The Oram Tapes Part Two.
Daphne Oram (1925 – 2003) is one of the central figures in the development of British experimental electronic music.
Early in her career, she declined a place at the Royal College of Music to become a “music balancer” at the BBC, and as the co-founder and first director of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. However after Daphne left the BBC (in 1959) her research, including Oramics, continued in relative secrecy.
She is credited with the invention of a new form of sound synthesis – Oramics. Not only is this one of the earliest forms of electronic sound synthesis, it is noteworthy for being audiovisual in nature – i.e. the composer draws onto a synchronised set of ten 35mm film strips which overlay a series of photo-electric cells, generating electrical charges to control amplitude, timbre, frequency and duration. (source: daphneoram.org)
1/ Shell Flight (Excerpt) 0:27
2/ Anacin Components 6:43
3/ G.O.S. (Excerpt – 15″ Tape Transferred At 7.5″ PS) 1:39
4/ Costain Outtake 3:15
5/ Encephalagraph 2:48
6/ Anacin (Excerpt) 0:43
7/ Hamlet – Youth Theatre (1963) 12:02
8/ For Granada (1967) 1:00
9/ Oramics Demonstration (Excerpt) 1:39
10/ Electronic Sound Patterns (Excerpt) (1962) 0:48
11/ Pure Tone Excerpts 1:25
12/ Hospital 3:12
13/ Mermaid (Excerpt) 2:44
14/ Shell 3:14
15/ Illustrations (Fireworks / Hardwich High School) (1967) 1:22
16/ Ursa Major (Sun Mix) (1962) 1:52
17/ Oddments (Excerpt) 1:02
18/ Osram & Rank / Pulse Persephone Experiment (1963) 1:23
19/ Pulse Persephone Pitch Experiment (1963) 1:55
20/ Sardonica (Excerpt) / Barclays Bank (Excerpt) / Birth Of Baby 1:47
21/ Kiss Delay for Daphne Oram * 7:22
22/ Speech Test 1:00
Young Americans – YoungAm003CD.
Recordings and Photographs taken from the Daphne Oram Collection, Goldsmiths, University of London.
Special thanks to the trustees of The Daphne Oram Trust, registered charity number 1134910 for making this edition possible.
Deluxe double CD edition in a DVD sized 8-panel digifile. The CD tracklisting differs slightly from the vinyl edition. Audio Mastering and Vinyl Cut at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin.
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Matrix / Runout (CD1): www.handlewithcare.de YOUNGAM003CD AC67509-01
Matrix / Runout (CD2): www.handlewithcare.de YOUNGAM003CD AC67509-02
Mastering SID Code (CD1): ifpi L573
Mastering SID Code (CD2): ifpi L573
Mould SID Code (CD1): IFPI 9701
Mould SID Code (CD2): IFPI 9701
* Hommage to Daphne Oram. Roland Emile kuit on Nord modular NMG2.
