The beginning of tech music

Electronic music pioneer Delia Derbyshire, here she is demonstrating her compositional techniques using tape loops at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop in London in 1965. Watch full video here:

Delia Derbyshire, Éliane Radigue, Daphne Oram, Pauline Oliveros, Suzanne Ciani.... all pioneers! Be sure to check this great documentary:

Some of her work:

These people created the Doctor Who theme more than half a century ago. No musical instruments, no computers whatsoever. Just recording noises on some physical mono tapes, cutting them, putting them together inch by inch, speeding up to make tunes, playing tapes simultaneously like an orchestra. Absolute genius

Way ahead of her time. In the he 60's she made an instrumental piece that sounded much like hip hop. She has been sampled by hip hop artists.

I am going to totally sample this. Her voice…

If someone invents a time travelling machine, that’s where I’m going. A day of toying with devices, exploring the Cambrian age of electronic music.

Noticed she used the phrase IRL in real life

I just want to watch her bite an apple.