OT. For all who love the music of Delia Derbyshire.

Noel · Post by **Noel** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:42 pm

Blue Veils and Golden Sands.

A moving dramatised account of the life and sad demise of composer Delia Derbyshire.

Available on for next 7 days on BBC7 Listen Again.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/networks ... oldensands

nobbystylus · Post by **nobbystylus** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:26 pm

well spotted.. gotta love delia..

Noel · Post by **Noel** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:41 pm

While you're in the mood:

Home Page http://www.delia-derbyshire.org/index.php

Treasure trove of recordings: http://www.delia-derbyshire.org/recordings.php

Nod · Post by **Nod** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 11:33 pm

Thanks Noel

polyslax · Post by **polyslax** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:07 am

Damn, I refuse to do Real Player, thanks for the heads up tho!

forge · Post by **forge** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:47 pm

polyslax wrote:Damn, I refuse to do Real Player, thanks for the heads up tho!

ahh this relates to this thread:

http://www.ableton.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=87345

littlepig · Post by **littlepig** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:45 am

From the BBC website

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7512072.stm

Silence · Post by **Silence** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:58 am

i dont know that much about her but i sometimes get the feeling that ppl like her more for the fact that she was a woman in a doing electronic music when she was....

can that be the case or was she truly kick ass?

its a real question, not pissing around to make ppl mad

Noel · Post by **Noel** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:39 am

littlepig wrote:From the BBC website

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7512072.stm

Thanks for posting that, really appreciated

Silence wrote:i dont know that much about her but i sometimes get the feeling that ppl like her more for the fact that she was a woman in a doing electronic music when she was....

can that be the case or was she truly kick ass?

its a real question, not pissing around to make ppl mad

I think it's impossible to separate those feelings. You can't separate the music from the person that made it.

I admire her because she created beautiful haunting music that has a timeless quality to it. But there must have been something in her spirit that inspired her to create that music and maybe the reason I love the music is because I hear that spirit coming through it.

And no one ever created a better rendition of the doctor who theme - though Orbital's comes close. Everyone else who tried just didn't get it.

Also I think anyone would have to admit that her experimental "for interest only" dance track was way ahead of it's time.

-- Her studio at the RadioPhonic Workshop --

nobbystylus · Post by **nobbystylus** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:56 am

'for interest only' is classic Polygon Window era Aphex.. top stuff..

8O · Post by 8O » Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:02 am

Noel wrote:Also I think anyone would have to admit that her experimental "for interest only" dance track was way ahead of it's time.

That's unbelievably advanced for 1969 - I've never heard anything from that era that is remotely similar. Incredible.

Edit: playing the Hamlet track and then starting the dance track 20 seconds later, so that both play at the same time yields a great composition

Noel · Post by **Noel** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:28 am

8O wrote: Edit: playing the Hamlet track and then starting the dance track 20 seconds later, so that both play at the same time yields a great composition

Nice

and you can extend it by segueing into Blue Veils at the end and then starting the dance track again. Great fun!

OT. For all who love the music of Delia Derbyshire.

OT. For all who love the music of Delia Derbyshire.

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