Fuck Yeah! Delia Derbyshire

rubyglass: Delia Derbyshire - Sea 1964

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:16:37 +0100

rubyglass:

Delia Derbyshire - Sea

1964

“Firebird”, White Noise

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:35:33 +0100

“Firebird”, White Noise

“Love Without Sound”, White Noise White Noise is an...

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:55:00 +0100

“Love Without Sound”, White Noise

White Noise is an experimental electronic music band formed in London, England in 1969 by American-born David Vorhaus, a classical bass player with a background in both physics and electronic engineering. He was initially joined by BBC Radiophonic Workshop composers Delia Derbyshire and Brian Hodgson, both ex of electronic music project Unit Delta Plus.

In 1969 White Noise released the groundbreaking album An Electric Storm on Island Records. The album was created using a variety of tape manipulation techniques, and is notable for its early use of the first British synthesizer, the EMS Synthi VCS3. Amongst many oddities, the first track on the album, “Love Without Sound”, employed sped-up tape edits of Vorhaus playing the double bass to create violin and cello sounds.

Berna - simulation of a late 1950s electroacoustic music studio

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 22:50:00 +0100

Berna - simulation of a late 1950s electroacoustic music studio:

I’m not entirely sure this falls within your reader’s bounds of interest, but the software I’ve linked can be readily used for all sorts of Delia-esque sonic explorations.

(submitted by lowbroweye)

rodzax: The Delian Mode, a short documentary by Kara Blake...

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:00:00 +0100

rodzax:

The Delian Mode, a short documentary by Kara Blake about Radiophonic workshop pioneer Delia Derbyshire. Would love to see it!

Delia Derbyshire on Anthony Newley (thanks to...

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:19:07 +0100

Delia Derbyshire on Anthony Newley (thanks to delia-derbyshire.org ).

Hey. Just thought I'd let you know, that last photo isn't Delia, it's actually Elizabeth Parker who was at the Workshop a few years after Delia.

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:12:00 +0100

Ack, sorry - I was in a complete daze yesterday and it was tagged “Delia Derbyshire”. I had my doubts but I reblogged it anyway. I’ll leave it up but caption it saying it’s Elizabeth Parker. Thank you. :)

Under The Cherry Moon: Delia Derbyshire

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 04:19:29 +0100

Under The Cherry Moon: Delia Derbyshire:

Delia Ann Derbyshire (1937-2001) is one of the true pioneers of modern day electronic music. Possibly best known as a part of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop and for her groundbreaking arrangement of the Doctor Who theme music - one of the first television themes to be recorded by entirely electronic means (years before synthtesizers came out). She was waaaay ahead of her time and it’s a shame she never got the fame she deserved until recently (she wasn’t even credited for Doctor Who). She has studied mathematics and was clearly one awesome lady. She should be totally the dream girl for every tech geek in the world as you can see here.

streghetta: Delia Derbyshire

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 04:14:12 +0100

streghetta:

Delia Derbyshire

“Psychedelian Waltz”, Delia Derbyshire

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 04:11:00 +0100

“Psychedelian Waltz”, Delia Derbyshire

prostheticknowledge: Running - Delia Derbyshire (via...

Thu, 20 May 2010 14:52:47 +0100

prostheticknowledge:

Running - Delia Derbyshire (via UBUWEB)

Dreams (1964)

1. Running
2. Falling
3. Land
4. Sea
5. Colour
6. Outro

“Dreams” was made in collaboration with Barry Bermange (who originally recorded the narrations). Bermange put together The Dreams (1964), a collage of people describing their dreams, set to a background of electronic sound. Dreams is a collection of spliced/reassembled interviews with people describing their dreams, particularly recurring elements. The program of sounds and voices attempts to represent, in five movements, some sensations of dreaming: running away, falling, landscape, underwater, and colour.

Delia Ann Derbyshire (5 May 1937 - 3 July 2001) was an English musician and composer of electronic music and musique concrète. She is best known for her electronic realisation of Ron Grainer’s theme music to the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and for her work with the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

thepleasuresofelectricity: Nightwalker -...

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:47:04 +0100

thepleasuresofelectricity:

Nightwalker - Harper/Derbyshire/Hodgson

All of the tracks on Electrosonic are credited to Harper/Russe [Derbyshire]/St. George [Hodgson], so it’s difficult to know who composed which pieces, or which might be collaborations.

What to make of this ongoing contemporary interest in vintage library music, BBC Radiophonic Workshop sonic doodles, and all manner of hauntological audio detritus? Discovering obscure music is exciting, but what can beat the thrill of discovering music that wasn’t even meant for popular consumption? Is virtual crate digging on music blogs a suitable replacement for the real thing? Has virtual crate digging become the real thing? How do you know you have genuine vintage music, and not some contemporary artists using a pseudonym and a fictional back story? Is it more emotionally satisfying piecing together your own narrative from historical fragments than accepting one handed to you? How is it possible to grow a cult from a single photo of a woman wearing a hair band, working at a tape machine?

prostheticknowledge: by Luke Insect (title unknown) I love this...

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:30:49 +0100

prostheticknowledge:

by Luke Insect (title unknown)

I love this collage of Delia Derbyshire and BBC Radiophonic Workshop

More can be found on the Brighton Freaks website

“Moogies Bloogies”, Delia Derbyshire with Anthony...

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:28:00 +0100

“Moogies Bloogies”, Delia Derbyshire with Anthony Newley

(Thanks to delia-derbyshire.org).

An unreleased perv-pop classic in the 1966 novelty vein, recorded with Anthony Newley. The future Mr Joan Collins was after an electronic backing track and called in Delia (he wasn’t alone - Paul McCartney considered using Delia’s electronic backing for “Yesterday” before using a string quartet). Delia said of this track: “I’d written this beautiful little innocent tune, all sensitive love and innocence, and he made it into a dirty old raincoat song. But he was really chuffed!” Sadly Newley decamped to Hollywood before he could progress beyond this demo recording. Delia was initially disappointed with the recording, but as the years passed she became exceptionally fond of it, and insisted it was featured on this site.

Delia Derbyshire interview with Radio Scotland, 1997 (Part...

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:26:42 +0100

Delia Derbyshire interview with Radio Scotland, 1997 (Part 3)

(Thanks to colt79sigma on YouTube).

Delia Derbyshire interview with Radio Scotland, 1997 (Part...

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:24:42 +0100

Delia Derbyshire interview with Radio Scotland, 1997 (Part 2)

(Thanks to colt79sigma on YouTube).

Delia Derbyshire interview with Radio Scotland, 1997 (Part...

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:22:42 +0100

Delia Derbyshire interview with Radio Scotland, 1997 (Part 1)

(Thanks to colt79sigma on YouTube).

"I used just this one bar repeated which had [previously] been rejected from a science and health..."

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:22:42 +0100

“I used just this one bar repeated which had [previously] been rejected from a science and health program for being too lascivious for the schoolchildren. It was like a science program… it was supposed to be about sex, but under another name. And then the producer had the nerve to turn down my music, saying it was too lascivious.”

- Delia Derbyshire (thanks to delia-derbyshire.org)

"I was fed up with having my stuff turned down because it was too sophisticated, and yet it was..."

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:20:41 +0100

“I was fed up with having my stuff turned down because it was too sophisticated, and yet it was lapped up when I played it to anyone outside the BBC.”

- Delia Derbyshire (thanks to delia-derbyshire.org)

Guardian Obituary of Delia Derbyshire

Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:19:41 +0100

Guardian Obituary of Delia Derbyshire