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Rewired 17 January 2013

January 2013

Hosted by Daisy Hyde and Shane Woolman, with tracks by Sun Ra And His Astro Infinity Arkestra, Jashwha Moses, Sorcerer, Factory Floor and more.

Tracks

Office Ambience #348

January 2013

Stream some of the sounds that we've been listening to during the making of The Wire 348.

Tracks

Listen: Starkey track

December 2012

Stream an unreleased track by Starkey, recorded for his Orbits album. Starkey wrote an Inner Sleeve article on Spiritualized's Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space album in The Wire 346. Orbits is is out on Civil Music.

On Air

Adventures In Sound And Music 6 December 2012

December 2012

Tonight’s programme is a special on the Hamburg punk and German new wave/Neue Deutsche Welle scene circa 1977–1985, with special guest Klaus Maeck, whose work as a film maker and producer (Decoder, Commissioner Of Sewers, Fraktus), writer and independent record distributor was pivotal to the development of the Hamburg underground. Hosted by Chris Bohn.

Tracks

Office Ambience 347

December 2012

Stream a selection of sounds that we've been listening to at The Wire HQ during the making of issue 347.

Below The Radar 11

Volume 11 includes tracks from Holly Herndon, Thomas Bei, Meitheal, Robin The Fog, and more.

On Air

Adventures In Sound And Music 29 November 2012

November 2012

Host Frances Morgan spins some global archive finds, including 1970s/80s music from the Gambia and Senegal on Teranga Beat Records, and the outer reaches of 1970s Brazilian samba, with tracks by Marcos Valle, Gal Costa, Cresencio Camacho, Los Salvajes and more.

Tracks

Listen to a Slowfoot label sampler

November 2012

Stream a compilation of music by artists on the Slowfoot label, selected by label boss Frank Byng. Slowfoot is featured in an article by Nick Southgate in The Wire 346.

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Listen: Bruiloftslied (Wedding Song) radio drama

November 2012

Stream a sound-led radio drama based on the story of Orpheus and Eurydice, by Melanie Clifford, Alisdair McGregor and Howard Jacques. McGregor and Jacques are featured in an article by Zakia Uddin in The Wire 346.