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PIONEERS OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC – ANNETTE PEACOCK

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ANNETTE PEACOCK

One of the first female composers of popular music, a pioneer of rap, live electronic music and synth-pop, Annette Peacock’s achievements are monumental and should not be overlooked as a pioneer.


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ANNETTE PEACOCK INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD MASON

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PIONEERS OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC – CHARLOTTE BEBE BARRON

One of my favourite films is Forbidden Planet and always loved the soundtrack. Well this is the female pioneer that created those wonderful soundscapes

CHARLOTTE BEBE BARRON

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THE BARRONS : FORGOTTEN PIONEERS OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC
SUSAN STONE – NPR MUSIC – 2005

THE FOLLOWING LIST OF WORKS BY CHARLOTTE BEBE BARRON IS FROM BARRY SCHRADER

  • Heavenly Menagerie (1951-52) Tape
  • Bells of Atlantis (1952) Film score
    • For an Electronic Nervous System (1954) Tape
    • Miramagic (1954) Film score
    • Forbidden Planet (1956) Videotape or Laserdisc MGM/UA Home Video, 1991
  • Jazz of Lights (1956) Film score
  • Bridges-Go-Round (1958) one of two alternative soundtracks, the other composed by Teo Macero
  • Crystal Growing (1959) Film score
  • Music of Tomorrow (1960) Tape
  • The Computer Age (1968) Film score
  • Time Machine (1970) on Music from the Soundtrack of ‘Destination Moon’ and Other Themes, Cinema Records LP-8005
  • Space Boy (1971) Tape; revised and used for film of same name, 1973
  • More Than Human (1974) Film score
  • Cannabis (1975) Film score
  • The Circe Circuit (1982) Tape
  • Elegy for a Dying Planet (1982) Tape
  • New Age Synthesis II on Totally Wired (1986) Pennsylvania Public Radio Associates Cassette Series
  • What’s the Big Hurry? (date unknown) from Sid Davis Productions
  • “Mixed Emotions” by Bebe Barron (2000) CD

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PIONEERS OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC – ELIANE RADIGUE

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Daphne Oram And Delia Derbyshire: The BBC Radiophonic Workshop Gallery

As part of the Pioneers short season I am reposting some of the older articles as they are well worth another airing

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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

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Daphne Oram at the north-west end of Room 13.

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 Room 12. Delia edits a tape as Desmond stands in front of the Leevers-Rich 8-track and reads the script.

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Delia at the controls of the desk in Room 12. The rotary control to the extreme bottom right is a ‘Glowpot’ gain control.

2013-01-05_0843Daphne Oram demonstrating Radiophonic techniques on television by means of Brenell tape recorders and Jason oscillator.

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 Room 13 in 1958. Daphne Oram plays the Mijwiz, an Arabic twin-reeded double shepherd’s pipe.

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PIONEERS OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC – PAULINE OLIVEROS