Library Composition

Blue Veils and Golden Sand

Delia Derbyshire's 1967 BBC Radiophonic Workshop piece built from a struck lampshade and re-synthesized voice.

Type
Composition
Creator
Delia Derbyshire
Year
1967
Subjects
Sound Technology
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Composed at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop for a documentary on the Tuareg, Blue Veils and Golden Sand builds its shimmering, heat-haze texture from a single struck metal lampshade, analyzed and re-synthesized through filtered oscillators, alongside Delia Derbyshire’s own voice cut up beyond recognition.