ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Thomas Dolby - Electronic music pioneer
Thomas Dolby has spent his career at the intersection of music and technology. He was an early star on MTV, then moved to Silicon Valley, then went back on the road with his album, "A Map of the Floating City."

Why you should listen

Perhaps best known for blinding us with science, Thomas Dolby has always blurred the lines between composition and invention. As a London teenager, Tom Robertson was fascinated with the convergence of music and technology. His experiments with an assortment of keyboards, synthesizers and cassette players led his friends to dub him “Dolby.” That same fascination later drove him to become an electronic musician and multimedia artist whose groundbreaking work fused music with computer technology and video. Two decades, several film scores, five Grammy nominations and countless live-layered sound loops later, it's clear Dolby's innovations have changed the sound of popular music.

In the 1990s, Dolby re-created himself as a digital-musical entrepreneur, founding Beatnik, which developed the polyphonic ringtone software used in more than half a billion cell phones. From 2001 to 2012, Dolby served as TED's Music Director, programming great music for the TED stage, assembling a wide variety of house bands and collaborations to play between speakers. At TED2010, backed by the string quarter Ethel, he premiered the song "Love Is a Loaded Pistol," from his sweeping, A Map of the Floating City. The album marked his return to recording and touring after a 15-year hiatus, and used seriously retro technology -- '40s-era oscilloscopes and Royal Navy field-test equipment -- to control modern synthesizers, in shows at once nostalgic and cutting edge.

In 2014, Dolby took on a new name: professor. He was named the Homewood Professor of the Arts at Johns Hopkins University, teaching the course "Sound on Film."

More profile about the speaker
Thomas Dolby | Speaker | TED.com
Ethel - String quartet
Ethel is, perhaps, the first 21st-century realization of the classical string quartet.

Why you should listen

An all-star foursome, Ethel includes performers Cornelius Dufallo (violin), Ralph Farris (viola), Dorothy Lawson (cello), and Mary Rowell (violin), a mixed bag of players from classical, rock and downtown new-music circles. The powerhouse ensemble takes an unconventional approach to performance.

Says the Wall Street Journal, "Ethel ... created a world in which classical music had never grown distant, a world in which it was as fresh and direct as crowds dancing in the street."

(photo by Steve J. Sherman)

More profile about the speaker
Ethel | Speaker | TED.com
TED2010

Thomas Dolby: "Love Is a Loaded Pistol"

توماس دولبي: الحب مسدس محشو

Filmed:
618,579 views

من ألبومه الاول الذي اطلق من عقود .. الموسيقار المبدع ...توماس دولبي يؤلف أغنية مُلهمة من الجلوس على قارب إستجمام .. ويعرض هذه الاغنية المبدعة .. عن ليلة قضاها مع اسطورة .. ومصحوب من قبل اعضاء سترينغ إيثيل .
- Electronic music pioneer
Thomas Dolby has spent his career at the intersection of music and technology. He was an early star on MTV, then moved to Silicon Valley, then went back on the road with his album, "A Map of the Floating City." Full bio - String quartet
Ethel is, perhaps, the first 21st-century realization of the classical string quartet. Full bio

Double-click the English transcript below to play the video.

00:21
I've been playingتلعب TEDTED for nearlyتقريبا a decadeعقد,
0
6000
3000
انا أعزف الموسيقى لمؤتمرات " تيد " منذ نحو عقد من الزمن
00:24
and I've very rarelyنادرا playedلعب
1
9000
3000
وكنت قليلا ما اعزف
00:27
any newالجديد songsالأغاني of my ownخاصة.
2
12000
3000
أغاني جيدة لنفسي
00:30
And that was largelyإلى حد كبير because there weren'tلم تكن any.
3
15000
3000
وكان سبب هذا انني لا املك تلك الاغاني- الجيدة -ربما
00:33
(Laughterضحك)
4
18000
2000
(ضحك)
00:35
So I've been busyمشغول with a coupleزوجان of projectsمشاريع,
5
20000
2000
لذا كنت مشغولا بمشروعين
00:37
and one of them was this:
6
22000
2000
وواحد منهم كان هذا ..
00:39
The Nutmegجوزة الطيب.
7
24000
2000
" ذا نت ميج "
00:41
A 1930s ship'sالسفينة lifeboatقارب نجاة,
8
26000
2000
وهي سفينة إنقاذ منذ 1930
00:43
whichالتي I've been restoringاستعادة in the gardenحديقة
9
28000
2000
والتي كنت احتفظ بها في حديقتي
00:45
of my beachشاطئ بحر houseمنزل in Englandإنكلترا.
10
30000
2000
في منزلي الشاطئي في انجلترا
00:47
And, so now,
11
32000
2000
وهكذا ..
00:49
when the polarقطبي iceجليد capsقبعات meltإنصهار,
12
34000
3000
وعندما يذوب القطب الشمالي
00:52
my recordingتسجيل studioستوديو will riseترتفع up like an arkتابوت,
13
37000
3000
سوف اطوف انا ومعداتي الصوتية كسفينة نوح
00:56
and I'll floatتطفو off into the drownedغرق worldالعالمية
14
41000
2000
وسوف اطوف واغرق في العالم
00:58
like a characterحرف from a J.G. Ballardبالارد novelرواية.
15
43000
3000
مثل شخصية رواية " جي - بالارد "
01:01
Duringأثناء the day,
16
46000
2000
واثناء اليوم ..
01:03
the Nutmegجوزة الطيب collectsبجمع energyطاقة
17
48000
2000
"ذا نت ميج " تستقطب الطاقة
01:05
from solarشمسي panelsلوحات on the roofسقف of the wheelhouseحجرة مدير الدفة,
18
50000
3000
بواسطة اشعة الشمس عبر ألواح موضوعة على سطح منزلي
01:08
and from a 450 wattواط turbineالتوربينات
19
53000
2000
ومن توربين استطاعته 450 وات
01:10
up the mastسارية.
20
55000
2000
مرفوع الى صاري
01:12
So that when it getsيحصل على darkداكن,
21
57000
2000
وعندما يأتي الظلام
01:14
I've got plentyوفرة of powerقوة.
22
59000
2000
يكون لدي كم كاف من الطاقة
01:16
And I can lightضوء up the Nutmegجوزة الطيب like a beaconمنارة.
23
61000
3000
يكفي لكي انير " ذا نت ميج " تماما
01:19
And so I go in there untilحتى the earlyمبكرا hoursساعات of the morningصباح,
24
64000
3000
لذا اذهب دوما الى هناك واقضي الليل بطوله حتى ساعات الصباح الاولى
01:22
and I work on newالجديد songsالأغاني.
25
67000
3000
واعمل على الاغاني الجديدة
01:25
I'd like to playلعب to you guys,
26
70000
2000
واريد ان اعزف لكم يا اصدقاء
01:27
if you're willingراغب to be the first audienceجمهور to hearسمع it.
27
72000
2000
وسوف تكونون اول من يسمع هذه الاغنية
01:29
(Applauseتصفيق)
28
74000
4000
(تصفيق)
01:35
It's about Billieبيلي Holidayيوم الاجازة.
29
80000
2000
انها عن عطلة " بيلي "
01:37
And it appearsيبدو that,
30
82000
2000
وبدأت قصتها
01:39
some night in 1947
31
84000
3000
في ليلة من عام 1947
01:42
she left her physicalجسدي - بدني spaceالفراغ
32
87000
3000
حيث تركت - بيلي - يومها جسدها
01:45
and was missingمفقود all night,
33
90000
2000
واختفت طيلة الليل
01:47
untilحتى she reappearedعادت الى الظهور in the morningصباح.
34
92000
3000
ومن ثم عادت اليه في الصباح
01:50
But I know where she was.
35
95000
2000
وكنت اعلم الى اين ذهبت
01:52
She was with me on my lifeboatقارب نجاة.
36
97000
3000
لقد كانت في قارب النجاة الخاص بي
01:55
And she was hotالحار.
37
100000
2000
وقد كانت مثيرة جدا
02:00
(Musicموسيقى)
38
105000
10000
(موسيقى)
02:27
Billieبيلي creptتسلل softlyبهدوء
39
132000
2000
♫تسللت بهدوء - بيلي -♫
02:30
♫ into my wakingصحو armsأسلحة
40
135000
2000
♫الى يدي المنيرتين ♫
02:34
warmدافئ like a sipرشفة of sourحامض mashالهريس
41
139000
3000
♫الدافئتين كحزمة من نور الشمس♫
02:40
Strangeغريب fruitفاكهة for ♫
42
145000
2000
♫غريبة .. مخلصة ♫
02:43
♫ a sweetحلو hunkقطعة كبيرة of trashقمامة، يدمر، يهدم
43
148000
3000
♫تحوي بعض المشاكل .. ولكنها جميلة ♫
02:51
Panicهلع at the stageالمسرح doorباب
44
156000
3000
♫وقد ذعرت على بوابة ♫
02:54
♫ of Carnegieكارنيجي Hallصالة
45
159000
3000
♫قاعة كارنيج ♫
02:58
♫ "Famousمشهور Jazzموسيقى الجاز Singerمطرب Goneذهب AWOLAWOL" ♫
46
163000
3000
♫عازف الجاز الشهير ♫
03:05
Mustيجب have left the buildingبناء
47
170000
3000
♫والذي رفع المبنى بعزف ♫
03:09
bodyالجسم and soulروح
48
174000
3000
♫بجسده وبروحه ♫
03:16
♫ On a creakyصادق
49
181000
3000
♫على البيانو ♫
03:19
pianoبيانو stoolبراز tonightهذه الليلة
50
184000
3000
♫المهتز في الليل ♫
03:22
♫ as the moonالقمر is my ♫
51
187000
2000
♫لان القمر ♫
03:24
♫ only witnessالشاهد
52
189000
3000
♫هو شاهدي الوحيد ♫
03:29
♫ She was breathingتنفس
53
194000
3000
♫لقد كانت تتنفس ♫
03:32
♫ in my earإذن
54
197000
3000
♫في اذني ♫
03:35
♫ "This time it's love" ♫
55
200000
3000
♫هذا الوقت هو وقت الحب ♫
03:42
♫ But love is a loadedمحمل pistolمسدس
56
207000
3000
♫ولكن الحب ما هو الا مسدس محشو ♫
03:46
♫ By daybreakالفجر she's goneذهب
57
211000
3000
♫وعندما جاء الصباح ذهبت ♫
03:50
♫ Over the frozenمجمد riverنهر, home ♫
58
215000
3000
♫عبر النهر المتجمد .. الى المنزل ♫
03:56
♫ Me and Johnnyجوني Walkerمشاية
59
221000
3000
♫انا وجوني والكر ♫
03:59
♫ See in the newالجديد ageعمر
60
224000
3000
♫راينا العصر الجديد♫
04:02
aloneوحده
61
227000
2000
♫وحدنا ♫
04:08
Stayالبقاء with me ♫
62
233000
3000
♫ابقي معي ♫
04:11
♫ again tonightهذه الليلة
63
236000
3000
♫مرة اخرى الليلة ♫
04:14
Billieبيلي, time, ♫
64
239000
2000
♫بيلي - الزمن ♫
04:16
♫ time is a wilyمراوغ tricksterمحتال
65
241000
3000
♫الزمن مخادع ماكر ♫
04:21
♫ Still an echoصدى صوت
66
246000
3000
♫ومازال الصدى ♫
04:24
♫ in my heartقلب saysيقول, ♫
67
249000
3000
♫في قلبي يقول ♫
04:27
♫ "This time it's love" ♫
68
252000
3000
♫هذا وقت الحب ♫
04:40
(Applauseتصفيق)
69
265000
8000
(تصفيق)
Translated by Mahmoud Aghiorly
Reviewed by Anwar Dafa-Alla

▲Back to top

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Thomas Dolby - Electronic music pioneer
Thomas Dolby has spent his career at the intersection of music and technology. He was an early star on MTV, then moved to Silicon Valley, then went back on the road with his album, "A Map of the Floating City."

Why you should listen

Perhaps best known for blinding us with science, Thomas Dolby has always blurred the lines between composition and invention. As a London teenager, Tom Robertson was fascinated with the convergence of music and technology. His experiments with an assortment of keyboards, synthesizers and cassette players led his friends to dub him “Dolby.” That same fascination later drove him to become an electronic musician and multimedia artist whose groundbreaking work fused music with computer technology and video. Two decades, several film scores, five Grammy nominations and countless live-layered sound loops later, it's clear Dolby's innovations have changed the sound of popular music.

In the 1990s, Dolby re-created himself as a digital-musical entrepreneur, founding Beatnik, which developed the polyphonic ringtone software used in more than half a billion cell phones. From 2001 to 2012, Dolby served as TED's Music Director, programming great music for the TED stage, assembling a wide variety of house bands and collaborations to play between speakers. At TED2010, backed by the string quarter Ethel, he premiered the song "Love Is a Loaded Pistol," from his sweeping, A Map of the Floating City. The album marked his return to recording and touring after a 15-year hiatus, and used seriously retro technology -- '40s-era oscilloscopes and Royal Navy field-test equipment -- to control modern synthesizers, in shows at once nostalgic and cutting edge.

In 2014, Dolby took on a new name: professor. He was named the Homewood Professor of the Arts at Johns Hopkins University, teaching the course "Sound on Film."

More profile about the speaker
Thomas Dolby | Speaker | TED.com
Ethel - String quartet
Ethel is, perhaps, the first 21st-century realization of the classical string quartet.

Why you should listen

An all-star foursome, Ethel includes performers Cornelius Dufallo (violin), Ralph Farris (viola), Dorothy Lawson (cello), and Mary Rowell (violin), a mixed bag of players from classical, rock and downtown new-music circles. The powerhouse ensemble takes an unconventional approach to performance.

Says the Wall Street Journal, "Ethel ... created a world in which classical music had never grown distant, a world in which it was as fresh and direct as crowds dancing in the street."

(photo by Steve J. Sherman)

More profile about the speaker
Ethel | Speaker | TED.com