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:: Sunday, April 15, 2007 ::

Daphne Oram

You wait for years for gems of early electronic music to surface and suddenly two come along at once. Paradigm Discs have released a comprehensive two CD set of Daphne Oram's post-BBC work, charting the evolution of her Kent studio and her Oramics drawn sound machine.


Daphne Oram – Oramics (Paradigm Discs)

Boomkat have sold out already but you may still be able to get it direct from Paradigm. There are MP3 samples on the page linked.

No sooner had I slipped that into my CD player, I got a letter telling me that Oram's book, which I ordered from the library last September, has arrived. I read it cover to cover over about a weeks worth of bus journeys. It's an easy going philosophical exploration of electronic music and thesis on the design of the Oramics system. Despite being dated, and her somewhat strange musings, it's well worth a read for all electronic music enthusiasts. As it's long out of print and incredibly difficult to get hold of I'm going to put my neck out and assume no one will be upset by me putting it online.

Oram, Daphne – An Individual Note of music sound and electronics - Galliard, Norfolk (1972) [29MB zip containing 36MB PDF]

Labels: Electronic Music, Oram, Oramics, Radiophonic Workshop

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