Particular Sound: The Creation and Legacy of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop (Oxford Music / Media)

Particular Sound traces the fascinating creation and legacy of the BBC’s digital music studio, the Radiophonic Workshop, within the context of different studios in Europe and America. The BBC constructed a studio to supply its personal avant-garde dramatic productions with experimental sounds “neither music nor sound impact.” Shortly, nonetheless, a preferred form of digital music emerged within the type of quirky jingles, signature tunes similar to Physician Who, and incidental music for lots of of packages. These influential sounds and kinds, heard by tens of millions of listeners over a long time of operation on tv and radio, have served as a major inspiration for using digital devices in in style music.

Utilizing in-depth analysis within the studio’s archives and papers, this e-book tells the historical past of the various engineers, composers, administrators, and producers behind the studio to hint the shifting notion in the direction of digital music in Britain. Combining historic dialogue of the individuals and devices within the workshop with evaluation of particular works, Louis Niebur creates a brand new mannequin for understanding how the Radiophonic Workshop suits into the bigger historical past of digital music.