"Based in Brookline, MA, and part-funded by the US National Endowment For The Humanities, Morning Sun is presented by the Independent TV Service and the Center For Asian American Media. One section offers period music, excerpts from feature films, the text of Mao's Little Red Book, personal diaries, and magazine articles; another focuses on the Mao cult. There are plentiful film-clips, music and images of the revolution."
This month's Global Ear on Hong Kong is co-authored by Andy Hamilton & James Steintrager.
Resonance FM's programming director Ed Baxter has
curated an exhibition at London's Raven Row gallery
that looks at the relationship between sound and art. Entitled Gone
With The Wind, the show features work by Max Eastley, Takehisa
Kosugi and Walter Marchetti and is featured in an article by Clive
Bell in The Wire 328. It takes place 9 June–17 July.
"I remember being really taken with Hill's
early works when I was at college. They are at the same time harsh
and blunt, poetic and rich."
This article originally appeared in The
Wire 11 (January 1995).
"Bar/club on São Paulo's lively Rua Augusta.
Host to a variety of artists. Instituto have a residency on the
last Thursday of each month, which will regularly feature artists
such as Criolo, Emicida and Curumin."
"Oops! You need an invitation to access these
riches: the largest collection of illegal avant garde films in the
world. Keep trying."
Does the new technology of mix 'n' splice
mean the end of Popular Song as we know it? Or the start of a new
open-ended dance afterlife? The death of the Original, or the birth
of the infinite version? David Toop looks/locks into a brand new
time lapse. This article originally appeared in The Wire
103 (September 1992). David Toop reflects on writing the essay
below.
Since Napster launched a global filesharing frenzy, the hunt itself has become more thrilling than finding recorded treasures, argues UbuWeb founder Kenneth Goldsmith. This article originally appeared in The Wire 327 as part of the Epiphanies series
Since Napster launched a global filesharing frenzy, the hunt itself has become more thrilling than finding recorded treasures, argues UbuWeb founder Kenneth Goldsmith. This article originally appeared in The Wire 327 as part of the Epiphanies series
"A minimalist Tumblr run by New Haven rapper
Left Leberra, where he showcases songs, video clips and graphic
design experiments."
Early works, the emergence of the Lydian
Theory, the Workshop and associated recordings discussed by Max
Harrison. This article first appeared in The Wire 3
(Spring 1983).
The output of George Russell's Sextet,
discussed by Max Harrison. This article first appeared in The
Wire 4 (Summer 1983).
""Ruminations While (Audio) Walking: Time,
Place, And The Body" by Justine Shih Pearson is both a partly
written, partly recorded essay about listening."
"I refer to this site all of the time, and I
love that the content is always updated. There are some iconic
sound and video works available on UbuWeb that were previously
available through art school libraries and museums only."