Her repertoire of sounds and styles is amazing. Listening to this, one can almost hear the the future echoes of Nurse With Wound. (Around the 1:22 mark.)
@annaannamusic Try the whole album, it's GREAT!!!! Sadly, the 2nd & 3rd ones weren't quite so good. By that time, the entire band pretty much consisted of David Voorhous. The albums were entirely electronic and sounded closer to a slightly poorer cousin of Walter/Wendy Carlos or Tomita. There's also an, otherwise (as far as I know) unreleased track by White Noise on the Virgin records sampler album, "V".
Does anyone know what those drum sounds at :47 would have been? I mean it sounds like it could be bongos run through some sort of comb filter or something...???
@aristurtle1 Just regular drums that were either treated by Delia's tape manipulations (she didn't like synthesizers, she preferred to take a sounds and do things to them to make them sound the way she wanted) and/or tuned to sound as high & ringy as they are. If you just hit a normal drum on the edge of the head, sometimes even hitting the metal rim at the same time, it'll give you a pinging sound like that.
@aristurtle1 No problem! (That'll be $10.00.) It's possible one or more of the other band members used a synth, but I doubt she did. I'm not absolutely sure of the reason, but I think it was just that she thought it was like cheating to use a synth. Too easy. She prefered to create her own sounds and thought it more interesting to do so. There's videos here about her and one of them tells why she didn't like synths.
@vSiUaCcKoSm Nope, definately `69. It was on Island Records right after they stopped using the pink label. The 2nd album came out about 2 or 3 years later on Virgin just after they changed to the red/green labels, and the 3rd, was probably late `70's/early `80's. Some label I'd never heard of before. I'd have to dig them out to find out.
ma dico ci rendiamo conto?????????????? e il resto del mondo ascoltava i beatles, rollin' stones, hendrix e questa se li legava tutti al c...!!!!!!!! le donne sono superiori!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I reckon Delia did more than just "help" in the Doctor Who theme. Yes Ron Grainer wrote the score, but this could have been interpreted in a hundred different ways. It Was DELIA'S treatment that made it the eternal icon of all theme songs, and master piece of early electronic music but it's own right. Delia Derbyshire and Daphne Oram are the great high priestesses of electronic music.
Technology is nothing without vision, talent and intelligence. Delia had all three it appears.
Can I also reccommend for those who liked this that they check out a band called "The United States of America". From a similar time but rather different sensibilities (?)
Delia Derbyshire is the Passion to my Drive, the Spirit in my reason, the lesson to my Love, & the Mother of Electronic Music.
And for those reasons the worst pain I shal ever experience, is the simple fact I have not, nor ever shal meet her to say "Thank you for giving my life such meaning".
As Delia herself said: "What we are doing now is not important for itself, but one day someone might be interested enough to carry things forwards and create something wonderful on these foundations".
God, why the Bjork comparisons? Bjork would be better, if she didn't actually sing . Delia's genius is untouchable and timeless. Her work penetrates deep into the psyche and creates an other- worldliness with her music, that no avant-pop artist like Bjork could ever dream about.
quite an amazing album,, i got white noise 1,2 and 3 on vinyl an electric storm in hell (1), concerto for the synthesizer (2) and,re entry (3) but an electric storm is the best of them, im suprised how many views some of the music had had on here,, noone i know has ever herd of white noise,,guess its down to my dope smokin years lol
I hate when people say The Beatles were ahead of their time and crap about they "revolutioned" the entire music, bla bla.... Delia Derbyshire is one of that examples of people who really gave to the music a different sound, and most important, this song is WAY AHEAD OF IT'S TIME (way better than Beatles "psychedelia")
@rodoorsfopeyote they are 2 different things altogether m8. the beatles did revolutionise music with 'sgt peppers...' because of the approach to recording techniques and song writing ect (like putting microphones in bottles ect) similarly delia derbyshire was experimenting with the medium of tape, locked away in a room creating sond effects ect. you cant say either was more or less influencial because they both had profound influence on different areas of music.
@rodoorsfopeyote also the beatles 'tomorrow never knows' on the album 'revolver' is widely regarded as the first 'dance' track and is vey commonly sampled by modern dance musicians.
@markgriffgarstang First dance track man? There are so many strange things that the people said The Beatles did. Could you gave me the name of an artist or dance musician who have sampled "Tomorrow Never Knows"?
@rodoorsfopeyote the chemical brothers for a start, im not trying to argue one way or the other here mate, to an extent i agree with ur original point but if ur going to look at music you CANT say that one person/band/whatever had more influence or were more important than the other, everything has its place and everything has relevence. i dont like Andy Warhols Art, but i can appreciate its value within a greater context. so similarly how can a music fan deny the importance of the beatles?
@rodoorsfopeyote No disrespect to Delia is intended, but there isn't anything significant in this video (audio track). Some of it even sounds like traditional instruments mixed in. It's all very low key, simple minded stuff, typical 60's experimental.
The Beatles were songwriters, not sound engineers. Most of their "brilliant" work is attributable to producer George Martin. Listen to their raw versions, and you'll hear how Martin was the actually genius behind everything.
@TomZentra You are completely way off the mark with your comment, and you obviously have no understanding of tape-made electronic music from the 60's or you would have the up-most of respect for this piece of music.
@TomZentra The Beatles were not sound engineers but nor was George Martin. Perhaps you don't understand the term 'Producer'? Geoff Emerick was the man with the plan. He engineered Revolver, Sgt. Pepper's and Abbey Road and contributed tremendously, in a very creative way to the Beatles music. To say George Martin was 'the actual genius behind everything' is a terribly ignorant and simplistic thing to say, as is saying there is nothing significant in Delia's music. She WAS a genius.
@musicmakesgood From what I know it was Norman "Hurricane" Smith that was the engineer at that time. He did the first Pink Floyd album, "S. F. Sorrow" by The Pretty Things and Sgt. Pepper. The Beatles were recording Sgt. Pepper in one studio at the same time "S. F. Sorrow" and "Piper..." was being recorded in another studio and when The Beatles weren't there, some of The Pretty Things stole into The Beatles studio and borrowed Ringo's bass drum for their album. Only HE had a 26" bass drum.
feels like acid without the acid, I think my mind is blown.
and just THINK of all the shit that sounds JUST like this made like a year or so ago...it's laughable this is from the 60's, I DARE you to fool your friends into thinking this is the LATEST newest track!
even Throbbing gristle owes their prowess to this peice, I swear it's too much!~
This is a lot sexier than some throbbing gristle tracks...wow is it ever a sexy tune~
Everyone who said that she is ahead of her time.....you cant be ahead of your time.
The fact that she made this in 69 means that this is the music of that time!!!
This is what people made in that time and therefore belong to us who were there at the Time. This is from then and not from now Always had this record since 72 or so.
You guys realy need to check more from that time...the future already happent 30 years ago and i feel that today bands are so behind the time LOL
@SjoerdDekker no, a few bands like this, isolated cases, made music like this. what you accuse today's bands of was the case with your generation as well. there are the bands who do it to fit in, and there are the ones who do it for the sound. there will always be those two groups. this song is an example of the latter.
@SjoerdDekker semantics. she was out there, and there weren't a lot of people doing this, then. that's what the commenter meant. sorry we don't use the same vernacular in this time...and another thing... words like "belong" blow. i guess you don't listen to anything before you were born, being that it doesn't belong to you. i bet your record collection blows. shit, you know what? get off my internet
Of course, we are always "of our time", but she was at the cutting edge of hers, ahead of the pack, unrecognised in her time - a genius! It is only now we might be catching up with her, and she may get some postumous recognition for what she was trying to do.... and inspire us in our time.
that's so true - recording stuff "of its time" that's actually "ahead of its time" which was "for your time" "on our time" "at that time" - a future that;s the past but still constantly present in your mind.
First synthesizers of that time were too restrictive to achieve what she got done by sampling, she was too ahead of her time. It's understandable she didn't like the way electronic music was taking.
Last week came news that through the electronic music community 267 lost tapes by the late Delia Derbyshire the BBC Radiophonic Workshop pioneer who turned Ron Grainer's sketches for the Dr Who theme tune into the modern, spooky masterpiece we all known today, had been found and digitised. For electronic music-lovers like me, it was amazing to find out that such an archive exists. For those less aware of her work, it marked the latest stage in the recovery of a lost musical, and feminist, icon.
It's amazing how many artists THINK they're being unique and original, and people like Delia are already decades ahead of them, with tools nowhere as advanced :D
In about 1980 my brother passed his driving test and we drove around the countryside in my dads moris marina listening to genesis and yes. This was on a tape with no name on it but I've never heared it since. It played in the background of the radio 4 programme and at last I found out who it was after all these years
@timjmoran of course. i remember that Adrian Utley mentioned this album and a whole White Noise project in some interview. also i know it's a great inspiration for a many british synth enthusiasts nowadays. btw. people, please give some credits to Mr Vorhaus as well. actually he was a master of the ceremony behind White Noise.
So ahead of their times, these musicians. And to think they didn't use real synths on this, only tapeloops, sound generators and the likes. If you like this, you should also look at the BBC Radiophonic workshop CD's. They are a real treat.
First heard this when I was around 18. I am now in my 50s and it still sounds as good without the drugs. Have the album transferred to cd. Great to come across it here.
In my opinion (and many others) delia was one of the smartest musical genius that have ever existed, you should look up all of her work going back to the early sixties,really she has done a lot more for music than lennon or hendrix,she is a true genius.
This track isn't Delia Derbyshire's... her taking all the credit is just wrong. What about vorhaus? He was (in my opinion) the genius behind White Noise.
infact you are forgeting about peter zinovieff, and... well... vorhaus continued doing albums without Delia and peter and... they werennnn't this good. not even close
Delia taught Pink Floyd in the BBC Workshop! "I can remember having a really wild time with Pink Floyd. They wanted to learn all our secrets!" she said in an interview years later in Dr Who monthly. (Who fans revere her for her stunning realisation of the main theme).
I asked if PF had any connection a few weeks ago on a video called:
Reel-to-Reel Beat Matching Virtuosa
Nobody responded but I found some info where she did work with PF. After hearing the 63 doctor who theme I felt PF had to know who she was and maybe worked with her. I was right.
It seems PF did lean all the secrets. I need to know more PLEASE. Where can I read about her working with Pink Floyd? PLEASE?
I'm afraid I don't know anymore than I quoted from the interview. You could contact the BBC. The chap in charge of all the radiophonic archives is Mark Ayers.
She opened up the workshop at night so they could make lots of noise without disturbing other staff, so there might not have been any others there. If they recorded anything, it could have ended up in the tapes which Ayers looks after, so you could try writing to him. Good luck!
she deserves outrageous acclaim, although what I've seen of her she seemed the kind of person that wouldn't have welcomed too much of it, she could've tho, if she were a different character she could've taken advantage of the shallow, a marketers dream! pleasing to hear/look at, I can see it now in her spacey Barberella jumpsuit, thank god she was just how she was..what a mind!!
I have the widest taste in music...ever! From Classical to Gabber. From Folk music to Death Metal. Barry White to NWA. But, I believe that this album- White Noise- Electric Storm (In Hell) is, Maybe the best Album ever made! We are now 40 years from when this was made, but can you replicate the sounds that they produced......No!...........& you won't! If you like this album, may I suggest you have a look at the sites that explain how they made the sounds. It may shock you!
Well...technicaly wise of course you can reproduce these sounds. It's just bloody expensive to buy these vintage Analog Modular Synthesizers, Tape Recorders & Effects. ;) Nevertheless i'm amazed how fresh and progressive this music sounds even today. Timeless...Thx for the upload!
I mean....1969!!! Compare this to other Bands of this time. Was anybody even listening to this stuff back in the day? What an incredible woman. My deepest Respect.
Respect! Love without words I would say..
tram2119 1 week ago
awesome!
TheEldion 1 month ago
she died when i was one/1
joelschelfhout1999 1 month ago
delia fue excelente sin ella no se hubiera podido crear la psycodelia
martin198777 2 months ago
this shit is crazy!!! wowow.
bigfatchodez 2 months ago
Is the voice male or female? It's very odd. I know Delia made the song, but is it her singing?
HTprods 2 months ago
@HTprods The lead vocals on this song were by John Whitman, a geezer, and was written by Delia Derbyshire and David Vorhaus.
astrophonix 2 weeks ago
This makes me think of summer afternoons in block island on the beach with some good friends, just chillin', talking about old movies....
teleny2 2 months ago
The singer reminds me of vincent gallo. The whole track sounds like his musical output condensed.
dirkbogarde44 2 months ago
She definitely went through that wormhole. Instead of Donnie Darko saved his love of life, she saved the music industry.
M3taph0r13L 2 months ago
She is the mother of techno
keiichi33 2 months ago
Sounds ATLEAST one hundred year beyond it's time. We miss you Delia.
ClaimhSolais 3 months ago
Decades beyond its time!
dougiezerts 3 months ago
Her repertoire of sounds and styles is amazing. Listening to this, one can almost hear the the future echoes of Nurse With Wound. (Around the 1:22 mark.)
calyx93 3 months ago
The only woman who should not be in the kitchen. =p
JonBlizzle2 3 months ago
omg amaaaaziiiingggg love this:)
annaannamusic 4 months ago
@annaannamusic Try the whole album, it's GREAT!!!! Sadly, the 2nd & 3rd ones weren't quite so good. By that time, the entire band pretty much consisted of David Voorhous. The albums were entirely electronic and sounded closer to a slightly poorer cousin of Walter/Wendy Carlos or Tomita. There's also an, otherwise (as far as I know) unreleased track by White Noise on the Virgin records sampler album, "V".
RedVynil 3 months ago
@KaosSwirl Especially Dubstep
zwerty007 5 months ago
she was a total genius
MrCrassuswild 5 months ago
AH WOW
evicerator666 5 months ago
Me hace vibrar esta obra :S brrrrrzzzz es... demasiado buena -____-
Emiliogo1991 5 months ago
Her voice reminds me of Genesis P-Orridge for no apparent reason O_O
MrVersipellis 6 months ago
11 people have no idea what musical genius is all about.
MowgliX 6 months ago
Sounds so Nirvana.
emanueljoab 6 months ago 5
@emanueljoab I was just thinking that Delia's music reminds me of the Nirvana Lullabys. The ones that were Nirvana songs made into lullabys.
marshmellowmeltedass 6 months ago
Does anyone know what those drum sounds at :47 would have been? I mean it sounds like it could be bongos run through some sort of comb filter or something...???
aristurtle1 7 months ago
@aristurtle1 Just regular drums that were either treated by Delia's tape manipulations (she didn't like synthesizers, she preferred to take a sounds and do things to them to make them sound the way she wanted) and/or tuned to sound as high & ringy as they are. If you just hit a normal drum on the edge of the head, sometimes even hitting the metal rim at the same time, it'll give you a pinging sound like that.
RedVynil 3 months ago
@RedVynil Wow thanks very much! So allot of those strange melodies are not synths but instead maybe strings or something then manipulated later on?
Also what was the reason she did not like synths, was it due to the fact that all sounds would not sound as good as real sounds?
aristurtle1 3 months ago
@aristurtle1 No problem! (That'll be $10.00.) It's possible one or more of the other band members used a synth, but I doubt she did. I'm not absolutely sure of the reason, but I think it was just that she thought it was like cheating to use a synth. Too easy. She prefered to create her own sounds and thought it more interesting to do so. There's videos here about her and one of them tells why she didn't like synths.
By the way, I like your name: Aristurtle! Lol.
RedVynil 3 months ago
1969? Surely it's a typo, you meant 1996, right?
vSiUaCcKoSm 7 months ago
@vSiUaCcKoSm No, 1969. :)
MowgliX 6 months ago
@vSiUaCcKoSm No mistakes, 1969, right. ;)
CaptainRuadh 5 months ago
@vSiUaCcKoSm Nope, definately `69. It was on Island Records right after they stopped using the pink label. The 2nd album came out about 2 or 3 years later on Virgin just after they changed to the red/green labels, and the 3rd, was probably late `70's/early `80's. Some label I'd never heard of before. I'd have to dig them out to find out.
RedVynil 3 months ago
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And stop calling me Shirley!
RedVynil 3 months ago
0:06 Ras G...for the heads that know...
bussyahead09 7 months ago
who's singing in this?
wwmadi 7 months ago
@wwmadi John Whitman (or Val Shaw if Val is a guy).
RedVynil 3 months ago
ma dico ci rendiamo conto?????????????? e il resto del mondo ascoltava i beatles, rollin' stones, hendrix e questa se li legava tutti al c...!!!!!!!! le donne sono superiori!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
callimede1 7 months ago
I reckon Delia did more than just "help" in the Doctor Who theme. Yes Ron Grainer wrote the score, but this could have been interpreted in a hundred different ways. It Was DELIA'S treatment that made it the eternal icon of all theme songs, and master piece of early electronic music but it's own right. Delia Derbyshire and Daphne Oram are the great high priestesses of electronic music.
clumpft 8 months ago
This is so far ahead of its time it's actually quite frightening. Is time travel possible after all?
MowgliX 8 months ago
Amazing!
amamuffin 8 months ago in playlist niej
Anyone know how to find this album? I'm loving the 60's and 70's at the moment. Would love to hear more of this work.
muzboz 8 months ago
Technology is nothing without vision, talent and intelligence. Delia had all three it appears.
Can I also reccommend for those who liked this that they check out a band called "The United States of America". From a similar time but rather different sensibilities (?)
martifingers 9 months ago
@martifingers Absolutely. I still have the vinyl LP.
Adominae 9 months ago
here because "altered zones" brought her up
realradiodevil 9 months ago
Thanks for this upload, this is brilliant!
MrBobLucas 9 months ago
Goddess of psirens.
borgduck 9 months ago
Delia Derbyshire is the Passion to my Drive, the Spirit in my reason, the lesson to my Love, & the Mother of Electronic Music.
And for those reasons the worst pain I shal ever experience, is the simple fact I have not, nor ever shal meet her to say "Thank you for giving my life such meaning".
As Delia herself said: "What we are doing now is not important for itself, but one day someone might be interested enough to carry things forwards and create something wonderful on these foundations".
therealKINDLE 10 months ago 3
God, why the Bjork comparisons? Bjork would be better, if she didn't actually sing . Delia's genius is untouchable and timeless. Her work penetrates deep into the psyche and creates an other- worldliness with her music, that no avant-pop artist like Bjork could ever dream about.
clumpft 10 months ago
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I first heard this song on a FSOL Essential Mix, now I finally know where it came from.
phialphanu 10 months ago
I first heard this song on a FSOL Essential Mix, now I finally know where it came from.
phialphanu 10 months ago
very ahead of its time, yes.
racpembertondual 11 months ago
What a dream come true it would be if Delia and Bjork made music together. They would certainly create something magical beyond our world.
boyboricua 11 months ago
cool upload :-)
thesweetestsherry 11 months ago
So is this like the techno of 69'? Correct?
20000914 11 months ago
^these top rated comments act like no amazing music was made in 69
leelustig 11 months ago
only one thing..... THE masterpiece.
TWORable 11 months ago
quite an amazing album,, i got white noise 1,2 and 3 on vinyl an electric storm in hell (1), concerto for the synthesizer (2) and,re entry (3) but an electric storm is the best of them, im suprised how many views some of the music had had on here,, noone i know has ever herd of white noise,,guess its down to my dope smokin years lol
jthdsy 11 months ago
I think this is where Flying Lotus got his inspiration.
Waranoa 1 year ago
It's like a weirder, more obscure Bjork.
gnortznitz 1 year ago
wow!
albivinehart 1 year ago
wow sounds like Broadcast
gomesbascoy 1 year ago 2
@gomesbascoy Yeah Broadcast cite White Noise as an influence. But White Noise beat them by about 30 years. That will always blow my mind.
cannedkitty 1 year ago
The future is always in front of us no matter how much time passes>
AOM77 1 year ago
all of the noises in the background of this song are the plants talking in my bedroom... holy shit! the tree just laughed at me.
seventeenboi 1 year ago
I hate when people say The Beatles were ahead of their time and crap about they "revolutioned" the entire music, bla bla.... Delia Derbyshire is one of that examples of people who really gave to the music a different sound, and most important, this song is WAY AHEAD OF IT'S TIME (way better than Beatles "psychedelia")
rodoorsfopeyote 1 year ago
@rodoorsfopeyote they are 2 different things altogether m8. the beatles did revolutionise music with 'sgt peppers...' because of the approach to recording techniques and song writing ect (like putting microphones in bottles ect) similarly delia derbyshire was experimenting with the medium of tape, locked away in a room creating sond effects ect. you cant say either was more or less influencial because they both had profound influence on different areas of music.
markgriffgarstang 1 year ago
@rodoorsfopeyote also the beatles 'tomorrow never knows' on the album 'revolver' is widely regarded as the first 'dance' track and is vey commonly sampled by modern dance musicians.
markgriffgarstang 1 year ago
@markgriffgarstang First dance track man? There are so many strange things that the people said The Beatles did. Could you gave me the name of an artist or dance musician who have sampled "Tomorrow Never Knows"?
rodoorsfopeyote 1 year ago
@rodoorsfopeyote the chemical brothers for a start, im not trying to argue one way or the other here mate, to an extent i agree with ur original point but if ur going to look at music you CANT say that one person/band/whatever had more influence or were more important than the other, everything has its place and everything has relevence. i dont like Andy Warhols Art, but i can appreciate its value within a greater context. so similarly how can a music fan deny the importance of the beatles?
markgriffgarstang 1 year ago
@rodoorsfopeyote No disrespect to Delia is intended, but there isn't anything significant in this video (audio track). Some of it even sounds like traditional instruments mixed in. It's all very low key, simple minded stuff, typical 60's experimental.
The Beatles were songwriters, not sound engineers. Most of their "brilliant" work is attributable to producer George Martin. Listen to their raw versions, and you'll hear how Martin was the actually genius behind everything.
TomZentra 8 months ago
@TomZentra You are completely way off the mark with your comment, and you obviously have no understanding of tape-made electronic music from the 60's or you would have the up-most of respect for this piece of music.
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@TomZentra The Beatles were not sound engineers but nor was George Martin. Perhaps you don't understand the term 'Producer'? Geoff Emerick was the man with the plan. He engineered Revolver, Sgt. Pepper's and Abbey Road and contributed tremendously, in a very creative way to the Beatles music. To say George Martin was 'the actual genius behind everything' is a terribly ignorant and simplistic thing to say, as is saying there is nothing significant in Delia's music. She WAS a genius.
musicmakesgood 8 months ago
@musicmakesgood From what I know it was Norman "Hurricane" Smith that was the engineer at that time. He did the first Pink Floyd album, "S. F. Sorrow" by The Pretty Things and Sgt. Pepper. The Beatles were recording Sgt. Pepper in one studio at the same time "S. F. Sorrow" and "Piper..." was being recorded in another studio and when The Beatles weren't there, some of The Pretty Things stole into The Beatles studio and borrowed Ringo's bass drum for their album. Only HE had a 26" bass drum.
RedVynil 3 months ago
@TomZentra *sigh*
TheHevquip 5 months ago
This is so good it scares me.
lostinthetimes 1 year ago 4
feels like acid without the acid, I think my mind is blown.
and just THINK of all the shit that sounds JUST like this made like a year or so ago...it's laughable this is from the 60's, I DARE you to fool your friends into thinking this is the LATEST newest track!
even Throbbing gristle owes their prowess to this peice, I swear it's too much!~
This is a lot sexier than some throbbing gristle tracks...wow is it ever a sexy tune~
thanks bro~
AnalogDecay420 1 year ago 2
this. is. really. mind blowing. holy shit.
chree2008 1 year ago
Keep expecting Chris Morris's deadpan voice to appear....
TheVimtoMoustache 1 year ago
This music will still be a hundred years ahead of its time in 2069!
astrophonix 1 year ago
stupendous mix - visuals perfectly cut in
radiootoo 1 year ago
This is one of Kaela's favorite songs.
returnoftheramble3 1 year ago
Everyone who said that she is ahead of her time.....you cant be ahead of your time.
The fact that she made this in 69 means that this is the music of that time!!!
This is what people made in that time and therefore belong to us who were there at the Time. This is from then and not from now Always had this record since 72 or so.
You guys realy need to check more from that time...the future already happent 30 years ago and i feel that today bands are so behind the time LOL
SjoerdDekker 1 year ago 30
@SjoerdDekker I agree with you 100%.
agonaces 1 year ago
@SjoerdDekker no, a few bands like this, isolated cases, made music like this. what you accuse today's bands of was the case with your generation as well. there are the bands who do it to fit in, and there are the ones who do it for the sound. there will always be those two groups. this song is an example of the latter.
sheatheman 1 year ago
@SjoerdDekker
very well put!
gorillasalads 1 year ago
@SjoerdDekker semantics. she was out there, and there weren't a lot of people doing this, then. that's what the commenter meant. sorry we don't use the same vernacular in this time...and another thing... words like "belong" blow. i guess you don't listen to anything before you were born, being that it doesn't belong to you. i bet your record collection blows. shit, you know what? get off my internet
realradiodevil 9 months ago
Of course, we are always "of our time", but she was at the cutting edge of hers, ahead of the pack, unrecognised in her time - a genius! It is only now we might be catching up with her, and she may get some postumous recognition for what she was trying to do.... and inspire us in our time.
uremove 8 months ago 5
@SjoerdDekker Not only did most of that make no sense, the parts that did were incredibly ignorant.
joeisaflyingfish 8 months ago
@SjoerdDekker
>Everyone who said that she is ahead of her time.....you cant be ahead of your time.
>the future already happent 30 years ago
Well make up your mind...
PixelEater64 6 months ago
@PixelEater64
Clever observation...your right!!!
30years ago "the future" was not ahead of its time... 'cause you cant be...etc
>the future already happent 30 years ago and i feel that today bands are so behind the time LOL
You cant be behind your time as well...there's only the here and now.
Thanks for helping me making up my mind! :))
SjoerdDekker 6 months ago
@SjoerdDekker True, but maybe such forward-thinking people stand out because so many of us live in the past.
DavidLancaster1974 4 months ago
Respond to this video... I agree. Great composer. Thanks for sharing.
DavidLancaster1974 4 months ago
@SjoerdDekker Obviously, today future is not what in the past it used to be.
vokshumana 4 months ago
@SjoerdDekker
that's so true - recording stuff "of its time" that's actually "ahead of its time" which was "for your time" "on our time" "at that time" - a future that;s the past but still constantly present in your mind.
Thank's for raising such an interesting point.
bbunuel 3 months ago
wow thanks for sharing this. definitely ahead of times...
toborexperiment 1 year ago
To psychadelic music enthusiasts, this album is fucking god. I challenge anyone to say otherwise. It's pure unadulterated genius.
clumpft 1 year ago 3
First synthesizers of that time were too restrictive to achieve what she got done by sampling, she was too ahead of her time. It's understandable she didn't like the way electronic music was taking.
solnegrolunaroja 1 year ago
all you superstar DJs, anyone who's looped, sampled or remixed anything for anyone..................COME TO MAMA
froggywetherspoon 1 year ago 4
Brilliant pioneering stuff. Who's singing on this track? And what's with all the background chatter?
NuGanjaTron 1 year ago 2
Such a great album, and very gifted sound artist, Delia.
fredoviola 1 year ago
holy SH!T... you have turned my ears on. Wow 1969!?!?!?!.... way ahead of her time. I feel so ignorant to know any of this.
Thank you!
juggerknot9 1 year ago 2
1969!!! Amazing! I like This one a lot! :o)
lotreamon01 1 year ago 3
The most weirdest of sounds make the most interesting of people.
michael7677 1 year ago 3
I miss when it was allowable to be weird and wonky.
prayfertrey 1 year ago 2
@prayfertrey Just dare it, there´s nobody to tell you how to be, just youself!
NoizeGearIch 1 year ago
This was in the guardian on Sunday 20 July 2008
chrishove123 1 year ago
Last week came news that through the electronic music community 267 lost tapes by the late Delia Derbyshire the BBC Radiophonic Workshop pioneer who turned Ron Grainer's sketches for the Dr Who theme tune into the modern, spooky masterpiece we all known today, had been found and digitised. For electronic music-lovers like me, it was amazing to find out that such an archive exists. For those less aware of her work, it marked the latest stage in the recovery of a lost musical, and feminist, icon.
chrishove123 1 year ago 2
impresionante!!!!!!
Smackmouth 1 year ago
wow, this is years ahead of its time.
mp3dmp3d 1 year ago
@mp3dmp3d
i now notice that i simply restated the highest rated comment. my bad.
bust honestly,
so much sample-based music owes so much to this brilliant woman.
from hip-hop to IDM to fidget house...
i hear flashes of so many modern artists when i listen to this, truly incredible.
mp3dmp3d 1 year ago
@mp3dmp3d
It's amazing how many artists THINK they're being unique and original, and people like Delia are already decades ahead of them, with tools nowhere as advanced :D
SaftAusKeine 1 year ago 4
@SaftAusKeine Delia and the likes were having The State of the Art tech.
cutting and splicing tape however was done all around.
SjoerdDekker 1 year ago
In about 1980 my brother passed his driving test and we drove around the countryside in my dads moris marina listening to genesis and yes. This was on a tape with no name on it but I've never heared it since. It played in the background of the radio 4 programme and at last I found out who it was after all these years
strawhouse65 1 year ago 2
30 years before trip-hop..wow!!
jooooooeee 1 year ago 4
a gem, thanks for posting this;)
amamuffin 1 year ago
DD is the one !!
arealbladeofgrass 1 year ago
Thanks for this!
studogbignose3 1 year ago
Cheeky melody - spacey sound effects ( a little like some of the tonalaties from Forbidden Planet) A real winner 10/10
ewaf88 1 year ago
Gee... I wonder if Portishead ever listened to her ??
This certainly predated the whole
Trip-hop thing by several decades.
Really out there.. kinda nightmarish....
This would be excellent music for a horror film.
timjmoran 1 year ago 2
@timjmoran of course. i remember that Adrian Utley mentioned this album and a whole White Noise project in some interview. also i know it's a great inspiration for a many british synth enthusiasts nowadays. btw. people, please give some credits to Mr Vorhaus as well. actually he was a master of the ceremony behind White Noise.
michal23pl 1 year ago
Love this!
MrLovePoet 1 year ago
Welcome to our nightmare mmuuhahahahaha
TheSubAtomicBicycle 1 year ago
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TheSubAtomicBicycle 1 year ago
This music's friggin sick! It'd be awesome in a Tarantino movie.
lago4 1 year ago 3
So ahead of their times, these musicians. And to think they didn't use real synths on this, only tapeloops, sound generators and the likes. If you like this, you should also look at the BBC Radiophonic workshop CD's. They are a real treat.
sinisterfw 1 year ago 4
First heard this when I was around 18. I am now in my 50s and it still sounds as good without the drugs. Have the album transferred to cd. Great to come across it here.
jambojhj 1 year ago 4
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jackyprema 1 year ago
We wouldn't look for Delia Derbyshire if we didn't understand.
We understand. Don't be so patronising :P.
DeathSlayer2 1 year ago 2
her mind works in memories... !
adamlinks 2 years ago
its incredible i wouldnt compare it to lennon or hendrix , is such a different aproach they had
i love both , and delia is just different ...
javoys 2 years ago
WOW. This is a treat. :)
AleksWest09 2 years ago 3
In my opinion (and many others) delia was one of the smartest musical genius that have ever existed, you should look up all of her work going back to the early sixties,really she has done a lot more for music than lennon or hendrix,she is a true genius.
MrMorgansgoat 2 years ago 5
New to me too, kinda like a mix of kraftwerk and the mothers of invention(frank zappa)
mrgoodvibrations 2 years ago
but where can i buy it?? HAPPY 2010!!
memeikke34 2 years ago
Don't but it! BUY IT
paulfake 2 years ago
This is a great song from a Fantastic album.
I first heard the album Electric Storm when I was 15 and stoned for the first time in my life. It scared the shit out of me and I have Loved it since.
If you haven't got this album then please but it.
Nice video
Regards
paulfake 2 years ago
This is incredible.
N1K0M1LT0N 2 years ago
In these days you had to have a good condition to do this work... It must have taken hours, days, weeks without samplers and stuff...
adrifromhh 2 years ago 2
And a very steady hand for slicing that magnetic tape.
trainedbanana 2 years ago 3
Wow! Amazing, never heard this before, truly the work of a genius.
TAWDIGITAL 2 years ago 4
There is a play about Delia Derbyshire on Radio 4 'listen again' for the next 6 days
Omweso 2 years ago 2
thanks, I'll check it out now.
audiolemon 2 years ago
Omweso can u post a link please?
WeirdScienceLondon 2 years ago
you could try her official site h t t p : / / a d f . l y / 1 5 l n remove the spaces, youtube doesn't let you post links that go via adverts :(
evilproducts 2 years ago
Now I know where Broadcast got their sound!
typeanoise 2 years ago
Fever Ray would do an awesome version too!
flameevans 2 years ago
This is '69? Amazing! Really... timeless. This could have been made yesterday.
liamhanigan 2 years ago 31
@liamhanigan
Oh yes... spirit of 69... I still own the original LP
...and I wish someone would/could really make such music yesterday or today
Maybe tomorrow ?
aharambol 1 year ago
@liamhanigan
oh yes... this was 69...spirit of 69 !
I'm amazed and happy to see, that there are so many listeners nowadays who appreciate this ingenious music, which was so far ahead of its time.
No synthesizers, no unlimited multitracking - just tone generators, average instruments and tape editing...
aharambol 1 year ago
@liamhanigan They could have made this yesterday, thanks to this...
:D
I wish I'd had learned about all this sooner.
nazaxprime 10 months ago
this music was great on acid if you could handle it. it took you to hell and back. just lovely memories.
louisebakalik 2 years ago 5
This is a track from 1969? Whow WAY ahead of it's time.....
88Cortex 2 years ago 43
This track isn't Delia Derbyshire's... her taking all the credit is just wrong. What about vorhaus? He was (in my opinion) the genius behind White Noise.
splatt0r 2 years ago
infact you are forgeting about peter zinovieff, and... well... vorhaus continued doing albums without Delia and peter and... they werennnn't this good. not even close
fututronic 2 years ago
I used to have this album on vinyl. Fantastic. Inspired!
IanCarterTheCaller 2 years ago
mmmm....delic...atessen!
automatike 2 years ago
Does somebody have the lyric?
Jehenny 2 years ago
Bjork should listen to this...she may get creative.
SilentKnowledge8 2 years ago
=Edan nibbeled on this one=
keepdrafting 2 years ago
This is da balm!
Haven't heard this by Delia, she was a wizard indeed.
Thanks for this. Loving it.
HouseofCommons 2 years ago
My respects. Very impressive...I don't think Pink Floyd even got close to that. They were odd, but not as revolutionary is this.
yermyahu 2 years ago
Delia taught Pink Floyd in the BBC Workshop! "I can remember having a really wild time with Pink Floyd. They wanted to learn all our secrets!" she said in an interview years later in Dr Who monthly. (Who fans revere her for her stunning realisation of the main theme).
Laura041974 2 years ago 2
Laura,
I asked if PF had any connection a few weeks ago on a video called:
Reel-to-Reel Beat Matching Virtuosa
Nobody responded but I found some info where she did work with PF. After hearing the 63 doctor who theme I felt PF had to know who she was and maybe worked with her. I was right.
It seems PF did lean all the secrets. I need to know more PLEASE. Where can I read about her working with Pink Floyd? PLEASE?
funny0000000 2 years ago
Dear Funny,
I'm afraid I don't know anymore than I quoted from the interview. You could contact the BBC. The chap in charge of all the radiophonic archives is Mark Ayers.
She opened up the workshop at night so they could make lots of noise without disturbing other staff, so there might not have been any others there. If they recorded anything, it could have ended up in the tapes which Ayers looks after, so you could try writing to him. Good luck!
Laura041974 2 years ago
Fucking amazing. A true musical pioneer and genius.
DarthLucifer08 2 years ago
she deserves outrageous acclaim, although what I've seen of her she seemed the kind of person that wouldn't have welcomed too much of it, she could've tho, if she were a different character she could've taken advantage of the shallow, a marketers dream! pleasing to hear/look at, I can see it now in her spacey Barberella jumpsuit, thank god she was just how she was..what a mind!!
STEPASAUR 2 years ago
beautiful..but yet dark and mysterious.
thats Delia for you.
NeverResting 2 years ago 4
I remember this!
AWESOME
guitarttimman 2 years ago
This shit is amazing! The hairs stood up on the back of my neck, my eyes started watering. This woman is/was a genius.
flujotech 2 years ago 2
When I first heard this album- I keeped thinking about the Residents.
olsin 2 years ago
it does kind of sound liek the Residents
Dreadkid08 2 years ago
So that's where The Orb got many of their sound effects/samples. Should've known, I guess.
djfirkins 2 years ago
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accidentcauser 2 years ago
I have the widest taste in music...ever! From Classical to Gabber. From Folk music to Death Metal. Barry White to NWA. But, I believe that this album- White Noise- Electric Storm (In Hell) is, Maybe the best Album ever made! We are now 40 years from when this was made, but can you replicate the sounds that they produced......No!...........& you won't! If you like this album, may I suggest you have a look at the sites that explain how they made the sounds. It may shock you!
martynpank 2 years ago 2
Well...technicaly wise of course you can reproduce these sounds. It's just bloody expensive to buy these vintage Analog Modular Synthesizers, Tape Recorders & Effects. ;) Nevertheless i'm amazed how fresh and progressive this music sounds even today. Timeless...Thx for the upload!
lordoid 2 years ago
I mean....1969!!! Compare this to other Bands of this time. Was anybody even listening to this stuff back in the day? What an incredible woman. My deepest Respect.