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Watch an exclusive excerpt from Elisabeth Rasmussen's documentary on Bruno Wizard, co-founder of punk outfit The Rejects, and later, The Homosexuals.

The Heart Of Bruno Wizard is reviewed by Sukhdev Sandhu in The Wire 356: "Norwegian film maker Elisabeth Rasmussen’s feature-length debut is an intimate, even devoted portrait of The Homosexuals’ lead singer Bruno Wizard, whom she met while volunteering for the homeless charity Crisis. Born in Sunderland in 1950, he was – like Crass’s Penny Rimbaud – a little older than many of the musicians caught up in punk’s youthquake, and still beholden to 1968-ism with its links to radical psychiatry, global liberation movements and alternative spiritualities."

The Heart Of Bruno Wizard is currently screening at various film festivals, click here for more information. It will be shown as part of New York City's CBGB Festival on 10 October, including a Q&A with Rasmussen.

Watch an exclusive Shangaan electro video

Stream "Tivani Dollezer" a video by producer, record label boss, talent scout, party promoter and performer Richard Mthetwa aka Nozinja. Mthetwa is featured in The Wire 356's Invisible Jukebox, tested by Dave Stelfox.

Watch an extract from Piercing Brightness

Stream an exclusive clip from a new film by the artist Shezad Dawood, with a soundtrack by Acid Mother's Temple's Makoto Kawabata. The film was reviewed by Joseph Stannard in The Wire 355.

Watch: Young Echo live

Stream an exclusive video of six Young Echo members performing live. The Bristolian collective are featured in The Wire 355.

Watch: Kazuo Imai's Soloworks61 Part One

Watch the first of a two part performance by guitarist and improvisor Kazuo Imai. Imai and Marginal Consort are featured in an article by Alan Cummings in The Wire 355.

Watch: Simon Whetham & Jan Hendrickse

Field recordist Simon Whetham performs with multi instrumentalist Jan Hendrickse in the third and final instalment of South Hill Park's Embedded series of concerts.

Watch: exclusive vintage Wolf Eyes videos

Watch two videos featuring Wolf Eyes from 2001, one of the Ann Arbor Noise outfit playing during the recording of their Slicer album, and another of them performing live at Detroit's St Andrew's Hall.

Watch: Vicky Langan's Dirt

Watch Dirt, a portrait video of performance artist Vicky Langan. Langan is the subject of an article by Daniel Spicer in The Wire 350.