Steve Silberman: If you're a fan of REALLY WEIRD MUSIC, nerds, women, neurodivergence, rebelliously independent spirits, or triumphing over historical erasure, I highly recommend Lisa Rovner's "Sisters with Transistors" doc on female electronic music pioneers, now on Amazon Prime. [Daphne Oram in her DIY rig]

If you're a fan of REALLY WEIRD MUSIC, nerds, women, neurodivergence, rebelliously independent spirits, or triumphing over historical erasure, I highly recommend Lisa Rovner's "Sisters with Transistors" doc on female electronic music pioneers, now on Amazon Prime. [Daphne Oram in her DIY rig]

The BBC did a programme that’s on iPlayer www.bbc.co.uk/articles/cxx...

Doctor Who: Delia Derbyshire at the BBCwww.bbc.co.uk Delia Derbyshire is celebrated for her role in the creation of the unforgettable Doctor Who theme tune.

Good programme

She is totally amazing and so talented.

Yes indeed.

Also on youtube and, in GER/FR, on arte.tv www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQPw...

Sisters with Transistors | ARTEwww.youtube.com Raconté par Laurie Anderson et nourri de formidables archives, un hymne aux pionnières de la musique électronique et aux horizons sonores qu’elles ont ouvert...

(Someone in another thread told me that this is actually the shorter TV version, the cinematic film seems significantly longer)

What did you think of the Wendy Carlos erasure? I thought it was just me but there’s a bunch of reviews on Letterboxd commenting on it

They don’t mention Wendy Carlos?!

They’ve got Walter Carlos doing Switched On Bach and how it sold as many records as the Beatles. But there’s a snide comment on using electronic instruments for baroque music and taking things backwards. Wendy Carlos never gets a mention after that. No Kubrick, nothing.

Just caught a review where someone says this even extends into falsehood, as they talk about a long gap with no female composer credits while forgetting TRON. Well that’s disappointing Seems like a fun collection of discrete looks at several artists, but not expecting more now

Thanks for the tip. I enjoyed this bbc archive video that includes her. youtu.be/yMvP-cxjPpo?...

1969: What Is ELECTRONIC MUSIC? | Workshop | Radiophonic Workshop | BBC Archiveyoutu.be What is electronic music? How is it produced? Desmond Briscoe - the head of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop - enlists the help of Daphne Oram, David Cain and Jo...

This trailer makes it look cool as hell m.youtube.com/watch?v=IA_F...

Sisters With Transistors Teaserm.youtube.com Rent Sisters With Transistors here: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/sisterswithtransistors SISTERS WITH TRANSISTORS is the remarkable untold story of electronic music’s female pioneers, composers who embraced machines and their liberating technologies to utterly transform how we produce and listen to music today. Theremins, synthesizers and feedback machines abound in this glorious ode to the women who helped shape, not just electronic music but the contemporary soundscape as we know it. Avant-garde composer Laurie Anderson narration accompanies fascinating archival footage to trace the history of the technological experimentation of sound, the deconstruction of its parts and the manipulation into something altogether other. While traversing a range of musical approaches and personalities, from academia to outsider art to television commercials, we meet Clara Rockmore, Bebe Barron, Suzanne Ciani, Laurie Spiegel and Eliane Radigue, among many other fascinating and enigmatic musical geniuses and their peculiar way of hearing the world.

Is Bebe "Electronic Tonalities" Barron featured?

Any way to see it other than Amazon? (Just don’t want to support Amazon)

i'm sure there are better torrent sites these days, but this does still work and there is a copy on Ye Olde Pirate Bay.

Gillian Gilbert in there?

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@mattcrumplab.bsky.social , not to imply the music you are into is weird, please note the documentary

@quioui.bsky.social I saw this and thought of you

thanks!

Also on Kanopy for free. Right up Kanopy's aisle, I'd be shocked if they didn't have it. The full version.

Thank you very much for sharing. Definitely bookmarked to watch this weekend :-)

I'm totally gonna watch this.

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Can confirm this is a totally brilliant documentary - there's more to women-in-electronic-music than Wendy C, Delia D & Suzanne C. www.imdb.com/title/tt6744...

Sisters with Transistors (2020) ⭐ 7.4 | Documentary, Musicwww.imdb.com 1h 26m

This is pretty close to being a list of everything I care about

(I should clarify that that is a joke, but one with more than a grain of truth)

Ohhhh, thanks for the tip!!!

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