In 1978, in Sheffield, Martyn Ware formed The Human League. That December, David Bowie appeared in the audience of an early gig and later declared to NME that he "had seen the future of pop music".
Sheffield is the City of Steel. With its throbbing steelworks in the distance, and grinding metalworking soundscape of the city centre, made by the little mester finishing shops, Simon Gosling asks Martyn, is it any wonder that those early Human League records had such an industrial sound?
Asked why he chose a synth, instead of more traditional rock band instruments, bass, drums or guitar, Martyn says, “ I always loved anything that felt futuristic… I wanted to be the Roxy Music Eno, basically”!
In 2000, Vince Clarke (Yazoo, Depeche Mode and Erasure) and Martyn Ware (The Human League, Heaven 17 and BEF) decided to continue their love of musical creativity, forming Illustrious Ltd. whose modus operandi was to use the spatialisation of sound to enrich the human experience.
In this episode, Martyn shares his adventures in acoustic ecology, with stories taking us from Sheffield to Brighton to Mexico City and Bowie at The V&A. If that’s not enough ‘Temptation’...!
Episode 7/ Pt2: IMPROVING ACOUSTICS FOR A NEW NORMAL - Nigel Sill - Enfield Speciality Doors
Episode 7/ Pt1: IMPROVING ACOUSTICS FOR A NEW NORMAL - Martin Rawlins - BASWA acoustic
Episode 7: IMPROVING ACOUSTICS FOR A NEW NORMAL - Martin Rawlins - BASWA acoustic, Nigel Sill - Enfield Speciality Doors & Oliver Brookes - BB&C Architects
Episode 6: THE PSYCHOACOUSTICS OF SOUNDSCAPES - Wade Bray - HEAD acoustics, Inc.
Episode 5: MEANINGFUL SOUND MEASUREMENT IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT - Adrian Passmore - ARUP
Episode 4: ACOUSTICS IN EDUCATION - Shane Cryer - Ecophon
Episode 3: BIOPHILIC ACOUSTICS - Oliver Heath - Oliver Heath Design
Episode 2: HOME & BUILDING STANDARDS SPECIAL - Carolyn Forte - Good Housekeeping Institute & Ethan Bourdeau - IWBI The International WELL Building Institute
Episode 1: LIGHT & SOUND + BUILDING THE EXCEL HOSPITAL - Colin Ball & Richard Grove - BDP (Building Design Partnership)
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