The Wonderful Delia Derbyshire

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crumble Joined: Sep 09, 2008 Posts: 3158 Guildford England	Posted on Dec 11 2016 08:18 AM I'm old enough to remember the first episodes of Doctor Who so why I thought the original theme tune was Synthesiser based I can't say. After analysing the piece on a wave editor and hearing backwards tape sounds I decided to investigate further. Delia Derbyshire invented her own Analog-Audio-Workstation running 4 tape recorders in sync, changed the way we listened to music (think the Beatles psychedelic period) she is probably thee pioneer of electronic sample based music. If you haven't ever heard Delia Derbyshire then I highly recommend watching this video. From this period in time early 1960s, It is mind blowing. Top
JObeast Joined: Jul 24, 2012 Posts: 2762 Finknabad, Squinkistan	Posted on Dec 11 2016 05:50 PM It's a pity she had such an unhappy career in the BBC Radiophonics Workshop and premature death. Far as I know you can't even buy a CD of her work. The best homage to DD (the British female one) is the corpus of the Birmingham electro-psychedelic band The Broadcast, which was headed by the brilliant Trish Keenan, who also died untimely, of a flu in 2011. The Broadcast brings together avant-grade and pop in a delicious and emotive way. Sadly missed. — Squink Out! Top
crumble Joined: Sep 09, 2008 Posts: 3158 Guildford England	Posted on Dec 11 2016 07:16 PM I hadn't heard of The Broadcast before you mentioned them, I'll most definitely zero in on them. Back to Delia Derbyshire, recordings would probably come under the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Some recordings were found at her home after her death. Boris Blank from Yello as a child also manipulated tape in a similar way to Delia. When the Fairlight arrived he was well ahead of the completion. Top
Jeroen Joined: Feb 09, 2012 Posts: 101 Zeeland, Netherlands	Posted on Dec 12 2016 04:11 PM The 2008 CD Retrospective from the BBC Radiophonics Workshop has some tracks (mostly short sound scapes) performed by Delia Derbyshire: CD 1 Track 1: Delia Derbyshire - Time On Our Hands (Titles and City Music) CD 1 Track 17: Delia Derbyshire - Arabic Science and Industry CD 1 Track 19: Delia Derbyshire - Know Your Car (Get Out and Get Under) CD 1 Track 20: Delia Derbyshire - Doctor Who CD 1 Track 25: Delia Derbyshire - Talk Out CD 1 Track 26: Delia Derbyshire - Science and Health CD 1 Track 29: Delia Derbyshire - A New View of Politics CD 1 Track 34: Delia Derbyshire - Environmental Studies CD 1 Track 35: Delia Derbyshire - Chronicle CD 1 Track 36: Delia Derbyshire - Great Zoos of the World CD 1 Track 39: Delia Derbyshire - Dance from 'Noah' — Instromania on Bandcamp Top

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