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Delia Derbyshire is a Electronic act. Their sound grew out of Cosey Fanni Tutti, Sonic Boom, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Krzysztof Penderecki and Can. Those roots explain a lot about how Delia Derbyshire arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Iannis Xenakis and Arthur Russell, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Aphex Twin, The Chemical Brothers and Carnival of Light, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 10 connections around Delia Derbyshire, reaching back through Cosey Fanni Tutti and forward to Aphex Twin. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Delia Ann Derbyshire was an English musician and composer of electronic music. She worked with the BBC Radiophonic Workshop during the 1960s, including an electronic arrangement of the theme music to the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who. She has been referred to as "the unsung heroine of British electronic music", having influenced musicians including Aphex Twin, the Chemical Brothers and Paul Hartnoll of Orbital.
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Delia Derbyshire connections
Delia Derbyshire grew out of Cosey Fanni Tutti, Sonic Boom, Karlheinz Stockhausen and Krzysztof Penderecki, shares an orbit with Iannis Xenakis and Arthur Russell, went on to shape Aphex Twin, The Chemical Brothers and Carnival of Light. 10 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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