Electronic music pioneer Bebe Barron talks
about her friend and mentor Anais Nin. Video
by Ian MacKinnon & Steven Reigns for the
event "Anais Nin @ 105" in February 2008.
Bebe Barron is, with the late Louis Barron,
an American pioneer in the field of
electronic music. They are credited with
writing the first electronic music for
magnetic tape and the first entirely
electronic film score for Forbidden Planet.
In 1949, the Barrons recorded a full version
of Nin's House of Incest and four stories
from Under a Glass Bell. These recordings
were pressed on red vinyl and released on the
Barrons' Contemporary Classics record label
under the Sound Portraits series. They also
scored three of Ian Hugo's short experimental
films based on the writings of his wife,
Anais Nin. The most notable of these three
films were Bells of Atlantis (1952) and Jazz
of Lights (1954). Bebe was friends with Nin
in New York and continued their friendship
when both of them lived in Los Angeles. Bebe
frequently visited Anais in her Silverlake
home and chose Nin to be godmother to Bebe's
son Adam. Filmed by Ian Mackinnon Tags :BebeBarronAnaisNinhenrymillerforbiddenplanetbellsofatlantishouseincest
Adam Barron talks about Anais Nin for Anais
Nin @ 105 at the Hammer Museum. Organized by
Steven Reigns
Adam is the son of Bebe Barron. Bebe Barron
is, with the late Louis Barron, an American
pioneer in the field of electronic music.
They are credited with writing the first
electronic music for magnetic tape and the
first entirely electronic film score for
Forbidden Planet. In 1949, the Barrons
recorded a full version of Nin's House of
Incest and four stories from Under a Glass
Bell. These recordings were pressed on red
vinyl and released on the Barrons'
Contemporary Classics record label under the
Sound Portraits series. They also scored
three of Ian Hugo's short experimental films
based on the writings of his wife, Anais Nin.
The most notable of these three films were
Bells of Atlantis (1952) and Jazz of Lights
(1954). Bebe was friends with Nin in New York
and continued their friendship when both of
them lived in Los Angeles. Bebe frequently
visited Anais in her Silverlake home and
chose Nin to be godmother to Bebe's son Adam.
Filmed by Ian Mackinnon Tags :anaisninBebeBarronAdamAnaisNinHenryMiller