Posted @withregram • @thewiremagazine Wire playlist: Sonic Pranksters
To accompany his essay in The Wire 467 on the ongoing tradition of absurdist humour in UK experimental and improvised music, Stewart Smith compiles tracks by a selection of notable contemporary sonic pranksters.
Head to The Wire website to stream the 18 track playlist and read Smith's annotations.
Clockwise from top left: Max Syedtollan by Matthew Archer; Sophie Cooper by Rich Mulhearn; Jonathan (left) and Adam Bohman of Secluded Bronte by Robi Rodriguez; Robert Ridley-Shackleton by Simon Holliday.
Copies of The Wire 467 are still available from our webshop. Link in bio.
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2moro 🧯Friday 5th Aug it’s #YeahYou x TOPH at @cafeotodalston ft. takeover featuring the pop-shred glossolalia-mania of YEAH YOU @gwillyedmondez@elvinbrandhi , @mariam_rezaei gannin radge on the decks, the Coal Mining Heritage Trail redisorientation of #Wrest, the fractal circuit-jazz thuds of #Kenonsist @mark_noisebear , the critical electrick practice of Sw1n-Hunter @zonal_markings , and polite young men Laurie Tompkins @laurietompk & @ottowillbergexperience Otto Willberg.
Plus the sensual selections of the TOPH DJs..
YEAH YOU X TOPH TAKEOVER
WITH YEAH YOU + MARIAM REZAEI + KENOSIST + SW1N-HUNTER + WREST + OTTO WILLBERG / LAURIE TOMPKINS (DUO)
Omens and portents...an ill wind...barbarians from the North. For one night only the citadel is besieged by a cavalcade of Northumbrian and -affiliated eccentrics. Marshalled by the combined forces of YEAH YOU and the TOPH crew, a chaotic band of dissidents will slouch amorphously toward the capital. Features the pop-shred glossolalia-mania of YEAH YOU, the whip-lightning turntable plasticination of MARIAM REZAEI, the Coal Mining Heritage Trail redisorientation of WREST, the fractal circuit-jazz thuds of KENOSIST, the critical electrick practice of SW1N-HUNTER, and polite young men LAURIE TOMPKINS AND OTTO WILBERG. Plus the sensual selections of the TOPH DJs.
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@cafeotodalston@gwillyedmondez@elvinbrandhi@zonal_markings@mariam_rezaei@mark_noisebear@ottowillbergexperience@laurietompk@2toph
#TOPH DJS #Kenosist @mark_noisebear@mariam_rezaei@stewfsmith@shipcanal7 will be playing records, shouting in to microphones and generally making mischief all day at the Newcastle Ewan Brown Anarchist Bookfair on Saturday May 21st 💪🏽
Congrats to #Kenosist @mark_noisebear on his mint review in @thewiremagazine of @tusk_music #North at @litandphil plus airplay on @bbcradio3 #Freeness this month. What a legend!
#FreeMusic #Modular #Kenosist #BBCRadio3 #Freeness #TuskNorth2022 #WireMagazine #Geordie #NoiseBastard #TheGeordieSunRa
