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Luke Fowler

Film maker Luke Fowler’s first exhibition in Denmark opens tonight (14 October) at 5pm with a discussion between the artist, The Wire's Anne Hilde Neset and Will Bradley. Followed by a performance from Fowler's trio Rude Pravo at 8pm and a DJ set from The Wire's Rob Young at 9.30pm. The exhibition takes place as part of the Wundergrund Festival. Copenhagen IMO Gallery, 15 October - 20 November.

Band Of Holy Joy: The North Is Another Land

London's Band Of Holy Joy and James S Finn are set to perform a radio series called The North Is Another Land on Resonance FM. The text and soundscape work follows a disillusioned musician leaving London for Northern England. It was written by Band Of Holy Joy's Johny Brown and features Marianne Hyatt in the lead role. The six-week series will end with a live show by the Band Of Holy Joy and a Talking Musical Revolutions symposium at the Newcastle Star and Shadow cinema on 6 November. The North Is Another Land broadcasts on Resonance FM 104.4 every Friday at 11.30pm from 1 October.

Chris Watson At Chromatologies

Field recordist Chris Watson has added another presentation of his sound work on Friday 1 October at the Rotherham Central Library and Arts Centre. This free additional session is the last event of the digital art and music festival Chromatologies, organised by Mat Steel and Mark Fell of SDN. Email info@chromatologies.com to book before the event.

Cyclobe

London's electronic soundscapist duo Cyclobe are releasing a new album and a limited 7'' this October. Wounded Galaxies Tap At The Window, Cyclobe's first full-length release in five years, will be available on their own Phantomcode label. The 7'' single, titled "The Eclipser"/"The Moths Of Pre-Sleep", will come out on Dot Dot Dot Music. The 12'' features a cover artwork by Fred Tomaselli, while the 7'''s sleeve was made by artist Alex Rose.

Los Angeles Free Music Society: Unboxed

The Los Angeles Free Music Society have released Unboxed, a digital-only compilation gathering the highlights from their 1996 CD boxset The Lowest Form Of Music. With material by Smegma, Doo-Dooettes, Le Forte Four and Tom Recchion amongst others the album also includes three exclusive tracks. Unboxed is available online via Diogenes and was released on the occasion of the first LAFMS UK festival (also titled The Lowest Form Of Music and supported by The Wire), which will take place at London's Beaconsfield, 22–24 October.

Organ Of Corti

The winning project of the PRS For Music Foundation's New Music Award 2010 is an acoustic instrument that transforms existing sounds into music. Designed by composer David Prior and architect Frances Crow (aka liminal). The Organ Of Corti is formed of metal cylinders which filter and recycle sounds such as road traffic noises and water falls. It hopes to offer new ways of listening to the acoustics of non-musical environments, and to redefine what a piece of music is. The Organ Of Corti will be premiered at the City Of London festival 2011 and is supported by the PRS for Music Foundation. Click here to watch an interview with Crow and Prior.

Robinson In Ruins

Film maker Patrick Keiller has made a new movie Robinson In Ruins. It's a sequel to his London (1994) and Robinson In Space (1997) film essays that investigated the political and cultural landscapes of London and England. Robinson In Ruins, which is narrated by Vanessa Redgrave, follows the journeys of Robinson, a mysterious scholar, in and around Oxford. Robinson In Ruins was made as part of a project titled The Future Of Landscape And The Moving Image and premiered at the Venice Film Biennale in September 2010. It will have its first UK screening at the BFI London Film Festival in October with a wider theatrical release set for 19 November.

Radio IPS

Radio IPS, a radio festival of live and pre-recorded music as well as performances and interviews, is currently ongoing at the International Project Space, part of Birmingham University. On Wednesday 22 September, curatorial agency The Island will host a suite of five minute “dispatches” by artists, followed by a show by Caribic Residency on 23 September. On the 24th, East London project space FormContent will air its usual radio programme HaVE A LoOk! Have a LOok!, and the festival will end with a live performance from eight piece ensemble Longmeg on Saturday 25 September. The radio shows start at 12pm each day. Click here for more information.

Bonn Hoeren

As part of the project Bonn Hoeren, Austrian sound designer Sam Auinger was named Bonn’s official sound artist for 2010. Chosen by the Beethoven Foundation For Art And Culture, Auinger has been living there since April, researching and recording the city’s acoustics. As a result, his sound installation Grundklang will be displayed in Bonn’s Bahnhofsvorplatz from 10 October to 1 May 2011. The project also includes a number of live events around the city by students and teachers, as well as an exhibition, Sonotopia, accompanying the Beethoven fest 2010. Bonn Hoeren is curated by Carten Seiffarth, the manager of Singuhr Hoergallerie, Berlin’s only acoustic sound gallery.

Optimo Tracks

Glasgow video director and sound designer Tom Scholefield, aka Konx-Om-Pax, has put out a debut EP through his Display Copy project. The four-track release titled Optimo Tracks is the soundtrack of an installation displayed in March 2009 at the Optimo Espacio, and features noise group Vars Of Lichi as well as a remix by No Fun Productions’ Carlos Giffoni. Scholefield has worked with the likes of Hudson Mohawke, Oneohtrix Point Never and Jamie Lidell, and will be touring with Mogwai in February 2011. 200 limited copies of the CD are available, including hand-printed artwork by Edwin Pickstone.