When Bjork Met Attenborough

[eighthobstruction]

For anyone interested in bespoke instruments of extraordinary invention (both mechanical and computerised)....

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/10205345/When-Bjork-Met-Attenborough-Channel-4-review.html

[amateur51]

Nice article - the programme can be watched here

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/when-bjork-met-attenborough/4od

I hope that Sir David's recent emergency heart surgery to fit a pacemaker has been completely successful and that he's well on the way to a complete recovery - we and the planet and its contents need his voice more than ever

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/10097887/Sir-David-Attenborough-undergoes-heart-surgery.html

[Mr Pee]

I hope that Sir David's recent emergency heart surgery to fit a pacemaker has been completely successful and that he's well on the way to a complete recovery - we and the planet and its contents need his voice more than ever

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/t...t-surgery.html

His recent series about the insect world on Sky was amazing. Even if one occasionally felt the urge to hide behind the sofa....

[eighthobstruction]

Just listened to the resulting album....must say I'm underwhelmed....I expected it to be a much less commercial enterprise....so the dance beats, and drum and bass like elements take it far away from the spatial landscape piece I was hoping for....I think the cg visuals for album are excellent though....

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

The programme is very worth watching, if only for the bit (about 20mins in) which demonstrates the different patterns created in sand by Musical pitches: the higher the pitch, the more elaborate the resulting shapes. Björk has done some splendid educational work in Iceland, but, like 8ob, I was rather disappointed by the Musical results of what sounded might be a fascinating project. And I kept thinking "Yes, but Xenakis (or whoever) did that in the '70s, why is the voice-over claiming this as some astonishing new initiative?" And the fuzzy lines on the touch-screens looked more "intimidating" to my eyes than the traditional notation that was supposed to put people off making their own Music - but then, I don't suppose I'm exactly the target audience for the new technology. I assume that this new technology will allow greater scope for more adventurous sounds than the arpeggionic loops we were shown?

Interesting that a figurehead of the Beeb like Sir David is making so many programmes for the Beeb's rivals these days: but what's happened to the portrait of Alfred Russell Wallace that Bill Bailey unveiled in the foyer of the Natural History Museum?