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“Electric Storm 50” electronic music project at Loreto College, Manchester

Delia Derbyshire Day 2019 honours the 50th anniversary of “An Electric Storm” by White Noise. This seminal album is cited as the first electronic pop album in the UK, released on Island Records with Chris Blackwell’s personal support. Delia Derbyshire was a key figure in the White Noise trio, with this work being an excellent example of her tape manipulation skills and compositional creativity. We feel “electric storm” is an evocative and accessible concept, both sonically and visually so we are looking forward to enabling music and media students to create their own electric storm with modern music production tools and techniques.

“Electric Storm 50” electronic music project at Loreto College, Manchester