Interstellar saxophonist Pharoah Sanders will be headlining 2009's Big Chill festival, Eastnor Castle Deer Park in the Malvern Hills, Herefordshire, August 7th-9th. Click here for more details

The Shortlist 2009, a competition for young composers and sonic artists has put out it's annual call for submissions. Up to thirty artists will be selected to receive professional development, promotional and performance opportunities for three years. Works submitted may be "acoustic or electroacoustic, installations or pieces for live performance, and for western or non-western instruments." The deadline for submissions is Friday 27th February 2009. For full information
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As the season of annual roundups, whimsical flashbacks and other top ten lists warms up, a mix created by Ghostbox's Jim Jupp for Adventures In Modern Music (The Wire's weekly Resonance FM radio show) has recently been included in Fact magazine's top 20 mixes of 2008. Why not Download the entire show here and then have a read of the entire list here?

A project by Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon under the moniker N.A.S.A. (North America South America) has recently produced a collaboration between Tom Waits and Kool Keith. The song, entitled "Spacious Thoughts", will be released sometime in 2009 and will also feature collaborations with Kanye West, Chuck D, David Byrne, M.I.A., KRS One, Karen O, Wu-Tang, Santogold, Lykie Li, Jurassic 5, Cee-Lo, Cool Kids, Fat Lip, Sizzla, Q-Bert, Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, George Clinton and Spank Rock amongst others. Until then, you can listen to it on their MySpace page

John Zorn has teamed up with director Richard Foreman to produce Astronome: A Night at the Opera which will be opening next year at Manhattan's Ontological-Hysteric Theater. Until then, the interested may watch the rehearsals live via video feed through www.free103point9.org every Wednesday from 10am to 4:30pm (-5 GMT) Nov. 26, 2008-Jan. 21, 2009

Resonance Projects present a rare performance by the influential Japanese musician at Cafe Oto in Dalston, North East London. Yoshihide will be appearing with luminaries Steve Beresford, John Edwards, Eddie Prevost, Benedict Drew, Louisa Martin, Tomas Korber, Xentos "Fray" Bentos, and DJ Sniff. Monday November 24, 7PM at Cafe Oto, 18-22 Ashwin Street, London, E8 3DL, Tickets: £10, £5 concessions

Concordia University's Electroacoustic Studies Student Association (CESSA) has recently launched a website in an attempt to initiate the ongoing sonic mapping of Montréal. Unprocessed sound files can be uploaded to the site by the public, and then organised into a browsable tagging system according to date, location, equipment, sound sources, and several other aspects.

Electrosound performances Saturday 15 November

BBC TVs new series on servicemen and woman who have died while in Iraq and Afghanistan will feature music by artists from the Touch Music label including Oren Ambarchi, Biosphere, Fennesz, Ryoji Ikeda, Jacob Kirkegaard, BJ Nilsen, Rosy Parlane and others. The documentary by director Morgan Matthews - which according to the BBC records every single death over the past 7 years - will air on Saturday 15 November 9pm (GMT) BBC 2.

New York City's Roulette have recently released their television series about new music onto DVD format. This years episodes feature interviews and performances with Marilyn Crispell, Andrew Cyrille, Oliver Lake, Lois V Vierk, Joan La Barbara, Blue Gene Tyranny, Kathleen Supove, Phoebe Legere, Margaret Leng Tan, and David Behrman. You can purchase the films at Roulette's website or you can watch them (along with older episodes) on UbuWeb for free.