Attention audiophiles: the archive of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop is being made available to the public for the first name. This department was founded in the 1950s as a laboratory that could invent original music and sound effects for BBC radio, and later television, programming. Over the years, its roster of innovative musicians and composers created audio for iconic BBC productions of the 1950s and 1960s such as Doctor Who, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the Goon Show and Blake’s 7. In addition to developing those signature sounds, members’ work also laid early foundations for creating electronic music and sampling. In the words of Radiophonic Workshop archivist Mark Ayres, the department “was purely for making bonkers noises.”
Now, the BBC Radiophonic Workshop library is being offered to today’s creators to sample through a collaboration between Spitfire Audio and BBC Studios. This library includes sounds from the studio’s original tapes as well as new recordings and content from the Workshop’s members and associates. The collection has subheadings for topics such as found sounds, junk percussion and synths, so there’s a lot of fascinating stuff to explore. It is available at an introductory price of $159 (£119/€143) until March 6; afterwards, the standard price will by $199 (£149/€179).
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/audio/the-bbc-radiophonic-workshops-archive-is-now-available-to-sample-223100146.html?src=rss
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