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.

In 2026, the project will explore Delia’s techniques and how they can be translated into VR, supported by CreaTech Frontiers and developed in collaboration with Coventry University’s Immersive Team.

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

Julian House // Hannah Peel // Cosey Fanni Tutti // Natalie Sharp (Lone Taxidermist) // Jerry Dammers // Halina Rice // // 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) // Caroline Catz (The Myths & Legandary Tapes of Delia Derbyshire) // White Noise // LoneLady // Bill Drummond // Madelon Hooykaas // Radiophonic Workshop // Selena Godden // Jonny Trunk // The Orb (Dr Alex Paterson) // Indira Prasad // Stewy Stencils // Squidsoup // Nik Ramage // Venus Ex Machina // School of Noise // Brian Hodgson // John Higgs // Dr David Butler // Andrew O’Neill // Stuart Maconie // Jude Rees is Madrigirl // Beautify Junkyards // 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 // GhostBox Records // Supersonic // Loss<>Gain //Journey To Nutopia // Coventry University // Flatpack // Coventry Cathedral // Arts Council England // Heart of England // Coventry City of Culture // Intro // National Lottery Hertigage Fund // IKO Spatial Aesthetics - University Of Greenwich // Anti/Type Films //