Cause and Effect presents:

Sisters with Transistors with DJ Miss Kitty

Today’s Cause & Effect will take you on a journey through the groundbreaking world of women pioneers in electronic music. Inspired by the documentary Sisters with Transistors, we explore the untold stories of visionaries who revolutionized the way we think about sound. From the experimental compositions of early innovators like Clara Rockmore and Delia Derbyshire to the bold, boundary-pushing work of artists like Wendy Carlos and Laurie Anderson, this show celebrates the women who shaped electronic music, often in the shadows of their male counterparts. Tune in to discover the sounds and stories that are as electric as the women who created them.

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Time: April 5 - 9:00:46 am
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  Delia Derbyshire, “Dr. Who”

  from BBC Radiophonic Workshop - 21

  Silva Screen Records Ltd - 1979

Time: April 5 - 9:03:30 am
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  Clara Rockmore, “The Swan (feat. Nadia Reisenberg)”

  from Music and Memories: Clara Rockmore (feat. Nadia Reisenberg)

  Romeo Records - 2020

Time: April 5 - 9:06:14 am
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  John McCaughey, “Three Pieces for Choir: I. The Main Deep”

  from Johanna Beyer: Sticky Melodies

  New World Records - 2008

Time: April 5 - 9:07:16 am
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  Softcore Express, “Prelude and Fugue No. 7 in E-Flat Major, BWV 852”

  from Electronic Bach: Switched-On Versions

  Eternal Sunday - 2018

Time: April 5 - 9:09:07 am
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  Caterina Barbieri, “Fantas Morbida (feat. Kara-Lis Lis Coverdale)”

  from Fantas Variations

  Editions Mego - 2021

Time: April 5 - 9:11:58 am
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  Daphne Oram, “Amphitryon 38”

  from Amphitryon 38 - Single

  BRAIN DISCOS - 2015

Time: April 5 - 9:13:13 am
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  Wendy Carlos, “Main Title (The Shining)”

  from The Shining (Selections from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Single

  WaterTower Music - 2020

Time: April 5 - 9:16:40 am
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  Alvin Lucier & The Brandeis University Chamber Chorus, “Sound Patterns”

  from Extended Voices

  Sony Classical - 1967

Time: April 5 - 9:20:08 am
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  Suzanne Ciani, “The Eighth Wave”

  from The Velocity of Love

  Seventh Wave - 2009

Time: April 5 - 9:24:59 am
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  King of Woolworths, “Delia Derbyshire”

  from L'illustration Musicale

  Mantra - 2003

Time: April 5 - 9:46:04 am
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  Mary Z. Cox, “Sugar Hill”

  from Vintage Banjo

  Mary Z. Cox - 1999

Time: April 5 - 9:49:39 am
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  Aaron Copland, “Appalachian Spring”

  from Copland conducts Copland

  Heritage Records - 2014

Time: April 5 - 9:53:18 am
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  Laurie Spiegel, “Patchwork”

  from The Expanding Universe

  Unseen Worlds - 2012

Time: April 5 - 10:02:46 am
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  Louis & Bebe Barron, “Ancient Krell Music”

  from Forbidden Planet (Original Soundtrack)

  SINETONE AMR - 2012

Time: April 5 - 10:04:51 am
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  Louis & Bebe Barron, “An Invisable Monster Approaches”

  from Forbidden Planet (Original Soundtrack)

  SINETONE AMR - 2012

Time: April 5 - 10:05:44 am
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  Louis & Bebe Barron, “Overture (Reprise)”

  from Forbidden Planet (Original Soundtrack)

  SINETONE AMR - 2012

Time: April 5 - 10:07:07 am

• Maryanne Amacher, “Excerpt from Stain - The Music Rooms”

  from Imaginary Landscapes

  Independent

Time: April 5 - 10:12:16 am
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  Hildur Guðnadóttir, “Subway”

  from Joker (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

  WaterTower Music - 2019

Time: April 5 - 10:14:36 am
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  Ann McMillan, “Syrinx”

  from Gateway Summer Sound - Abstracted Animal and Other Sounds

  Folkways Records - 1979

Time: April 5 - 10:19:13 am
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  Sarah Belle Reid & Vinny Golia, “Mud Diver”

  from Accidental Ornithology

  independent - 2024

Time: April 5 - 10:20:30 am
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  Janet Beat, “Lighthouses”

  from Pioneering Knob Twiddler

  Trunk Records - 2021

Time: April 5 - 10:21:29 am

• Sorrel Doris Hays, “Scared Trip”

  from Barry 7's Connectors

  independent

Time: April 5 - 10:23:53 am

• Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster & Panaiotis, “Deep Hockets”

  from Deep Listening

  independent

Time: April 5 - 10:38:33 am
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  Pauline Anna Strom, “Virgin Ice”

  from Trans-Millenia Music

  RVNG Intl. - 2017

Time: April 5 - 10:42:27 am
• 

  Hannah Peel, “Fir Wave”

  from Fir Wave

  My Own Pleasure - 2021

Time: April 5 - 10:46:24 am
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  K-HAND, “On a Journey”

  from On a Journey

  Acacia Records - 2019

Time: April 5 - 10:50:24 am
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  DJ Minx, “Another One”

  from Another One - Single

  Factory 93 Records - 2024

Time: April 5 - 10:53:45 am
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  Anyma & Rebūke, “Syren (Amelie Lens Remix)”

  from Genesys II

  Anyma/Afterlife/Interscope Records - 2024

Time: April 5 - 10:57:52 am
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  Laurie Anderson, “O Superman”

  from Big Science

  Nonesuch - 2007

Carrie Thornbrugh    Cause and Effect    April 5th, 2025

Posted In: Music, Music Shows

Tags: Electronic, electronica, frequency, music, Music show, obscure, synthpop, variety, weirdo, WRIR