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Find out more about Harvey Matusow, American ex-Communist and McCarthy collaborator-turned-avant garde impresario. Matusow promoted the International Carnival of Experimental Sound (ICES) at London's Roundhouse in 1972. ICES 72 – which involved AMM, John Cage, Cornelius Cardew, Annea Lockwood, Steve Beresford, Lol Coxhill, David Bedford, Charlotte Moorman, Penny Rimbaud and many more – is featured in an article by Julian Cowley in The Wire 336.

Linder, author of The Wire 336 Epiphanies article on the work of artist Barbara Hepworth, shares her top picks of the web.

Read about Claudia Molitor's choice picks of the web. The London based German composer is featured in The Wire 335 in an article by Philip Clark.

Read about the Public Information label's top picks of the web. The label, which focuses on archival releases and the "pre-digital soundworld" is featured in The Wire 334 in an article by Dan Barrow. Their next release is an anthology of work by the inventor and amateur electronic musician Fred Judd.

"The Ghengis Khan of Los Angeles, JJ Asher."

"The Tricentric Foundation is an amazing archive and constantly renewing source of Anthony Braxton's recordings and back catalogue."

"Tired of interpreting the words in your horoscope? Then check out The New Centre For Astrological Interpretive Dance Centre.."

"Jackson Moore is a genius music thinker and saxophonist. We met while playing the Lennie Tristano songbook with Anthony Braxton on piano. I will never forget the overwhelming sense of shock and awe when I first heard Jackson playing."

"Here's a great article by one of my heroes, artist Adam Overton , about a disagreement he had with another artist, Marina Abramović."

Liz Harris aka Grouper says: "This is a great vegan cookbook by Richard Youngs. Here I'm trying to tout a favorite author, musician and lifestyle all at once!"