Music offers its practitioners the power to extend, remake and multiply themselves. This playlist is an accompaniment to the 16 page essay feature in The Wire 376 on aliases, pseudonyms and alter egos – from dancehall deejays and reggae gunslingers, to psychedelic cultists, punk miscreants, Mayan metalheads, cultish despots and postwar hipsters.
Playlist: The Wire 376 Deep Cover issue
An accompaniment to the 16 pages of essays in The Wire 376 Deep Cover special issue on aliases, pseudonyms and alter egos
Watch: Guro Moe playing the octobass
Oslo's Only Connect festival has commissioned a new octobass to be built for the festival, to be played by Norwegian improvisor Guro Moe
Watch: Brood Ma's "Monaco"
Watch a video for a track by Brood Ma, featured in The Wire 375
Watch: excerpts from 15 Corners Of The World
Watch excerpts from a film about Polish Radio Experimental Studio cofounder Eugeniusz Rudnik
Watch: Japanese noise collective Multiple Tap's London performance
As their world tour kicks off, watch footage of the ever mutating small units involved in the Japanese collective's London performance at Cafe Oto in 2014
Watch: Heather Phillipson's A Is to D What E Is to H
Watch a video work by the artist and poet, featured in The Wire 372
Watch: Lee Patterson and Jennifer Walshe's The Chimes Hour for Faster Than Sound
Watch video documentation of Jennifer Walshe and Lee Patterson's recent collaboration, part of Aldeburgh Music's Faster Than Sound series
Watch: Modern Feelings's "Factography"
Watch an animation by Pekka Airaksinen, used for a track off the Helsinki based quartet's new self-titled album
Watch: Eiko Ishibashi's "Mr Cloud"
Watch a video for a track by the Japanese singer and keyboardist Eiko Ishibashi, featured in The Wire 370
Watch: Mike & Cara Gangloff's "Mulberry Raider"
Watch a video by the American folk and drone duo, from a track off their new album Black Ribbon Of Death, Silver Thread Of Life
15 Freedom Riders playlist
Listen to a playlist based on the 15 Freedom Riders chart, part of the Freedom Principles essays in The Wire 370 – a survey looking at ideas of liberation in music and sound
Watch: Colin Webster and Mark Holub's "Qara Capa"
Stream a video for a track from Colin Webster and Mark Holub's new album, Viscera
Watch: video for Ashley Paul's "I'm In You"
Watch an exclusive video made for Ashley Paul's "I'm In You", a track from her forthcoming album, Heat Source
Watch: Looking For The Perfect Beat (excerpt)
Watch an excerpt from film maker Matthew Smith's new documentary about Los Angeles's beat scene, the influential Low End Theory club night, and the producers and musicians who are a part of it
Watch: Russell Haswell & Exaudi
Watch a video of Russell Haswell's collaborative performance with the Exaudi vocal ensemble, part of Aldeburgh Music Faster Than Sound series.
Watch: Robert Curgenven's "Ressuscitant de l'étreinte de la Sirène"
Watch a video for a composition by Robert Curgenven, from his recent album, Sirène: Selected Pipe Organ Works 1983–2014
Watch: Paul Panhuysen's Pendulum Change Ringing
Watch video documentation of an installation by the composer and artist Paul Panhuysen
Video: André Vida's Moving Scores installation and performance
Watch a video documenting musician André Vida's Moving Scores in New York City
Watch: excerpt from Sound And Chaos documentary about BC Studio
Watch an excerpt from a documentary about Martin Bisi’s BC Studio in Brooklyn and its post-punk and hip hop productions
Video: Sarah Angliss's "The Bows"
Watch a video for a track by the musician and writer Sarah Angliss