Perspectives 2015: The Radiophonic Workshop
20-05-2015 20:00
Room: Main Auditorium
Price: €30, €25
20% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall
15% discount for groups of 10 or more
'Total genius' (NME)
The Radiophonic Workshop started life in the 1950s as a department of the BBC.
This set of studios was home to a maverick group of experimental composers, sound engineers and musical innovators brought together to create themes and provide sound effects for the programmes the corporation produced.
They added their magic touch to programmes such as Quatermass, Doctor Who and The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, to name but three, with revolutionary, era-defining results.
For forty years, the department broke boundaries and pushed forward technology, and the influence of the Radiophonic Workshop on popular music has been profound and enduring.
From The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd – all of whom visited the workshop and worked with some of its composers – through to many of today's most successful electronic artists and DJs from Aphex Twin, Tom Middleton and Orbital to Ghost Poet, Toy, The Horrors and Andrew Weatherall – the Workshop's legacy continues to grow as new generations of musicians discover their rich catalogue of recorded work and witness their extraordinary live shows.
Now, more than 15 years after the Workshop was decommissioned, original members Peter Howell, Roger Limb, Dr Dick Mills, Paddy Kingsland and Mark Ayres have reformed. Once again, they are making new music that challenges the senses and pushes at the margins of technology.
Their new album blends old technologies such as tape loops with cutting-edge digital programming and includes collaborations with the likes of Orbital, Martyn Ware, Tom Middleton, Andrew Weatherall and Ghostpoet amongst others.
The electronic Buena Vista Social Club' (The Observer )
'They were doing a whole new thing and it opened our eyes to what was possible' (Paul McCartney)
Presented by the National Concert Hall
20-05-2015 20:00
Room: Main Auditorium
Price: €30, €25
20% discount for Friends of the National Concert Hall
15% discount for groups of 10 or more
'Total genius' (NME)
The Radiophonic Workshop started life in the 1950s as a department of the BBC.
This set of studios was home to a maverick group of experimental composers, sound engineers and musical innovators brought together to create themes and provide sound effects for the programmes the corporation produced.
They added their magic touch to programmes such as Quatermass, Doctor Who and The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, to name but three, with revolutionary, era-defining results.
For forty years, the department broke boundaries and pushed forward technology, and the influence of the Radiophonic Workshop on popular music has been profound and enduring.
From The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd – all of whom visited the workshop and worked with some of its composers – through to many of today's most successful electronic artists and DJs from Aphex Twin, Tom Middleton and Orbital to Ghost Poet, Toy, The Horrors and Andrew Weatherall – the Workshop's legacy continues to grow as new generations of musicians discover their rich catalogue of recorded work and witness their extraordinary live shows.
Now, more than 15 years after the Workshop was decommissioned, original members Peter Howell, Roger Limb, Dr Dick Mills, Paddy Kingsland and Mark Ayres have reformed. Once again, they are making new music that challenges the senses and pushes at the margins of technology.
Their new album blends old technologies such as tape loops with cutting-edge digital programming and includes collaborations with the likes of Orbital, Martyn Ware, Tom Middleton, Andrew Weatherall and Ghostpoet amongst others.
The electronic Buena Vista Social Club' (The Observer )
'They were doing a whole new thing and it opened our eyes to what was possible' (Paul McCartney)
Presented by the National Concert Hall
