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Lost tapes of the Dr Who composer
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 1:00 pm
by ontherise
"Forget about this," she says, "it's for interest only."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7512072.stm 
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 1:34 pm
by lazytechnician
Delia Derbyshire = Legend.
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 2:36 pm
by jrj2020
lazytechnician wrote:Delia Derbyshire = Legend.
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:01 pm
by Pada
omg that song is amazing! could actually see on warp or summat as the man said!
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:27 pm
by hanuman
adisize wrote:omg that song is amazing! could actually see on warp or summat as the man said!
Aye proper banging!
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 7:00 pm
by drifterman_
I STILL GET SHIVERS UP MY SPINE WHEN I HEAR DR WHO THEME TUNE LOL
TOO MUCH, SELEKNI.... JACK THAT ONE BACK BREDRIN,
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 7:09 pm
by (zero) eye-ten
Thanks for the link.
Good stuff.
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 7:11 pm
by test conditions
Big hero of mine, and her music is great for mixing into dubstep.
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 7:58 pm
by ontherise
(zero) EYE-TEN wrote:Thanks for the link.
Good stuff.
Good stuff indeed, synth free electronic music...Dubstep started in croydon 2000s? hmmm me thinks a rethink is needed, Maida vale 1960s is the start of it.. (All it needs is an intensive snare..)
Peace
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 8:33 pm
by Littlefoot
out to Delia!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:15 am
by tekton naggar
christ! the bbc site actually came though with something inspiring for a change!
some interesting stuff there.. anyone know if shes got any kids that got into music? would be intersting to see if the heritage was continued..
Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 7:00 am
by jrj2020
Tekton Naggar wrote:some interesting stuff there.. anyone know if shes got any kids that got into music? would be intersting to see if the heritage was continued..
I highly doubt it, she herself said "forget about this, its only for interest". Besides beats like that were incredibly difficult to create back then, hence it taking a woman whos job it was to create weird and wacky music to make it!
!!
Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 10:49 am
by geiom
big thanks to 'on the rise' for posting this...as it says she's not actually the composer, more like the producer of the dr. who theme....
over 200 unheard tapes ! ? can't believe they only just announced this.
Radiophonic workshop is an amazing testament to the open minded nature of the BBC and general British public of the time -
must have been day to day situations like -
"right, we need an intro tune for the new Tutankhamun documentary - get the radiophonic people on the case"
"ah its done. what does it sound like ? surreal, processed, dissonant and bleepy - perfect ! - lets get it on air"
(Delia's Tutankhamun music is sick btw)
even further back in the lineage of ladies in electronics is Bebe Barron who created the soundtrack for 'Forbidden Planet' with her husband Louis. 1956 ! check it out (there's a couple of excerpts on my July mix...)
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 2:05 pm
by sjr
Love that old electronic music. Raymond Scott's Manhattan Research is a lot of fun, too.
I wish that
a certain album had come out when it was supposed to.