Dominique Perrier

Dominique Perrier
Born1948 (1948)
Died4 October 2023(2023-10-04) (aged 72–73)
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)Musician
Composer
Film director

Dominique Perrier (16 February 1948 – 4 October 2023) was a French electronic musician, composer, and film director.[1] He often accompanied Jean-Michel Jarre onstage and was an important figure in the groups Space Art and Stone Age.

Biography

Born in 1948, Perrier started music by practicing the cello before learning the piano and organ. He was a musician for the likes of Michel Fugain, Alain Bashung, Il était une fois, F. R. David, Gipsy Kings, Louis Chedid, and Gilbert Bécaud.

Perrier met Jean-Michel Jarre in 1973 during the recording of the album les Paradis perdus by Christophe. He then played keyboards, such as the Eminent 310 Unique, and joined Jarre in concerts in China.

In 1992, under the pseudonym "Terracotta", Perrier joined the Breton group Stone Age, which mixed Celtic music with electronics.[2] He also recorded music for the 2005 film Les gens honnêtes vivent en France [fr], directed by Bob Decout [fr].[3]

Perrier was married to Janet Woollacott until her death in 2011.[4] He died on 4 October 2023.[5]

Discography

With Space Art

  • Space Art (1977)
  • Trip in the Center Head (1979)
  • Play Back (1980)
  • Dominique Perrier Project - Space Art Tribute (2012)
  • Space Art - Entrevues (2020)

With Christophe

With Jean-Michel Jarre

  • Les Concerts en Chine (concerts et album) (1981)
  • Rendez-Vous (1986)
  • Concert de Houston (1986)
  • Revolution (1988)
  • Concerts de Londres Destination Docklands (1988)
  • En Attendant Cousteau (1990)
  • Concert de Paris la Défense (1990)
  • Chronologie (1993)
  • Tournée Europe en Concert (1993)
  • Concert à Moscou et tournée Oxygène tours (1997)
  • Oxygène 30th anniversary edition - Live in your living room (2007)
  • Oxygène tour (2008 and 2009)

With Stone Age

  • Stone Age (L'Enchanteur) (1994)
  • Les Chronovoyageurs (1997)
  • Promessa (2000)
  • Totems d'Armorique (2007)

Others

  • Raging Fists (1975)
  • Les gens honnêtes vivent en France (2005)

References

  1. ^ "Perrier, Dominique (19..-.... ; musicien)". Bibliothèque nationale de France (in French).
  2. ^ "Stone Age". Le Télégramme (in French). 22 April 1998. Archived from the original on 8 September 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  3. ^ Abril, Victoria; Putzulu, Bruno; de Fougerolles, Henri (2006). Les gens honnêtes vivent en France (in French). Bordeaux: Cdiscount.
  4. ^ "Janette Woollacott, grand amour et seule femme de Claude François, est morte". Purepeople (in French). 16 November 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Hommage à Dominique Perrier". Aerezone MJ (in French). 5 April 2014.

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