[sdiy] Attention all Delia Derbyshire worshippers

[nN AAt e e]

> > British people in particular should be interested in this. For those who
> > don't know, Delia Derbyshire is one of the more pivotal and yet least
> > known characters in early electronic music. Initially, she WAS the BBC
> > radiophonic workshop.
>
> > It pretty much annoys me that with so few women working in this field,
one
> > of the early pioneers was in fact female and yet through a combination
of
> > sexism and stupidity, has been swept under the historical carpet.

as an American [living in Massachusetts, about as close to the UK as one
could possibly get in the US], i had never even heard of the Radiophonic
Workshop until the recent [late spring?] documentary on the BBC. even then,
all i knew was what was posted on the website, since i dont get any of the
BBC except for BBC America, which is horrible since they stopped playing
Father Ted....

anyway, like steve said, the women in this field havnt been swept under the
carpet, they have been forgotten. i would think that not many people who are
british would even know who she is even if they are into electronic music.

think of this point: wendy carlos is still alive, [arguably] made moog
famous, but go ask any person on the streets, even old enough to remember
clockwork orange coming out, and would they know who she is? i know plenty
of people who are into all sorts of electronic music, but do they know who
Kraftwerk are? no. they dont.

the pioneers are remembered by the people who are the people doing the same
things in current times.

- nate - www.robot-dreams.com/sd/ - pervertcore

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