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Global Ear: Barcelona

https://www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/global-ear-barcelona

Published: September 4, 2024 00:00

Daryl Worthington presents an annotated playlist to accompany his report on Barcelona’s DIY improv scene “Here, everybody plays with everybody,” remarks improvisor, bassist and electroacoustic experimenter Àlex Reviriego. While ego-free attitudes…

Rocket launcher: the story of John Stevens’s bass drum

https://www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/essays/rocket-launcher-the-story-of-john-stevens-s-bass-drum

Published: August 28, 2024 00:00

Mark Wastell relates how he came to own one of the most famous pieces of kit in improvised music, 30 years after it disappeared I first connected with John Stevens’s blue Launcher bass drum back in 1993. That was the year that Trevor Manwaring’s…

“How did I get here?”: Dialect presents a mix of influences

https://www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/how-didi-get-here-dialect-presents-a-mix-of-influences

Published: August 22, 2024 00:00

Producer and composer Andrew PM Hunt charts the music that encouraged the wide-ranging approaches found on his latest album as Dialect Liverpool based composer Dialect started work on his fifth album Atlas Of Green while at Bidston Observatory…

Dean Roberts (24 March 1975–10 August 2024)

https://www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/the-portal/dean-roberts-1975-2024

Published: August 14, 2024 00:00

Dean Roberts died aged 49 on 10 August. As a tribute to the New Zealand born, Berlin based nomadic avantist, we have made Jon Dale's 2008 interview with Roberts free to read via our online magazine library. No Fixed Position: Jon Dale interview Dean…

Office Ambience 487

https://www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/office-ambience-487

Published: August 6, 2024 00:00

Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our September 2024 issue Full chart Ancient Indigenous Africans “They Scared of Us (Wao Wantuogopa)” (Mutamassik) Paddi Benson/Grace…

Shane Woolman presents Adventures In Sound And Music : Liliane Chlela special

https://www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air/shane-woolman-presents-adventures-in-sound-and-music-liliane-chlela-special

Published: July 29, 2024 00:00

The 25 July edition of The Wire’s weekly show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured a special guest mix by DJ and producer Liliane Chlela, plus El Khat, Fire-Toolz, Metrist, and more El Khat “DJ Saadia” From Mute …

Joseph Stannard presents Adventures In Sound And Music

https://www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air/joseph-stannard-presents-adventures-in-sound-and-music-72200

Published: July 23, 2024 00:00

The 18 July edition of The Wire's weekly broadcast on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Tegh & Adel Poursamadi, Osees, Dame Area, The Incidental Crack, and more Tegh & Adel Poursamadi “At Sundown” From After You…

Irène Schweizer (2 June 1941–16 July 2024)

https://www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/the-portal/ir-ne-schweizer-2-june-1941-16-july-2024

Published: July 17, 2024 00:00

Irène Schweizer died on 16 July 2024 aged 83. As a tribute to the pianist and founder member of The Feminist Improvising Group we have made her 1985 interview with Graham Lock and her 2016 Epiphanies essay, co-written with Maggie Nicols and Joëlle Léandre,…

Wire mix: NWAKKE Sankofa

https://www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/wire-mix-nwakke-sankofa

Published: July 16, 2024 00:00

The London based sound and movement artist reworks a mix of original tracks and loops from a new perspective, adding reflective vocals and saxophone lines In their interview with Misha Farrant in The Wire 485, sound and movement artist NWAKKE explains…

Emily Bick presents Adventures In Sound And Music

https://www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air/emily-bick-presents-adventures-in-sound-and-music-72072

Published: July 10, 2024 00:00

The 11 July edition of The Wire's weekly show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Dhangsha, Chrystabell & David Lynch, Laurie Anderson, Copper Sounds, and more Chrystabell & David Lynch “Sublime Eternal Love” From…