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Hear, hear Doctor.

I think the message also went out on Analog Heaven.

As an observation, and outragiously off topic, I was reading the SoS article on the BBC Radiophonic workshop and noting how many women were included in their number, including people who where developing their own systems like Daphne Oram. You'd expect a lot more now, but it seems it isn't the case, both as builders and performers.

I guess I should connect my Id to the Disturb CV on the Wogglebug for full effect?

Mark


----- Original Message ----
From: drmabuce <drmabuce@yahoo.com>
To: wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, 24 April, 2008 4:49:40 PM
Subject: [wiardgroup] a Krell requiem

Hi Wiardos,
One of the seminal zeitgeists of Wiard designs is the cybernetic
sound experimentaion of Bebe and Louis Barron. Grant made frequent use
of the term 'Krell' in his descriptions of the Wogglebug.
For those of you who don't already know, Bebe Barron (nee Wind)
died in California this past Sunday at the age of 83. 
If you don't know who Bebe & Louis were, then i urge you to
limber-up your google-finger and get hip to two of the most remarkable
pioneers in the history of electronic music.
i never met bebe but we had a couple of friends in common and the
traits i always heard cited in describing her, were humility and the
rare ability to work intuitively with very complex systems without
sacrificing emotional content.
Bebe & Louis always seemed like perrennial outsiders to me and i
think that's why they never got as much credit as their contributions
to the art merited. That's why i wanted to make sure that Bebe's
passing did not go unremarked.

"The Krell had completed their project. Big machine. No
instrumentalities. True creation. "
- Doc Ostrow (from Forbidden Planet,1956)