The Birth Of Electronic Music

NAVEL OF LIGHT · Post by **NAVEL OF LIGHT** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 8:25 pm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/ne ... 551988.stm

A little piece on the "birth of electronic music" courtesy of the Beeb!

har · Post by **har** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 11:59 pm

Interesting..........a documentary on same would be cool.

That is some beast of a music making thing

Chris Monk · Post by **Chris Monk** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 12:19 pm

...still don't understand how the Oramics machine works but it sounds way ahead of its time. Painting waveforms and loading them, sounds futuristic even now. Clever lady, Daphne Oram.

Marakesh · Post by **Marakesh** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 2:00 pm

Daphne Oram, the unsung pioneer of techno

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2669735.stm

Chris Monk · Post by **Chris Monk** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 10:47 pm

Marakesh wrote:Daphne Oram, the unsung pioneer of techno

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2669735.stm

I see what they mean when they say she looked a bit like Margaret Thatcher. I bet she was more fun though.

har · Post by **har** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 8:32 pm

Interesting BBC news article also, cheers.

Whilst looking about to see if there are any recordings found this website.

Also very interesting

http://daphneoram.org/

har · Post by **har** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 8:38 pm

and this......................LP, CD, MP3 and Flac available.

http://boomkat.com/vinyl/315130-daphne- ... ld-edition

Checkin' out the samples the now

Blimey.....................interesting

Chris Monk · Post by **Chris Monk** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 9:08 pm

This is pretty good too:

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/visitmu ... amics.aspx

Chris Monk · Post by **Chris Monk** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 9:10 pm

Ormics even has its own Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/OramicsMachine

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The Birth Of Electronic Music

The Birth Of Electronic Music