The enduring magic of the Radiophonic Workshop | Resident Advisor
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- čas přidán 16. 05. 2018
- We look back on 60 years of the pioneering electronic music and sound effects workshop.
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"It was a place for experimentation," says Roger Limb, who's been a member of the Radiophonic Workshop since 1972, "full of weird and wonderful sounds which people were not quite sure what to make of." It is easy to forget how mind-bending something like the Doctor Who theme would have sounded back in in the mid-'60s, at a time when almost all music was acoustically derived. Breakthroughs like this were made possible by the pioneering experimentation at the Workshop, which was set up at the BBC in 1958 to record sound effects for radio programming. Techniques were developed on-the-fly using tape manipulation, oscillators and early synthesisers, laying the groundwork for countless musical movements that would come afterwards. The Workshop closed in 1998, but some of its members have continued to channel its spirit into live performances and recorded music. We followed the group to a recent show at the Science Museum in London to hear about the Workshop's 60-year-long journey.
Director / Producer - Sophie Misrahi
Editor - Sophie Misrahi
Camera - Sophie Misrahi, Guy Clarke
Dubbing Mixer - Guy Clarke
Director / Producer - Sophie Misrahi
Editor - Sophie Misrahi
Camera - Sophie Misrahi, Guy Clarke
Dubbing Mixer - Guy Clarke - Hudba
I've been very lucky to visit the Radiophonic workshop
I went with my late dad to visit. Sometimes I'd phone up for help with school homework when mum and dad didn't know. They mean an awful lot to me as friends
I was there, in the back row, enjoying every minute of it. Also had a tour of Maida Vale in the mid 90s shortly after joining the Beeb - I think it was Richard Attree who showed us the RW.
Wow, I had no idea this had happened! I wish the concert were available on DVD...
Be brilliant if it was. It's the only way I'd get to see anything like this.
I adore these videos
These sounds influenced a whole generation of British kids!
This is mind blowing!
Amazing stuff, thank you guys a lot for this
Brilliant.
Wonderful!
Awesome ❤️
ah brilliant stuff didn't know about this
Kingly
I am one of those who hates waiting too... I totally get it. Drives me crackers.
bring back the radiophhonic workshop i say
Would love to meet these
Great to see this one popping up, as we are about to announce another reissue from one man band who has been part of it since 1983! soundcloud.com/littlebeatdifferent/sets/alexander-goldscheider-lbdissues002-snippets
legends in my world. who is the woman on the brute?
seems interesting, I've never seen an episode of dr who, ever.
You haven't? Oh, well then, you probably should. 😉
Be warned if you watch from the start (An Unearthly Child, originally broadcast 23.11.1963), as quite a portion of the 60s episodes have gone missing. The BBC seem to be semi-trying to find them though.
I remember the first ever time (in my timestream) which I watched Doctor Who was in 2012 or 2013, on ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corp). The episode, if I recall correctly, was The Angels Take Manhattan. The Weeping Angels creeped me out.
there's a huge difference between the Radiophonic Workshop and the french Musique Concrète: the French are posh and boring; there's not an ounce of fun in their music; I've tried...