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Cut & Splice: Transmission

October 2010

Watch and listen to work by artists who will be taking part in the forthcoming Cut & Splice festival, 4–6 November

Free with The Wire 320

The Wire Tapper 24

The latest volume in our series of experimental and underground music compilations featuring 20 new, rare or unreleased tracks by Callers, Yann Novak & Robert Crouch, Gentleforce, Macaw, Nicholas Szczepanik & Jenks Miller and more

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The Complainer MP3s

September 2010

Listen to an exclusive compilation by the Complainer (aka Wojciech Kucharczyk, founder of Poland's Mik.musik.!. label), with previously unreleased tracks

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Global Ear: Belém

September 2010

Listen to Tecnobrega tracks from the city of Belém in northern Brazil, as featured in Andy Cumming's article in The Wire 320

On Air

Adventures In Modern Music 23 September 2010

September 2010

Los Angeles Free Music Society Special with Edwin Pouncey in the studio and Rick Potts on the line. Tracks from the BDR Ensemble, Rick Potts, Joe Potts, Dennis Duck, Slimy Adenoid And The Pablums and more.

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Exclusive Entr'acte tracks

September 2010

Listen to tracks from Marley Starskey Butler, EVOL, Lee Gamble and Haptic, courtesy of the Entr'acte label, covered in The Wire 320 by Derek Walmsley

On Air

Adventures In Modern Music 16 September 2010

September 2010

Listen to brand new and unheard music as host Derek Walmsley flicks through Autumn 2010 releases, with fresh releases from Joe Colley, Mark McGuire, Ahleuchatistas, Francisco Meirona & Dave Phillips, Bjørn Fongaard and many more, all culled from the ever-bulging shelves of The Wire’s office.

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Retro-Activity: Michael Finnissy

September 2010

Listen to a selection of tracks composed by Michael Finnissy, to accompany Philip Clark's discussion of modern composition in our Retro-Activity special