There are few movements in music named after a single person; even fewer are named after women. In recognition of International Women's Day, we're taking a look back at the life of Daphne Oram, one of 20th-century music technology's most pioneering figures.
"I want machines, rather like computers, to be an extension of the arm of the composer," Oram says in the video above, an archived BBC documentary from 1969. Decades before the DAW and years before PCs would enter our homes, Oram envisaged a future where music-making would revolve around the use of a computer.
