180g Black Vinyl

Printed Inner Sleeve

Foil Blocked Outer Sleeve

Originally released in 1969, this LP features music by BBC Radiophonic Workshop members Delia Derbyshire and Brian Hodgson alongside David Vorhaus, an American born composer and musician with whom they formed the experimental electronic band “White Noise”.  It was put out by the Standard Music Library label, set up in 1968 by Bucks Music and London Weekend Television, which supplied production music for use in TV, commercials, radio and film.  Many of these tracks were used in the 1960’s cult TV show, “The Tomorrow People” and each one has a short description of the music after the track title.

 

Both Derbyshire and Hodgson assumed pseudonyms in the credits: Li de la Russe & Nikki St. George respectively.  Two of the tracks are co-written by the pair, who also worked together to set up the organisation and studio project “Unit Delta Plus”, which was extensively involved in the promotion and exploration of electronic music.

Track Listing

 

Side A

 

1 Lure of the Space Goddess  Li De La Russe  Slow, melodic and spatial expansion

2 Battle Theme  Nikki St. George  Heavy industrial, non-melodic

3 Homeric Theme  Nikki St. George  Slow pulsating, atonal melody

4 Greek Concrete  Nikki St. George  Violent, abstract, non-melodic

5 Attack of the Alien Minds  Nikki St. George  Atonal, psycho-physiological

6 Gothic Submarine  Li De La Russe / Nikki St. George  Abstract, non-rhythmic

7 Whirring Menace  Nikki St. George  Eerie, high pitched slow pulsed

8 Souls in Space  Nikki St. George  Abstract, despairing cries

9 Time Capsule  Nikki St. George  Abstract, pulsating harmonic chord

10 London Lemons (9 Themes)  Li De La Russe

 

Side B

 

1 Restless Relays  Li De La Russe / Nikki St. George  Rhythmic, humorous

2 Planetarium  Li De La Russe  Non-rhythmic

3 Wet Asteroid  Nikki St. George  Non-melodic, non-rhythmic

4 Way Out  Li De La Russe  Melodic and rhythmic

5 Fresh Aire  Li De La Russe  Rhythmic and happy

6 Delia's Theme  Li De La Russe  Waltz tempo, complete theme

7 Tentative Delia  Li De La Russe  Waltz tempo, non-thematic

8 Delia's Idea  Li De La Russe  Four legged waltz

9 Delia's Psychadelian Waltz  Li De La Russe  Melodic and rhythmic

11 Delia's Dream  Li De La Russe  Melodic, floating waltz

12 Delia's Reverie  Li De La Russe  Thoughtful, melodic

13 Delia's Fulfilment  Li De La Russe  Waltz, theme melody

14 Build Up To…  David Vorhaus  Menacing crescendo, non-melodic

15 Snide Rhythms  David Vorhaus  Non-melodic, free-form rhythm