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Our pick of the coming week's live events, exhibitions and online features in underground music.
This week: Space-Time festival outside Cambridge, Freedom Festival in Hull and The Long Progress Bar in Brighton. Low and Sun Araw embark on world and European tours respectively. Plus: Kaffe Matthews brings her sonic bikes to East London and a new installation by Douglas Benford and Rob Olins opens in the south of the city.
Online: Daniel Spicer reviews Alejandro Jodorowsky's retrospective in Bordeaux, a video for Liberez's "Stop Your Breathing" track, an extract from a new documentary by Mika Taanila and Jussi Eerola and more. Plus: The Wire's early evening show on NTS Radio.
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On Stage
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Outlook Festival
Pula Fort Punta Christo, Croatia
Bass, techno, grime and dub music festival at a 19th century fort in Croatia, featuring Jurassic 5, Roni Size & Reprazent, Moodymann, Wiley, Congo Natty featuring Congo Dubz & Tenor Fly, Mala & Coki, Mount Kimbie, Goldie, Loefah, Oneman, Araabmuzik, The Bug featuring Flowdan, Manga & Miss Red, Kode9, Sherwood & Pinch, Dbridge, Zed Bias, Newham Generals, Channel One, Lone, Paleman, Mumdance, Om Unit, Kahn & Neek, Novelist, Pinch, Elijah & Skilliam, Distance, Ishan Sound, Soom T and more. Pula Fort Punta Christo, 2–6 September.
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Orthodox + Dead Neanderthals
Various venues, UK
Joint UK tour of avant doom duo Orthodox and free jazz trio Dead Neanderthals. London Power Lunches (2 September), Birmingham Hare And Hounds (3), Manchester Islington Mill (4), Bristol The Exchange (5), Brighton The Cowley Club (6).
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The Long Progress Bar: A Festival Of Radical Imagination
Brighton Dome & Lighthouse, UK
Two days of talks, workshops and performances about new radical methods of empowerment, featuring Holly Herndon, Jam City, Benedict Singleton, Mat Dryhurst. Brighton Dome & Lighthouse, 3–4 September.
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Low
Various venues, Europe
Minnesota slowcore group on tour with their latest album Ones And Sixes. Bergen Landmark (3 September), Stradbally Electric Picnic (4), Wiltshire End Of The Road Festival (4–6). More dates here. |
Sun Araw
Various venues, Europe
European tour by Cameron Stallones and his group. Santiago De Compostella Work On Sunday Festival (3 September), Lisbon ZDB (4), Madrid Teatro Del Arte (5), Oviedo Lata De Zinc (6). More dates here. |
Freedom Festival
Hull various venues, UK
Dance, music and visual arts festival featuring a new composition by Scanner titled Air Time, a special programme curated by the UK composer, plus performances by Public Service Broadcasting and more. Hull various venues, 4–6 September.
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Hear Here!
Various venues, Japan
Japanese tour of the improv trio of Lisa Ullén, Nina de Heney, David Stackenäs and Ida Lundén. Tokyo Super Deluxe (4 September), Tokyo Jazz Festival (5), Chiba Jazz Spot Candy (8).
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The Orb
Various venues, North America and Europe
World tour of the ambient duo, performing their latest album Moonbuilding 2703 AD. Miami Bardot (4 September), St Petersburg State Theater (5), Atlanta Terminal West (6). More dates here. |
Pantha Du Prince featuring The Triad
London Village Underground, UK
Berlin based producer Hendrik Weber with his new group featuring Scott Mou and Bendik Hovik Kjeldsberg. London Village Underground, 5 September, 7:30pm, £15.
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Plunge
Folkestone East Cliff Pavilion, UK
Experimental music and free folk festival, featuring The Doomed Bird Of Providence, Laura Cannell, Alex Monk, Brendan Quinn and more. Folkestone East Cliff Pavilion, 5 September, 3–10pm, £9/£7.
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Space-Time: The Multiverse
Bourn Wysing Arts Centre, UK
Annual festival of exploratory music and arts, this time on the theme of multiple identities and altered states. The line-up includes Beatrice Dillon, Bruce Gilbert, James Holden with Lucy Suggate, Lonelady, Ravioli Me Away, Rose Kallal & Mark O Piklington, Tomaga, The Fish Police, Joey Fourr and more. Bourn Wysing Arts Centre, 5 September, midday–midnight.
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John Dikeman/Hamid Drake/William Parker
London Cafe Oto, UK
Improvised music by saxophonist John Dikeman, drummer Hamid Drake and double bassist William Parker. London Cafe Oto, 6 September, 8pm, £12–£8.
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Drift + Container
Bradford Fuse Art Space, UK
One-off interactive lightshow Drift, plus a live performance by techno producer Ren Schofield. Part of the British Science Festival. Bradford Fuse Art Space, 8pm, 7pm, free.
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Sonic Imperfections
London The Montague Arms, UK
Experimental music series, featuring The Untied Knot, Rothko and Charles Hayward. London The Montague Arms, 8 September, 7:30pm.
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On Site |
Benedict Drew: Kaput
Derby Quad, UK
Solo exhibition by the UK artist, reinterpreting the Enlightenment period for a modern context. Derby Quad, 27 June–6 September.
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Yuri Suzuki
London ContainerVille Unit 15, UK
The Japanese sound artist, designer and electronic musician gives a talk about his work. London Containerville Unit 15, 3 September, 7pm, free, rvsp necessary.
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The Summer Pedalling Games
London Fields, UK
Sonic pieces and bike hybrids to be experienced while cycling. Created during a workshop with Kaffe Matthews, including contributions by Artur M Vidal, David Henckel, Julian Weaver, Lisa Hall, Michael-Jon Mizra, Natasha Trotman, Paula Garcia Stone, Sherry Ostapovitch, Stephen Shiell, Melaina Barnes and Breathing Space. London Fields, 5 & 6 September, 11–5pm, free.
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Kitchen Reflections
London Iklectik, UK
Sound installation by Douglas Benford and sculptor Rob Olins, with contributions of field recordings by Janek Schaefer, Steve Beresford, Tim Parkinson, Sue Lynch, Iris Garrelfs, Helen Petts, Manuela Barczewski and others. Plus: an evening of performances by Beresford, Parkinson, Lynch Benford and Barczewski (10 September). London Iklectik, 7–13 September.
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Online
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Get the latest info on artists, gigs, screenings, exhibitions and more.
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Read the latest online columns, essays, interviews and more.
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"A dizzying wealth of details of a peripatetic life in art." Daniel Spicer reports back from the first major museum retrospective of Chilean artist, writer, director and counter cultural magus Alejandro Jodorowsky.
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Watch an excerpt from a new documentary by Mika Taanila and Jussi Eerola, with a soundtrack by Pan Sonic.
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Listen to a new release by a collaboration between the Danish percussion duo To\To and composer and noise musician Robert Turman
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Watch a video for a track from Liberez's new album All Tense Now Lax.
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Stream a recording from Ken Hollings's Works For Magnetic Tape, forthcoming on The Tapeworm label.
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Listen to all The Wire radio shows to date, archived on our website.
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On Air |
Adventures In Sound And Music
Resonance 104.4 FM
The show returns to the airwaves on 10 September following Resonance FM's summer break. Every Thursday 9–10:30pm (GMT), 104.4FM for Londoners.
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Rewired 3 September 2015
NTS Radio
This week Katie Gibbons and Shane Woolman play tracks from DJ Clent, Pole, Laraaji, Slhhmyr, Damon Bell and many more. The biweekly show airs on Thursday, 6–8pm.
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