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Oldest 'Dance Music' Recordings found
« on: August 02, 2008, 02:52:04 PM »

I'll have to quote this fascinating story, as it's from the Manchester University Alumni (i.e. members only) pages.

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Archivists from the University have unearthed possibly the first recorded dance tracks dating back to the 1960s. The recordings, totalling 267 tapes, were composed by Delia Derbyshire during her time with the BBC's Radiophonic Workshop between 1962 and 1971. Dr David Butler, Lecturer in Screen Studies at the School of Arts, Histories and Culture, has hailed Delia as one of the earliest pioneers of dance music, influencing bands such as Portishead, Orbital and The Prodigy.

Following Delia's death in 2001, aged 67, the collection, which had gone unheard for over 30 years, was left in the hands of Mark Ayres, archivist for the Radiophonic Workshop. The University attained the collection in March 2007, and it was in such a poor condition that a 1960s Studer A80 Tape Machine had to be borrowed from the BBC in order to play them, and consequently catalogue and digitise them.

Delia Derbyshire, graduate of Cambridge University, is best remembered for composing the theme tune to Doctor Who alongside Ron Grainer. Delia joined the BBC's Radiophonic Workshop in 1962, where she was able to express her musical talents on theme tunes to documentaries, dramas and educational programmes, such as The Four Inventions of Radio, Great Zoos of the World and Doctor Who. Delia had an utterly unique style, she took musical inspiration from the sound of air raid sirens she had heard whilst living in Coventry as a child, and her favourite musical instrument was a green metal lampshade.

Butler described Delia Derbyshire as a, "Sculptor of sound." He emphasised the role Delia played towards the evolution of dance music, whilst questioning whether her work towards television themes shielded her from the true appreciation she deserved, "Her association with 'functional music' for TV and radio resulted in her contribution to the development of electronic music going unacknowledged."

Butler continued, "Delia never recieved the recognition she deserved as one of the most influential composers of the past 30 years."

Having unearthed the electronical musical talents of Delia Derbyshire over 30 years after the work was produced, David Butler's next target is to make the archive of Delia's work available to everyone, ensuring Delia's influence on dance music does not go unnoticed and unappreciated any longer.

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Here's a link: http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article4352673.ece

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Re: Oldest 'Dance Music' Recordings found
« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2008, 07:43:57 PM »

There was a recent radio4 program about this and they played some exsamples

can't find the program so I think it was over 7 days ago but here's a link to one of the recordings

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7512490.stm

other wise in general

http://www.myspace.com/trickbabiesuk
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« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2008, 07:45:12 PM »

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Re: Oldest 'Dance Music' Recordings found
« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2008, 02:15:31 AM »

Wow! :) Talk about being ahead of your time!!
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