Derek Walmsley
Essay
Jazz Searches For The New Land: Herbie Hancock's "Oliloqui Valley"
December 2014

The second stop in Derek Walmsley's journey through the jazz that imagined liberation through distant places and spaces, from Africa and the Far East to the cosmos.

Issue 370
December 2014
Essay
Derek Walmsley: Jazz Searches For The New Land
October 2014

From newly independent nations of Africa to locations in the Far East and remote cosmos, jazz from the mid-1950s onwards imagined liberation through distant places and spaces. In a new series, Derek Walmsley journeys through the sketches of these new worlds. First call: Lee Morgan's "Search For The New Land"
On Air
Adventures In Sound And Music 9 October 2014
October 2014

Our weekly Thursday evening programme on Resonance FM. Derek Walmsley hosts, joined by the globetrotting selector, compiler, writer and South East Asian music specialist Chris Menist of the Paradise Bangkok club, label and now group. With records culled from family stores, record fairs and antiques markets from across the rim of the Indian Ocean.
News
Paradise Bangkok's Chris Menist on Resonance FM this week
Paradise Bangkok's Chris Menist on Resonance FM this week

Adventures In Sounds And Music this week sees the long-awaited return to the studio of globetrotting selector, compiler, writer and South East Asian music specialist.
Columns
Derek Walmsley: The Field Recordist As Obsessive
August 2014

"Some recordists are like hoarders, bringing home whatever they find outside with little discrimination as to what's worth preserving and what’s not." Derek Walmsley sorts through The Wire's post bag in search of the person behind the mic.
Columns
Derek Walmsley: Community FM
June 2014

Since the pirate stations shipped out, the FM radio spectrum is being repopulated by the people
On Air
Adventures In Sound And Music 29 May 2014
May 2014

Our Thursday evening radio programme on Resonance FM, this week hosted by Derek Walmsley. With tracks by Wolves In The Throne Room, Ian Middleton, Bremen, Dalhous, Ensemble Economique and more.
The Portal
The Portal: Jamaica's Lyrical Histories
May 2014

Derek Walmsley traces the tracks that give their own spin on the history of not just reggae, but the entire existence of Jamaica, continuing on from his Compiler essay (The Wire 363).

Issue 363
May 2014
On Air
Adventures In Sound And Music 24 April 2014
April 2014

Derek Walmsley hosts our regular Thursday evening slot on Resonance FM. This week is a Boomerang special, mulling over the retroactive turn of countless record labels worldwide.

Issue 362
April 2014
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On Air
Adventures In Sound And Music 20 March 2014
March 2014

This week's show on Resonance FM sees Derek Walmsley go deep into new modern composition. Works and performances by Peter Ablinger, Klaus Lang, Antoine Beuger & Michael Pisaro, Martin Iddon, Helmut Lachenmann and more.

Issue 361
March 2014
On Air
Adventures In Sound And Music 6 February 2014
February 2014

Derek Walmsley hosts this edition of The Wire's weekly broadcast on Resonance FM, playing all new music currently rocking The Wire office. Tracks from Gnod, Russell Haswell, Sculpture, Killing Sound, Cyclobe, Actress, Matthew Philip Hopkins, Tom James Scott & Andrew Chalk and more.

Issue 360
February 2014
On Air
Adventures In Sound And Music 19 December 2013: Charity Case Part Two: Finding God, The Holy Spirit And Other Worlds In The Bargain Bins
January 2014

Second-hand guru Ian Penman returns to Resonance FM for another Charity Case show, this time seeking out otherworldly and spiritual vibrations in the bargain bins.
On Air
Adventures In Sound And Music 21 November 2013
November 2013

Our regular Thursday evening slot on Resonance FM, this week hosted by Derek Walmsley, with tracks by Ensemble Economique, Kemialliset Ystävät, Theo Parrish, Stefan Jaworzyn and more.

Issue 354
August 2013
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On Air
Adventures in Sound & Music 18 July 2013: Norton Records Special
July 2013

Derek Walmsley spins a tonne of new Norton wax and features an interview with Norton co-founder and ex-Cramps drummer Miriam Linna, plus assorted 7"s from the depths of their catalogue.

Issue 353
July 2013
On Air
Adventures In Sound And Music 20 June 2013: 90 Minutes of NNA Tapes
June 2013

Derek Walmsley hosts an experiment in deep level alpha-state chakra-tweaking under the professional supervision of NNA Tapes. Tracks by Alex Maksos, Anthony Child, Austin Caesar, Belarisk, Blanche Blanche Blanche, Eli keszler and more.

Issue 352
June 2013
On Air
Adventures In Sound And Music 23 May 2013
May 2013

Our weekly radio show on Resonance FM, hosted by Derek Walmsley. With tracks by Bea Benjamin with Dollar Brand, Jon Collin, Henry Flynt, Paul Metzger, Hajra Sucurija, Yarou Diguidirou and more.
On Air
Adventures In Sound And Music 25 April 2013
April 2013

Hosted by Derek Walmsley, with tracks by Jorge Coelho, Idea Fire Company, Eric Chenaux & Radwan Ghazi Moumneh, William Basinski, Theo Parrish and more.