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DJ /Rupture Starts Mudd Up Book Club

DJ /Rupture (aka Jace Clayton) is starting a book club (book clubb, to be precise). Every six weeks there'll be a new book, and a gathering for informal talk. Those not in a convenient geographical location to attend in person can join in via a Ustream broadcast.

The inaugural meeting will take place "on a rooftop in Casablanca" around the end of June. The first book on the list is Maureen F McHugh's Nekropolis, a sci-fi novel set in 22nd Century Morocco. For more info and to follow the book club's progress head to Rupture's blog.

Christina Kubisch Installations And Electromagnetic City Walks In Europe

France, Estonia and Finland will be hosting a number of Christina Kubisch's installations and electromagnetic city walks – investigations in the electromagnetic fields of urban spaces.

The Goethe-Institut in Nancy, France will be exhibiting the sound installation Klangraum II from 6 May until 21 June. From 13 May until late September the Kumu Art Museum in Talinn will be hosting the audiovisual installation Magnetic Tallinn and an electromagnetic city walk. Also hosting an electromagnetic city walk is Turku City Library in Finland, as part of Turku Is Listening 2011 from 31 May until 23 June.

Kubisch is also releasing two new albums on Important Records, Mono Fluido, which collects two works from 1981 and 1985, and Magnetic Flights, an album of electromagnetic field recordings.

Matias Aguayo Announces Next Release: I Don't Smoke

The follow up to last year's full length album Ay Ay Ay, Battles collaborator Matias Aguayo's next release I Don't Smoke is out on Kompakt on 6 June. The four track EP will be released on 12" and on digital, with two bonus tracks with the digital download.

Aguayo tours the UK and Europe. Dates are as follows: Glasgow Peoples Palace & Winter Gardens (21 May), Porto Museum Of Contemporary Art (26–29), Paris Cabaret Sauvage (1 June), Copenhagen Meltroom (4), Nice Hi Hotel Beach (12), Cologne C/O Pop Festival (22), Bologna Link Club (24), Berlin Haus Der Kulturen (16 July), Gent 10 Days Off Festival (19), Dusseldorf Salon Des Amateurs (23), Porto Pacha (11 August), Helsinki Flow Festival (12), Katowicze Festival Nowa (27).

Ryoji Ikeda: The Transfinite At Park Avenue Armory

Ryoji Ikeda will be exhibiting in the Wade Thompson Drill Hall at the Park Avenue Armory in New York. The commission, entitled The Transfinite, choreographs digital information into an immersive audio visual environment.

The Transfinite is the next step in Ikeda's Datamatics project – an evolution of his data.tron installations – which experiments with visualisations of data projected onto gallery walls and floors. New York Park Avenue Armory, 20 May–11 June.

I Take These Truths: Stan Brakhage Film Screening

Birkbeck University is screening a series of Stan Brakhage's hand painted, abstract short films. The screening will be introduced by author and professor Esther Leslie, and will close with a chance for discussion. Nine films will be shown, including early works such as Mothlight from 1963, as well as late works including Chinese Series, which Brakhage made shortly before his death in 2003, using a process that involved scratching directly on to the film's emulsion.

The full schedule is as follows: Mothlight, The Garden Of Earthly Delights, Night Music, Untitled (For Marilyn), Stellar, Black Ice, Persian Series 1–3, I Take These Truths, and Chinese Series. For a detailed programme and to reserve a seat email Marco Lori (mlori01[at]mail.bbk.ac.uk). London Birkbeck Cinema (43 Gordon Square), 23 June, 6:20pm.

Jim O'Rourke Guests On Next Fire! Release

Mats Gustafsson's Swedish three piece Fire! are teaming up with Jim O'Rourke for their second album. O'Rourke adds synth and electric guitar to the current trio: Mats Gustaffson on sax and Fender Rhodes, Johan Berthling on electric bass, and Andreas Werlin (one half of Wildbirds & Peacedrums) on drums.

The four track album, Unreleased, will be released on 4 July through Rune Grammofon. A red vinyl edition will be pressed in an edition of 100, available only on the Rune Grammofon site. Fire! play Birmingham's Supersonic Festival with Oren Ambarchi in October.

Supersonic Festival 2011 Line Up Announced

UPDATE: acts added to the line up (on 9 June) include Tony Conrad, Silver Apples, Nathan Bell and Circle, and more.

Supersonic festival has announced a first flurry of acts confirmed for this year's festival. Playing the ninth edition of the Birmingham festival are Bardo Pond, Eternal Tapestry, Steve Moore and AE Paterra's Zombi project, Wolves In The Throne Room, Lucky Dragons and more. David Tibet's ZU93 collaboration with Italian instrumental trio Zu will play an exclusive UK date, and Swedish jazz rock trio Fire! are slated up to play a set with Oren Ambarchi. Full line up on the Supersonic site. Birmingham Custard Factory, 21–23 October.

The Bug And Soul Jazz Compilation: Invasion Of The Mysteron Killer Sounds

Kevin Martin and Stuart Baker present Invasion Of The Mysteron Killer Sounds – a double disc Soul Jazz compilation of electronic dancehall and dub. Martin and Baker curate one disc each, with Martin choosing work from the likes of Roots Manuva, Harmonic 313, Diplo, Steely & Clevie, and Baker selecting King Tubby, Fat Eyes, South Rakkas Crew and more.

Bundled with the double disc compilation is a graphic novel by Italian comic book artist Paolo Parisi, which presents a sci–fi vision of the future featuring King Tubby, Steely & Clevie, Jammy, plus "alien sound lord abductors", and "digi-dub voyagers". Invasion Of The Mysteron Killer Sounds is released on 16 June by Soul Jazz.

Soundwalk 2011 Call For Submissions

An open call for artists who use sound in any form to contribute to the eighth annual Soundwalk, scheduled for 1 October this year. The deadline for submission of works is 1 July, with an application fee of $20.

The event is organised by artist's collective FLOOD, and consists of a five hour sound art event that takes places in various locations in Downtown Long Beach, CA. Because powering installations can be problematic in outdoor settings, versatile self-contained works that can be displayed outdoors or indoors will receive special consideration. For more info and an application form head to Soundwalk.org.

Domino Records Launches Domino Radio

Domino Records launches its own radio station on 6 June, broadcasting shows presented by its roster of artists 24 hours a day. Scheduled shows will be hosted by Animal Collective, Alexis Taylor, Four Tet, Robert Wyatt, Dirty Projectors, plus guest slots with Honest Jons, Angular Records and more.

Domino Radio will be broadcasting on London airwaves at 87.7FM, and online at Dominorad.io (that's registered to the Indian Ocean, folks). Audio teaser below:

Domino Radio 87.7FM - Starts June 6th by DominoRecordCo