We founded DeliaPhonic in 2017 after realising that many people in Coventry—the city where Delia Derbyshire grew up during the Blitz—were unaware of how the sounds she heard as a child, from air-raid sirens to the all-clear, profoundly shaped her later love of abstract sound and electronic music.

Since then, DeliaPhonic has grown into an ongoing programme of events and commissions exploring sound, place and experimentation, including sonic performances, installations, immersive and spatial sound works, talks, workshops, projections, film screenings, kids raves, DJ sets, documentary projects and school programmes.

2026 will see the project explore Delia’s techniques and how they might translate in VR in a project funded by CreaTech Frontiers, working with the Immersive Team at Coventry Uni.

Over the years, we have worked with a wide range of artists, composers, filmmakers, designers and thinkers, including:

Hannah Peel // Cosey Fanni Tutti // Natalie Sharp (Lone Taxidermist) // Jerry Dammers // Halina Rice // Caroline Catz // Panda Bear // Loraine James // David Holmes // Stealing Sheep // Lia Mice // Richard Fearless // Sonic Boom // Cristinana Llie // Loula Yorke // DJ Food // Fennella (Jane Weaver) // Yuri Suzuki // NikNak // Snapped Ankles // Lisa Rovner (Sisters With Transistors) // Julian House // White Noise // LoneLady // Bill Drummond // Madelon Hooykaas // Radiophonic Workshop // Selena Godden // Jonny Trunk // The Orb (Dr Alex Paterson) // Indira Prasad // Stewy Stenicls // Squidsoup // Nik Ramage // Venus Ex Machina // School of Noise // Brian Hodgson // John Higgs // Dr David Butler // Andrew O’Neill // Stuart Maconie // Neil Kulkarni // Ian Helliwell // Richard Norris // Cries From The LTN // Big Fish Little Fish // Cosmic Neighbourhood // Stone Anthem // Echo Juliet // Rosie Tee // Pram // Paul Toller // Cites Prepare For Attack // Paddy Steer // Howlround // The New Obsolescents // PuttyRubber // Aja Ireland // EYSA // Matekio Daisy Dickinson & Maxim Baron // Looking Glass Alice // George Shaw // Vanishing Twin // Peter Zinovieff // Alex Miles // Hassan K // Mark Ayres // Neil Seely // // Innerstrings // Sm^sher // Delia Derbyshire Day // The Oram Awards // The British Council // Sensoria // Jude Rees is Madrigirl // Beautify Junkyards // GhostBox Records // Supersonic // Loss<>Gain //Journey To Nutopia // Coventry University // Flatpack // Coventry Cathedral