So - what does other people's work sound like?
Your "own style" of musique concrète may not be anything
like anyone else's. This is OK. But there are times when the
best of us can need just a little inspiration, and listening to work by
other artists can help here.
Some other people's work ...
The links on this page lead to a range of works by other
artists:
Daphme Oram was the first composer to work at
the Radiophonic Workshop back in 1958.
There's some information about her, with a brief sound clip
describing how she made her music in this piece from BBC News.
Some more extracts from her work can be found at paradigm
discs. |
Elizabeth Parker was the last composer to work
at the Radiophonic Workshop - she now works independently.
Her work for BBC
Wildlife on One includes some wonderful examples of musique
concrète applied to a documentary.
This deodorant
commercial is another example of what can be achieved
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John Baker was a jazz musician who also worked
with musique concrète at the RWS in the 1960s. He had a
reputation for getting the most amazing sounds from joining the
tiniest pieces of audio tape - he had the knack of giving his music
"that jazz swing".
Trunk Records have released a good collection of his work on CD :
The
Baker Tapes. |
Some more history of BBC Radiophonic music can be
found here
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Terry Dwyer |
Koppelflöte,
for solo flute and electronic
tape |
This is a work composed by Terry, using both
orthodox instrumental playing and concrète techniques. |
Wider
influences |
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Here's part of Stockhausen's Kontakte -
Try not to be too distracted by the video clip accompanying
it! |
John Young
Some seriously advanced work here by John Young
Take a listen to the tracks: Pythagoras’s
Curtain; Virtual;
and Inner for example |
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If you find other examples of musique concrète which you think
are particularly good, and might deserve a link from this page,
please let us know - you can use the email link towards the bottom
of this page ... |
Sonic Débris
A combination of "pure" Concrète, pure synth, synth/concrète and
instrumental; the composer's personal on-line notebook: Sonic Débris |
Free Music Archive is a kind if meeting place for
musicians of all genres and idioms. It has a section for musique
concrète within the wider field of experimental
music - you may like to explore some of the other areas here' as
well.
Please be aware: the Free Music Archive has
a wide range of contributors; use your own judgement to decide which
are the better examples to listen to. [Some are rather mediocre,
others are inspired genius!] |
Updates we are well aware that Web sites come and go, and
that the information in them can change without notice - we try to
keep our links up-to-date.
If you notice any changes to the links on our site before we spot
them, please email
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