Interview with Graham Wrench

Posted On: July 15, 2011
Posted In: Daphne Oram, Graham Wrench, Interview with Graham Wrench, Wire Salon
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A video interview with Graham Wrench, the engineer responsible for creating the basis of Daphne Oram’s Oramics machine. This interview was originally filmed for the Wire Salon: The Sounds of the New Atlantis: Daphne Oram, radiophonics and the drawn sound technique. The interview was conducted in Suffolk April 2011. Filmed by Chris Weaver and Lepke B. Edited by Toby Clarkson.

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