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We Have Also Sound Houses: How A 17th C. Utopia Foresaw Electronic Music
The English statesman and philosopher Francis Bacon wrote his utopian tale New Atlantis at the very end of his life in the early 17th century. Three centuries later it was heralded by Daphne Oram and others as a prophecy of modern electronic music. In an exclusive extract from his introduction to a new edition of the book for Repeater Books, tQ's books ed Robert Barry explains why
Black Sky Thinking
Dancing In The Waves – 40 Years Inside The Radiophonic Workshop
Ahead of their performance at the British Library this week, the Radiophonic Workshop's Peter Howell reflects on four decades fathoming the complex creative relationship between the Workshop's humans and their machines
A Quietus Interview
Highly Radiogenic: Langham Research Centre Interviewed
A quartet of BBC radio producers and broadcasters have taken up the mantle of the Radiophonic Workshop and set about performing classic works of musique concrète. They tell Robert Barry how vintage equipment, Daphne Oram and an encounter with John Cage all played their role
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Film
The Devils’ Double: Mother Joan Of The Angels Exhumed
Continuing the saga of the Loudun possessions made famous by The Devils, Jerzy Kawalerowicz's picture actually predates Ken Russell's masterpiece by a decade. Anthony Nield watches a landmark of Polish cinema, newly restored for DVD release later this month
Film
I Say We Nuke The Entire Site From Orbit: Aliens At The Royal Albert Hall
After witnessing the 1986 action movie Aliens accompanied by a live orchestra, Joel McIver nominates it as the best film of its genre ever made. For those who have been hiding in the Jungle Of Guam, waiting for WWII to end - ****Contains Spoilers****
Film
Shock Treatment: Piercing Director Nicolas Pesce’s Favourite Gialli
From its lurid aesthetics to its pulsing soundtrack, director Nicolas Pesce's second feature, Piercing, is a homage to the great Italian horror movies of the 1970s. Here he takes us through ten of his favourites, from Dario Argento to Lucio Fulci and beyond
