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From Inner Space to Outer Space was fantastic - a successful mission at every stage. The Duke of York’s was full to capacity with humans keen to explore inner space and outer space.
Thankyou to everyone who came along for the ride and to all who made it happen.
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
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So excited about this show. Thank you to Emily for the amazing poster design.
An evening of spaced out sound, 60’s sci-fi TV, short 16mm space films and multi projector light show in the stunning setting of Brighton’s 100 year old cinema.
Music and sound will be provided by The Simonsound (featuring Debbie Clare and Laura J Martin), the Intergalactic synthesiser duo whose debut album, ‘Reverse Engineering’ channels the pioneering electronics and mood music of the 60’s using vintage synthesisers, FX and ta…pe machines, and Laura J Martin who, armed with flute, mandolin and loop station, sings over her loops and beats, drawing inspiration from dramatic tales of Japanese folkore. DJ Format will be delving into his vaults and playing a selection of rare psych rock and library records.
Film screenings on the night will include Timelash - a trippy episode of 60’s sci-fi TV series UFO; Space Place – a 60’s psychedelic trip into space with electronic sound; and Kosmodron R. 1999, a wry comic Eastern European animation on the vicissitudes of space flight.
Ian Helliwell will be doing a full on multi-projector light show to accompany the live music.
Friday 10th December - 10PM till late - Tickets £10.
Ticket hotline - 0871 9025728
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The latest Tone Generation (produced by Simon James) is live.
In this special hour long edition of the ongoing series exploring early
electronic music, Ian Helliwell delves into his archive to unearth tracks by
some of the pioneers in computing. Starting with the first original computer
composition in 1957, the selection gives an insight into the developments of
music made initially on giant mainframes using punched cards, and then onto more compact systems by the late 1970s.
The programme includes tracks by Max Mathews, John R. Pierce, James Tenney, Jean Claude Risset, Lejaren Hiller, Godfrey Winham, J K Randall, Vladimir Ussachevsky, Barry Vercoe, Robert Ceely, Charles Dodge and Bruce Pennycook.
Cick here for the latest episode. Find the rest of the series here.
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