I’ve been watching this whole series, it’s really great!
I used to watch his Australian kids show Why Is It So?
Instant (if slightly hard to make and not fully featured) theramin!
Programming and software design in general:
http://zoo.cs.yale.edu/classes/cs422/2011/bib/hoare81emperor.pdf
Interview with Hugh Padgham
Just in case you don’t know, Hugh Padgham is the one who came up with gated reverb on drums, used initially on Peter Gabriel’s third solo album, and then used by Phil Collins on In The Air Tonight. And by millions more after that Padgham worked with XTC, Yes, David Bowie, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Genesis, Kate Bush, etc, etc, etc
Tangerine Dream Interview, Australia 1982
“We tried to move to Australia… but your government did forbid it” But some cool gear in the video too
This is great, thank you for posting. Thomas relates how his Fairlight cost three times the price of his flat in London.
Quite a lot of things have got worse, more expensive and less accessible since then. Flats in London for sure. But not kit for making electronic music.