A brief glimpse of Daphne Oram's pioneering and unique Oramics synthesizer, designed in 1957 after she left the legendary BBC Radiophonic Workshop to pursue the project.
For a look at the Oramics machine now, in the Science Museum's "Oramics to Electronica" exhibition see this new film. vimeo.com/29318062
This short film features Dr Mick Grierson, Director of The Daphne Oram Collection, acquiring the synthesizer from a collector in 2009.
The machine is now in the hands of The Science Museum in London and is currently being restored. It hasn't been performed with since the 1970s.
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Dr Mick Grierson - Director of the Daphne Oram Collection
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For more information on Daphne Oram and her machine
daphneoram.org