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Adventures In Sound And Music 18 October 2012

October 2012

Hosted by Frances Morgan, with a special show looking at Scandinavia's early electronic and musique concrète scene, including a recent reissue by Kåre Kolberg and tracks by Rune Lindblad and Elsa Marie Pade among others. Plus, new music by Holly Herndon, Old Apparatus and more.

On Air

Rewired 11 October 2012

October 2012

Hosted by Daisy Hyde and Shane Woolman, with tracks from Randomer, Danthrax, Skudge and more, plus an exclusive mix by Matthewdavid

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Stream Loren Connors & Suzanne Langille album

October 2012

Listen to the entirety of Loren Connors & Suzanne Langille's I Wish I Didn't Dream album, out on Northern Spy Records in November 2012. Connors and Langille are the subject of The Wire 345 Invisible Jukebox, tested by Jason Gross.

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Office Ambience #345

October 2012

Listen to the sounds we've been playing on The Wire stereo while putting together the November 2012 issue.

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Listen to Hideaki Takahashi's Media Opera

October 2012

Listen to three audio excerpts from live recordings made at the premiere of Hideaki Takahashi's media opera. Biba Kopf reports on Takahashi’s hi-tech media opera work and La Fura Dels Baus’s post-Industrial take on Wagner's Ring cycle in The Wire 288.

On Air

Rewired 27 September 2012

October 2012

Hosted by Daisy Hyde and Shane Woolman, with tracks by Young Smoke, Matmos, Bass Clef, Hieroglyphic Being, NHK'Koyxen and more.

Tracks

Listen: John Butcher's Trace album

September 2012

Stream the improvising saxophonist's entire Trace album, originally released on cassette by the Tapeworm label. Butcher is the subject of The Wire 344 Invisible Jukebox, tested by Clive Bell.

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Listen: Exclusive Laurie Spiegel track

September 2012

Stream Spiegel's "The Orient Express" (composed and recorded June–July 1974). Composer and computer music pioneer Spiegel is featured in an article by Frances Morgan in The Wire 344.

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Adventures In Sound And Music 13 September 2012

September 2012

Hosted by Frances Morgan, with a special episode looking at the American drone collective Pelt's output over the last decade, alongside tracks from associated artists like Black Twig Pickers, Spiral Joy Band and Jack Rose. Pelt is featured in an article by David Keenan in The Wire 344.