White Noise

Established in 1968, originally as a group project. The first album 'Electric Storm' was credited to 'The White Noise' - every release after that being under the name 'White Noise'.

From the second album onwards (1974), White Noise became the solo project of David Vorhaus.

In the mid-1990s, Vorhaus began performing sporadically live under the moniker "White Noise", playing songs from all eras, assisted by Mark Jenkins.


An Electric Storm (1969)

A1 Love Without Sound 2:57
A2 My Game Of Loving 3:38
A3 Here Come The Fleas 2:31
A4 Firebird 2:43
A5 Your Hidden Dreams 4:25
B1 The Visitation 11:45
B2 The Black Mass: An Electric Storm In Hell 7:04

Composed By - Vorhaus , Derbyshire (tracks: A1, A4)
McDonald* (tracks: A3, A5, B1) ,
The White Noise, (tracks: B2)
Effects [Special Stereo Effects] - David Vorhaus
Electronics [Sound Realisation] - Brian Hodgson , Delia Derbyshire
Lyrics By - Duncan (tracks: A2)
Percussion - Paul Lytton
Producer [Co-ordinator] - David Vorhaus
Vocals - Annie Bird , John Whitman , Val Shaw


White Noise 2

Concerto For Synthesizer (1975)

A1 Movement I
A2 Movement II
B1 Movement II (Continued)
B2 Movement III

A concerto is conventionally for one soloist plus orchestra. Bartok’s "Concerto for Orchestra" introduced the concept of various musicians performing as soloists as well as being the orchestra. In the concerto, the synthesizer, a solo instrument, now also creates its own ensemble since I build it a sixteen track tape recorder for company.

The Kaleidophon Synthesizer includes a couple of VCS 3’s, but is basically a console of electronic modules I’ve designed since "White Noise I" to bring to life all the sounds I imagined. It even composed and created (near the end of the second movement) its own music in a few minutes of mechanical madness. - David Vorhaus.


White Noise III

Re-Entry(1980)

Release contains one ‘track’ per side (each part listed below).
A Total track lengths : 15:56
B Total track lengths : 15:03

Aa Countdown
Ab Lift Off
Ac Afterburn
Ad Burn 2
Ae Orbit
Af Leaving Song
Vocals - Pete Brown (4)
Ag Deep Space Drift
Ah Meteor Storm
Ai Disorientation
Aj Time Traveller
Ba Space Warp
Bb Voices
Bc Heavy Breathing
Bd Black Hole Blues
Vocals - David Vorhaus , Linda Hayes
Be Nine Dimensions
Bf Nebulous Meets Nebula
Bg The Cygnus Constellation

Instruments Used: The Kaleidophon, MANIAC, Prophet 5, Oberheim, Yamaha and EMS Sythethesisers, with "special guest" synthesiser, The Fairlight CMI.


White Noise IV

Inferno (1989)

1 Inferno 0:58
2 Off The Wall 1:49
3 Light Mover 2:52
4 The Source 2:16
5 Runes 1:11
6 Opium 2:43
7 Scurry 1:10
8 Charged Particles 2:11
9 Clouds In White Chiffon 3:08
10 Polka Dots 2:31
11 Laughing Gas 0:55
12 Lemmings 2:11
13 Dreamtime 1:53
14 Getting Light 1:04
15 Labyrinth 2:28
16 Gyroscope 2:18
17 Under The Lens 3:17
18 Sanctus 1:04
19 Go For Your Dongle 2:12
20 Shadowlands 1:37
21 Bringer Of Darkness 2:15

Composed, performed and produced at Kaleidophon.
Instrumentation: Fairlight, Ensoniq EPS, Prophet 2002, Yamaha DX7, Yamaha TX7's, Yamaha TX81Z, PPG Wave 2.2, Roland D110, M.A.N.I.A.C., Kaleidophon, Atari 1040 ST, Passport MasterTracks Pro.



White Noise V

Sound Mind (2000)

1 Boarding 0:57
2 Punching The Core 4:07
3 Dark Matter 3:29
4 The Howling 5:04
5 The Rainbow 2:33
6 Telephonus Interruptus 1:45
7 Rainbow Return 0:54
8 The Jungular 1:03
9 Time Warp 2:34
10 Cuckoophonics 2:35
11 Jupiter's Rainbow 2:08
12 Periodicity 3:28
13 Scherzoid 5:45
14 X7 6:37
15 Twister 5:06
16 Rhythmosphere 5:33
17 I Need Space 6:24


Eindhoven Set 2006


1 Eindhoven "A" 13:57
2 Firebird 2:49
3 Your Hidden Dreams 4:49
4 Eindhoven "B" 12:05
5 Cygnus Constellation 4:53
6 Eindhoven "C" 3:33
7 I Need Space 6:22
8 ReVisitation 12:34

Recorded by David Vorhaus in Kaleidophon Studio, London. Composed and compiled for a special concert at the Technical University of Eindhoven, the Netherlands, May 2006.
Live performance was by David Vorhaus, assisting was Mark Jenkins.