New York-based young composers organisation Mata (founded by Philip Glass, Eleonor Sandresky, and Lisa Bielawa) has an open call for proposals from curators for its Interval 5.0 concert series. The Interval series gives curators a chance to program an event at the Issue Project Room in Brooklyn. The trio of Interval 5.0 events are scheduled for 26 October 2011, 21 December 2011, and 8 March 2012.

Mata asks for proposals that engage other areas of art and culture, in particular dance, and which include works by composers under 40, electronic and digital media, or small ensembles of up to five players. Applicants must co-ordinate the event, develop PR materials and organise coverage, and write blogs, press releases, mailouts and more. Artist fees for the proposed event must not exceed $1200.

Applications should include a CV, an explanation of the curatorial concept, and contain a list of potential artists and topics for discussion around the event. For more info email interval[at]matafestival.org.

Wire contributor Adam Harper will launch his forthcoming book Heaven Is Real: John Maus And The Truth Of Pop later this month. The 64 page book is the first publication from micro-publishing house Precinct, and looks at language and truth in Maus's pop-music-about-pop-music. It includes an extended essay by Harper (an early version of which was published on his blog in 2009), a discography, and interview with Maus conducted by Wayne Daly & Grégory Ambos. Launch event (with talk by Harper): London X Marks The Bökship, 27 July, 7pm. John Maus was interviewed by Joseph Stannard in The Wire 329.

Finnish label Ektro Records is marking the 70th birthday of electronic music pioneer and instrument inventor Erkki Kurenniemi with what they describe as a "blind date" LP release, plus a cassette reissue. The LP, Rakkaus Tulessa (translated, means Love On Fire), re-edits two cassette recordings, with a backing track by Circle taped in May 1999, and a vocal by Kurenniemi recorded in 1972. The two recordings are mixed by Jussi Lehtisalo and Tuomas Laurila.

Elektro is also releasing DRY ’73-9-8: a cassette reissue of the first recorded experiment with Kurenniemi’s instrument Dimi-T, which converted brain waves into sound. The cassette is released on Ektro imprint Ruton Music in an edition of 100, and Rakkaus Tulessa is released on Full Contact. More info here.

Applications for the second Sound Bank Grant Scheme are now open. The scheme, run by In The Dark, funds new audio pieces of between three and 15 minutes long, with a cash injection of between £500–£1500, and aims to bring adventurous sound pieces to fruition.

There are four grants up for grabs, and applications are open to anyone from first time producers to experienced professionals. Successful applicants will be allocated a mentor, and the resulting sound works will be included online and as part of In The Dark events. Deadline for proposals is 5 September, winning applicants will be announced 30 September. More info here, and listen to last year's recordings here.

Leyland Kirby (aka The Caretaker), has released the second volume of his four part series Intrigue & Stuff, with a limited run of clear 12"s available. The LP is a three track affair, with one 20 minute long track called "Complex Expedition" covering the second side.

Volume 2 is mastered by Lupo at Dubplates & Mastering, and released on Kirby's History Always Favours The Winners label. Volumes 3 and 4 of the series are reported to be "in various stages of construction" with releases planned for later this year.

Performance artist Yan Jun is inviting people in Beijing to book him for shows in their living rooms through till September. Send Jun an email with a date, and he'll roll up to your house and play a set, which will differ depending on the space and the equipment (you don't need to provide anything). Jun says he could play anything from electronic feedback, sound installations to shows involving guest artists, or the Heart Beat Project, where Jun and an individual audience member look each other in the eye and try to hear one another's heartbeat.

For more info, or to book Yan Jun, email subjam[at]gmail.com. Beijing your house, July–September, 50RMB.

Watershed and Sound And Music are offering embedded artist residencies at Watershed's Pervasive Media studio in Bristol. The scheme aims to provide the space and tools for research and experimentation with pervasive media and sound. It's open to artists of all disciplines, but is geared towards those looking to engage with an audience through touch technologies. Selected artists will receive a £2000 commission fee, plus production and development support. For more info head here. Deadline for applications 18 July, 10:00am.

Blackest Ever Black has released Raime's CD-R and 5.1 surround sound DVD-R The Three Chambers Of Our Entities/Living In The Gaps We Cannot Jump. The release, a double disc with inserts and hand stamped discs, is limited to 50 copies.

The Three Chambers Of Our Entities was originally a commission for Unsound New York's Cinema For The Ear series and is meant to be played on a 5.1 Dolby surround system. The CD-R half of the release, Living In The Gaps We Cannot Jump, started life as a mix commissioned by Sonar, hosted on the Sonar site. Here, it appears with two extra tracks. Full tracklist and order info available on the Blackest Ever Black site.

Macro Records is releasing 2CD album Macrospective by Stefan Goldmann and Finn Johannsen. For the release, Goldmann and Johannsen were given the same tracks, in an attempt to show "the art of DJing" via comparison of the two mixes. Both were mixed with vinyl only, Johanssen's in one take, Goldmann's over a longer period.

Macrospective is also a retrospective look at the label's catalogue, and includes tracks by Elektro Guzzi, Tuomi, Raudive, Patrick Cowley & Jorge Socarras, Namlook and more. More info here.

The final part of Matthew Herbert's One album trio, One Pig, which traces the lifecycle of a pig from birth to plate, has been given its release date. One Pig was originally scheduled for release in 2010, but will now arrive on 11 October.

The album landed Herbert in hot water with PETA, who accused Herbert of disrespect, and launched a campaign to prevent the release of the record. A live version of One Pig is due to be performed at The Royal Opera House in September as part of the Just Tell The Truth festival, headed up by film maker Mike Figgis. Herbert's blog last reported on the status of the album late last year. Listen to excerpts from the previous two part of the One trio at Herbert's website.