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The Tone Generation’s Ian Helliwell will be giving a talk at the Royal College of Music, :ondon on the 18th of November at 5.15 PM. Its free, so if you enjoy electronic music from this period or just want to find out how this Expo in particular made such an impact by exposing challenging experimental music, film, design and architecture to the masses, go and check it out.

Expo 67: Electronic Music for a World of Tomorrow
At Montreal`s Expo 67, electronic music and multi-screen cinema were brought together on a scale previously unseen, drawing from ideas and techniques fostered by avant garde composers and filmmakers. This highly experimental approach was thrust into the commercial exhibition arena via the massive popularity of Expo 67, and experienced by millions of visitors with no previous knowledge of such challenging work. National government as well as corporate pavilions featured new audio-visual presentations, and involved many of the most cutting edge artists of the day.
This forum will consider the circumstances and impact of experimental music and film colliding with the mainstream, and to give a sense of the sights and sounds of the Montreal fair, Ian will premiere his specially made split-screen collage of archive music, audio extracts and photographic stills.

Full details here

Ian Helliwell’s website