I don't understand how Delia Derbyshire was consistently living 50 years into the future regardless of the style of the piece she was making. This thing is like 1964 dark ambient. It could easily be a Coil record if you sprinkled some BDSM vibes on top. Incredible.
"To make it more difficult to find and enjoy her work, she records each performance onto pre-used Betamax cassettes and leaves them in charity shops labelled with the titles of unpopular ITV sitcoms in Dyno tape."
I do this with cassette tapes and my own music. I leave them in thrift shops alongside other material. Makes it more interesting for people when they discover.
I can confirm that one of those voices is Delia herself. A friend of mine, Yuzu, actually met her in 1999. She was only five, but still, she remembers it.
One of the great unheralded talents of post war music. Her problem was her best work was always obscured by the relative novelty piece that made her famous, the Dr Who theme.
I love this, I love how she uses repetition to represent coming up and going under again. It's like, is it a dream experience or is it a real life near death drowning experience or even an Lsd or halloucinagenic trip. The video compliments the sound perfectly. Very rich art that captures and shares a piece of the human experience. Timeless. looking forward to attending a Delia Darbyshire electronic workshop this Saturday.
First Delia Derbyshire record I bought (she did it in conjunction withVauhaus) was in 1969 - it’s probably my all time favourite vinyl. I’m on my third copy and it gets more and more expensive. It’s so far ahead of its time.............
@@ciarananan An Electric Storm by White Noise. It’s an incredible record . The A and B sides are totally different to each other. I suggest that you are straight when you listen to the B side - it will blow your mind!!!!!!!!
@@lizbourn4192 I've got An Electric Storm. I love the quirky weird tunes on A side and the ghostly and hellish tracks on B are truly incredibly evocative.
And so disregarded by her peers that she practically abandoned her career, dying much too young from alcoholism related issues :( "Sorry we don't employ highly qualified women sound engineers here.." Wasn't officially credited for her amazing work on the original Doctor Who theme until the 50th Anniversary, at which point she had been dead for about a decade. A true pioneer.
Text from edit of "Dreams" by Delia Derbyshire (9 minutes of a 45-minute radio work). I disappeared under... the sea And I would surface again And I would start to drown again And I would surface again Come up again And then I would go down into the water And I had the sensation that I was going to drown And it was frightening and suffocating My clothes were dragging me back It was all around me, this water, and I didn't like it. And I began to feel very frightened ...seemed to go down and down and down My clothes were dragging me back It was very dark and very deep The sea is very deep I seemed to be drowning I *am* going to drown! And I thought, well it's no use trying to think I'm not, er, going to drown; I *am* going to drown! And it was frightening and suffocating No reflection in the water I was in the water And it was a feeling as though the water was coming towards me And I began to feel very frightened And being that I can't swim and afraid of water It seemed a greater fear And then I would go down into the water and the sea seemed vast and there weren't many waves: it wasn't a stormy sea, but it was a frightening sea. And there were sort of bluey colours, bluey-greeny colours And it was all colours like the rainbow as if there was a light shining behind it And then I would shout and say "I won't do it, I won't do it" And I would surface again I saw a cloud of spray ... rising high up into the air and it was all colours like the rainbow as if there was a light shining behind it. I saw a cloud of spray And I had the sensation that I was going to drown And I would surface again and I would start to drown again And I would surface again, come up again Then I would go down into the water And I had this sensation that I was going to drown And it was frightening and suffocating. It was all around me, this water, and I didn't like it And I began to feel very frightened I must tell my mother! All I can remember is falling into the water It was very dark and falling down and down and down It was very dark and very deep and I seemed to be drowning I must tell my mother! My clothes were dragging me back The sea is very deep. I'd go into the sea and then I go right down to the bottom and there is some land there. The land at the bottom of the sea It's very still, it's flat. No reflection in the water. Lovely clear water The water looked to be rather, sort of, bluey And I didn't like it. And suddenly all this water became full of other people and other things all falling. Full of other people and other things all falling, all going downwards the same as I was and chairs and tables and things like this and all these people were all floating downwards through this water and chairs and tables and things like this And I put my arms up and tried to catch hold of them And I began to feel very frightened I was in the water and it was a feeling as though the water was coming towards me And being that I can't swim and afraid of water it seemed a greater fear. And as I sort of pushed back and I felt I was pushing back the water, so I felt the mud in my hands. And then I seemed to be clearing the mud which was really saturated with water. And as I pushed and pushed so I came across something and I was still pushing and I knew it was somebody. And I felt them. I could feel the shoulders then the face And then I could feel this tin hat. And as I pushed the hat one side, the helmet one side so I could see my youngest brother's face. And then I felt him, and I knew a little about first aid And I felt him, felt down the body And as I got to the hip he more or less shuddered And I could see by his face that he was in pain Even though he had the mud and stuff on it. I pushed the hat back and I thought to myself, I knew he's safe, he's alive. I must tell my mother. He just wasn't because he was dead. He looked like him but he just wasn't because he was dead. I just walked towards him and I just picked him up And he wasn't any more, and I could think he was my baby, He looked like him but he just wasn't because he was dead. I'd go into the sea and then I go right down to the bottom and there is some land there. I always die on the land. The land at the bottom of the sea.
"He looked like him but he just wasn't because he was dead" - I've had that experience and i wouldn't wish it upon any other human soul. Are these real interviews?
Notes: "I"ve been told that one of the voices in this piece is Delia Derbyshire but I can't confirm that." Certainly Delia, and you can confirm it by watching the documentary "The Delian Mode - Delia Derbyshire documentary"
Feeling like this is really about bipolar type 2, because after years of going up and down, up and down does not excite or fear. It just just dull. Nightmare all those years was for me, till i basically said the same thing the song conveys to myself , and starting from that year plus cold theraphy, i dont have my ups and downs scattered through the year, it is just dull. And its better.
I also felt it expressed depressions weight pulling you down under, sucking the life out of you, but there is a fight to resurface. Listen and replace the lyric water with the word depression.
The complete Inventions for Radio series by Barry Bermange and Delia Derbyshire is now being officially released by Silva Screen in a remastered 6LP box set. I understand it will also be available on CD format as well.
@@trespire Tape, right? I've done that when someone from a radio station once showed me how in editing a work in the 90s (an interview to be aired). Very cumbersome and fiddly to say the absolute least...
@@mothratemporalradio517 Yes, magnetic tape. Watched/listened to a short documentary about Delia here on U-tube. She liked to work long nights in the Radiophonic Workshop when no one was around, she layed out the spliced tape up and down a long corriodor. Very fiddly & labour intensive.
Ivo, your "magic" and your research need improvement. 2017 was the 80th anniversary of her birth, not the 70th. Delia Derbyshire was was born in 1937, not 1947. :)
I don't understand how Delia Derbyshire was consistently living 50 years into the future regardless of the style of the piece she was making. This thing is like 1964 dark ambient. It could easily be a Coil record if you sprinkled some BDSM vibes on top. Incredible.
"BDSM vibes" had me rolling🤣🤣
56 years after this piece of art is still modern.
"To make it more difficult to find and enjoy her work, she records each performance onto pre-used Betamax cassettes and leaves them in charity shops labelled with the titles of unpopular ITV sitcoms in Dyno tape."
really? that's fascinating and very mysterious!
Sarah Forrest "the hipster", ladybird books. I do actually like this by the way.
sounds like a surrealist monologue from the audiovisual artist "Chriddof", except presumably this actually happened
hmm
I do this with cassette tapes and my own music. I leave them in thrift shops alongside other material. Makes it more interesting for people when they discover.
I can confirm that one of those voices is Delia herself. A friend of mine, Yuzu, actually met her in 1999. She was only five, but still, she remembers it.
Yes, she's the first voice we hear and she's there at 2:45
I can also confirm because ive seen other videos of her talking.
One of the great unheralded talents of post war music. Her problem was her best work was always obscured by the relative novelty piece that made her famous, the Dr Who theme.
Is really nice I think that, if you listen with attention you lost the real sense the world. she was an incredible woman
You are so right..........
I love this, I love how she uses repetition to represent coming up and going under again. It's like, is it a dream experience or is it a real life near death drowning experience or even an Lsd or halloucinagenic trip. The video compliments the sound perfectly. Very rich art that captures and shares a piece of the human experience. Timeless. looking forward to attending a Delia Darbyshire electronic workshop this Saturday.
Hallucinogenic music for sure!!!!
First Delia Derbyshire record I bought (she did it in conjunction withVauhaus) was in 1969 - it’s probably my all time favourite vinyl. I’m on my third copy and it gets more and more expensive. It’s so far ahead of its time.............
What's the name of this record?
@@ciarananan An Electric Storm by White Noise. It’s an incredible record . The A and B sides are totally different to each other. I suggest that you are straight when you listen to the B side - it will blow your mind!!!!!!!!
@@lizbourn4192 Wow thanks!
@@ciarananan just btw, delis Derbyshire composed the original Dr. Who music!!!!
@@lizbourn4192 I've got An Electric Storm. I love the quirky weird tunes on A side and the ghostly and hellish tracks on B are truly incredibly evocative.
This work moves me. For ten minutes I was hypnotized by the music, video and poem.
She was ahead of her time.
And so disregarded by her peers that she practically abandoned her career, dying much too young from alcoholism related issues :(
"Sorry we don't employ highly qualified women sound engineers here.."
Wasn't officially credited for her amazing work on the original Doctor Who theme until the 50th Anniversary, at which point she had been dead for about a decade.
A true pioneer.
@@gazbot9000 Rememberance for neglected genius 📯🌻
totally
sounds a lot like Coil's Astral Disaster. Of course, this was released more than 30 years prior. Incredible
This composition was used as part of the musical suite for the 1970 Doctor Who adventure "Inferno".
"Unity is strength....?"
Text from edit of "Dreams" by Delia Derbyshire
(9 minutes of a 45-minute radio work).
I disappeared under... the sea
And I would surface again
And I would start to drown again
And I would surface again
Come up again
And then I would go down into the water
And I had the sensation that I was going to drown
And it was frightening and suffocating
My clothes were dragging me back
It was all around me, this water, and I didn't like it.
And I began to feel very frightened
...seemed to go down and down and down
My clothes were dragging me back
It was very dark and very deep
The sea is very deep
I seemed to be drowning
I *am* going to drown!
And I thought, well it's no use trying to think I'm not, er, going to drown;
I *am* going to drown!
And it was frightening and suffocating
No reflection in the water
I was in the water
And it was a feeling as though the water was coming towards me
And I began to feel very frightened
And being that I can't swim and afraid of water
It seemed a greater fear
And then I would go down into the water and the sea seemed vast and there
weren't many waves: it wasn't a stormy sea, but it was a frightening sea.
And there were sort of bluey colours, bluey-greeny colours
And it was all colours like the rainbow
as if there was a light shining behind it
And then I would shout and say "I won't do it, I won't do it"
And I would surface again
I saw a cloud of spray ... rising high up into the air
and it was all colours like the rainbow
as if there was a light shining behind it.
I saw a cloud of spray
And I had the sensation that I was going to drown
And I would surface again and I would start to drown again
And I would surface again, come up again
Then I would go down into the water
And I had this sensation that I was going to drown
And it was frightening and suffocating.
It was all around me, this water, and I didn't like it
And I began to feel very frightened
I must tell my mother!
All I can remember is falling into the water
It was very dark and falling down and down and down
It was very dark and very deep and I seemed to be drowning
I must tell my mother!
My clothes were dragging me back
The sea is very deep.
I'd go into the sea and then I go right down to the bottom
and there is some land there. The land at the bottom of the sea
It's very still, it's flat. No reflection in the water.
Lovely clear water
The water looked to be rather, sort of, bluey
And I didn't like it.
And suddenly all this water became full of other people and other things all falling.
Full of other people and other things all falling,
all going downwards the same as I was
and chairs and tables and things like this
and all these people were all floating downwards through this water
and chairs and tables and things like this
And I put my arms up and tried to catch hold of them
And I began to feel very frightened
I was in the water and it was a feeling as though the water was coming towards me
And being that I can't swim and afraid of water it seemed a greater fear.
And as I sort of pushed back and I felt I was pushing back the water,
so I felt the mud in my hands.
And then I seemed to be clearing the mud which was really saturated with water.
And as I pushed and pushed so I came across something and I was still pushing
and I knew it was somebody.
And I felt them. I could feel the shoulders then the face
And then I could feel this tin hat.
And as I pushed the hat one side, the helmet one side
so I could see my youngest brother's face.
And then I felt him, and I knew a little about first aid
And I felt him, felt down the body
And as I got to the hip he more or less shuddered
And I could see by his face that he was in pain
Even though he had the mud and stuff on it.
I pushed the hat back and I thought to myself,
I knew he's safe, he's alive. I must tell my mother.
He just wasn't because he was dead.
He looked like him but he just wasn't because he was dead.
I just walked towards him and I just picked him up
And he wasn't any more, and I could think he was my baby,
He looked like him but he just wasn't because he was dead.
I'd go into the sea and then I go right down to the bottom
and there is some land there.
I always die on the land. The land at the bottom of the sea.
+dragana d. Thank you.!!!
Yes thank you so very much for the words!
It wasn't a stormy sea, but it was a frightening sea.
And I had the sensation that I was going to drown...
"He looked like him but he just wasn't because he was dead" - I've had that experience and i wouldn't wish it upon any other human soul. Are these real interviews?
So Delia wrote the words? She was also a poet/novelist of sorts. Amazing what she has done.
Notes: "I"ve been told that one of the voices in this piece is Delia Derbyshire but I can't confirm that."
Certainly Delia, and you can confirm it by watching the documentary "The Delian Mode - Delia Derbyshire documentary"
Great video to a mesmerising soundtrack
wonderful music and mystic Landscape...
Thanks for the video, the description and for putting it all together with the composition.
Beautiful video, beautiful sounds
That's definitely Delia Derbyshire's voice at the beginning!
Agreed
Yup. The soft, young-woman, voice.
Distinctively Delia
Google: "The Delian Mode - Delia Derbyshire documentary"
My fav electronic piece of them all. Fantastic work with incredible atmosphere
Incredible song. Incredible video. Thank you.
This reminds me a bit of Cosey fanni tutti/ throbbing gristle, of course probably years before even them.
Awesome visuals for an awesome track !
this is insane
dizzy_days j'adore
incredible video man, as a video artist myself I really appreciate it.
first though after one second of audio and video: Tarkovsky, Solaris :)
wundervolle Atmosphäre
excellent, sometimes it looks like a snow topped mountain range.
Just awesome. Delia
Fantastic...
beautiful!!!!!
Fantastic video!
It wasn't a stormy sea, but it was a frightening sea.
And I had the sensation that I was going to drown...
Beautiful
Cette musique expérimentale me fait voir une autre vision de ce monde .
Je ressens à quel point on est petit face à l océan l espace
Feeling like this is really about bipolar type 2, because after years of going up and down, up and down does not excite or fear. It just just dull. Nightmare all those years was for me, till i basically said the same thing the song conveys
to myself , and starting from that year plus cold theraphy, i dont have my ups and downs scattered through the year, it is just dull. And its better.
That's Definitely her voice.
love the video.. thanks!
aha so thats where the Antediluvian Rocking Horse got their samples from!
This, while high...holy shit....
Delia would be proud
fkkn überawesome!
classic cult hit!
Lovely! From where did you obtain the music? I can only seem to find some pesky BBC TV-theme releases containing her music.
I also felt it expressed depressions weight pulling you down under, sucking the life out of you, but there is a fight to resurface. Listen and replace the lyric water with the word depression.
Real shame that embedding has been disabled on this
I really love these visuals... I read the description..but could you maybe elaborate on how they are done? :)
Aphex Twin way before Aphex Twin
I must be a wussy but holy crap im scared
nice
Am I correc in assuming that a lot of these spoken word pieces have never been oficially released? I love them all so much
The complete Inventions for Radio series by Barry Bermange and Delia Derbyshire is now being officially released by Silva Screen in a remastered 6LP box set. I understand it will also be available on CD format as well.
Music Experience 👍
Remind me to Laurie Anderson "Big Science ", Delia was the idea?
I dream o f drowning. So this scares me.
Oscillators used . No synthesizer
And physical cutting and pasting.
@@trespire Tape, right? I've done that when someone from a radio station once showed me how in editing a work in the 90s (an interview to be aired). Very cumbersome and fiddly to say the absolute least...
@@mothratemporalradio517 Yes, magnetic tape. Watched/listened to a short documentary about Delia here on U-tube. She liked to work long nights in the Radiophonic Workshop when no one was around, she layed out the spliced tape up and down a long corriodor. Very fiddly & labour intensive.
2021!
Taiwan
so who is Jon SOrensen!?
*IVO`s MAGIC WORLD* presents *MUSIC HISTORY GUIDE - FAMOUS BIRTHS* - *DELIA ANN DERBYSHIRE - 70th Anniversary her Birth, Today!!!* *(MaY 5th, 2017)*
Ivo, your "magic" and your research need improvement. 2017 was the 80th anniversary of her birth, not the 70th. Delia Derbyshire was was born in 1937, not 1947. :)
@@TheStockwell teeheehee. Also, how interesting that she was a product of the 1930s.
THIS IS AMAZING PLEASE CONTACT ME ON HOW YOU DID THIS IN POST. I NEED YOU*
Solaris...
Were these projects at all associated with other types of govt. Experiments???
Also try Killer by Van der Graaf Generator
yes yes yes!
Hamburger Lady by Throbbing Gristle
time distortion
I am so high