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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.

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Listen: Global Ear Kowloon tracks

June 2013

Stream a selection of tracks by artists featured in Paul Margree's Global Ear: Kowloon article, looking at some of Hong Kong's underground music makers, in The Wire 353.

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Listen: Paul Metzger tracks

June 2013

Listen to three tracks by Metzger, who expands the vocabulary of the banjo, modifying it and filtering it through Hindustani classical music. Covered by Byron Coley in The Wire 353.

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Office Ambience #353

June 2013

Listen to some of the music that was played in The Wire HQ during the making of issue 353, July 2013. With tracks from Paul Metzger, Richard Pinhas, Don Cherry, The Siege Of Troy, Peter Jefferies, Legowelt and more.

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Listen: tracks from Newcastle, NSW

May 2013

Listen to a selection of tracks by artists featured in The Wire 352 Global Ear article on the no-brow Noise activities in Australia's Newcastle, with track notes by correspondent Cooper Bowman.

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Listen: Jaap Blonk music

May 2013

Five tracks by the Dutch composer and poet, subject of this month's Invisible Jukebox article, tested by Philip Clark.

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Listen: Wolf Eyes tracks

April 2013

Listen to two Wolf Eyes tracks released on Mike Connelly's Gods Of Tundra label. Wolf Eyes are featured in an article by Marc Masters in The Wire 351.

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Listen: Sounds of Ljubljana

April 2013

Stream a selection of tracks by musicians featured in Jonathan Knott's Global Ear article in The Wire 351 about music in Slovenia's capital city.

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Office Ambience #351

April 2013

Listen to a selection of tracks that Wire staffers have been playing over the past month, including sounds by Eliane Radigue, Om, Merzbow/Pandi/Gustafsson and more.

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Office Ambience #350

March 2013

Listen to tracks selected by The Wire staffers, played during the production of our April 2013. Tracks by Actress, Dennis Johnson, Ashley Paul and more.