Tag: radiophonic workshop
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RC 385: Cruel Summer
It’s a cruel, cruel summer leaving me here on my own…. A summer themed episode of Radio Clash, from track from recently released Summer Booty 2023 to a summer blues mix for driving along Outrun style by the beach with a Ferrari Testarossa (beware the large stone heads! Oh no, that’s Space Harrier)…also some tracks…
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RIP David Cain
Sad to hear of the death yesterday of composer David Cain of BBC Radiophonic Workshop fame. Here’s October from his famous ‘The Seasons’ album with poetry from Ronald Duncan which you might have heard via Trunk Records or 6Music – especially Jarvis Cocker’s show who played every month on his show for a year.
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The New Radiophonics
Look Mum No Computer is an Insane hybrid of 1990’s ‘Get Stuffed’ meets Thomas Dolby, BigClive and Secret Life of Machines Tim Hunkin* but with a more musical (circuit) bent. From the circuit bent electronic Wonder Wonder bible to the demented Furby Organ, lots of insane projects, but it’s his self-built modular synth that to…
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Malcolm Clarke on the Radiophonic Workshop
Malcolm Clarke was a composer and engineer for the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, composing the music for many Doctor Who series. Apparently he wrote about the Workshop and his career for a thesis on interactive CD format (remember them?) and his son Ollie with Ray White has wisely converted and adapted the format for the web…