tomorrow people music is out soon on trunk - pretty exciting
'The LP contains the work of three composers - the
legendary experimentalist David Vorhaus, Nikki St
George (eh?) and someone known as Li De La Russe
(who?). What makes this all the more interesting
is that the two last musicians are pseudonyms,
Nikki is in fact the awesome radiophonic Brian
Hodgson, Li is none other than Delia Derbyshire.
Both musicians were under contract to the BBC at
the time, employed at the Radiophonic Workshop
and were working with Vorhaus on the White Noise
LP at the same time. Pseudonyms probably came
into to play to protect themselves from any
contractual troubles they could have encountered
with Auntie. De La Russe translates literally as
"of the red" and is rumoured to be a reference to
Delia's auburn locks.
1969 was a big year for all three musicians.
Creativity at the workshop had really climaxed,
and together with Vorhaus their work (through
their fledgling space Kalieaphon Studios) had
flourished. And the important collaborative White
Noise "An Electric Storm" LP was nearing
completion.
To many collectors of Derbyshire's music, the
Hodgson sound and the work produced by the
Radiophonic Workshop and its freelancers, this
album represents possibly the last recording to
remain unreleased commercially, until now. I like
this album - I like it sonically and I also think
it's quite fitting that Delia, Brian, Dudley and
David all eventually got strangely involved with
the Tomorrow People, a show all about superior
beings.
It is worth mentioning the original track order
of ESL 104 has not been altered. So, like all
true library recordings, you have to listen
properly and carefully to really find what you're
looking for. Also, I should point out that some
of these tracks are short and often end abruptly.
Well, this is also a trait of some library, and
remember this is also an electronic musical
production from 1969. To make these kinds of
sounds in 1969 takes a while - to get anything is
a good thing. And while I was investigating the
story of ESL 104 I found out a little more. It
has been a busy little library album. A couple of
the tracks featured on the cult 1970s sci-fi
series Timeslip and "Battle Theme" reared its
sonic head for Dr Who, in the Pertwee adventure
known as Inferno. But it's the extensive Tomorrow
People usage that really brought out the best in
all the recordings featured here.
And one final and very important word - this is
not the complete version of ESL 104. The missing
tracks are 9 very very short versions of Oranges
and Lemons. You can possibly work out what they
sound like and they weren't used on the TV show,
therefore have been left out. I'll shut up now
and you can listen to this superb and historic
electronic album.
And remember, this is the last lost Delia
Derbyshire, Brian Hodgson and David Vorhaus work
left unreleased. Until now. Super.'
'The LP contains the work of three composers - the
legendary experimentalist David Vorhaus, Nikki St
George (eh?) and someone known as Li De La Russe
(who?). What makes this all the more interesting
is that the two last musicians are pseudonyms,
Nikki is in fact the awesome radiophonic Brian
Hodgson, Li is none other than Delia Derbyshire.
Both musicians were under contract to the BBC at
the time, employed at the Radiophonic Workshop
and were working with Vorhaus on the White Noise
LP at the same time. Pseudonyms probably came
into to play to protect themselves from any
contractual troubles they could have encountered
with Auntie. De La Russe translates literally as
"of the red" and is rumoured to be a reference to
Delia's auburn locks.
1969 was a big year for all three musicians.
Creativity at the workshop had really climaxed,
and together with Vorhaus their work (through
their fledgling space Kalieaphon Studios) had
flourished. And the important collaborative White
Noise "An Electric Storm" LP was nearing
completion.
To many collectors of Derbyshire's music, the
Hodgson sound and the work produced by the
Radiophonic Workshop and its freelancers, this
album represents possibly the last recording to
remain unreleased commercially, until now. I like
this album - I like it sonically and I also think
it's quite fitting that Delia, Brian, Dudley and
David all eventually got strangely involved with
the Tomorrow People, a show all about superior
beings.
It is worth mentioning the original track order
of ESL 104 has not been altered. So, like all
true library recordings, you have to listen
properly and carefully to really find what you're
looking for. Also, I should point out that some
of these tracks are short and often end abruptly.
Well, this is also a trait of some library, and
remember this is also an electronic musical
production from 1969. To make these kinds of
sounds in 1969 takes a while - to get anything is
a good thing. And while I was investigating the
story of ESL 104 I found out a little more. It
has been a busy little library album. A couple of
the tracks featured on the cult 1970s sci-fi
series Timeslip and "Battle Theme" reared its
sonic head for Dr Who, in the Pertwee adventure
known as Inferno. But it's the extensive Tomorrow
People usage that really brought out the best in
all the recordings featured here.
And one final and very important word - this is
not the complete version of ESL 104. The missing
tracks are 9 very very short versions of Oranges
and Lemons. You can possibly work out what they
sound like and they weren't used on the TV show,
therefore have been left out. I'll shut up now
and you can listen to this superb and historic
electronic album.
And remember, this is the last lost Delia
Derbyshire, Brian Hodgson and David Vorhaus work
left unreleased. Until now. Super.'
