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Some very sad news:
Hugh Davies, who was instrumental in establishing the Electronic Music
Studios at GOldsmiths, died on January 1st.
Ian
>>On Friday, January 2, 2004, at 07:21 AM, lawrence casserley wrote:
>>
>> I just received the following from David Toop:
>>
>> Hugh Davies
>>
>> Sad news: Hugh Davies died on the 1st January, 2005. Born in
>> 1943, Hugh was a pioneer of live electronic music, an inventor of
>> musical instruments, a composer, educator, and renowned
>> researcher into the history of electronic music. An assistant to
>> Karlheinz Stockhausen from 1964 to 1966, he participated in the
>> recording of Stockhausen's Mikrophonie I in 1965. Other
>> recordings included wonderful LPs by Music Improvisation
>> Company and Gentle Fire, and his solo albums for FMP and
>> Grob. Anybody involved in live electronics, electronic
>> improvisation, hardware hacking, or, come to that, anybody who
>> needs a table in order to be able to perform, owes a debt to
>> Hugh. He will be sadly missed.
>>
>>
>> No doubt a more detailed tribute will appear soon, but I wanted to
>> express my shock and deep sorrow for a greatly valued colleague and
>> friend, whom I have known and worked with for many years.
>>
>> Lawrence
>>
>>
>> Lawrence Casserley - [log in to unmask]
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