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Oram’s Music
BandcampFacebookTwitter Music A selection of works by Daphne Oram This playlist include some of Oram's original compositions, featuring works for tape, manipulated found sounds and Oramics. Paradigm Discs and Boomkat Ltd have produced CDs and vinyls of Daphne’s music. Their generous royalties have enabled us to support various charitable projects. Four Aspects Daphne Oram Buy 8:07 Rockets In Ursa Major (excerpt 1) Daphne Oram Buy 4:57 Bird Of Parallax Daphne… -
The Daphne Oram Collection
BandcampFacebookTwitter The Daphne Oram Collection Collected from Oram's home and private studio A lifetime of audio recordings, scores, personal papers, computer code and more can be found in The Daphne Oram Collection. Originally in the safekeeping of composer Hugh Davies, then the Oram extended family, this archive is now on loan to the Special Collections & Archives, Goldsmiths, where it can be viewed by appointment. When Daphne Oram died in… -
Oram and her work on film
BandcampFacebookTwitter Oram on film Archive interviews, concert pieces and more Listen to Oram's music and take a closer look at her invention The Oramics Machine. There are also videos of the Mini-Oramics machine in action. This was built by Tom Richards in 2016 from Oram's original notes and drawings. Over on the 'Oramics to Electronica' pages, you can also see three new films comissioned on the theme of Oramics by… -
The Oramics Machine
BandcampFacebookTwitter The Oramics Machine Oram's 'drawn sound' synthesis and sequencing system The Oramics Machine enabled Oram to synthesise and sequence sound by painting lines and other marks on glass and film strip. Oram invented it as a new means of musical expression, one that enabled her to finely control and vary sounds in ways that went beyond the capabilities of audio tape. The story of Oramics is told here by… -
‘Oramics to Electronica’ at the Science Museum, London
BandcampFacebookTwitter Oramics to Electronica The Oramics Machine on display in the Science Museum, London Unveiled to the public for the first time since its recovery, the long-lost Oramics Machine was the big draw to this exhibition in 2011 exploring the history of electronic music. This hugely popular show was a temporary exhibition. It stayed up many months longer than originally planned but is now closed. The Oramics Machine is now… -
‘An Individual Note of Music, Sound and Electronics’
BandcampFacebookTwitter 'An Individual Note of Music, Sound and Electronics' Now in its third reprint Five decades out of print, Oram's technical and philosophical treatise on music, sound, electronics is available again in a glorious, new hardback edition. An Individual Note - of Music, Sound and Electronics Daphne Oram (first published in 1972), new edition with an introduction by Sarah Angliss, 2016. 176pp + 4pp covers, hardback, 220 x 165 mm,… -
Still Point at the BBC Proms 2018
BandcampFacebookTwitter Still Point Oram's visionary 1940s turntablism - a World Premiere at The BBC Proms Monday 23 July 2018 saw the World Premiere of the final score for Daphne Oram's 1948 composition Still Point at the BBC Proms in London. Oram's groundbreaking piece for double orchestra, live electronics and turntables has been realised by Shiva Feshareki and James Bulley alongside the London Contemporary Orchestra. Still Point formed the centre piece… -
Lost and found – The Oramics Machine
BandcampFacebookTwitter Lost and found The Oramics Machine retrieved from a barn in France, 2009 This video by Nick Street in 2009 shows the moment the Oramics Machine was retrieved from a barn in France, where it had been languishing for many years. The machine was acquired by Mick Grierson, chair of The Daphne Oram Trust, and is now in the hands of the Science Museum. After essential conservation work, the… -
‘The Woman from New Atlantis’ in The Wire #330
BandcampFacebookTwitter The Woman from New Atlantis Dan Wilson Oram is on the front cover of The Wire as researcher Dan Wilson explores her connection with New Age philosophies. Issue #33 of The Wire (August 2011) contains the first in-depth examination of the intersections between Daphne Oram, the New Age movement and electronic music. Titled 'The Woman from New Atlantis', this article by Dan Wilson takes a look at her long… -
The Wire Salon: The Sounds of the New Atlantis
BandcampFacebookTwitter The Wire Salon at Cafe Oto Exploring Oram and the sounds of the New Atlantis The life and work of Daphne Oram will feature at a salon with UK music magazine The Wire. Venue: Cafe Oto, Thursday 7 April 2011. Cafe Oto E8 3DL, London Thursday 7 April at 8pm. £4 on the door The programme for the evening will include: • A presentation by Dan Wilson tracing the…
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