And the original version was produced before the first commercially available synths came on the market…
Delia Derbyshire was a fucking genius…
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Indeed, and her legacy lives on in works like this:
(I’m a massive Stealing Sheep fan). And there’s Delia Debyshire Day as well:
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So true! He was great on Parks and Rec!
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If you had lived in the Commonwealth Anglosphere you would have become aware of him as as a guest on QI chewing on his pipe; as a team captain on Never Mind the Buzzcocks also a duet with Rick Wakeman dressed as wizards on a Christmas edition of that show. We also found out on QI that he is a keen lepidoperist.
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Not to mention a keen birdwatcher and Alfred Russel Wallace stan.
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And she has connection through her work with Marc Almond to the influences of Jacques Brel and Belgian jazz!
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Arguably one the best QI episodes ever, with Bill and the Doctor:
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I have no idea how many British rave DJs and producers were influenced by her work, but it was a lot.
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I was disappointed the BBC didn’t use the Orbital version as the official theme when they brought the show back. All the increasingly bombastic versions they’ve come up with are nowhere near as good.
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Yeah, bet they were… her work with the radiophonic workshop was groundbreaking.
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Oh yeah, he’s that guy from Jack Reacher!
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He really is a very good actor
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