Tag: Radiophonic
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RIP Dudley Simpson
A message on the BBC Radiophonic Workshop facebook group sadly told me that composer Dudley Simpson died over the weekend. He was mostly famous for providing music for Doctor Who and the theme music for Tomorrow’s People, but also theme music for Ascent of Man and Blake’s 7. He was 95, a good innings, but…
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BBC Records mix & Vendetta Tapes
It’s been a Radiophonic sort of day, courtesy of Ian Fondue – starting with listening to John Baker’s Vendetta Tapes – it took me a long time to get around to this. I especially like Orbit and Lively Mind which I’ve never heard before, and bought again the COI Pavillion and Man Alive UFO cue…
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Viv Stanshall’s Radio Flashes
Ooh look what just popped up on my computer (thank you Get iPlayer and PVR, yes Stanshall and Radiophonic search terms are always on scan), the BBC are replaying 3 episodes of what I presume the only high-quality versions they have of Viv Stanshall’s Radio Flashes, which was when he stood in for John Peel…
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Reality Engine TX 4: Found Unsound (Remnants)
TX 4: Found Unsound (Remnants) by Reality Engine The last Reality Engine TX release, and this is a collection of experimental ‘found sound’ pieces, ones that didn’t fit on any of the other TX series. Introducing the album and interspersed across it is my old modul-8 radio (mod.radio) jingles I did for the rudimentary Real…
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Reality Engine – TX 3: Tartarus
TX 3: ????????? (Tartarus) by Reality Engine It’s just over a year since I started the Transmissions (TX) series over at my Bandcamp and we’re coming almost to the end. The latest is a dark ambient experimental selection, chosen around the theme of Tartarus, the dark world where Nyx (Goddess of Night) lives, Cronos is…
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Doctor Who Live and One Direction fans argue re-enacted
Apparently they were something to do with Day Of The Doctor – Doctor Who Live which sounds like another BBC event ‘fail’ (really like National Lottery, Jubilee etc. Auntie is very good at snatching defeat from the jaws of certain ‘can’t miss’ victory) so enjoy this re-enactment of two 1D fans arguing. It’s very funny…and…