Dubreq Stylophone

Information about Dubreq Stylophone

The Dubreq Stylophone is a miniature electronic musical instrument invented in 1967 by Brian Jarvis. It consists of a metal keyboard played by touching it with a stylus - each note being connected to a cheap voltage-controlled oscillator via a different-value resistor - thus closing a circuit. Some three million Stylophones were sold, mostly as children's toys. Rolf Harris appeared for several years as the Stylophone's advertising spokesman in the United Kingdom.

Usage

The Stylophone appears on a few commercial recordings, most notably David Bowie's "Space Oddity" and "Slip Away" and the commercial rave single "Stylophonia" by Two Little Boys in 1991. Kraftwerk used the Stylophone extensively on their album Computer World. The British duo Erasure also employed it on the single "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" (from the album Cowboy in 1997) as well as on their 2000 album "Loveboat". In a lesser-known instance, the Stylophone is used for the bulk of Orbital's single, "Style". Marilyn Manson made use of it for "You and Me and the Devil Makes 3". They Might Be Giants played the Stylophone in several of their songs, including a number on their 2007 album, The Else. Jon Spencer has used the Stylophone extensively on recordings with his band Blues Explosion, and has famously had problems bringing the device — described as "the world's most annoying musical instrument" — through airport security.

The more versatile S30s version of the instrument was used by UK experimentalists Camberwell Now, and appeared on their album All's Well. The 350s dual-stylus version was also extensively used as a lead instrument by British band Pulp from 1992 to 1994. Its glacial tones are particularly evident on their breakthrough album His 'n' Hers (most notably the songs "Happy Endings" and "Pink Glove") whilst the 1993 album, Intro, features a track called "Styloroc (Nights of Surburbia)" which revolves around a riff played on the first model.

2007 revival

In October 2007 HMV will re-launch the Stylophone - the new model has a volume control and can play MP3 files as well as two new sounds.[1]

In popular culture

In the Doctor Who audio drama Horror of Glam Rock, a glam rocker in 1974 is contacted by aliens through his stylophone, and playing a certain tune on the instrument summons the aliens to Earth. The play includes an original song (composed by Tim Sutton and performed by Stephen Gately and Clare Buckfield) which heavily features the Stylophone.

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Rolf Harris

Born 30 March 1930 (1930--) (age 77)
Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Spouse(s) Alwen Hughes
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Released 1969 (original)
1975 (reissue)
Format Vinyl record
Recorded Trident Studios, 20 June, 1969
Genre Folk/Rock, Space Rock
Length 5:15 (album/4:33 (single)
Label Philips (UK)
Mercury (US)
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"Slip Away" is a song written by David Bowie for the album Heathen in 2002. This is a tribute to Uncle Floyd and it was originally intended with that name for the unreleased album Toy in 2001.
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Computer World
(1981) Electric Café
(1986)

Singles from Computer World
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Cowboy
(1997) Loveboat
(2000)

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The Else
(2007) Here Come the 123s
(2008)

TMBG studio album chronology

Here Come the ABCs
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Camberwell Now was formed in London in 1982 after the demise of This Heat featuring one of the founders of that group, drummer and vocalist Charles Hayward, bassist and vocalist Trefor Goronwy, who had joined This Heat to replace Gareth Williams after the latter had quit the band,
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Pulp were a rock band, formed in Sheffield, England in 1978, by then 15-year-old school boy Jarvis Cocker (vocals, guitar). They were originally known as "Arabacus Pulp,"[1] but this was shortened a year later.
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Intro
(1993) His 'n' Hers
(1994)

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