Category Archives: From the Vaults

PIONEERS OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC

I went down a rabbit hole this afternoon since it’s my tenth birthday : )

I shouldn’t have favourites but Bebe Barron is definitely top of my list of Pioneers of Electronic Music.

Charlotte Bebe Barron (June 16, 1925 – April 20, 2008) – Pioneer of electronic music and co creator of Forbidden Planet filmscore.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_and_Bebe_Barron






10 YEARS OLD

Apparently Feminatronic is 10 years old. I can’t really believe that I am still here…

I have an urge to write something about those 10 years but for today I shall just post the very first playlist that I put together for Feminatronic.

It’s so old it won’t embed but it still plays well ; D

https://soundcloud.com/feminatronic/sets/feminatronic

Artists are – Suzanne Doucet, Catnip and Claws, Dorit Chrysler, Natasha Barrett, Delia Derbyshire, Atom Eye, Sarah Angliss and Daphne Oram.

IWD 2021

So, It’s IWD tomorrow and the theme is #ChooseToChallenge. Well, I’m choosing to challenge the norm and not getting involved with anything on the day.

Why?-

Hello👋 – we’re here everyday

In the meantime, here are some playlists I put together for 2018 of about 150 artists but as I keep saying, this is just the tip of the iceberg –



It Wouldn’t Be Christmas here without…

Finally, made it to Christmas eve and probably, like many, I feel that it’s been a hard slog of a year, more so for some, especially those working in the Entertainment and Hospitality sectors. If you are able, and I know it’s hard, try and buy someone’s’ music this Christmas. Many artists are struggling and a ka=ching, however small, could mean more than you will ever know.

I’m going to post a couple of usual suspects, an old playlist that’s still good, and also a crazy happy new release from Xylitol that made me smile : )





Signing off now for a few days. Wishing you ALL, whoever you are, wherever you are, hopefully, a Peaceful and Happy Christmas. O / Feminatronic

National Poetry Day..at least here

National Poetry Day gives me an excuse to repost a couple of playlists and a favourite of mine by electronic music pioneer Ruth White : )

Words translated from Charles Baudelaire, “Brumes et pluies” (Mists and Rains) Cover artwork by Henri Matisse.

‘late autumns, winters, springtimes steeped in mud,
o drowsy seasons i love and i praise you…’

 


Reblog – Mohrer – Guilt of Man — Yeah I Know It Sucks

Artist: Mohrer Title: Guilt of Man Keywords: experimental ambient dark ambient noise occult seattle vocal vocal noise London Label: Dubbed Tapes The seductive sound of the unknown has coming out from under the gravel. As attractive as it was sounding to my ears I had to go in and check it all out. There I […]

via Mohrer – Guilt of Man — Yeah I Know It Suck

 

Re listening to –

Experimental, ambient, dark ambient, noise, occult, vocal

“…improvised and intuitive exploration of Humanity Realizing Itself as we come to terms with the nature of our species on the Earth.”

DELIA’S REVERIE

Review Reblog – Cat Hope – Yume — Yeah I Know It Sucks

Artist: Cat Hope Title: Yume Keywords: australia electronic experimental silkscreen art cat hope diy record label free jazz noise Moscow Label: Post-Materialization Music Sometimes it’s good to have a dictionary at hand as even though it’s fun to rely on thinking that you know it all, sometimes words that you think you know turn out […]

via Cat Hope – Yume — Yeah I Know It Sucks

 

Have I posted this? Never mind worth the second post…

 

Reblog – From the Vaults – Daphne Oram And Delia Derbyshire: The BBC Radiophonic Workshop Gallery — Binary Heap

The BBC Radiophonic Workshop, one of the sound effects units of the BBC, was created in 1958 to produce effects and new music for radio, and was closed in March 1998. Daphne Oram was a true pioneer of electronic music and this great gallery of photographs gives some great insight into the work being done at BBC. The BBC Radiophonic Workshop: http://whitefiles.org/rwg/index.html %5B…%5D

via Daphne Oram And Delia Derbyshire: The BBC Radiophonic Workshop Gallery — Binary Heap