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Office Ambience #355

August 2013

Listen to some of the tracks we've been playing on the office hifi during the making of The Wire 355 September 2013 issue.

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Rewired 1 August 2013

August 2013

Shane Woolman and Daisy Hyde spin new bass and beats on NTS, excavated from The Wire's daily postbag.

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Adventures in Sound & Music 25 July 2013

July 2013

Jennifer Lucy Allan plays tracks from Robbie Basho's first album, Meredith Monk's Beginnings, L Ron Hubbard's funk band, plus new releases by Joachim Nordwall, Helena Hauff, Starving Weirdos and more.

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Rewired 18 July 2013

July 2013

Listen again to our bi-weekly radio show on NTS, hosted by Daisy Hyde and Shane Woolman, with a special guest mix by Erikoisdance label head Tom Backström.

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Listen: Meredith Monk recordings

July 2013

The career of the New York City based artist and composer Meredith Monk spans 40 years and takes in music, film, dance and theatre, listen to a collection of her early work in the 1960s and 70s.

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Listen: Jussi Lehtisalo tracks

July 2013

Listen to solo and collaborative tracks by the Falcon (ex-Circle) frontman and Ektro Records boss Jussi Lehtisalo. Lehtisalo is the subject of The Wire 354 Invisible Jukebox, tested by Petri Kuljuntausta.

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Adventures In Sound And Music 11 July 2013

July 2013

Our regular Thursday evening radio show on Resonance FM. This week hosted by Chris Bohn, with tracks by Grateful Dead, Merzbow, Makoto Kawabata, Gintas K and more, plus selections from Bôłt Records' Sounding The Body Electric compilation.

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Listen: Global Ear Istanbul tracks

July 2013

The anti-government protests that have shaken Istanbul since the end of May have prompted a wide range of musicians to respond with new work, inspired and informed by the uprising in Taksim Square’s Gezi Park.

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Office Ambience #354

July 2013

Listen to a selection of tracks that were played in The Wire offices during the production of the August 2013 issue.

On Air

Adventures In Sound And Music 4 July 2013

July 2013

This week's show on Resonance FM is hosted by Frances Morgan, playing music by Don Cherry, Ornette Coleman, Sonny Rollins and others, inspired by the recent Cherry primer in The Wire 353.

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Rewired 4 July 2013

July 2013

Wire staffers Daisy Hyde and Shane Woolman decamp to NTS Radio's East London studio for another session of Rewired, The Wire's fortnightly show, featuring tracks by Ta-Ku, Zomby, Claro Intelecto, Young Echo and more.