Kaleidoscopic Vibrations: Electronic Pop Music From Way Out
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| Studio album by Perrey and Kingsley | ||||
| Released | 1967 | |||
| Recorded | 1967 | |||
| Genre | Electronic music | |||
| Length | 32:42 | |||
| Label | Vanguard Records | |||
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Kaleidoscopic Vibrations: Electronic Pop Music From Way Out was a 1967 release of the second collaboration between electronic musicians Perrey and Kingsley. It was released on Vanguard Records, an independent label in Santa Monica, California, as Catalog # VSD-79264. In 1971, it was re-released using different cover artwork and under a new title: Kaleidoscopic Vibrations: Spotlight on the Moog. This album is one of the first to include a track using the Moog synthesizer, that being “The Savers”. This was recorded early 1966 when a friendship started between Jean-Jacques Perrey and Robert Moog, the creator of the Moog synthesizer. Perrey and Kingsley's idea for Kaleidoscopic Vibrations: Spotlight on the Moog was to create an optimistic and humorous feel to their music. In doing so they caught the attention of Walt Disney Productions, and their song "Baroque Hoedown" has been the theme song for Disney's Main Street Electrical Parade and its various iterations since 1972.
In 1967, Perrey and Kingsley decided to release a second album as a follow up to their first production, “The In Sound from the Way Out.” Referred to as the “French tape wizard,” Jean-Jacques Perrey and German born Gershon Kingsley used the Moog synthesizer and Ondioline as well as tape, scissors and recordings of acoustic instruments to create "Kaleidoscopic Vibrations: Electronic Music from Way Out." Perrey and Kingsley had used the Ondioline and splicing methods on their first album, but the Moog synthesizer was implemented on this album since Perrey and Robert (Bob) Moog had become friends around the time. Kingsley had also been inspired to use the Moog synthesizer after viewing some in action at a live New York Museum of Modern Art concert. The result of their labor was the fourteen track album that has been used in commercials, TV shows and other settings.
The track entitled "Baroque Hoedown" is used as the underlying music in Disney’s Main Street Electrical Parade. In 1971, shortly after the opening of Walt Disney World, the President of Walt Disney Productions was concerned with the little attention being paid to Disneyland, so a project was started to design a nighttime event for the park that would keep visitors into the evening hours. What transpired was the creation of the Main Street Electrical Parade. Disneyland’s Vice President of Entertainment Bob Jani had considered using the symphonic music from the movie Fantasia (as the background music for the parade, but Producer Jack Wagner felt the music should be electronic rather than orchestral. Wagner’s album collection included Spotlight on the Moog: Kaleidoscopic Vibrations by Jean Jacques Perrey and Gershon Kingsley, and the song Baroque Hoedown was chosen because of its ideal tempo for parade choreography. Baroque Hoedown would serve as the musical base the entire parade and the musical rights were quickly obtained by Vanguard Records, though it wasn't until 1980 that the artists realized that their song was connected with a Disney Parade. The parade has had a continual run in Disney’s theme parks worldwide since its premier at Disneyland on June 17, 1972. The song has also been used in other Disney theme park productions, such as Light Magic, Remember... Dreams Come True, and the Paint the Night Electrical Parade.
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