Bob Fischer – Page 7 – Electronic Sound

24 minute read

The BBC Radiophonic Workshop: Adventures In Time And Space

byBob Fischer

The 60th anniversary of ‘Doctor Who’ is a diamond opportunity to celebrate the work of an equally eccentric British institution — one with inextricable links to the cosmos’ favourite Time Lord. In a new interview, Brian Hodgson, Dick Mills, Roger Limb, Peter Howell, Paddy Kingsland and Mark Ayres take a journey back through the strange and compelling history of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop

LLong Reads

5 minute read

‘Inventions For Radio’: The Mother Of Inventions

byBob Fischer

In the mid-1960s, Delia Derbyshire collaborated with playwright Barry Bermange on ‘Inventions For Radio’, a series of groundbreaking sound collages. Dr David Butler, curator of the Delia Derbyshire Archive, looks ahead to a forthcoming boxset of these pivotal radiophonic recordings

LLong Reads

9 minute read

Belbury Poly: The Fairy Hikers

byBob Fischer

For his latest release as Belbury Poly, Jim Jupp has assembled a Ghost Box supergroup with a mid-Atlantic feel. Gathered together for the first time, they discuss ‘The Twilight Zone’, flat-roofed pubs and the fairy folklore that inspired the new record

PPulse

2 minute read

Debris Discs

byBob Fischer

Synthpopper traces WWII family history

LLong Reads

8 minute read

Co-Pilot: Taking Flight

byBob Fischer

Welcome aboard! Your crew today? Manchester enigma Jim Noir and honey-voiced Soundcarriers/International Teachers Of Pop frontwoman Leonore Wheatley. Together they are Co-Pilot and their new album is a one-way flight to psychedelic pop heaven

LLong Reads

11 minute read

50 Key Modular Artists

byBob Fischer

Our pick of the modular artists – some of them recognisable names, but most of them new – that you need to know about

RReviews

3 minute read

Co-Pilot, ‘Rotate’, (Dell’orso)

byBob Fischer

Sweet Treats

PPulse

2 minute read

Zyggurat

byBob Fischer

Brum Brutalism inspires modular jazz

UUnder The Influence

4 minute read

Peter Strickland

byBob Fischer

Acclaimed British film director Peter Strickland’s most recent feature ‘Flux Gourmet’ takes inspiration from his own formative experiences manipulating sound recordings of vegetarian cookery. He would also like to thank Bauhaus, Mantovani and, er, owls

LLong Reads

9 minute read

Craven Faults: Faulty Towers

byBob Fischer

In a secret corner of Yorkshire, a man known only as Craven Faults creates epic modular synth homages to the dark, post-industrial uplands that surround him. Who is he? We really can’t say