The BBC Radiophonic Workshop was created back in the '50s to supply sound effects and music to various BBC radio and television programs. Despite not obtaining an actual synthesizer until 1965, the Radiophonic Workshop turned out some amazing electronic work from its founding in the '50s until the workshop was closed in 1996. Before synthesizers and digital electronics, the main sources for electronic music were tone generators and meticulous editing. These folks were largely unheralded geniuses in their field, producing ...
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The BBC Radiophonic Workshop was created back in the '50s to supply sound effects and music to various BBC radio and television programs. Despite not obtaining an actual synthesizer until 1965, the Radiophonic Workshop turned out some amazing electronic work from its founding in the '50s until the workshop was closed in 1996. Before synthesizers and digital electronics, the main sources for electronic music were tone generators and meticulous editing. These folks were largely unheralded geniuses in their field, producing tones and sounds that seem modern (well, some of them) circa 2000. Some of the musical material and melodies may come off as a bit cheesy today ("Crazy Dazy" actually quotes "A Bicycle Built for Two"), but the sounds themselves are often amazing. This would make an excellent companion to OHM: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music, focusing on the less academic end of early electronic music. ~ Sean Westergaard, Rovi
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