![]() ![]() Thank you for all the years of music and wonder, now make a wish and blow out those candles! ![]() Dolby will open the evening with a visual chronicle of how his songs came into being through live projections of his audio workstation as the individual layers are added to form the entire song as its performed. A professor at Johns Hopkins University and digital audio pioneer, Dolby will also perform a musical set on Saturday evening at the Carolina Theatre combining his stylized use of set, visuals and music for enhanced storytelling. Dolby and Leopold will converse on their shared passion of truth seeking among creative topics. Investigative Reporter and 2018 Pulitzer Prize finalist Jason Leopold. Dolby will make three appearances at Moogfest, including a live performance and a two-way interview with Buzzfeed News Sr. Thomas is set to perform a one-hour set to headline the always incredible Moogfest, this year being held in Durham, NC from April 25-28th with an amazing lineup of talent. His keyboard and production work put him in the studio and on stage with the likes of David Bowie, Stevie Wonder, Roger Waters and Joni Mitchell, garnering him numerous awards and five Grammy™ Nominations. An early star on MTV, his intelligent videos and songs like “She Blinded Me With Science” and “Hyperactive” became huge hits, standing the test of time. Thomas Dolby to Perform at Let’s Rock Exeter on June 29, 2019.įor over three decades Thomas Dolby Robertson has crafted a career that blends music and technology. What a wonderful string of shows! Photo Credit: Michael Palmer Photography. This week’s freshman class is Scoring for Comedy, Part 1. So if you’re curious, here’s an opportunity to experience one of my classes! But as of this week all our classes have migrated online. Many people have asked me if there’s a way to audit, or sit in on my classes. March 25, 2020: For the past five years I’ve been teaching an undergraduate degree course in Music Composition for Film and Games at Johns Hopkins University’s Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, USA. Take a Free online class with Professor Dolby! And finally a COVID-19 ‘get well’ message to his friend and bass player, Matthew Seligman, with a song they co-wrote, ‘Neon Sisters.’ Here’s an excerpt, plus some storytelling about playing at The Wall with Roger Waters in Berlin. When his fans took part in a poll to select the most apocalyptic Thomas Dolby song, he promised to sing the winner ‘One Of Our Submarines’ in a livestream from his bedroom. Livestream excerpt of Thomas’s Apocalyptic Pyjama Party. He has no other close relatives, as his parents are gone and his brother passed away a month ago. He has a partner and two kids living in Wimbledon. Matthew has been on a ventilator in an induced coma for two weeks, after being admitted to St George’s London with Covid-19. I have loved him as a friend and a fellow musician for 40 years.” I am so sad to have to bear this terrible news. His ventilator was gradually withdrawn until the inevitable end. Its carefully constructed visuals are classic Dolby–retro science hardware meets futuristic allure with a touch of steampunk.Matthew Seligman has suffered a catastrophic haemorrhagic stroke from which he won’t recover. “Radio Silence” appeared on Thomas Dolby’s 1982 album The Golden Age of Wireless and featured vocals by Akiko Yano (who also collaborated with talented ’80s groups like Yellow Magic Orchestra and Japan, featuring David Sylvian). And let’s not forget the montage near the video’s end that morphs her face from chiseled high-fashion to chiseled classical Greek! Note her hot pink eye makeup and ’80s-goth dress. Not to mention the video’s model, whose ringlets and cyber-glam style rival those Sean Young’s “Rachael” in Blade Runner. Some images seem to be lifted straight from a mad scientist’s lab, while others reference radio-age technology with a bit of whimsy. ![]() ![]() Only Thomas Dolby can get away with mixing Greek statues, ’20s gramophones and vintage science motifs. A still from the video for "Radio Silence" by Thomas Dolby ![]()
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