The New Sound Of Music 1979 (Part 1)

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  • The New Sound of Music is a fascinating BBC historical documentary from the year 1979. It charts the development of recorded music from the first barrel organs, pianolas, the phonograph, the magnetic tape recorder and onto the concepts of musique concrete and electronic music development with voltage-controlled oscillators making up the analogue synthesizers of the day. EMS Synthesizers and equipment are a heavily featured technology resource in this film, with the show's host, Michael Rodd, demonstrating the EMS VCS3 synthesizer and it's waveform output. Other EMS products include the incredible Synthi 100 modular console system, the EMS AKS, the Poly Synthi and the EMS Vocoder. Most of the location shots are filmed within the BBC's Radiophonic Workshop studios as they were in 1979. Malcolm Clarke demonstrates the Synthi 100, also known as the "Delaware", Michael Rodd demonstrates musique concrete by tape splicing and manipulation and Paddy Kingsland demonstrates tape recorder delay techniques (also known as "Frippertronics"). The Yamaha CS-80 analogue synthesizer is demonstrated by both Peter Howell and Roger Limb. The EMS Vocoder is also expertly put to use by Peter Howell on his classic "Greenwich Chorus" for the television series "The Body in Question". Dick Mills works on sound effects for Doctor Who using a VCS3 unit, and Elizabeth Parker uses bubble sounds to create music for an academic film on particle physics. Peter Zinovieff is featured using his computer music studio and DEC PDP8 computer to produce electronic variations on classic vintage scores. David Vorhaus is featured using his invention, the MANIAC (Multiphasic ANalog Inter-Active Chromataphonic (sequencer)), and playing his other invention, the Kaleidophon -- which uses lengths of magnetic tape as velocity-sensitive ribbon controllers. The New Sound of Music is a fascinating insight into the birth of the world of recorded and electronic music and features some very classic British analogue synthesizers creating the electronic sounds in this film. The prime location for these demonstrations is the BBC Radiophonic Workshop where much creativity and invention took place during the period the workshop was in operation in the latter part of the twentieth century. Electronic music today is used everywhere, and many musicians gain inspiration from the past, as well as delving into the realms of sonic structures and theories made possible by the widespread use of computers to manipulate sounds for the creation of all kinds of musical forms.

Komentáře • 104

  • @JeffreyPlaide
    @JeffreyPlaide  Před 13 lety +13

    Many thanks for this!
    I thought someday someone might like the documentary.

  • @BarryWarne
    @BarryWarne Před 12 lety +1

    From this same era of exploding concepts and deep technical immersion everyone overlooks the Home Organ which did all of the above seamlessly, and synchronized. From this same era you had the Yamaha E-70 which was like a CS-80 sandwich with a drum machine thrown in.

  • @Turtle152
    @Turtle152 Před 8 lety +8

    8:30 The forerunner of turntable scratching.

  • @BarryWarne
    @BarryWarne Před 12 lety +5

    sometimes you can run a synth through an amplifier (like a guitar amp) and get a different sound, or bigger sound. Also a myriad of effects and myriad ways of using those effects.

    • @ZipBalloon1989
      @ZipBalloon1989 Před 2 lety +2

      Film composer Jerry Goldsmith did this very thing right up until he died in 2004. Instead of the synths going into the booth they were played live with the orchestra on the sound stage. The best way in my opinion.

  • @JeffreyPlaide
    @JeffreyPlaide  Před 12 lety +4

    Of course,
    You may sample, apply noise reduction, apply effects to suit the style of your music composition.
    All the best with your work.
    Jeffrey S.

  • @adamlangley6033
    @adamlangley6033 Před 6 lety +2

    Love this . Have watched a few times. Thanks for the upload

  • @MartyOGorman
    @MartyOGorman Před 13 lety +2

    This is superb, thanks for sharing. I remember my sister watching this at the time and her having kittens because they showed the original Dr Who titles in probably ten years or more... I missed it though!

  • @Xcorgi
    @Xcorgi Před 10 lety +4

    From 1:20, it sounded a little like 8-bit Nintendo music! Gotta love analog!

    • @zamwam8005
      @zamwam8005 Před 10 lety

      no it didn't but it was close

  • @noiceworld
    @noiceworld Před 11 lety +2

    This is awesome!

  • @casual_designer
    @casual_designer Před 12 lety +2

    I'm really grateful that someone took an old VHS, converted it to DVD and uploaded to CZcams. This footage in the future will be rare and while VHS tapes will go extinct, this footage will remain here.

    • @paulashe61
      @paulashe61 Před 11 měsíci

      My brothers got a room of Vhs from 1979

  • @iLikeTheUDK
    @iLikeTheUDK Před 11 lety +2

    09:58 Sounds almost exactly like the bass line in the original Delia Derbyshire arrangement of Doctor Who.

  • @NTRSN-Archive
    @NTRSN-Archive Před 2 lety

    Unbelievable the BBC in 1979 and knowing Throbbing Gristle , Cabaret Voltaire , Robert Rental and Thomas Leer , The Normal etc etc created all ready much more futuristic music .

    • @paulashe61
      @paulashe61 Před 11 měsíci

      Or 1957 Daphne Oram at the BBC they followed the Muzak concrete pioneers of Kraftwerk

  • @MatzumiMusic
    @MatzumiMusic Před 12 lety

    A very impressiv old document of electronic music

  • @iLikeTheUDK
    @iLikeTheUDK Před 11 lety +1

    LOL When he started talking about turning the sharp attack, slow decay (as in "Buuuuuwwwww") sounds to slow attack, sharp decay (as in "Wwwwwwuuuuub") sounds, I immediately thought of the reverse fingered bass that's so iconic with dubstep...Weird thinking that many ideas that Skrillex uses that are still considered relatively "new" were actually invented before his parents were even born.

  • @fluffymcdeath
    @fluffymcdeath Před 13 lety

    I remember watching this in 1979 in the TV studio at Coopers Grammar with Michael Cross, Keith Burton, David Hart... I think that's who was there... that's usually who was hanging out there at lunches. We'd either hang out there or we'd hang out in the lab were Roy Agumba was building his Moog from Maplins (or some such). Maybe a Maplin 5600S Stereo Analog Synthesizer. Ah - happy days.

  • @BarryWarne
    @BarryWarne Před 12 lety +2

    What would be darn intriguing is a new documentary like this, a follow-up. 30 odd years later. Following each thread along. Analogue keyboards, control (digital), all the threads that lead to today's use of a laptop and plugins .... was this what those pioneers had in mind? I think both yes and no. Always one intriguing leap forward for every negative unintended consequence.

    • @jessihawkins9116
      @jessihawkins9116 Před 8 měsíci

      yeah they could show what music has evolved into today 😲

  • @runninghoove
    @runninghoove Před 11 lety +1

    Oh yes, correct! I see you know vintage Vangelis when you see it, good eye!!

  • @voshnarenek8084
    @voshnarenek8084 Před 12 lety

    I'll never understand to my dying breath why no one uses synthesizers to do what Kingsland did for the tv series, "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". It didn't sound "straight from a keyboard". I'll never understand how that sounds he made managed to be so under rated and unnoticed.

  • @abortedvocals
    @abortedvocals Před 11 lety +1

    awsome material!...year of my birth also interesting!?

  • @kinexkinex971
    @kinexkinex971 Před 2 lety

    it's particularly inspiring, thank you.

  • @BaddaBigBoom
    @BaddaBigBoom Před 6 lety

    The barrel organ has to go down in history as the first (analogue) sequencer.

  • @ClassicTVMan1981X
    @ClassicTVMan1981X Před 10 lety

    The pianola is playing "Chapel of Love" on the piano at 2:42. It becomes jazzier at 3:02.

  • @orangefunk
    @orangefunk Před 13 lety +3

    So... the true source of Alan Partridge is revealed... Michael Rodd take your bow!
    :-)
    Can't stop watching 0.07 - 0.12... classic Partridge pose.

    • @t.p.mckenna
      @t.p.mckenna Před 3 lety

      With every frame you can see it!

    • @AW8UK
      @AW8UK Před 3 lety

      Only just seen this comment on back of my continuing research into the many that have possibly influenced Coogans Partridge. Nick Owen, Wally Webb , Alan Freeman....just a handful if names
      Old enough to remember Micheal Rodd in the 70's.
      Also a fan of early use of electronics and synthetic in EDM & some other music.
      Thanks to channel host for sharing this.

  • @PinkFloydrulez
    @PinkFloydrulez Před 12 lety

    the 20th century is so fucking fascinating and exciting

  • @TheChurchOfKaiak
    @TheChurchOfKaiak Před 9 lety

    Yeah .. thats great. Many of today`s musicians have forgotten that music could be full of changes - and that does NOT mean "all those repeated chord changes" ...

  • @borgduck
    @borgduck Před 11 lety +8

    HEY! No Delia Derbyshire?!

  • @johnperlov8370
    @johnperlov8370 Před 9 lety

    JDear Nadia,
    Here in the U.S. we have Stories - like my ex said she wanted to watch her stories
    In case you don.t know, stories are West Virginia slang for "soap operas"

  • @fishybishbash
    @fishybishbash Před 11 lety +1

    Ah Michael Rodd, I remember so well - the hair - the jacket

  • @ReflexiveBeef
    @ReflexiveBeef Před 13 lety

    the piece played by the mechanical piano at 3:35 is the same as a piece in the demo video for the mellotron! search it up, it's quite amusing.

  • @andyman2416
    @andyman2416 Před 11 lety +2

    8:07
    and thats how scratching was made

  • @bassilredman9430
    @bassilredman9430 Před 10 lety +13

    The story I am about to tell you...

  • @MrDrdoomlittle
    @MrDrdoomlittle Před 11 lety +1

    That automatic violin is extremely impressive.

    • @jessihawkins9116
      @jessihawkins9116 Před 8 měsíci

      no, not really. you can get more precise sound with midi 🥱

  • @emenveeuk
    @emenveeuk Před 13 lety

    @duncanparsons .....I believe your 2nd option was correct :) It indeed seems to be Vangelis prior to Wakemen. In another You Tube vid (Vangelis - The dragon) his studio rig is setup similarly with a Roland System 100 sequencer (furthest left) & Roland SH3A above the Yamaha CS80 . The beard, square faced Cartier watch (black strap) seem to qualify too.

  • @TheBassHeavy
    @TheBassHeavy Před 11 lety

    Thanks so much

  • @musikdoktor
    @musikdoktor Před 12 lety +1

    9:32 BOOOOOOOOING... Sound..

  • @hudsoncampos2201
    @hudsoncampos2201 Před rokem +1

    awsome

  • @BarryWarne
    @BarryWarne Před 12 lety +1

    I like how exciting they make it all look. Makes keyboard players look like race-car drivers

  • @iLikeTheUDK
    @iLikeTheUDK Před 11 lety +2

    BTW sad he didn't actually mention Derbyshire throughout any of the videos in this documentary.

  • @runninghoove
    @runninghoove Před 11 lety

    Clip from TCR 00:25 - 00:43 is Vangelis.

  • @Mikael909
    @Mikael909 Před 11 lety

    depends on what directions your looking at, hip hop was at its peak maybe around 1993 - 1998

  • @BohemianConspiracy
    @BohemianConspiracy Před 9 lety

    Hey cool docs ! The beginning sound a bit like Vangelis "Spiral" (already from '77)

    • @BohemianConspiracy
      @BohemianConspiracy Před 7 lety

      Ok :-) Vangelis returned with a (unexpected) new album ...
      (I have not heard it yet)

  • @johndavidpeer3107
    @johndavidpeer3107 Před 6 lety

    Lol @ 2:55...the first step sequencer in play!

  • @vkinyourlife
    @vkinyourlife Před 9 lety

    Great lick at 2:42

  • @slaytalix
    @slaytalix Před 12 lety

    from 0:01 to 01:00 fingers of Vangelis with CS 80 Yamaha

  • @rushnerd
    @rushnerd Před 13 lety +1

    @ajittffcure
    BBC always manages to do everything on music right.

  • @yonatanzohar55
    @yonatanzohar55 Před 12 lety +1

    Anyone, any clue what's playing on @ 1:15 ??? so nice!

  • @duncanparsons
    @duncanparsons Před 13 lety

    @JeffreyPlaide Yup, Wakey. Just prior to him was Pat Moraz, or Vangelis, tho I tend toward Moraz

  • @BaddaBigBoom
    @BaddaBigBoom Před 6 lety

    I wonder how much of the "Alan Partridge" character was based on Michael Rodd :-)

  • @JasonDeeCaldwell
    @JasonDeeCaldwell Před 11 lety +4

    thats crazy the paper is midi!

    • @Zeal808
      @Zeal808 Před 6 lety

      Jason Caldwell totally

    • @shaft9000
      @shaft9000 Před 4 lety

      totes bruh, just no hugeongous 500+kg contraption breaking down with midi

  • @is100modularsystem6
    @is100modularsystem6 Před 8 lety

    great

  • @siladex-gaming
    @siladex-gaming Před 5 lety

    so this is how cabaret voltaire made their first few songs

  • @BarryWarne
    @BarryWarne Před 12 lety

    You mean Wakeman playing the two Minimoogs? They are side-by-side. You are looking at the back of them. But it's not clear which keyboard he is playing and the audio is out of sync with the video. I think.

  • @MarkMeadows90
    @MarkMeadows90 Před 9 lety +1

    0:50 sounds a bit like the laser synths on Animusic

  • @gasparucciox9706
    @gasparucciox9706 Před 11 lety

    super!

  • @Mikael909
    @Mikael909 Před 11 lety

    i comepletelty agree

  •  Před 11 lety +1

    looks like it

  • @lazerrazor7905
    @lazerrazor7905 Před 11 lety +1

    Or Abelton live.

  • @srettab
    @srettab Před 14 lety

    cool )

  • @shirokumaxdub
    @shirokumaxdub Před 10 lety

    かっちょいい~~

  • @bic232
    @bic232 Před 11 lety

    'Sup synth playin' Saruman.

  • @BarryWarne
    @BarryWarne Před 12 lety

    well ... I don't know if this is THE MOST extraordinary tale of our times .. you'd think there'd be various assassinations, political coups, stock market crashes, technological developments and so on. When alien lifeforms attacked us and nearly conquered us back in 1998 I thought that was pretty extraordinary.

  • @elpidiogranatello5160
    @elpidiogranatello5160 Před 10 lety

    8.35 Origins of SCRATCH!!!

  • @stephono-zipstefanotopix4024

    A 0:49 grande RICK!

  • @memoscope
    @memoscope Před 12 lety

    Vangelis!!! a los 0:25 - 0:42

  • @GephDeoMega
    @GephDeoMega Před 12 lety

    Ohh slash you troll everyone! =))

  • @sheep740
    @sheep740 Před 13 lety

    @ultimatenerd22 Looks like Edgar winter to me.

  • @dannykeigher4205
    @dannykeigher4205 Před 7 lety +3

    does anyone know the name of the presenter??

    • @MS-Patriot2
      @MS-Patriot2 Před 7 lety +1

      danny keigher
      Really... Michael Rodd. It says so in the intro.. He was one of the presenters on BBC's Tomorrow's World science program in the late '70's and Top Gear in late '80's. Hideous suit!!

    • @norepetitivebeats
      @norepetitivebeats Před 5 lety

      Alan Partridge

  • @FLORENT2222
    @FLORENT2222 Před 12 lety

    Rick Wakeman, from Yes, circa 1975/1976...

  • @iamyourfuture808
    @iamyourfuture808 Před 8 lety

    prototype Roland MC-8 at 2.40 ?

  • @BggProductions
    @BggProductions Před 11 lety

    What is the music playing at 1:15 ? Anyone?

  • @zumdar
    @zumdar Před 11 lety

    anyone know what piece is being played at 3:54 ?

  • @ObiTrev
    @ObiTrev Před 11 lety

    Would have said Edgar Winter.

  • @patnocat
    @patnocat Před 12 lety

    @ultimatenerd22 The one and only Rick Wakeman

  • @imnotangry7594
    @imnotangry7594 Před 4 lety

    OMG!! Rick Wakeman!!!

  • @magentasound_
    @magentasound_ Před 12 lety

    Who is playing at 0:50 ?

  • @MrNick235
    @MrNick235 Před 11 lety

    I want a hedgehog robot!

  • @Paul-fq9pj
    @Paul-fq9pj Před 10 lety +8

    Fuxk sake it's alan partridge

  • @andreborela5264
    @andreborela5264 Před 9 lety

    Someone tell me who is the artist/group at 0:44

  • @JeffreyPlaide
    @JeffreyPlaide  Před 13 lety

    I think it is Rick Wakeman
    Jeffrey S.

  • @iamyourfuture808
    @iamyourfuture808 Před 8 lety

    how long is that keyboard at 1.10 Hahaha

  • @Jitterskull
    @Jitterskull Před 12 lety

    @DeepNYCHouse No, you.

  • @Mikael909
    @Mikael909 Před 11 lety

    old hip hop had alot of meaning about scientology, the earth, the human mind, growing up from a sperm, the problems of the world, politics etc. so saying that hiphop was only about money for examle is like saying rockmusic is only about depression. hip hop was basicallly like rockmusic, drums bass, somekind of guitar/piano or something, just another form of rock/ reggae etc. wu tang clan ( + all members solocareers), jeru the damaja, big l, gangstarr, street poets, lord finesse etc are examples

  • @borgduck
    @borgduck Před 11 lety

    You're not serious?

  • @Brennanfilips
    @Brennanfilips Před 12 lety

    I thought it was Jesus.