Comments on: Daphne Oram: electronic music pioneer http://boingboing.net/2008/09/30/daphne-oram-electron.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 19:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Kawentzmann http://boingboing.net/2008/09/30/daphne-oram-electron.html#comment-296969 Kawentzmann Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-296969 I like the nerdy electronica better then the one with dance beats. I like the nerdy electronica better then the one with dance beats.

]]> By: David Pescovitz http://boingboing.net/2008/09/30/daphne-oram-electron.html#comment-296991 David Pescovitz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-296991 Studiorobot @1, Thank you! I like the photo so much! Kawentzman @4 and Ill Lich @3, I totally agree with both of you. Studiorobot @1, Thank you! I like the photo so much!

Kawentzman @4 and Ill Lich @3, I totally agree with both of you.

]]> By: HerbT http://boingboing.net/2008/09/30/daphne-oram-electron.html#comment-297004 HerbT Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-297004 The workshop is getting alot of attention these past few months. It's a fascinating history. The discovery of the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7512072.stm" rel="nofollow">lost Delia Derbyshire tapes</a> was a happy event. The workshop is getting alot of attention these past few months. It’s a fascinating history.

The discovery of the lost Delia Derbyshire tapes was a happy event.

]]> By: jbettineski http://boingboing.net/2008/09/30/daphne-oram-electron.html#comment-297033 jbettineski Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-297033 I've never heard of her. Now I'm fascinated. Thank you for posting this. I’ve never heard of her. Now I’m fascinated.

Thank you for posting this.

]]> By: StudioRobot http://boingboing.net/2008/09/30/daphne-oram-electron.html#comment-296806 StudioRobot Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-296806 thank you david. this is truly a "wonderful thing" thank you david. this is truly a “wonderful thing”

]]> By: David Pescovitz http://boingboing.net/2008/09/30/daphne-oram-electron.html#comment-297065 David Pescovitz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-297065 HERBT @6, That's a fantastic link. Thanks for posting. The dance track from the 1960s is incredibly ahead of its time. HERBT @6, That’s a fantastic link. Thanks for posting. The dance track from the 1960s is incredibly ahead of its time.

]]> By: treq http://boingboing.net/2008/09/30/daphne-oram-electron.html#comment-297079 treq Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-297079 There's a BBC 4 documentary about the Radiophonic Workshop titled "The Alchemists of Sound". lots of vintage footage, interviews, and original broadcast audio, with a quirky experimental tone to the documentary itself to set the vibe. give it a google and typically there's a few locations to stream it. Fascinating, brilliant work they did back then. There’s a BBC 4 documentary about the Radiophonic Workshop titled “The Alchemists of Sound”. lots of vintage footage, interviews, and original broadcast audio, with a quirky experimental tone to the documentary itself to set the vibe.

give it a google and typically there’s a few locations to stream it. Fascinating, brilliant work they did back then.

]]> By: avraamov http://boingboing.net/2008/09/30/daphne-oram-electron.html#comment-297091 avraamov Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-297091 there's a website under development which will host her archive. more photos here of the oramics machine here: http://daphneoram.org/daphne-oram-gallery-2/ if you're interested in graphical sound in general, then there's 'tonewheels' potted history: http://daphneoram.org/daphne-oram-gallery-2/ and my personal favourite - the ANS sythesizer http://silentlight.blogspot.com/2008/01/thing-what-started-it-all.html there’s a website under development which will host her archive. more photos here of the oramics machine here:

http://daphneoram.org/daphne-oram-gallery-2/

if you’re interested in graphical sound in general, then there’s ‘tonewheels’ potted history:

http://daphneoram.org/daphne-oram-gallery-2/

and my personal favourite – the ANS sythesizer

http://silentlight.blogspot.com/2008/01/thing-what-started-it-all.html

]]> By: Doujoux http://boingboing.net/2008/09/30/daphne-oram-electron.html#comment-297381 Doujoux Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-297381 Throwing two cents in for another Radiophonic soundsmith, John Baker. There's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=john+baker+tapes&x=0&y=0">two volumes of his previously-though-lost/rare works on CD</a> and it's intricate, amazing stuff. Throwing two cents in for another Radiophonic soundsmith, John Baker. There’s two volumes of his previously-though-lost/rare works on CD and it’s intricate, amazing stuff.

]]> By: IronyElemental http://boingboing.net/2008/09/30/daphne-oram-electron.html#comment-296875 IronyElemental Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-296875 DJ Oram in the MF HOUSE DJ Oram in the MF HOUSE

]]> By: error404 http://boingboing.net/2008/09/30/daphne-oram-electron.html#comment-297686 error404 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-297686 I fleetingly thought this was about DElia Derbyshire. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delia_Derbyshire Who made the Dr. Who theme I fleetingly thought this was about DElia Derbyshire.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delia_Derbyshire

Who made the Dr. Who theme

]]> By: ill lich http://boingboing.net/2008/09/30/daphne-oram-electron.html#comment-296925 ill lich Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-296925 This era of early electronic music is among my favorite, before everyone with a Moog or Arp started playing top-40 covers, or long droney arpeggios. This era of early electronic music is among my favorite, before everyone with a Moog or Arp started playing top-40 covers, or long droney arpeggios.

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