AETHERPHON, global theremin family

> Gordon Charlton wrote:

> I was reading up about Delia Derbyshire of the BBC Radiophonic
> Workshop, and noted that she had created a loop that stretched the
> length of a particularly long corridor. It occurred to me that it
> should be possible to feed the tape through a second recorder at the
> far end of the loop, which would make for an interesting way to play
> rounds, or call and response.

I'm just glad to hear a reference to one of my heroes. Delia Derbyshire did
amazing things with very basic equipment and much hard and tedious work. Is
there any kind of biography about her anywhere?

The corridor-long loop reminds me of something that John Cage did, but for
the life of me I can't remember what it is.
 
> I guess it must have been done, but I didn't find any references to
> it. So I was wondering if there were networking loop boxes that could
> pass samples between each other, or, to take it a step further
> between boxes wired into the internet. Playing with people on
> different continents sounds like fun, and it would be neat to have a
> loop that stretched around the world|!

It's interesting that the terminology ("loop") of the physical tape loop is
now a term for a digital process. I can't imagine why there couldn't be a
world spanning loop!

On a separate note, I was lucky enough to see an eighties icon of looping
and sampling the other day -- Thomas Dolby. His one-man show was great fun
and from what I understand not unlike what he did in the early part of his
career with late 70s/early 80s technology (before he put together a full
band, which I saw ca. 1984). I guess the 25 or so years of progress made it
easier to do what he does, but it's striking what he did before there was
easy and cheap digital technology. And it was great to see some kids who
were local DJs and electronica musicians coming to see him (it was packed)
and paying homage to someone who set the stage for them years before. N.B.,
Mr. Dolby is a consummate musician, which puts him head and shoulders above
many current artists in the sample/techno world.


Cheers,
Vic
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