The Delian Mode
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5 minutes 34 seconds in length, The Delian Mode was created as incidental music rather than as a signature tune.[1]
It "pretty much defies description and is all the better for it; you don't want to have to resort to mere words to describe such a perfect sound, utterly deserving the self-definitive title Delia so knowingly gave it."[2] and is "reminiscent of the beginning of Xenakis's OrientOccident",[3] while Desmond Briscoe, head of the BBC Radiophonic Workhop, says it is "without parallel in our output."[4]
Delia also made an extended version of The Delian Mode, called Labyrynth, adding a further 2:30 for a total of 8:05.[5]
Copyright
The Performing Right Society's list of works by Delia Ann Derbyshire has:
Title: The Delian Mode Writer(s): Derbyshire Delia Ann Publisher: BBC Worldwide Music Work number: T-010.035.840-4 394153Q Type 10/10 [?]
Tapes
- DD071: The Delian Mode. Long version, or makeup.
- DD228: Mechanical sounds and other tracks
- DD235: The Lampshade Synthesis makeup track
- DD248: 10 Master New: New Day m3b, m5. Bells, bowls? Delian Mode?
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Availability
- Released in 1968 on BBC Radiophonic Music
- Released in 2003 on Music from The BBC Radiophonic Workshop
- Released in 2005 on Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop - Volume 2: New Beginnings
- It can be heard as the backing music to a 1969 'Sky At Night' special at about 19'30".
- Gnutella has a 4.0MB MP3 at 96kbps as well as a 56.3MB AIFF file with vinyl crackle but much less hiss
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References
- ↑ Special Sound, p.124
- ↑ Robin Carmody in Wee also have sound-houses
- ↑ Gramophone magazine, Sept. 1969
- ↑ The_BBC_Radiophonic_Workshop:_The_First_25_Years
- ↑ Louis Niebur's notes for tape DD071.
