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  1. Radiophonics and Delia by Mdentari · · Score: 0 · on Top Ten Geek Girls

    Saw a special last year about the radiophonics labs producing music for the British public TV in the 50-70s time period. The women there stood out. Cool stuff. http://www.delia-derbyshire.org/

  2. Re:Den Den Den Den Woooooooo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Doctor Who Makes Guinness Book of World Records

    hmmm, oh well, i'm sure someone found it funny.

    It's mediocre, watered down, dull, and the new theme tune's crap too.

    It's a shame that the BBC decided that the Dr. Who themetune sounds more futuristic when you tone it down and add some strings, whatever happened to Delia's original masterpiece?

  3. Re:um by basingwerk · · Score: 1 · on Robert Fripp to Compose Vista's Soundtrack

    Fripp's a limey, like his King Crimson/Roxy Music chum, Eno, who has also created sound effects for Windows. Limies are very good at this type of thing. For example, check out http://www.delia-derbyshire.org/

  4. Delia Derbyshire - Dr. Who. by Col.+Bloodnok · · Score: 5, Interesting · on 3 Electronic Maestros Interviewed

    http://www.delia-derbyshire.org/

    Delia Derbyshire.

    Hugely overlooked, very interesting music.

    She created the Dr. Who theme and was a huge influence on the BBC radiophonic workshop. BBC Radio 4 did a very interesting afternoon play about her recently.

  5. Re:Promote Rose? by philkerr · · Score: 3, Informative · on Dr. Who Series Star Quits
    *Cue badass Dr Who theme*

    The thread is quite old now so I doubt many will see this but for more info on one of the key people involved in the creation of the badass Dr. theme tune have a look here.

    Delia Derbyshire Website

    Delia created the theme tune from Ron Grainer's original score. On first hearing it Grainer was tickled pink: "Did I really write this?" he asked. "Most of it," replied Derbyshire.

    In an age when women were not "allowed" in recording studios she is pretty much responsible for one of the most recognised TV theme tunes ever.

    /Mad props, Delia.

  6. Re: Mostly on topic by gidds · · Score: 1 · on Dr. Who Series Star Quits
    She was an integral member of the Radiophonic Workshop during its golden age, creating theme tunes and background music for many radio and TV programmes. She worked with some specialist studios, with classical composers Maxwell Davies, Gerhard, Berio, and Stockhausen, and with other musicians such as Yoko Ono and Paul McCartney, and was also involved with film soundtracks. In the 1970s, she retired from music to work in a bookshop, an art gallery and a museum. She died in 2001.

    The most interesting work I have of hers is 1969's White Noise - An Electric Storm. She formed White Noise with David Vorhaus, and along with Brian Hodgson (also from the Radiophonic Workshop) created a bizarre, psychedelic, mostly electronic pop record, full of strange noises, quirky tunes, humour, and genuinely frightening sounds. Not easy to listen to, but well worth the effort.

    Her web site is here.

  7. Re:Mostly Offtopic by torpor · · Score: 2, Insightful · on Dr. Who Series Star Quits

    Yup, one of my favourite bits of electronic weirdness from the 60's ..

    really though, i find myself humming "ooooh-eeeeeh-oooooh" any time i see anything even remotely resembling a tardis.

  8. Re:For the love of Derbyshire by epexegesis · · Score: 1 · on New Dr. Who Episode Leaked
    Excellent call on the subject there, I'm assuming a reference to Delia Derbyshire from the BBC radiophonic workshop? Apparently had the longest tape loop seen till then for the background loop. Out of the room and back down the corridor.

    For people who don't know, go here for more information. There was a good program on BBC Radio4 a while back, she sounded like a great person.

  9. One of the more original artists by jd · · Score: 2, Informative · on The Birth of Electronic Music
    Was Delia Derbyshire, who pioneered much of the early work in the 1960s in Britain. Her creations include the realization of Rob Grainer's infamous da-da-da-dum of Doctor Who, and much of the work on synthesizers in Britain can be credited (or blamed) on her.


    There are numerous fan pages for her, which is truly remarkable for a person who barely got any mention before her death from cancer in her early 60s. Of course, now she's dead and can't enjoy her fame, she's a celebrity. There was even a play written with her as the focus.


    I think it fair to say that electronic music has been born and reborn many times, but has yet to really reach the heights the true visionaries expected of it. Like NASA, electronic music has been mostly promise and far too little creative genius.