By Lina Bhambhani

   Daphne Oram

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London’s Southbank Centre’s festival called Deep Minimalism, established a theme to recognize women who collaborated in making electronic music from the past. This festival went all the way back to the 1950’s where they brought awareness to artist like Daphne Oram, Laurie Spiegel, and other female artists. Those who composed electronic music just so happened to be all females.

Oram was the pioneer for techno music. She worked with different modular machines at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop in the early ages and eventually created the “Doctor Who” theme. From being pre-recorded on tapes. The festival brought Oram’s work to life. The artist who had the honor to play the theme song was Shiva Feshareki alongside with the London Orchestra.

Before computer-based products were even established Spiegel and her partner Eliane Radigue created a bunch of synths themselves, which was also represented at the festival. Radigue was quite a convert as she tried to create equipment that would speak to the aliens and she also was one of many artist to open Buddhism in her culture.

  Laura Speigel 

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Lastly, Pauline Oliveros is a current artist who developed a workshop for “deep listening” from the 80’s, a mindfulness-style of listening to music. Her idea of listening to music is what made the concept of this festival, Deep Minimalism. With this theme vocalist Meredith Monk, used the influence she had from Holly Herdon to Laura Cannell and performed Dawn (for multiple singers) at end the festival, which was the best fit to end the night. software engineers for hire

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