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The Long Play: Computer Music

24.03.26

Aired on Tuesday 24th March 2026, 6:00PM

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In this episode of we explore how electronic music—drum machines, synths, and the Fairlight—transformed global and Australian sound, from Wendy Carlos to 1980s electro and club culture.

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Tracklist

  1. 0:00

    Sandy Nelson

    Let There Be Drums

  2. 2:00

    Gary Numan

    Are Friends Electric?

  3. 4:00

    Herbie Hancock

    Rockit

  4. 6:00

    Mi-Sex

    Computer Games

  5. 8:00

    Wendy Carlos

    March from a Clockwork orange (ninth symphony, Fourth Movement)

  6. 10:00

    Models

    I Hear Motion

  7. 15:00

    Malcolm McLaren and The World's Famous Supreme Team

    Buffalo Gals

  8. 20:00

    Severed Heads

    Dead Eyes Opened

  9. 22:00

    Mi-sex

    Computer Games

  10. 28:00

    Stevie Wonder

    Happy Birthday

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