Joined: Dec 29, 2006 Posts: 425 Location: perth australia
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 1:34 am Post subject:
Aust TV - history of British Electronic Music 18 sep 2007 Subject description: What the future sounded like
From Dr Who to The Dark Side of the Moon to modern day dance music, the pioneering members of the Electronic Music Studios radically changed the sound-scape of the 20th century. Screening Tuesday 18 September at 10pm, What the Future Sounded Like tells the fascinating story of British electronic music.
In postwar Britain, musician and composer Tristram Cary was using materials left over from the war to experiment with electronic music. Uninhibited, anything went with regard to the sounds he invented. He also moonlighted as a composer for pop cult films like The Ladykillers and the seminal television series Dr Who.
In the 1960s an exiled Russian aristocrat Peter Zinovieff, borrowed money from his rich British wife to purchase two military grade computers. Costing as much as a house at the time, he used them specifically for his personal experiments in electronic music. But it was his collaboration with music engineer David Cockerell that helped revolutionise electronic music.
By the end of the 60s, Cary joined forces with Zinovieff and Cockerell to establish EMS (Electronic Music Studios). EMS was the most advanced computer-music facility in the world. They created incredible sounds for films about nuclear power reactors, adverts for early Olivetti computers and for the British Pavilion at the 1967 World Expo. Played back today this early electronic music still arouses wonder at its creation and power.
EMS's great legacy is the VCS3, Britain's first synthesizer and rival of the American Moog. The VCS3 was a uniquely British invention used by some of the most popular artists of the time including: The Who, Pink Floyd, Roxy Music and David Bowie. Almost 30 years on, the VCS3 is still used by modern electronic artists like Aphex Twin and Radiohead.
What the Future Sounded Like explores a lost chapter in music history, uncovering a group of passionate composers and innovators who harnessed technology and new ideas to re-imagine the boundaries of music and sound.
they even pronounced "Moog" correctly!
that was the give-away.
OMG! A give-away indeed... _________________ A Charity Pantomime in aid of Paranoid Schizophrenics descended into chaos yesterday when someone shouted, "He's behind you!"
Joined: Dec 29, 2006 Posts: 425 Location: perth australia
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:21 am Post subject:
umm it was really good!
but too short, just 30 minutes.
they had banks of vacuum tube synths, were all bearded and all smoked pipes.
boffins indeed
what a grand era
Joined: Dec 29, 2006 Posts: 425 Location: perth australia
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:57 pm Post subject:
Hi
i know they used to be online because that is how i heard them
here are the links describing two of the programs (i seem to remember 3 but can't find any info about a third).
so far i haven't found if they are still available for streaming or download, it doesn't look like it because their more recent programs have a 'listen now' tab on the heading.
i wrote to the ABC to ask for the links, or if they can be made available again
Joined: Dec 29, 2006 Posts: 425 Location: perth australia
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 1:24 am Post subject:
and the ABC replied
Quote:
Dear Andrew,
They were wonderful programs and we'll air them again some time and will keep your
contact details for notification. We can't offer many music programs for download due to
music copyright.
i will let you know when they
are repeated - when it happens, they will available online for a month or so
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