Stripey Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 On radio4's PM programme today they were talking about the aquisition of the delia derbyshire archive by manchester university, Research (Delia Derbhyshire Catalogue, NOVARS, SAHC - The University of Manchester)In all, there are 267 tapes of music, principally on 10.5 reels. Many of the tapes are fragile and have not been played consistently for over forty years. Our core task was to make digital transfers of the tapes in order to conduct the repeated listening necessary for close analysis and, ultimately, open the archive to the wider research community and composition students.I hope they make all this material available to the public, she was a real innovator and all her work has a really eery 60's modernist bleakness about it which I find irrisistable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framheim Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 true story. the radiophonic workshop is the kind of thing the bbc should be producing consistently to this day. some of it still sounds innovative and new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonie Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 the thing with derbyshire is that i struggle to understand whether she's widely revered because she has some kind of actual worth and value to humanity, or if she's achieved this quasi-religious status through what amounts to a process of BBC Radiophonic Workshop driven cultural indoctrination. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framheim Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 the thing with derbyshire is that i struggle to understand whether she's widely revered because she has some kind of actual worth and value to humanity, or if she's achieved this quasi-religious status through what amounts to a process of BBC Radiophonic Workshop driven cultural indoctrination.ha, naughty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripey Posted July 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 the thing with derbyshire is that i struggle to understand whether she's widely revered because she has some kind of actual worth and value to humanity, or if she's achieved this quasi-religious status through what amounts to a process of BBC Radiophonic Workshop driven cultural indoctrination.Yeah that's not remotely funny, because she is not widely revered, which is why the digitalisation of this archive is so important. Most people will recognise the dr who theme tune, but I doubt many could tell you who wrote it or have actually heard any of the wierder output of the radiophonic workshop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 I prefer Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer's interpretation of the Dr. Who theme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonie Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 Yeah that's not remotely funny, because she is not widely revered, which is why the digitalisation of this archive is so important. Most people will recognise the dr who theme tune, but I doubt many could tell you who wrote it or have actually heard any of the wierder output of the radiophonic workshop.oh delia derbyshire? my apologies. she's that tedious user of electronic oscillators and magnetic audio tape editing that simpletons find amusing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripey Posted July 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 oh delia derbyshire? my apologies. she's that tedious user of electronic oscillators and magnetic audio tape editing that simpletons find amusing.As I said, it's not a funny comparison, she and her fellows were innovators ahead of their time pushing boundaries in an utterly new and unexplored field. The same cannot be said of bob dylan and flight of the concordes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mora-Treat-Guru Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 I'd absolutly love to hear this! Sounds fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripey Posted July 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 the rest of it is on there if you follow the links Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovers_spit Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 Was there not recently (last year or two) a documentary on this on tv?I'd be quite interested to hear all this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripey Posted July 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 the rest of it is on there if you follow the links............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mora-Treat-Guru Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 That documentary is great. It does however make me question my own resources when experimenting with sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
french_disko Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 I hope they make all this material available to the public, she was a real innovator and all her work has a really eery 60's modernist bleakness about it which I find irrisistable.have to agree with there - would be amazing to hear more of her work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nullmouse Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 In a similar vein, there's a great compilation of work from the Philips Research Laboratories (1956-1963) available via Basta Records:BastaMusic.com - Product details for Tom Dissevelt, Kid Baltan, Henk Badings and Dick Raaijmakers | Popular ElectronicsWill be great to hear more of Delia Derbyshire's work more videly available too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragudave Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 Warner Jepson is worth checking out as well,Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 John Cavanagh reissued a Delia Derbyshire lp not long ago, and I think it has been issued recently on CD by the 'glo-spot' label.And the 'White Noise' lp got a CD reissue not too long ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benji Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 I knew she did the Dr Who theme, but wow, other work is pretty neat too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 Why is everyone getting so worked up about a celebrity chef? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 Me and a mate once did a track using looped cutlery noises etc to combine Delia Derbyshire and Delia Smith. It was called 'Double Deliaing' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
His Majesty Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 Yeah that's not remotely funny, because she is not widely revered, which is why the digitalisation of this archive is so important. Most people will recognise the dr who theme tune, but I doubt many could tell you who wrote it or have actually heard any of the wierder output of the radiophonic workshop.She didn't write it, but her recorded version is an amazing arrangement which took the basic written material to another level. I like the fact that many people will have heard the radiphonic workshops work without even realizing it. 8-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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