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Artists:

Anthony Braxton, Ken Jacobs, Luciano, Tristan Perich, Dick Raaijmakers, Gino Robair, Hal Willner, Robert Wyatt, Yo! Majesty

Contributors:

Julian Cowley, Matt Gorney, Kurt Gottschalk, John Kruth, Alan Licht, Brian Morton, Robert Rigney, Bill Shoemaker, Derek Walmsley

Contents summary | Full print contents

On The Cover: Unofficial Channels - A tour of music's unauthorised domains from bootlegs to blogs and beyond.... Plus: Anthony Braxton's Arista Years, Hal Willner's Invisible Jukebox, Luciano, Dick Raaijmakers, Ken Jacobs in Cross Platform, Gino Robair, Tristan Perich, Yo! Majesty, Robert Wyatt's Inner Sleeve and much, much more...

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Available online:

• Unofficial Channels Extra: Mastermix.org (In Writing)
• Unofficial Channels Extra: Balsam Flex (In Writing)
• Unofficial Channels Extra: Jamaican DJ Dancehall Tapes (In Writing)
• Unofficial Channels Extra: The Library of Babel (In Writing)
• Unofficial Channels Extra: The Greatest Bands You Almost Never Heard (In Writing)
• Gino Robair: unedited interview transcript (In Writing)
• Carsten Nicolai unedited (In Writing)
• Inner Sleeve: Robert Wyatt (Inner Sleeve)
• Download music by Gino Robair (MP3 Specials)
• Free Trial Issue! (News)
• Elliott Sharp live in London (News)
• Office Ambience #297 (Office Ambience)
• View Dick Raaijmaker's The Graphic Method: Bicycle (On Camera)
• Brass band mayhem in Guča, Serbia (On Camera)
• Steve Roden's Link Of The Day 20/10/2008: Disquiet (The Portal)
• Steve Roden's Link Of The Day 21/10/2008: A Journey Round My Skull (The Portal)
• Steve Roden's Link Of The Day 22/10/2008: Colin Sackett (The Portal)
• Steve Roden's Link Of The Day 23/10/2008: Locust St (The Portal)
• Unofficial Channels Link Of The Day: 23/10/2008: UbuWeb (The Portal)
• Unofficial Channels Link Of The Day: 27/10/2008: Wireless Buccaneers (The Portal)
• Unofficial Channels Link Of The Day: 28/10/2008: Reviving The Dead (The Portal)
• Unofficial Channels Link Of The Day: 29/10/2008: The Eel's Foot Inn (The Portal)
• Tristan Perich's Link Of The Day 06/11/2008: World Changing (The Portal)
• Tristan Perich's Link Of The Day 04/11/2008: Electronics Shops (The Portal)
• Tristan Perich's Link Of The Day 03/11/2008: Internet Archive (The Portal)
• Tristan Perich's Link Of The Day 05/11/2008: Barack Obama (The Portal)
• Unofficial Channels Link Of The Day 07/11/2008: Sri Aurobindo Ashram (The Portal)
• Unofficial Channels Link Of The Day 10/11/2008: Online Mixes (The Portal)
• Unofficial Channels Link Of The Day 12/11/2008: Hiphop Battle Tapes (The Portal)
• Steve Roden's Link Of The Day 17/10/2008: Boogie Woogie Flu (The Portal)
• Steve Roden's Link Of The Day 18/10/2008: The Art Of Memory (The Portal)
• Steve Roden's Link Of The Day 19/10/2008: Woolgathersome (The Portal)