Songs of an unsung hero
If you are remotely interested in Dr Who, sound effects, dance or electronica, then check out this “illustrated” (I have no idea what the equivalent word should be for aural examples) story about Delia Derbyshire’s work for the BBC’s Radiophonic Workshop in the 1960s.
July 18th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Well I’m interested in pretty much all those and the music really is excellent stuff. If that ‘experimental dance’ piece is from the late 60s as they suggest then it is even more impressive given that it wasn’t until the 90s that this sort of electronic dance music really took off.
July 18th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
What’s amazing this end of history is how labor intensive all that electronic music was back in the days of tone generators, foley instruments, and splicing bits together. Such a large volume of work those early electronic musicians came up with, considering the effort involved.