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Sun Ra Arkestra touches down in East London

On 20 and 21 October saxophonist Marshall Allen returns to London’s Café Oto with the full Sun Ra Arkestra in tow to play two exclusive UK shows. And readers of The Wire can get special discounts on tickets to both performances. Full details on the shows are available here: 20 October 21 October Readers of The Wire can buy discounted tickets here: 20 October 21 October

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Unknown measures

Via Bat20 on Twitter, this graphic rendering of Peter Saville's Unknown Pleasures cover is fantastic.

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Tom Lax on WFMU Brian Turner show

It's about this time of year that I usually point in the direction of Brian Turner's show on WFMU, where they get Siltbreeze's Tom Lax in to do a DJ set. As usual, it's the most crazy screwed up rock tunes, found down the back of the sofa, perfunctorily straightened out and slapped on the turntable. Awesome stuff can be heard here .

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Instant Chavirés petition against funding cuts

Paris's Instant Chavirés venue, which was one of the host venues for The Wire 's 20th anniversary concert series in 2002, has had to cancel its autumn season of events as a result of having much of it's funding cut. The venue has launched an online petition to campaign against the cuts. More information here and you can sign the petition here .

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Win tickets to see Touch’s Suffolk Symphony

Commissioned by Faster Than Sound and Aldeburgh Music, Suffolk Symphony is a special residency and new work by the self-styled sonic and visual production company Touch. Inspired by the historic coastline of Aldeburgh and its surrounding area, including Aldeburgh Music's rich history, Touch will create a new audio-visual symphony using only locally sourced sounds and images. Beginning on 16 August, Philip Jeck, BJ Nilsen, Jon Wozencroft, Philip Marshall and Mike Harding will go on a week-long treasure hunt in the area to unearth old records, field recordings, home-made sounds and images to create a new multimedia piece, culminating in its first performance on 22 August as part of the Snape Proms. Directed by Mike Harding with sound by Philip Jeck and BJNilsen and images by Jon Wozencroft, the whole week will be documented for an interactive website by Philip Marshall. The residency will feature workshops and presentations by Philip Marshall and Mike Harding, including interviews with the other artists and a Touch showcase, culminating...

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Into The Vortex tickets on sale now!

Get your tickets now... The Wire presents Into The Vortex , a three day festival (9-11 October) featuring some of the best music out there curated by The Wire and hosted by London's excellent Vortex Jazz Club. Regular tickets are available at £12 a night or £30 for the entire weekend here . But, if you're a subscriber to The Wire , we've organised an exclusive discount of £10 a night or £25 for the weekend! Click here if you're a subscriber to get your discounted tickets (Please bring along your subscriber number with you to the event along with your discounted tickets) 9 October: NEW PLANES OF ECSTASY Richard Youngs & Heather Leigh Murray Astral Social Club The Skaters 10 October: NEW STATES OF SONG The One Ensemble Band...