1. Delia Derbyshire Discography

A wonderful bit of feedback from Ed at @SNEsteppingstones after our recent 'create your own electric storm' workshops at & - great to know our approach is having good ripples in the sonic/music pond:-)'I have been really inspired since the workshop and event, I run a charity for adults with learning disabilities and often do music workshops with them where we program and record tunes using garage band and logic. The workshop has definitely changed my approach to our sessions and we are trying some more chopping and sampling of sounds with weird and wonderful results so thank you.'

Mandy Wigby (Sisters Of Transistors/Architects of Rosslyn) reflects on the first time she heard the 'other worldly' An Electric Storm album in this exclusive out-take from an audio feature created for Delia Derbyshire Day.Architects of Rosslyn play our London event this Saturday at the British Library, where you can also hear the audio feature in full. Compiled by David Butler, it includes intervews with Cosey and Chris of Throbbing Gristle, Adrian Utley of Portishead and Ma. Rtyn Ware of Heaven 17/The Human League. Martyn Ware (/The Human League) talks about how he picked up An Electric Storm based on the album's cover and immediately fell in love with its sounds in this exclusive out-take from a Delia Derbyshire Day audio feature.Compiled by David Butler, the full feature includes further interviews with key figures such as Adrian Utley (Portishead) along with Cosey Fanni Tutti and Chris Carter (of Throbbing Gristle) about the legacy of An Electric Storm.You can h.

Ear it at Delia Derbyshire Day London this Saturday at the British Library. Composer Emma Margetson, who will be delivering two of our electronic music workshops in Manchester on 23rd November, talks about the influence of An Electric Storm on its 50th anniversary.' I am super excited to to be delivering a couple of workshops inspired by the album. Delia’s pioneering work exploring tape manipulation - sonically transporting listeners across experimental ‘multi-dimensional’ planes and spaces - has been hugely inspiring to me as a composer. Considering the use and transformation of concrete sounds within space is an important part of my work.

Delia Derbyshire Discography

To think Delia was achieving such great sounds with the technology available in the 60s and early 70s highlights her technical and creative abilities.' Find out more about the music workshops taking place at both events at.