Lockdown 3 Part 7 : Delia Derbyshire - The Myths & Legendary Tapes
Pioneering electronic artist, Delia Derbyshire is the focus of a lovingly directed feature length docu-drama called ‘ Delia Derbyshire - The Myths & Legendary Tapes’ from BBC Four.
Pioneering electronic artist, Delia Derbyshire is the focus of a lovingly directed feature length docu-drama called ‘ Delia Derbyshire - The Myths & Legendary Tapes’ from BBC Four.
Starring and directed by Caroline Catz, the film recreates the non conformist life of Delia Derbyshire in her unwaivering pursuit of electronic music as a a serious artform from the 1950’s onward, long before it was accepted by popular culture. The dramatisation is accompanied by narration from Delia herself in the form of original interviews, alongside interviews from fellow BBC Radiophonic Workshop members, while Cosey Fanni Tutti reworks 267 newly discovered unheard tapes into the soundtrack.
According to the Press Release : “This is a life story told through sound, using both Delia’s own pieces of music alongside a soundtrack constructed from samples chosen with musician and performance artist Cosey Fanni Tutti from Delia’s attic tapes. It explores the fantasy of a collaboration, an exchange of ideas across eras between two fascinating musicians. It celebrates independence and imagination and looks at how, when that energy is evoked by women and creates a spark, the pattern seen throughout history is that it is often dismissed, ridiculed or downplayed. A cinematic exploration of a legendary musical figure, written and directed by Caroline Catz, who also plays Delia.”
Available To Watch on BBC Four now :
Lockdown 2 Electric Avenue Part 3
Part 3. Things to make and do in Lockdown : Watch Possessor
Brandon Cronenberg follows up his prescient 2012 Antiviral movie with Possessor, a new film about brain implants starring reigning scream queen, Andrea Riseborough, fresh out of Mandy. Coming from the man whose last cinematic theme was the sale of celebrity viruses to their obsessive fans, you have to ask yourself, does he know something about the future that we don't?
Possessor treads a similar path to his father's, David Cronenberg's science fiction horror work, in what may seem far fetched today may be perfectly acceptable tomorrow - until there are unintended technological and biological consequences.
LOCKDOWN 2 ELECTRIC AVENUE PART 2
Part 2. Things to make and do in Lockdown : Learn about SoundBeaming.
Continuing our electric audio lockdown theme, it's time you rethought how to experience sound with Noveto's groundbreaking SoundBeaming technology. According to Noveto, sound is beamed directly outside the ears in ultrasonic waves that create private audio bubbles for a more natural and immersive experience, without the need for headphones.
Don't be surprised if Apple adopts this technology in the near future.
Check out their website and promo video here :
Lockdown 2 Electric Avenue Part 1
Part 1. Things to make and do in Lockdown : Meet the new AFX Station.
If you've ever been tempted to buy a Novation Bass Station, then now is the perfect time thanks to a collaboration with AFX Twin, which sees the artist reinvent the classic Bass Station II.
Embossed with the famous AFX logo, this alternative collectors monosynth comes complete with an inbuilt 'AFX mode' and presets from artists such as Noyze Lab, Perplex On, Richard Devine, r beny and Lightbath.
Check out the tech specs here :