BBC Radiophonic Workshop – 21 was a compilation by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop to celebrate their 21st anniversary in 1979. It was compiled as an overview of their work both old and new, showcasing the changes in the Workshop as they developed from backroom sound effects suppliers for BBC Radio to full-fledged in-house music composers for the whole of the corporation. It demonstrates the move from the musique concrète and tape-manipulation techniques used in the early days, to the synthesiser works of the 1970s. The first side of the album consisted of material from 1958 to 1971, covering their early work creating jingles, sound-effects and some incidental music. This side includes the first material by Workshop founder Desmond Briscoe to be commercially released, as well as sound effects from The Goon Show, Maddalena Fagandini's interval signal that later became "Time Beat", some of Delia Derbyshire's experimental work and the pilot episode version of the Doctor Who theme music. The second side of the record covered the period between 1971–1979, including Richard Yeoman-Clark material from popular BBC series Blake's 7 and Peter Howell's vocoder heavy "Greenwich Chorus" theme for The Body in Question.
The BBC Radiophonic Workshop, one of the sound effects units of the BBC, was created in 1958 to produce effects and new music for radio. It was closed in March 1998, although much of its traditional work had already been outsourced by 1995. The original Radiophonic Workshop was based in the BBC's Maida Vale Studios in Delaware Road, London.
History
Creation
The Workshop was set up to satisfy the growing demand in the late 1950s for "radiophonic" sounds from a group of producers and studio managers at the BBC, including Desmond Briscoe and Daphne Oram. For some time there had been much interest in producing innovative music and sounds to go with the pioneering programming of the era, in particular the dramatic output of the BBC Third Programme. Often the sounds required for the atmosphere that programme makers wished to create were unavailable or non-existent through traditional sources and so some, such as the musically trained Oram, would look to new techniques to produce effects and music for their pieces. Much of this interest drew them to musique concrète and tape manipulation techniques, since using these methods could allow them to create soundscapes suitable for the growing range of unconventional programming. When the BBC noticed the rising popularity of this method they established a Radiophonic Effects Committee, setting up the Workshop in rooms 13 & 14 of the BBC's Maida Vale studios with a budget of £2,000. The Workshop regularly released technical journals of their findings - leading to some of their techniques being borrowed by sixties producers and engineers such as Eddie Kramer.
The Ideal Home Show (formerly called the Ideal Home Exhibition) is an annual event in London held at Olympia, London since March 2015. The show was devised by the Daily Mail newspaper in 1908 and continued to be run by the Daily Mail up until 2009. It was then sold to events and publishing company Media 10.
Its goal is to bring together everything associated with having an "ideal home", such as the latest inventions for the modern house, and to showcase the latest housing designs. A regular feature of the show for many years was the Ideal House Competition, where designs were invited and the winning schemes erected at the exhibition the following year.
The first exhibition was held in 1908 at the Olympia exhibition centre, with sections dedicated to "phases of home life" such as construction, food and cookery, furniture and decoration. Demonstrations and contests included an Arts and Crafts competition and a competition to design the "Ideal Home". Wareham Smith, advertising manager of the Daily Mail, founded the exhibition as a marketing event for the newspaper. It was often visited by celebrities and royalty.
The enduring magic of the Radiophonic Workshop | Resident Advisor
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 earl...
published: 17 May 2018
Five Days at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Five Days at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop [COMPLETE]
published: 07 Dec 2012
Pioneers Of Sound: The story of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
A short documentary on the history and influence of the BBC's sound effects studio the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Click here for more info: http://www.thevinylfactory.com/?p=11370
published: 19 Feb 2014
Creating the Theme | Radiophonic Workshop | Doctor Who
A look inside the BBC Radiophonic Workshop with Dick Mills, Brian Hodgson, Verity Lambert and the late Delia Derbyshire and how they brought composer Ron Grainer's Doctor Who theme to life using electronic music. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubscribeToDoctorWho
Taken from the special feature Masters of Sound on the Doctor Who: The Beginning Box Set DVD.
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published: 18 Apr 2015
How Do They Do That - The RadioPhonic Workshop
with Brian Hodgson
published: 12 May 2018
BBC Radiophonic Workshop: A Journey Through Time
Created in 1958, and based in BBC's Maida Vale Studios, Radiophonic Workshop are true pioneers of electronic music. We caught up with them to find out their creative process of old, and how they perform music in the modern age.
Watch part II here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GED3sLSVuRg
More info:
https://www.arturia.com/radiophonic
published: 02 Jun 2017
BBC Radiophonic Workshop: Experimentation with MatrixBrute
The second part of our miniseries on the British electronic music pioneers, Radiophonic Workshop. Synth guru Mark Ayres reveals why MatrixBrute is a perfect addition to the Radiophonic family, and demonstrates some of the unique sounds it's capable of.
See the full article: https://www.arturia.com/radiophonic
Download the Radiophonic Workshop preset bank for MatrixBrute: https://www.arturia.com/radiophonic
More on MatrixBrute: https://www.arturia.com/products/hardware-synths/matrixbrute
published: 04 Jul 2017
Peter Howell & The Radiophonic Workshop 'The Astronauts' (full version)
One of the best BBC Radiophonic releases in my opinion from 1978. This is from the album 'Through A Glass Darkly'.
published: 25 Feb 2013
BBC Radiophonic Workshop
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BBC Radiophonic Workshop · The Magnetic Fields
Holiday
℗ 1999 Merge Records
Released on: 1999-01-12
Composer: Stephin Merritt
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We look back on 60 years of the pioneering electronic music and sound effects workshop.
Visit the RA feature page: https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/322...
We look back on 60 years of the pioneering electronic music and sound effects workshop.
Visit the RA feature page: https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/3228
"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
We look back on 60 years of the pioneering electronic music and sound effects workshop.
Visit the RA feature page: https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/3228
"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
A short documentary on the history and influence of the BBC's sound effects studio the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Click here for more info: http://www.thevinylfa...
A short documentary on the history and influence of the BBC's sound effects studio the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Click here for more info: http://www.thevinylfactory.com/?p=11370
A short documentary on the history and influence of the BBC's sound effects studio the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Click here for more info: http://www.thevinylfactory.com/?p=11370
A look inside the BBC Radiophonic Workshop with Dick Mills, Brian Hodgson, Verity Lambert and the late Delia Derbyshire and how they brought composer Ron Graine...
A look inside the BBC Radiophonic Workshop with Dick Mills, Brian Hodgson, Verity Lambert and the late Delia Derbyshire and how they brought composer Ron Grainer's Doctor Who theme to life using electronic music. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubscribeToDoctorWho
Taken from the special feature Masters of Sound on the Doctor Who: The Beginning Box Set DVD.
Click here to buy Doctor Who: The Beginning Box Set DVD: http://www.bbcshop.com/science-fiction/doctor-who-the-beginning-box-set-dvd/invt/bbcdvd1882?utm_source=Youtube&utm_medium=youtube&utm_campaign=kh_thebeginningdvd
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Regenerations: http://bit.ly/DWRegenerations
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Title Sequences: http://bit.ly/DWTitleSequences
Welcome to the Doctor Who Channel! Travel in the TARDIS with clips dating back to the Doctor's first incarnation in 1963, all the way through dozens of regenerations.
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A look inside the BBC Radiophonic Workshop with Dick Mills, Brian Hodgson, Verity Lambert and the late Delia Derbyshire and how they brought composer Ron Grainer's Doctor Who theme to life using electronic music. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubscribeToDoctorWho
Taken from the special feature Masters of Sound on the Doctor Who: The Beginning Box Set DVD.
Click here to buy Doctor Who: The Beginning Box Set DVD: http://www.bbcshop.com/science-fiction/doctor-who-the-beginning-box-set-dvd/invt/bbcdvd1882?utm_source=Youtube&utm_medium=youtube&utm_campaign=kh_thebeginningdvd
WATCH MORE:
Regenerations: http://bit.ly/DWRegenerations
The Thirteenth Doctor: http://bit.ly/TheThirteenthDoctor
Title Sequences: http://bit.ly/DWTitleSequences
Welcome to the Doctor Who Channel! Travel in the TARDIS with clips dating back to the Doctor's first incarnation in 1963, all the way through dozens of regenerations.
Want to share your views? Join our fan panel: http://tinyurl.com/YouTube-DoctorWho-FanPanel
This is a commercial channel from BBC Studios. Service & Feedback https://www.bbcstudios.com/contact/contact-us/
Created in 1958, and based in BBC's Maida Vale Studios, Radiophonic Workshop are true pioneers of electronic music. We caught up with them to find out their cre...
Created in 1958, and based in BBC's Maida Vale Studios, Radiophonic Workshop are true pioneers of electronic music. We caught up with them to find out their creative process of old, and how they perform music in the modern age.
Watch part II here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GED3sLSVuRg
More info:
https://www.arturia.com/radiophonic
Created in 1958, and based in BBC's Maida Vale Studios, Radiophonic Workshop are true pioneers of electronic music. We caught up with them to find out their creative process of old, and how they perform music in the modern age.
Watch part II here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GED3sLSVuRg
More info:
https://www.arturia.com/radiophonic
The second part of our miniseries on the British electronic music pioneers, Radiophonic Workshop. Synth guru Mark Ayres reveals why MatrixBrute is a perfect add...
The second part of our miniseries on the British electronic music pioneers, Radiophonic Workshop. Synth guru Mark Ayres reveals why MatrixBrute is a perfect addition to the Radiophonic family, and demonstrates some of the unique sounds it's capable of.
See the full article: https://www.arturia.com/radiophonic
Download the Radiophonic Workshop preset bank for MatrixBrute: https://www.arturia.com/radiophonic
More on MatrixBrute: https://www.arturia.com/products/hardware-synths/matrixbrute
The second part of our miniseries on the British electronic music pioneers, Radiophonic Workshop. Synth guru Mark Ayres reveals why MatrixBrute is a perfect addition to the Radiophonic family, and demonstrates some of the unique sounds it's capable of.
See the full article: https://www.arturia.com/radiophonic
Download the Radiophonic Workshop preset bank for MatrixBrute: https://www.arturia.com/radiophonic
More on MatrixBrute: https://www.arturia.com/products/hardware-synths/matrixbrute
Provided to YouTube by Merge Media Ltd
BBC Radiophonic Workshop · The Magnetic Fields
Holiday
℗ 1999 Merge Records
Released on: 1999-01-12
Composer: Stephi...
Provided to YouTube by Merge Media Ltd
BBC Radiophonic Workshop · The Magnetic Fields
Holiday
℗ 1999 Merge Records
Released on: 1999-01-12
Composer: Stephin Merritt
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Provided to YouTube by Merge Media Ltd
BBC Radiophonic Workshop · The Magnetic Fields
Holiday
℗ 1999 Merge Records
Released on: 1999-01-12
Composer: Stephin Merritt
Auto-generated by YouTube.
We look back on 60 years of the pioneering electronic music and sound effects workshop.
Visit the RA feature page: https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/3228
"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
A short documentary on the history and influence of the BBC's sound effects studio the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Click here for more info: http://www.thevinylfactory.com/?p=11370
A look inside the BBC Radiophonic Workshop with Dick Mills, Brian Hodgson, Verity Lambert and the late Delia Derbyshire and how they brought composer Ron Grainer's Doctor Who theme to life using electronic music. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubscribeToDoctorWho
Taken from the special feature Masters of Sound on the Doctor Who: The Beginning Box Set DVD.
Click here to buy Doctor Who: The Beginning Box Set DVD: http://www.bbcshop.com/science-fiction/doctor-who-the-beginning-box-set-dvd/invt/bbcdvd1882?utm_source=Youtube&utm_medium=youtube&utm_campaign=kh_thebeginningdvd
WATCH MORE:
Regenerations: http://bit.ly/DWRegenerations
The Thirteenth Doctor: http://bit.ly/TheThirteenthDoctor
Title Sequences: http://bit.ly/DWTitleSequences
Welcome to the Doctor Who Channel! Travel in the TARDIS with clips dating back to the Doctor's first incarnation in 1963, all the way through dozens of regenerations.
Want to share your views? Join our fan panel: http://tinyurl.com/YouTube-DoctorWho-FanPanel
This is a commercial channel from BBC Studios. Service & Feedback https://www.bbcstudios.com/contact/contact-us/
Created in 1958, and based in BBC's Maida Vale Studios, Radiophonic Workshop are true pioneers of electronic music. We caught up with them to find out their creative process of old, and how they perform music in the modern age.
Watch part II here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GED3sLSVuRg
More info:
https://www.arturia.com/radiophonic
The second part of our miniseries on the British electronic music pioneers, Radiophonic Workshop. Synth guru Mark Ayres reveals why MatrixBrute is a perfect addition to the Radiophonic family, and demonstrates some of the unique sounds it's capable of.
See the full article: https://www.arturia.com/radiophonic
Download the Radiophonic Workshop preset bank for MatrixBrute: https://www.arturia.com/radiophonic
More on MatrixBrute: https://www.arturia.com/products/hardware-synths/matrixbrute
Provided to YouTube by Merge Media Ltd
BBC Radiophonic Workshop · The Magnetic Fields
Holiday
℗ 1999 Merge Records
Released on: 1999-01-12
Composer: Stephin Merritt
Auto-generated by YouTube.
BBC Radiophonic Workshop – 21 was a compilation by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop to celebrate their 21st anniversary in 1979. It was compiled as an overview of their work both old and new, showcasing the changes in the Workshop as they developed from backroom sound effects suppliers for BBC Radio to full-fledged in-house music composers for the whole of the corporation. It demonstrates the move from the musique concrète and tape-manipulation techniques used in the early days, to the synthesiser works of the 1970s. The first side of the album consisted of material from 1958 to 1971, covering their early work creating jingles, sound-effects and some incidental music. This side includes the first material by Workshop founder Desmond Briscoe to be commercially released, as well as sound effects from The Goon Show, Maddalena Fagandini's interval signal that later became "Time Beat", some of Delia Derbyshire's experimental work and the pilot episode version of the Doctor Who theme music. The second side of the record covered the period between 1971–1979, including Richard Yeoman-Clark material from popular BBC series Blake's 7 and Peter Howell's vocoder heavy "Greenwich Chorus" theme for The Body in Question.
I was brought up in an ideal home Bay windows let the sun shine through Natural light chased the shadows I was brought up in an ideal home In an ideal home nothing you do can go wrong In an ideal home everything's safe and you can Sit by the fire, read a good book or watch TV Miserable songs from the house next door Perhaps they're planning to end it all They should come around to our house Like the sunshine, in our ideal home In an ideal home nothing you do can go wrong In an ideal home there's never an awkward silence Turn out the lights, sit in the dark and watch the stars Everything's safe in an ideal home In an ideal home In an ideal home