curiously, something
looking remarkably similar to the delaware (named for the road where the bbc
built the maida vale studios in a converted ice-rink) has turned up in the
hands of music control, of alsager, staffs. they renovate and sell synths and
will even undertake to source gear on demand, presumably by cold-calling known
owners. so I wonder if it's the same machine? there can't have been many 100's
made..... where is 02 then?
the radiophonic workshop's
two commercial releases have just re-appeared on cd, without too much fuss or
repackaging, and are still a good insight into institutionalised creativity.
they were birted in 1997, though many of the "composers" still turn up on bbc
shows.
I went to see trilok
gurtu a few months ago; found it all a bit bland after a few numbers, like
sainsbury's curries......
I guess I'm too locked in
to western tonalities, intervals and rhythms vs cacaphonous
pure noise to appreciate what he was doing, which was somewhere in
between. evelyn glennie was more entertaining in the same concert-series. I
can't believe she's deaf- I'm sort of hoping that one day it all turns out to
be a hoax, like milli vanilli......
duncan.
