• BBC Radiophonic Workshop (Watch 3 part series “The Alchemists of Sound” on YouTube)
The Alchemists of Sound – Part 2 on Youtube:
Quote from the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Myspace, “The BBC Radiophonic Workshop was set-up to satisfy the growing demand in the late 1950s for “radiophonic” sounds from a group of producers and studio managers at the BBC, including Desmond Briscoe and Daphne Oram”.
Quote from Wikipedia, “The BBC Radiophonic Workshop, one of the sound effects units of the BBC, was created in 1958 to produce effects and new music for radio, and was closed in March 1998, although much of its traditional work had already been outsourced by 1995. It was based in the BBC’s Maida Vale Studios in Delaware Road, London, W9, UK growing outwards from the then-legendary Room 13. The innovative music and techniques used by the Workshop has made it one of the most significant influences on electronic music today”.
The story of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop (Founded in 1958). Written by Steve Marshall for Sound on Sound.
Members of the Radiophonic Workshop (Wikipedia Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radiophonic_Workshop)
• Desmond Briscoe (1958–1983)
• Daphne Oram (1958–1959)
• Dick Mills (1958–1993)
• Maddalena Fagandini (1959–1966)
• Brian Hodgson (1962–1972), Organiser (1977–1995)
• Delia Derbyshire (1962–1973)
• John Baker (1963–1974)
• David Cain (1967–1973)
• Malcolm Clarke (1969–1995)
• Paddy Kingsland (1970–1981)
• Richard Yeoman-Clark (1970–1978)
• Roger Limb (1972–1995)
• Glynis Jones (1973–?)
• Peter Howell (1974–1997)
• Elizabeth Parker (1978–1998)
• Jonathan Gibbs (1983–1986)
• Richard Attree (1987–1998)
• Mark Ayres, now archivist of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop archive, and restoring some recordings.