Features – Page 84 – Electronic Sound

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Various Artists ‘The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (Original Soundtrack)’ (Hollywood, 2004)

bySpenser Tomson

My introduction to Wes Anderson’s ‘The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou’ began when a friend passed me the film, newly-released on DVD. “You are going to love this,” he said, excitedly.

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Whatever Happened To Delia Derbyshire?

byDr David Butler

Dr David Butler at The University of Manchester has been researching the life and work of Delia Derbyshire with access to her personal archive. Here he delves into her pioneering work with visual art, and dismantles the myth of her post-BBC activity

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White Noise

byMark Roland

David Vorhaus remembers how a Summer Of Love encounter with Delia Derbyshire led to their foray into the counter culture with the White Noise album ‘An Electric Storm’

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Delia Derbyshire At The Beeb

byJeremy Allen

While her work at the BBC is well documented, she remains an enigmatic figure. We join Radiophonic Workshop veterans, Dick Mills and Roger Limb, who offer a glimpse into the more personal side of Delia Derbyshire

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William Doyle: Suburban Yearning

byBen Murphy

William Doyle’s new album finds him exploring the joy and pain of his suburban upbringing… with a little help from Brian Eno along the way

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Kim Gordon

bySharon O'Connell

In which the ice-cool alt-rock queen serves up a new album packed with electronic tricks. ‘No Home Record’ also happens to be her solo long-playing debut.

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Dave Clarkson: Some Bazaar

byMat Smith

Immersive field recordings of UK’s lighthouses, coasts and caves to the industrial leanings of Scissorgun and Spectral Bazaar’s radiophonic reimaginings of ‘The Planets’, Dave Clarkson is as eclectic as he is busy

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The Utopia Strong: Lucky Break

byJeremy Allen

Respected prog/electronic music DJ Steve Davis is upping the ante again, this time as a recording artist with The Utopia Strong

UUnder The Influence

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Little Boots

byMatt Parker

Lancashire electropopper Victoria Hesketh explains how grit, glamour and Joe Goddard helped her to take control of her multi-faceted creation, Little Boots

BBuried Treasure

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Element ‘Sourblaster’ (Creeping Bent, 2000)

byJames Thornhill

Few music discovery anecdotes start with “I was rugby tackled by a man in a cinema because he liked my T-shirt”, but discovering Lancashire oddballs Element starts like that for me.