- ReleaseProduct
- BBC Radiophonic Workshop - The Soundhouse
- Artist
- Display Artist
- Various Artists
- Label
- Silva Screen Records
- Catalogue Number
- SILED1511
- Release Date
- October 7, 2016
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$23.99
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In 1979 the Fairlight CMI (Computer Musical Instrument) was launched, the year that the BBC Radiophonic Workshop celebrated its 21st birthday . At the price of a house (approx £30,000) this state of the art piece of equipment was embedded with an 8 bit digital sampling synthesizer capable of emulating acoustic instruments and orchestras alongside the manipulation of sound effects. For the BRW this was a major game changer, where previously, composers would spend weeks editing small pieces of tape together to create sounds. Ingenuity and creativity in music and sound was still at the forefront for Workshop members but suddenly made a whole lot easier. This 1983 collection (a first time re-release here of the complete album) celebrated these new found freedoms most notably on the opening track where five Radiophonic composers combined to add their own musical identity to a rhythmic percussive sequence from the Fairlight. Highlights include music from the radio production of The Hitchikers Guide To The Galaxy and Fancy Fish based on Saint-Saen’s Carnival Of The Animals which was the first BRW project to utilise the Fairlight.
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Radiophonic Rock
Peter Howell, Roger Limb, Jonathan Gibbs, Malcolm Clarke, Elizabeth Parker & Dick Mills
4:15
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Lascaux
Peter Howell
2:21
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Computers in the Real World
Jonathan Gibbs
0:48
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Seascape
Dick Mills
2:24
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The Whale
Paddy Kingsland
1:51
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Ralleyman
Roger Limb
3:29
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Catch the Wind
Dick Mills
1:28
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Believe It or Not
Malcolm Clarke
1:27
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Planet Earth
Elizabeth Parker
2:11
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Dawn
Jonathan Gibbs
2:09
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