BBC Radiophonic Workshop
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The BBC Radiophonic Workshop was one of the sound effects units of the BBC, created in 1958 to produce incidental sounds and new music for radio and, later, television. The unit is known for its exper
A collection of equipment from the Radiophonic Workshop, on display at the Science Museum, London
Maida Vale Studios
EMS VCS 3 (Putney)
EMS Synthi 100 (Delaware)
Daphne Oram
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Daphne Blake Oram was a British composer and electronic musician. She was one of the first British composers to produce electronic sound, and was an early practitioner of musique concrète in the UK. A
BBC Radiophonic Workshop
…Vale, London. The Workshop was closed in March 1998, although much of its traditional work had already been outsourced by 1995. Its members included Daphne Oram, Delia Derbyshire, David Cain, John Baker, Paddy Kingsland, Glynis Jones, Maddalena Fagandini, Richard Yeoman-Clark and Elizabeth Parker, the last to…
Daphne Oram
Tower Folly in Fairseat, Kent, where Oram established her Oramics Studios
Oramics machine displayed at the Science Museum, London (2011)