Early Electronics for Music

An evening celebrating the hobbyists, dreamers and future thinkers of early electronics in music, who spliced tape and soldered circuit boards in innovative ways that shaped the sound of tomorrow.

Practical Electronica

Tonight we will be screening Ian Helliwell’s documentary, Practical Electronica.

The story of pioneer and proselytiser of electronic music F C Judd, 

This experimental film, examines Fred Judd’s activity with electronics and musique concrete during the 1950s and 60s, and explores the innovative career of this English musician, inventor, engineer, designer and author. The focus is on his experimental sound,  and the widespread tape recording activity of his day, filling in a lost chapter in early electronic music history. With the cooperation of his widow, Fred’s story is told through cine film, archive footage, animation and experimental video; all materials that Helliwell has a unique affinity with. The documentary has no interviewees, and is rooted in the amateur tape recording world that Fred inhabited during the 60s - narration, electronic sounds and his voice tell the story.

https://www.ianhelliwell.co.uk/music/

Following this we will two live performances from acts utilising the techniques of early electronics within today’s musical parameters. 

Attacked by Wolves

Live construction of tape loops and audio processing, featuring as many reel to reel tape recorders as will fit in a taxi.

https://attackedbywolves.bandcamp.com/album/goodbye-mr-100

The Twelve Hour Foundation: The Bristol-based duo mix elements of musique concrète, 1970s library music, early electronic pop, and the Radiophonic work of John Baker and Paddy Kingsland.

https://thetwelvehourfoundation.bandcamp.com

At the bar library and electronic sounds will be supplied by Dewey Decimal