A glimpse into the spiritual home of Brian Eno, The Normal, very-early Human League, Gary Numan, and John Foxx the photography archive of the BBC Radiophonic Workshops. For those outside the British Isles, who may be puzzled, the Studios were where BBC audio boffins created the Dr. Who electronic theme music (.ogg file, 300kb), music which seared itself into the minds of a generation on a weekly basis, softening up our unsuspecting brains for the first time we heard a Kraftwerk album. Doubtless some future music historian will suggest a link between the removal from TV of the old Dr. Who theme tune in 1980, and the huge mass audience for synthpop that emerged in that same year.

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by D’log :: blogging non-stop since 2000 » Synths the size of sheds
18 Aug 2006 at 15:12
[…] I recent posted about the new online photography archive for the Radiophonic Workshop. Now I’ve stumbled across another cache of photographs of an amazing London studio, with old synthesisers the size of small sheds, the Electronic Music Studios (1969-1979)… “In the 1960s to have access to a 12-bit computer with 1K of memory outside the academic or military establishment, let alone have two personal ones and then use them for music, was completely unheard of. To have a video screen as well, when most people programmed with punched cards, was beyond belief.” […]