Bill Bailey Theremin
One of the earliest electronic instruments it was invented in 1920 by a young russian physicist working for the kgb.
Bill bailey theremin. Bill bailey plays theremin bollards at the launch of wonderlab gallery located in the science museum london. Mark robert bailey born 13 january 1965 known by his stage name bill bailey is an english comedian musician and actor. The theremins an instrument played without touching it which meant the guys had to get bailey who joined kennedy molloy on tuesday to explain how it works. Bill bailey and theremin bollards had finally met and had a great time.
Bailey is known for his role as manny in the british sitcom black books and for his appearances on the british panel shows never mind the buzzcocks have i got news for you and qi as well as his stand up work. We bumped into bill bailey and asked him to play theremin bollards he needed no encoragement. This is bill baileys live performance at edinburgh castle as shown on bbc one. British comedian bill bailey is one of the leading modern champions of the devilishly difficult theremin.
Filmed at hammersmith apollo london in 2004. Interestingly he did a 5 minute section just about the theremin and a piece called the jellyfish. Its an instrument you play where you dont actually touch it he said. This is bill baileys live performance at edinburgh castle as shown on bbc one.
It looks like a childs drawing of a robot. February 11 bill bailey explains the theremin using the instrument once owned by australian composer percy grainger. The theremin was a russian state secret before it became a popular instrument in film soundtracks including in the day the earth stood still. Published on nov 22 2018 at the launch of wonderlab at the science museum london.
Its got an aerial and a volume loop. We bumped into bill bailey and had a quick chat and asked him to play on theremin bollards bill happily obliged. One of the night was broadcast last week.