{"id":79051,"date":"2020-09-30T23:16:12","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T20:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-groundbreaking-sound-of-delia-derbyshire\/"},"modified":"2020-09-30T23:16:12","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T20:16:12","slug":"the-groundbreaking-sound-of-delia-derbyshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-groundbreaking-sound-of-delia-derbyshire\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Groundbreaking Sound of Delia Derbyshire"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3e2157e8ffe\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3e2157e8ffe\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-groundbreaking-sound-of-delia-derbyshire\/#Who_made_this\" >Who made this?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-groundbreaking-sound-of-delia-derbyshire\/#More_Videos_Like_This\" >More Videos Like This<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#The Groundbreaking Sound of Delia Derbyshire<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">\n                <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.7.7--><em>Welcome to <strong>The Queue<\/strong> \u2014 your daily distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web. Today, we\u2019re watching a video that explores the groundbreaking work of Delia Derbyshire.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever wondered how early electronic musicians worked in a time before computers and synthesizers, the answer is: very laboriously.<\/p>\n<p>In the 1960s, composing electronic music the analog way meant working with magnetic tape, which is a cumbersome, finicky medium that demands time, exactness, and perfectionism. The innovation of magnetic tape was that it allowed artists to manipulate natural and found sound once it had been recorded.<\/p>\n<p>In this way, early electronic composers, like <strong>Delia Derbyshire<\/strong>, weren\u2019t all that dissimilar from foley artists. As with foley, it was ultimately the job of these pioneers to hear the potential in a breath of wind, to envision the musicality of the neck of a wine bottle, or to hear the rhythm of the sound of clogs on cobblestone. The result: a process that was at once organic and alien, a distinctly human-made noise that was also implacably not of this earth.<\/p>\n<p>Derbyshire, a working-class genius and Cambridge-educated mathematician, was particularly gifted when it came to hearing a sound and knowing what to do to make it interesting. The bulk of Derbyshire\u2019s musical output came from her tenure at the <strong>Radiophonic Workshop<\/strong>, a sound effects unit of the BBC \u2014 housed on top of a skating rink \u2014 created in 1958 to produce incidental sounds and new music for radio and, later, television.<\/p>\n<p>As it were: there was a need for a pioneering approach to sound to complement the pioneering approach to programming in the 1960s. During her eleven years at the Workshop, Derbyshire would create music and sound for almost two-hundred radio and television programs, including the hauntingly iconic <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">theme<\/a> song for <em><strong>Doctor Who<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Because the BBC preferred to keep the members of the Workshop anonymous, Derbyshire\u2019s genius was not recognized, as it should have been, at the time of her creative output. She was never credited as a composer and never saw financial residuals for her work. And yet, despite the best efforts of the BBC bureaucracy, the forces of time now rightfully recognize Derbyshire\u2019s pioneering genius as an early and invaluable contribution to electronic music.<\/p>\n<p>Below, you can find a clip showcasing an inside look into the Workshop, with reflections on how the Workshop brought composer <strong>Ron Grainer<\/strong>\u2018s<em> Doctor Who<\/em> theme to life.<\/p>\n<p>Watch \u201c<strong>Creating the Theme | Radiophonic Workshop | <em>Doctor Who<\/em><\/strong>\u201c:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Creating the Theme | Radiophonic Workshop | Doctor Who\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xkIEkLww3lg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_made_this\"><\/span>Who made this?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This clip above is from the special feature \u201c<strong>Masters of Sound<\/strong>\u201d on the <em>Doctor Who: The Beginning<\/em> box set DVD.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_Videos_Like_This\"><\/span>More Videos Like This<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The first time I personally heard Delia Derbyshire\u2019s work was on the soundtrack for the marvelously creepy <strong><em>The Legend of Hell House<\/em><\/strong><em>. <\/em>Derbyshire left the BBC in 1973 and briefly worked at Hodgson\u2019s Electrophon studio, where she found time to contribute to the film\u2019s soundtrack. Check out <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FJqWTdXjOCY\">its ooky-spooky theme song<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Here is the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/9010594\">trailer for the 2009 documentary <strong><em>The Delian Mode<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, directed by<strong> Kara Blake<\/strong>. The short Canadian documentary premiered at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival and offers a cursory profile of Derbyshire. It won the award for Best Short Documentary there and went on to win a Genie Award in the same category. You can buy the doc on DVD <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thedelianmode.com\/\">via the film\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Derbyshire was celebrated on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/D8frzECIHD4\">an episode of the children\u2019s program <em><strong>Absolute Genius<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Suzanne Ciani <\/strong>is another under-praised pioneer of electronic music. Here she is <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/36WMySitV74\">explaining the basics of synthesizers<\/a>. In addition to being a technical and musical genius, Ciani has the most soothing voice in the world \u2014 it\u2019ll clear your skin and fix your credit score; it\u2019s absolute magic.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Laurie Spiegel<\/strong> worked in computer graphics (she was a VFX artist on Wim Wenders\u2019 <em>The State of Things<\/em>) but she is known primarily for her electronic music compositions. Here\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/6qhlvRm4iG4\">my favorite piece of her\u2019s<\/a>, created with the GROOVE system at Bell Labs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more Like this articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Social Media category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/delia-derbyshire\/#utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=delia-derbyshire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#The Groundbreaking Sound of Delia Derbyshire&#8221; Welcome to The Queue \u2014 your daily distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web. 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