Tag: delia derbyshire
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Belgo-ago-go: Jacques Sirol & Rene Costy
“Effortlessly French” – how can you be ‘effortlessly French’? It’s not that hard to stay a nationality after all…And why are you never ‘effortlessly Belgian’? but the electronic version of Railways and Moules-Frites are these two tunes, the first from Belgian electronic pioneer Jacques Sirol. The second is Rene Costy – he’s been sampled by J-Dilla…
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Happy Birthday Delia!
It would have been Delia Derbyshire’s 75th birthday today, so Soundhog has created a special mix to celebrate – loads of classic and rare Delian music in this mix from the BBC Radiophonic Workshop and beyond, as well as some music from her colleagues and others inspired or relating to her work. You can read…
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Little Boots (Tensnake Remix) and Record Store Day
Yes I did Record Store Day, I travelled down to Rough Trade East (there aren’t any record stores near me anymore apart from another smaller Rough Trade in the west!) and found I had to queue (see picture – oh by the way I’ve sold my photographic soul and joined Instagram). Also they inflicted two…
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The New Sound of Music
Well for 1979…this BBC documentary is a really good explaination about how sound synthesis works and where the technology has come from – and as well as featuring David Vorhaus and Peter Zinovieff aka founder of EMS, it also includes the Radiophonic Workshop with the likes of Malcolm Clarke. Peter Howell and Paddy Kingsland (and…
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Doctor Who Goes to Glastonbury
Well Glastonbury didn’t make an appearance in the final episode of Doctor Who as I thought – BUT the Doctor DID make an appearance at Glastonbury. Check out this brilliant final song from Orbital with Matt Smith. Delia would’ve loved this, I’m sure. This is the Orbital’s version of the theme song – rumours have…