Published
Wed, Apr 13, 2016, 23:23
- Delia Derbyshire's take on the iconic Dr. Who theme appears on the 45-track collection.
The 1979 collection BBC Radiophonic Workshop: 21 will get a reissue via Light In The Attic records on June 24th.
The set originally celebrated the 21st birthday of the famed studios. Founded in 1958, a small group of experimentalists started started out providing sound effects and eventually became the in-house music composers for the entire network. The 45 tracks trace this development from the musique concrète techniques of the early days to ornate synthesizer compositions. Featured on the compilation are pieces by Workshop founder Desmond Briscoe and Dick Mills, his original technical assistant. The most famous tune to come from the studio, Delia Derbyshire’s queasy treatment of Ron Grainer’s theme for Doctor Who, also appears.
The label speaks on the importance of the music created in the Radiophonic Workshop, saying its "groundbreaking compositions have provided a major influence on music from The Beatles and Pink Floyd and onwards into the contemporary world of Aphex Twin, Orbital and The Chemical Brothers." The new version comes on lilac vinyl and is limited to 1000 copies.
Watch a short documentary on the BBC Radiophonic Workshop below.
Tracklist
A1 Desmond Briscoe - Quatermass And The Pit
A2 Dick Mills - Bloodnok's Stomach
A3 Desmond Briscoe - Outside
A4 Phil Young - Science And Industry
A5 Phil Young - The Artist Speaks
A6 Phil Young - The Splendour That Was Rome
A7 Maddalena Fagandini - Interval Signal
A8 Desmond Briscoe - Phra The Phoenician
A9 Desmond Briscoe - Stick Up
A10 Maddalena Fagandini - Time Beat
A11 Maddalena Fagandini - Ideal Home Exhibition
A12 Delia Derbyshire - Time On Our Hands
A13 Delia Derbyshire - Arabic Science And Industry
A14 Maddalena Fagandini - The Chem Lab Mystery
A15 Delia Derbyshire - Know Your Car
A16 Delia Derbyshire - Dr. Who
A17 Brian Hodgson - Tardis
A18 John Baker -Choice
A19 John Baker - Hardluck Hall
A20 Delia Derbyshire - Talk Out
A21 Delia Derbyshire -Science And Health
A22 Tony Askew -Secrets Of The Chasm
A23 Keith Salmon -Westminster At Work
A24 Delia Derbyshire -A New View Of Politics
A25 Delia Derbyshire - Environmental Studies
A26 Delia Derbyshire - Chronicle
A27 Delia Derbyshire -Great Zoos Of The World
A28 Dudley Simpson - Minds Of Evil
B1 Dick Mills - Fanfare
B2 Paddy Kingsland - The Broken Biscuit Club
B3 Roger Limb - The Plunderers
B4 Richard Yeoman-Clark - Mysterioso
B5 Peter Howell - Greenwich Chorus
B6 Malcolm Clarke - Hurdy Gurdy
B7 Dick Mills - Martian March Past
B8 Paddy Kingsland - A Whisper From Space
B9 Roger Limb - Swirley
B10 Peter Howell - Merry-Go-Round
B11 Malcolm Clarke - BBC2 Serial
B12 Roger Limb - Quirky
B13 Paddy Kingsland - Newton
B14 Peter Howell - The Secret War
B15 Dick Mills - Thomas The Rhymer
B16 Malcolm Clarke - Contact
B17 Roger Limb - For Love Or Money
Light In The Attic will release BBC Radiophonic Workshop: 21 on June 24th, 2016.