#1 Fan More Delia Derbyshire…
posted by on July 21 at 17:54 PM
Paul scooped me on this one (see below) so I’ll provide a few extra links. First, Delia beat matching … probably sometime around the Summer of Love.
I like to think this video gives a little weight to Brian Eno’s suggestion (can’t find the reference) that the invention of the digital sampler was merely a mechanical innovation, as opposed to an aesthetic or functional one. Tape Loops 4 Eva!
More of Ms. Derbyshire’s work can be heard at her “official website.”
P.S. The original Doctor Who theme song is sublime. Fact.

she is the queen of my heart.
More Delia Derbyshire...? When and where was the original post?
Sorry I should have looked a little harder meaning down below.
Sorry I should have looked a little harder meaning down below.
You are forgiven, Biggie.
Now we know, going by the third machine-loop, where Orbital came up with "Chime".
Every generation needs a Delia Derbyshire.
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