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and is "reminiscent of the beginning of Xenakis's OrientOccident",<ref>[[BBC Radiophonic Music (review in Gramophone)|''Gramophone'' magazine, Sept. 1969]]</ref>
 
and is "reminiscent of the beginning of Xenakis's OrientOccident",<ref>[[BBC Radiophonic Music (review in Gramophone)|''Gramophone'' magazine, Sept. 1969]]</ref>
 
while [[Desmond Briscoe]], head of the BBC Radiophonic Workhop, says it is "without parallel in our output."<ref>[[The_BBC_Radiophonic_Workshop:_The_First_25_Years]]</ref>
 
while [[Desmond Briscoe]], head of the BBC Radiophonic Workhop, says it is "without parallel in our output."<ref>[[The_BBC_Radiophonic_Workshop:_The_First_25_Years]]</ref>
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Delia also made an extended version of ''The Delian Mode'', called ''[[Labyrynth]]'', adding a further 2:30 for a total of 8:05.<ref>Louis Niebur's notes for tape [[DD071]].</ref>
  
 
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Type 10/10 [?]
 
Type 10/10 [?]
 
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=Tapes=
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* [[DD071]]: The Delian Mode. Long version, or makeup.
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* [[DD228]]: Mechanical sounds and other tracks
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* [[DD235]]: The [[Green Lampshade|Lampshade Synthesis]] makeup track
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* [[DD248]]: 10 Master New: New Day m3b, m5. Bells, bowls? Delian Mode?
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{{Spectrogram|The Delian Mode - Spectrogram}}
  
 
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* Released in 2003 on [[Music from The BBC Radiophonic Workshop]]
 
* 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]]
 
* Released in 2005 on [[Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop - Volume 2: New Beginnings]]
* On [[Attic Tapes]]:
 
** [[DD071]]: "The Delian Mode. Long version, or makeup."
 
** [[DD248]]: "10 Master New: New Day m3b, m5. Bells, bowls? Delian Mode?"
 
 
* It can be heard as the backing music to [http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/moonlandings/7609.shtml a 1969 'Sky At Night' special] at about 19'30".
 
* It can be heard as the backing music to [http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/moonlandings/7609.shtml 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
 
* Gnutella has a 4.0MB MP3 at 96kbps as well as a 56.3MB AIFF file with vinyl crackle but much less hiss

Latest revision as of 11:37, 3 September 2021

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?

Spectrogram

The Delian Mode - Spectrogram.jpg

Availability

References