The reissue label boss (featured in The Wire 352)
introduces us to his selection of underfunded independent cultural
institutions: "Bear in mind I rarely surf the net for anything
beyond movie showing times. Still, I happen to know these
organisations are worth keeping an eye out for."
Steven Warwick's quick stop tour of his favourite bits of
reading, watching and listening online, taking in drone aircraft
technology, hybridisation and queer actor and director Fred
Halsted.
Follow Ashley Paul's top choice picks of the web. The US
multi-instrumentalist was featured in The Wire 350, in an
interview with Nick Southgate.
Little Annie Bandez spreads the word about her top websites.
Annie is in The Wire 349 featured in an Invisible Jukebox,
tested by Dave Mandl.
Jazz organist, improviser and interlocutor Alexander Hawkins
takes us on a web journey through the work of Henry Threadgill and
his Zooid group.
Alex Neilson, author of The
Wire 349 Collateral Damage article on the connections
between folk music and the future promised by digital culture,
chooses five highlights from the newly digitised Topic label.
The Wire Salon in February – The Way Of The Hacker –
brought together contemporary experimental musicians to discuss the
practice of designing and building new audio interfaces. Here, two
of the panelists, Tom Bugs and Sam Underwood spread online
knowledge for hackers in training.
Swedish power jazz dynamo and vinyl-addict Mats Gustafsson
shares his six essential links for the burgeoning "discaholic".
Gustafsson is on the cover of The Wire 349 in an article
by Daniel Spicer.
Ergo Phizmiz's choice links of the web. The rogue collagist and
radio artist is featured in an interview with Clive Bell for
The Wire issue 349.
A selection of sonic impressions
from the former Soviet republic of Georgia and its capital Tbilisi,
selected by Matthew Collin, author of a Global Ear report on the
city’s electronic music in The Wire 348.
Follow Cara Tolmie's choice picks of the web. Tolmie is featured
in an article by Louise Gray in The Wire 348.
Follow the sound artist’s choice picks of the web. Farmer is
featured in an article by Daniela Cascella in The Wire
348.
Follow Kemper Norton's choice picks of the web. Norton is
featured in Matthew Ingram's article on West Country electronic
music makers in The Wire 346.
Follow Loki aka IX Tab aka Saxon's choice picks of the web. Loki is featured in Matthew Ingram's article on West Country electronic music makers in The Wire 346.
Follow the musician Holly Herndon's top links
of the web. Herndon is the subject of an article by Jennifer Lucy
Allan in The Wire 345, her album, Movement is
released by RVNG Intl on 15 November. She'll also be performing at
the Unsound festival in Krakow, Poland on 18
October.
Browse the improvising sax player's top picks of the web. John Butcher is the subject of The Wire 344's Invisible Jukebox, tested by Clive Bell.
Follow Ex-Easter Island Head's choice links
of the web. The Liverpool based minimalist group is featured in an
article by Abi Bliss in The Wire 343.
Follow film maker Peter Strickland's top
choice of the web, including sites devoted to favourite Soviet bus
stops, visual music and more. Strickland and his film Berberian
Sound Studio are the subjects of an article by Daniel Spicer
in The Wire 343.
Kirkley, author of The Wire 342
Global Ear article on the 'Balani Show' sound system street parties
of Bamako (capital of Mali) presents a short run down on internet
based ethnography, music collecting and micro genres.
The author of Berlin Sampler curates
a list of archival links on the history of Berlin's music
scene.