Current Issue: #321 | November 2010

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On The Cover: Nothing is real, everything is permitted, says the Irish composer and sonic artist, from within a maze of aliases and false identities. By Philip Clark. Plus: Wim Mertens, a two part Drexciya special, John Tilbury's Invisible Jukebox, Global Ear: Beirut, Kommissar Hjuler & Mama Baer and much more

Below The Radar Special Edition: Melting Pot download

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Available with the forthcoming November issue will be the latest edition in our download series: Below The Radar Special Edition: Melting Pot

An exclusive compilation of new Turkish experimental and improvised music, featuring Amy Salsgiver, Burçin Elmas, David Brosset, Demirhan Baylan, Florent Merlet, Giray Gürkal, Kevin Davis, Korhan Argüden, Korhan Erel,... » Read more...

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An exclusive interwoven collage from the Antipodean imprint ROOM40, this free CD documents past, present and future sounds. Curated by Lawrence English with contributions from Chris Abrahams, Asher, Candlesnuffer, John Chantler, Mike Cooper, Leighton Craig, Greg Davis, Taylor Deupree, DJ Olive, DNE, Robin Fox, Reinhold Friedl & Michael Vorfeld, Ben... » Read more...

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Jennifer Walshe Portal 15/10/2010: National Folklore Collection, University College Dublin

Image: Colum Mac Gille Eathain of the Irish Folklore Commission recording from Aongus MacMillan, Benbecula, Scotland, 1947
"Some 10,000 hours of audio recordings of English and Irish speakers, spanning more than a century, are housed in the National Folklore Collection. The recordings represent many different aspects of Irish folklore, including folk narrative, music and song, custom and belief, oral history etc."

The Complainer MP3s

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Listen to an exclusive compilation by the Complainer (aka Wojciech Kucharczyk, founder of Poland's Mik.musik.!. label), with previously unreleased tracks

Cut & Splice Festival Competition

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Win tickets to London's Cut & Splice festival...

Los Angeles Free Music Society Gallery

Image: LAFMS Juan Gomez, Tom Recchion, Billy Bishop, David Loehr, Fredrik Nilsen in Nilsen's Bedroom, 1973
Image: LAFMS at the Raymond Building, Pasadena, 1976, Harold Schroeder
Check exclusive pictures of the legendary LAFMS collective which galvanised 1970s LA with anarchic Improv, noise and Beefheart-style free rock.

New T-Shirt in the Shop

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Hanna Tuulikki's Rubedo, a new design by the Glasgow-based artist, guitarist and vocalist for Nalle, Scatter and Two Wings. Printed in red, blue and white on a light blue shirt with The Wire url printed in blue on the right sleeve. Limited edition of 100 shirts. Price (including postage and... » Read more...

Back issues discount

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Save £1 off the usual price of £5 for any back issues you order this month. Just enter BACK1 in the shopping cart discount code box. Over 150 different issues are available here, many with free CDs. The discount also applies to the current issue. For example see:
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