Wire mix: Tashi Wada on tuning

To accompany his essay on the experimental potential of tuning in The Wire 484, Los Angeles based composer Tashi Wada creates a mix demonstrating different approaches to its wide-ranging forms and principles:

thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/w…

Our last show before we move into the quieter 4 gigs rather than 10-15 shows a month summer period is a matinee at Green Note as Jacken Elswyth launches her album on Wrong Speed.

50 tickets only, 20 tickets left. Hope you can join us.

dice.fm/event/akp6d-ja…

Day lineups announced for Supersonic Festival 2024!
supersonicfestival.com/2024/05/31/day…

Read an extract from Truckload Of Art: The Life And Work Of Terry Allen

Brendan Greaves shares an excerpt from his new biography of US musician and visual artist Terry Allen. Chapter 16 recalls Allen’s appearance on the TV show Shindig! on 4 Aug 1965.

thewire.co.uk/in-writing/boo…

Next month we’ll be in Barcelona for the second edition of the BONE x IKLECTIK festival.

This iteration will feature outstanding experimental music as well as talks, workshops, and a record label fair. Don't miss it!

Grab your all-day pass here 👇
link.dice.fm/D8a14dda51d0

What’s that loud rumbling sound approaching? It’s the first Unsound 2024 artist announcement on June 11th with Unsound weekly and long weekend passes on sale, right after Ephemera Festival in Warsaw. Are you ready?

Image courtesy of Marco Fusinato & PALAS, Sydney.

Bristol based venue Mickey Zoggs and Noods Radio launch crowdfunder to help secure their premises:
crowdfunder.co.uk/p/keep-mickey-…

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⏳ The countdown begins - VISION is just THREE WEEKS AWAY! J

Today we're excited to feature our lineup for DAY 5 of VISION! With five acts across this evening, including a solo performance by Amina Claudine Myers, you will not want to miss this evening!

Link in bio for tix!

Our Dublin debut

Office Ambience 484

Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our June 2024 issue, ft Dark Entries Records, marcus of nourished by time, 𝕱𝖗𝖊𝖊 𝕯𝖎𝖗𝖙 𝕽𝖊𝖈𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖘, FOQL & POINTLESS GEOMETRY, and more:

thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/o…

Watch: HUUUM “Bānzol / Āzmān”

Rojin Sharafi, Omid Darvish & Álvaro Collao León of Vienna based trio HUUUM share a psychedelic video for a ten minute track fusing Baluchistan musical tradition with electronic processing

thewire.co.uk/video/huuum-ba…

Marshall Allen 100th birthday reading

To mark the 100th birthday of saxophonist Marshall Allen on 25 May, we have made three articles featuring the Sun Ra Arkestra bandleader free to read in our online library:

thewire.co.uk/in-writing/the…

Listen back to last night's Wire broadcast on Resonance FM & Resonance Extra.

Shane Woolman presents a guest mix by Avalanche Kaito (@Glitterbeat_Rec) and plays tracks by Marewrew, Ihsan Al-Munzer, Ahmed Malek, People Like Us Vicki Bennett Artist, and more:

thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air/s…

This years Boundaries Fest is an International treat! With artists from far & wide travelling to Sunderland to perform! Artsts from Mexico, Ireland, Iran, America, Norway, Scotland, Taiwan, Germany, England & more to be announced! Grab a ticket below..
boundariesfest.com

Now on sale: David Murray / Ingebrigt Håker Flaten / Paal Nilssen-Love – Two-Day Residency

25 & 26 November 2024

cafeoto.co.uk/events/murray-…

Le Guess Who? announces 102 acts performing at the next edition of the festival, which takes place 7-10 November in Utrecht.

Guest curators for 2024 include Arooj Aftab, Bo Ningen, Crystallmess, DARKSIDE, Mabe Fratti and Touching Bass: leguesswho.com/lineup

The Wire's weekly radio show broadcasts tonight at 9pm on Resonance FM & Resonance Extra.

This week Shane Woolman presents a guest mix by Avalanche Kaito (pic), plus tracks by Liliane Chlela, Ihsan Al-Munzer, Kiwanoid, People Like Us, and more.

Tune in: resonancefm.com