'The Original Turntablist' - Daphne Oram by Shiva Feshareki

Daphne Oram, courtesy of Oram Trust and Fred Wood

"I then noticed a small, hand written piece of paper written by Oram which stated “Still Point: For Double Orchestra, Microphones and Three pre-recorded 78 RPM discs (1949)” and I was stunned to realise this piece was for turntables and orchestra! It is likely that had it been performed in 1949, it would have transformed the development of electroacoustic music as we know it today.

At the moment, it is a stand-alone piece, that doesn’t fit into any known medium of the time. For me, it was particularly stunning, as my compositional practice is centred around concert music for turntables and orchestra, and I have always seen the turntable as a classical instrument. All of a sudden, the way I had developed my turntabling practice for the past decade, made sense to me. It all felt very surreal and destined."

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Ted Kotcheff – 'The Human Voice' (1966)

TED KOTCHEFF
THE HUMAN VOICE, 1966
VIDEO, 90 MIN
Based on Jean Cocteau’s one-character play and starring Ingrid
Bergman, this film presents a woman pleading with her ex-lover
over the phone in a conversation constantly interrupted by a bad
connection. The voice on the other end of the line, however, remains
inaudible throughout, leaving the woman to appear as if she is
conversing with herself.


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'Living Symphonies' in the Guardian

“The unique sound installation that will play out between the trees of Bedgebury until 31 August is the work of artist duo James Bulley and Daniel Jones. The piece, Living Symphonies, is a composition that reflects and responds to the very ecosystem of the wood where it is played, from the photosynthesis of the trees, to a spider weaving its web and the flitting of a butterfly.

Through 24 speakers installed in different levels among the roots and canopy of the trees, ramblers stumbling upon this small patch of wood will encounter a haunting cacophony of musical sounds dictated by the interactions and movements of the ecosystem they stand in.”

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