publications

Books:

Martin Köhler. (2006). Dann kommt zusammen, macht Musik, singt und seid fröhlich: Die elektronische Musik Ernest Berks – Ein Musikernachlass im Historischen Archiv der Stadt Köln (Cologne, Peter Lang). ISBN: 9783631555606. link

Book Chapters:

Monty Adkins, Sam Gillies, Ian Helliwell. (2024). “Ernest Berk: Piraparana” in The Routledge Handbook to Rethinking the History of Technology-based Music (UK, Routledge).

Matthew Collins. (2024). “An Electric Storm – Space-age Pop and Psychadelica” in Dream Machines: Electronic Music in Britain from Doctor Who to Acid House (UK, Omnibus Press). link

Ian Helliwell. (2016). “Ernest Berk” in Tape Leaders: A Compendium Of Early British Electronic Music Composers (UK, Velocity Press). ISBN: 0995495807. link

Thesis:

Rebecca Wilson. (1989) Ernest Berk: The Compleat [sic] Expressionist. MA diss. [unpublished], University of Surrey.

Articles (non-Academic):

Simon Matthews. “Ernest Berk [Last of the Long Haired Boys],” Electronic Sound, March 13, 2025, https://www.electronicsound.co.uk/features/time-machine/ernest-berk-2/

Monty Adkins, Sam Gillies, Ian Helliwell. (2024). “Diversed Tapes: The Electronic Music of Ernest Berk,” CD Liner Notes, Huddersfield Contemporary Records / NMC Recordings. link

no author. “University of Huddersfield announce Ernest Berk research project,” Sound on Sound, February 2, 2024, https://www.soundonsound.com/news/university-huddersfield-announce-ernest-berk-research-project

Jack Dangers. “Ernest Berk [DTC Record],” Electronic Sound, July 11, 2019, https://www.electronicsound.co.uk/columns/school-of-electronic-music/ernest-berk/

Ian Helliwell. “Ernest Berk and Electronic Music,” CTM Magazine, January 2018, https://www.ctm-festival.de/magazine/ernest-berk-and-electronic-music

Ian Helliwell. “Ernest Berk | Diversed,” The Wire, October 15, 2015, https://christoph-winkler.com/en/texte/ernest-berk-diversed/

Reviews:

Aurelio Cianciotta, “Ernest Berk – Diversed Tapes,” in Neural, August 26, 2025, https://neural.it/2025/08/ernest-berk-diversed-tapes/

Mat Smith, “Celebrating a neglected electronic pioneer,” in Electronic Sound, 115: 2024. https://electronicsound.squarespace.com/shop/p/issue-115 review

John Dante Prevedini, “Spotlight: The Tyranny of Consensus,” in Classical Music Daily, August 24, 2024, https://www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2024/08/berk.htm

Julian Cowley, “Ernest Berk, Diversed Tapes,” in The Wire, 485: July 2024. https://www.thewire.co.uk/issues/485 review

Keith Bramich, “Ernest Berk, Diversed Tapes,” in Classical Music Daily, 25 May 2024. https://www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2024/05/releases.htm

Dirk Wieschollek, “Ernest Berk, Diversed Tapes,” in Neue Zeitschrift für Musik, 4: 2024. https://musikderzeit.de/artikel/diversed-tapes/