Yankovic
939,174 listeners
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