Iniciamos un doble monográfico dedicado al arte sonoro y la música electroacústica en Suecia, que realizamos gracias al apoyo de Fylkingen (y, en particular, del artista sonoro Per Åhlund, su actual coordinador). Fylkingen es una modélica asociación de músicos y artistas experimentales fundada en Estocolmo en 1933, que hoy reúne…
Le Théâtre des Radio Opérations – René Farabet en Radio Grenouille René Farabet, qui dirigea l’Atelier de Création Radiophonique de France Culture de 1969 à 2001, donne ici une conférence sur la radio en tant que succession de “théâtres”, c’est-à-dire de scènes, peuplées de sons-personnages, sur lesquelles on effectue des…
BBC Radio 4 Extra – Selected Radiophonic Works Richard Coles tells the BBC’s Radiophonic Workshop’s extraordinary story. In 1958 a unique musical laboratory opened at the BBC. It was called the Radiophonic Workshop and provided music and sound for a wealth of BBC programmes, from The Goons to Dr Who.…
El Estudio de Fonología Musical de la RAI fue fundado en la Ciudad de Milán, Italia, en 1955 por Luciano Berio y Bruno Maderna. Allí se compusieron muchas de las primeras obras de este tipo como el “Hommagio a Joyce” y “Visage” de Berio o “La rire” e “Invenzione su…
Nigel Wrench: Lost tapes of the Dr Who composer Delia Derbyshire was working in the BBC’s Radiophonic Workshop in 1963 when she was given the score for a theme tune to a new science fiction series. She turned those dots on a page into the swirling, shimmering Doctor Who title…
A sound and photo history of Radio Art. Part 1: Technical Background
Austrian poet Ernst Jandl (1925-2000) was a key figure of German sound poetry, famous for his play with the language and hilarious public lectures where his version of the Viennese accent added to an inexhaustible aural creativity. Recorded in the BBC Radiophonic Workshop in July 1966, this cassette documents a…
Austrian writer Peter Handke, born 1942, wrote many plays during the 1960s and ’70s, like Kaspar, 1968 – about Kaspar Hauser‘s acquisition of German language –, a play that typifies Handke’s project of: questioning everyday language ; denouncing manipulation through speech ; disconnecting what is seen and what is heard…
Je voulais voir Page et pas mourir. Page n’est pas Venise bien qu’au bord de l’eau. Je ne pensais pas que Page soit une ville. Tout ne se passe pas toujours comme ça devrait. Par exemple le bateau sur lequel nous embarquons à un bruit si grave que l’enregistrement numérique…
Radiophonic Explorations: video A dedication compilation of material celebrating the pioneering spirit of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Electronic music synthesis is explored, with various analogue and digital techniques being employed. Material is edited from the following documentary and information sources: The Alchemists of Sound, The Masters of Sound, The Music…