A true inspiring issue of @electronicsound.bsky.social has just arrived, focusing on Tape Music, with an exclusive CD featuring two early and lengthy tape loop tracks by the pioneering American composer Steve Reich. Wonderful stuff
Can have shared a new extract from forthcoming live album Live In Arles 1975 You can listen to a 9:19 extract of closing track ‘Arles 75 Sechs’ here: @muterecords.bsky.social buff.ly/93gMtyk
Coming to Causewayside to join Edinburgh’s collection of record shops.
A history of Resonance FM with Stewart Lee, tomorrow at 8pm BBC Radio 4! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Archive on 4, Resonance FM: The Art of Listening
Comedian Stewart Lee tells the story of Resonance FM, the UK’s greatest radio art station.
bbc.co.uk
After a lovely day travelling on train, bus and ferry here in Norway today, my mind has naturally turned to a 1970s-only Soft Machine Top Ten. Facelift Out-Bloody-Rageous Teeth Virtually As If Chloe And The Pirates Nettle Bed Block Hazard Profile Ban-ban Caliban
“I am from the School of Pain, which is called Can! We four criticised each other pitilessly, but especially Jaki. It’s like giving birth to something which is painful but absolutely worth it. Otherwise it wouldn’t have existed.” Irmin Schmidt Interviewed buff.ly/sYWmw4V
Out today on Black Truffle, Dalbergia Retusa, an extensive selection of the solo guitar music of HANS REICHEL one of the great figures of experimental guitar music. Rarely has music been at once so strange & so beautiful. Grab the 2LP+digital here: blacktruffle.bandcamp.com/album/dalber...
Week of Sound @weekofsound.bsky.social returns to Edinburgh for 2026, with a packed programme of concerts, talks, and workshops on the theme of music, technology, and society. Events are free and open to all - full details at www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/week-of-s...
A lovely celebration of the late great Ivor Cutler over at @thequietus.com I still remember laughing so much at performances of his with his very dry humour. thequietus.com/opinion-and-...
Why Ivor Cutler is my Spirit Guide, by Hamish Hawk | The Quietus
Following the release of my album A Firmer Hand in August 2024, and after the promotional tours, sessions, interviews and sundry other bits and bobs had more or less dried up, my diary was given the b...
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To round up the archive used on Great Lives today: - Improvisation, episode 1, Radio 3, 19 February 1974. Found in the Incus Records archive. Thanks to @heritagequay.bsky.social for the loan and @keithwickham.bsky.social of Radio Circle for the transfer. (1/3)
It was a pleasure to be asked by Stewart Lee and producer Miles Warde to sit in as the 'expert' on Great Lives this coming Monday at 3pm on BBC Radio 4, to celebrate Derek Bailey. Our chance to honour him. No idea how it will come out, but we did our best. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
‘Did he really play on Petula Clark’s Downtown?’ Stewart Lee on his guitar hero Derek Bailey
‘Did he really play on Petula Clark’s Downtown?’ Stewart Lee on his guitar hero Derek Bailey
He was a genius of improvised music, a performer who abandoned composition – and wondered why anyone would by his records. Comedian Stewart Lee celebrates the eccentric life of his great inspiration
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A talk at St Cecilia’s Hall, Edinburgh, on September 4th. ‘The Instrumental Women of Fender’ … www.stcecilias.ed.ac.uk/event/talk-i... #FenderGuitar
Instrumental Women of Fender - St Cecilia's Hall
Join us on Thursday, 4th September at St Cecilia's Hall for one of our informal talk series lectures with historian Jayme Kurland. In 1946, the electric guitar company Fender began its operations in s...
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Ten days to reach our goal. Pledge to our crowdfunder and help bring this important book to life. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/modernist-...
Breaking down the essential albums, collaborations, and home recordings of improvisational music titan Derek Bailey.
Harmonic Convergence: A Guide to Derek Bailey
Essential albums, collaborations, and home recordings from a titan of improvised music.
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On BBC Radio 4 now - 'All Under One Magnetosphere'. Using simple, DIY tools, a community of audio enthusiasts translate Electromagnetic waves into sound, uncovering hidden sonic worlds. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Illuminated, All Under One Magnetosphere
Discover the magic of ‘natural radio’ - a hidden electromagnetic soundscape.
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An urgent message from The Wire magazine Running an independent music magazine is becoming increasingly difficult. We need your support www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...
An urgent message from The Wire magazine - The Wire
Running an independent music magazine is becoming increasingly difficult. We need your support
thewire.co.uk
Ron Geesin's JUNIOR MATHS is out now at rongeesin.bandcamp.com Listen to these 29 brief worlds from the 1984 schools programme.
Headphones on for this! at 4pm! A @BBCRadio4 documentary on master of sound Ray Dolby going out, thanks to producer Graham Rogers, in binaural audio. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Artworks, Surrounded by Sound: Ray Dolby and the Art of Noise Reduction (Binaural Version)
Matthew Sweet discovers the life and work of Ray Dolby, inventor of Dolby Noise Reduction.
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In 2018, I interviewed John Surman, Barre Phillips, and producer Peter Eden about the work of The Trio for this reissue of their Dawn label output. If you don't have The Trio in your collection, you should put that right www.cherryred.co.uk/the-trio-inc...
The Trio: Incantation, The Dawn Recordings 1970 - 1971, 2 Disc Edition
Esoteric Recordings are pleased to announce the release of a remastered 2 CD anthology comprising all the recordings made for the Dawn label by the ground-breaking Progressive Jazz ensemble, THE TRIO.
cherryred.co.uk
David Thomas (14 June 1953–23 April 2025) The Pere Ubu singer has died at the age of 71. As a tribute we have made a number of articles on him and the group free to read in the online library: www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/t...
David Thomas (14 June 1953–23 April 2025) - The Wire
The Pere Ubu singer has died at the age of 71. As a tribute we have made a number of articles on him and the group free to read in the online library
thewire.co.uk
RIP David Thomas. Pere Ubu is one of the 20 great American rock bands, can lay a claim to helping to invent punk, and turned rocknroll into art.
David Thomas, anarchic Pere Ubu bandleader, dies aged 71
The US musician was a major influence on post-punk and alt-rock scenes thanks to his spirited, chaotic style
theguardian.com
If you missed the Kickstarter, this is your shot. The book’s done. It’s real. It’s beautiful. And it’s only available for 2 weeks. 🔗👇 www.2old4gaming.com/store/sony-y...
The Infinite Monkey Cage The Sound of Music - Brian Eno, Sam Bennett and Trevor Cox Today 11:00 BBC Radio 4 @profbriancox.bsky.social and @robinince.bsky.social play through the history of music recording and composition www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - The Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 32, The Sound of Music - Brian Eno, Sam Bennett and Trevor Cox
Brian Cox and Robin Ince play through the history of music recording and composition
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