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"My intention is to bring human drama, made of words, movement, and music to a level that a mind with average capacity for sensitivity and logic can understand and therefore evaluate."
Harry Partch
June 24, 1901 - September 3, 1974
Harry Partch
June 24, 1901 - September 3, 1974
September 3, 2026 at 9:22 AM
"My intention is to bring human drama, made of words, movement, and music to a level that a mind with average capacity for sensitivity and logic can understand and therefore evaluate."
Harry Partch
June 24, 1901 - September 3, 1974
Harry Partch
June 24, 1901 - September 3, 1974
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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
August 16, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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
Glen Baxter (4 March 1944 – 29 March 2026) #GlenBaxter
August 15, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Glen Baxter (4 March 1944 – 29 March 2026) #GlenBaxter
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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
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You can listen to a 9:19 extract of closing track ‘Arles 75 Sechs’ here:
@muterecords.bsky.social
buff.ly/93gMtyk
August 13, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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
You can listen to a 9:19 extract of closing track ‘Arles 75 Sechs’ here:
@muterecords.bsky.social
buff.ly/93gMtyk
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Coming to Causewayside to join Edinburgh’s collection of record shops.
July 9, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Coming to Causewayside to join Edinburgh’s collection of record shops.
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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.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 19, 2026 at 1:56 PM
A history of Resonance FM with Stewart Lee, tomorrow at 8pm BBC Radio 4! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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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
Facelift
Out-Bloody-Rageous
Teeth
Virtually
As If
Chloe And The Pirates
Nettle Bed
Block
Hazard Profile
Ban-ban Caliban
May 13, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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
Facelift
Out-Bloody-Rageous
Teeth
Virtually
As If
Chloe And The Pirates
Nettle Bed
Block
Hazard Profile
Ban-ban Caliban
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“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
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Irmin Schmidt Interviewed
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April 14, 2026 at 7:02 PM
“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
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Irmin Schmidt Interviewed
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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...
March 13, 2026 at 8:38 AM
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...
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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...
Events are free and open to all - full details at www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/week-of-s...
January 26, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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...
Events are free and open to all - full details at www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/week-of-s...
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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-...
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...
thequietus.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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-...
thequietus.com/opinion-and-...
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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.
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- 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)
September 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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)
- 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)
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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...
Our chance to honour him. No idea how it will come out, but we did our best.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
September 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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...
Our chance to honour him. No idea how it will come out, but we did our best.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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‘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
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2025 at 7:57 AM
‘Did he really play on Petula Clark’s Downtown?’ Stewart Lee on his guitar hero Derek Bailey
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...
www.stcecilias.ed.ac.uk
August 28, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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
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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-...
August 17, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Ten days to reach our goal. Pledge to our crowdfunder and help bring this important book to life. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/modernist-...
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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.
daily.bandcamp.com
July 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Breaking down the essential albums, collaborations, and home recordings of improvisational music titan Derek Bailey.
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...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Illuminated, All Under One Magnetosphere
Discover the magic of ‘natural radio’ - a hidden electromagnetic soundscape.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Jaki Liebezeit was born on May 26, 1938
May 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Jaki Liebezeit was born on May 26, 1938
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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...
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
www.thewire.co.uk
May 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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...
Running an independent music magazine is becoming increasingly difficult. We need your support
www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...
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Ron Geesin's JUNIOR MATHS is out now at rongeesin.bandcamp.com
Listen to these 29 brief worlds from the 1984 schools programme.
Listen to these 29 brief worlds from the 1984 schools programme.
May 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Ron Geesin's JUNIOR MATHS is out now at rongeesin.bandcamp.com
Listen to these 29 brief worlds from the 1984 schools programme.
Listen to these 29 brief worlds from the 1984 schools programme.
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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.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 6, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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...