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(For the tape recorder of similar name that Delia used at the Workshop, see Phillips.)

Philips is a piece of commercial work done by Delia and Brian Hodgson at Unit Delta Plus for a TV advertising campaign.

We did one commercial sound called Philips which was something like “wup!” and that was it.^[1]

Score

The playing speed is taken from the manuscript in which Delia writes that a crochet is .22 seconds, giving 273 beats per minute.

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Although these papers are collected in a folded piece of paper with "Philips" written on it, there are two dates a year apart: 3.2.1966 and 3.2.67.

DD085942: Tape labels and notes suggesting that it was 1½ seconds in length
DD090009: Score fragment "Ph. Type 1, D+ 3.2.67: Loop bloops / high tune / low chords"
DD090120: "Call signs for Erwin Wasey", notes and tape splice lengths, "High/low chords, High/guit. tune and Bleeps" "30.1.66-3.2.66"
DD090137: List of 8 makeup tracks
DD100926: Mentions Philips as a “recent commission of members of the group” for Kaleidophon.

Unknown. For its reconstruction from Delia's manuscript, see Philips (score).

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 We did one commercial sound called ''Philips'' which was something like “wup!” and that was it.<ref>[[Peter Zinovieff]]'s disparaging remarks in the 2010 [http://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/lectures/dr-peter-zinovieff-the-original-tectonic-sounds Red Bull Academy interview].</ref>
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+=Score=
+[[Image:DD090009.pdf|thumb|right|[[DD090009]] score for [[Philips]]]]
+The playing speed is taken from the manuscript in which Delia writes that a crochet is .22 seconds, giving 273 beats per minute.
+* [[media:DD090009.txt|The input file for the Lilypond music typesetting program]]
+* [[media:DD090009.midi|Lilypond's output as a MIDI file that you can play on your computer]]
+* An audio file of the MIDI file performed on a cheesy electric piano
+{{Play|DD090009}}
 =Papers=