[sonicl]

26th October - 22nd November 2007:

A month long season of events celebrating The Wire magazine's 25th birthday curated by Electra and The Wire, The Wire 25 will feature live performances by a host of leading musicians featured in The Wire magazine over the years, as well as film screenings, workshops and talks. The full programme will be announced shortly.

The Wire 25's main supporter is CMN (Contemporary Music Network).

http://www.electra-productions.com/current/index.html

[screamingskull]

let me guess - it's taking place in london?

[terminal pharmacy]

hey sonicl - is there anything good happening in london in november and i don't just mean music. theatre , viz arts whatever.....

[Toilet & Bowels]

i think grouper are playing here in november

[sonicl]

A little more info from the current issue of The Wire:

A month long season of new music events celebrating The Wire magazine's 25th birthday. With Boredoms, Michael Gira, Soft Pink Truth, Matmos, Cyclobe, Lydia Lunch, Pymathon, Tomutonto, Terre Thaemlitz, Richard Chartier, Aki Onda, erikM, Kode9, Skull Disco, Rafael Toral, Trapist, Bernhard Gunter, Gary Smith, Sunny Murray, John Tchicai, Han Bennink, Spring Heel jack, Christian marclay and more to be announced. Plus events including a Savage Pencil exhibition, Mark Webber's Cinema for the Eyes and Ears, Sound & The 20th Centruy Avant-Garde, Chalres Linehan Dance Company and more. London, various venues, 26 October - 22 November.

[sonicl]

The Wire 25

A month long season of music celebrating The Wire magazine's 25th birthday

26 October - 22 November 2007 at venues across London

Featuring: Boredoms, Michael Gira, Matmos, The Soft Pink Truth, Strategy, Reanimator, Lydia Lunch, Pymathon, Tomutonttu, Kode9, The Bug, Skull Disco, Rafael Toral, Trapist, Bernhard GŸnter, Terre Thaemlitz, Anthony Pateras, Tim Hecker, Aki Onda, Tina Frank, Gary Smith, Sunny Murray, John Tchicai, Han Bennink, Spring Heel Jack, Sonny Simmons, Tight Meat, Jooklo Duo, Christian Marclay, Polly Shang Kuan Band, Axolotl, Mark Webber's Cinema For The Eyes And Ears and more to be confirmed

In celebration of twenty-five years of independent music publishing, and in support of groundbreaking new music, THE WIRE and ELECTRA present THE WIRE 25, a month long season of new music events, together with performances by some of the seminal figures representing the magazine's quarter century of alternative musical heritage, from 26 October - 22 November, 2007.

Co-curated with cross-artform production agency ELECTRA, the programme takes in live music, performance, sound art, film and talks and features a number of premieres, new collaborations, and events specially created for THE WIRE 25.

The eclectic programme charts and showcases THE WIRE's ongoing championing of some of the most significant and influential moments in contemporary and recent musical production, at the margins and in the mainstream, across diverse genres - encompassing, but not limited to, folk, rock, electronica, avant garde improvisation, noise, dub and jazz - all of which take place at a selection of independent and unconventional spaces across London, from St Giles-in-the-Fields church and Shoreditch Town Hall, to the ICA and Conway Hall.

A high profile collection of artists will take part, including BOREDOMS, who present an exclusive 'in-the-round' performance of 'V°redoms', performed for the first time outside of their native Japan, alongside an acoustic set by Young Gods label owner and former Swans front man, MICHAEL GIRA; a sit-down performance by US found-sound recording artists MATMOS, celebrated for their use of sampling unconventional sounds and objects - from amplified crayfish nerve tissue, the pages of bibles turning, chin implant surgery and rat cages; a unique coming together of free jazz and improv pioneers SUNNY MURRAY, JOHN TCHICAI, HAN BENNINK with SPRING HEEL JACK; a 'A META DUB SPECIAL' featuring a selection of key players from the fringe of London's recent dubstep movement, including live performances by KODE 9 with SPACEAPE, THE BUG plus MCs and SKULL DISCO's Shackleton; a rare opportunity to see American saxophonist Sonny Simmons perform with young British free jazz disciples Tight Meat; two productions curated by London-based independent organisers [NO.SIGNAL], including TONES OF FINLAND at Bush Hall (with LAU NAU, TOMUNTONTU) and an AVANT TASTE OF JAZZ with TRAPIST, RAFAEL TORAL's Space project with ROGER TURNER and the first performance of KLANGSTAUB (Bernard GUNTER and Gary SMITH).

Alongside this critical selection of live music performances are an array of events which bleed into other art forms and encourage debate around the role and contexts of experimental music and sound production, including ATLANTIC WAVES'S weekend of audio-visual collaborations featuring performances by TERRE THAEMLITZ, TIM HECKER, AKI ONDA and a host of others; LYDIA LUNCH's UK premiere of her biopic Video Hysteries, complete with a Q&A from the infamous NYC performance artist and musician, followed by a rare performance of her new piece Hangover Hotel; a series of film programmes curated by Mark Webber (LUX, London Film Festival), starting with CINEMA FOR THE EYES AND EARS, a programme of shorts chosen from the LUX archives charting the historical intersection of avant garde music and film, followed by two further programmes of London premieres of new work, including A Ballad with Genesis P-Orridge and Lady Jaye (dir Marie Losier, 2007) and more; and the London premiere of artist CHRISTIAN MARCLAY's SCREENPLAY, a video piece and live performance featuring three musical ensembles who will in turn create a live performance from the same video score.

In addition to The Wire and Electra's co-curated programme, the season also coincides with the Atlantic Waves season and The Wire writer and illustrator Savage Pencil's exhibition of drawings, new work and original commissions from the magazine at 96 Gillespie Gallery.

LIVE
Friday 26th October, 8pm
THE WIRE 25: BOREDOMS present 'Vooredoms' in-the-round + MICHAEL GIRA
Assembly Hall, Shoreditch Town Hall, 380 Old Street, London, EC1V 9LT
£15 | www.ticketweb.co.uk

LIVE
Saturday 27th October, 8pm
THE WIRE 25: SOFT PINK TRUTH, STRATEGY, REANIMATOR + 100% DYNAMITE DJS
The Rocket, 166 - 220 Holloway Road, London, N7 8DB
£8 | www.ticketweb.co.uk

LIVE
Sunday 28th October, 8pm
THE WIRE 25: MATMOS + MORE TBC
Bush Hall, 310 Uxbridge Road, London, W12 7LJ
£12 | www.ticketweb.co.uk

FILM
Tuesday 30th October, 8pm
THE WIRE 25: CINEMA FOR THE EYES AND EARS
Films curated by Mark Webber
Roxy Bar & Screen, 128-132 Borough High Street, London, SE1 1LB
Free entry | www.roxybarandscreen.com

LIVE AND FILM
Thursday 1st November, 7.30pm
THE WIRE 25: LYDIA LUNCH: AN EVENING AT THE HANGOVER HOTEL
St Giles-in-the-Fields, 60 St Giles High Street, London, WC2H 8LG
£8 | www.ticketweb.co.uk

LIVE
Saturday 3rd November, 7pm
THE WIRE 25: CHARLES LINEHAN DANCE COMPANY with HARLASSEN, JOHN WALL with L GAMBLE + MORE TBC
Council Chamber, Finsbury Town Hall, Rosebery Avenue, London, EC1R 4RP
£8 | www.ticketweb.co.uk

LIVE
Sunday 4th November, 7pm
THE WIRE 25 in association with NO.SIGNAL: TONES OF FINLAND: Pymathon + Tomutonttu (Jan Anderzen) + Lau Nau
Bush Hall, 310 Uxbridge Road, London, W12 7LJ
£10 | www.ticketweb.co.uk | www.no-signal.net/wire25

EXHIBITION
Thursday 8th - Thursday 22nd November
THE WIRE 25 in association with 96 Gillespie: SAVAGE PENCIL
96 Gillespie, 96 Gillespie Road, London, N5 1LN
020 7503 3496 | www.96gillespie.com

LIVE
Friday 9th - Sunday 11th November
THE WIRE 25 in association with ATLANTIC WAVES, London International Festival Of Exploratory Music: Terre Thaemlitz, ErikM, Anthony Pateras, Tim Hecker, Aki Onda, Tina Frank
ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts), The Mall, London, SW1Y 5AH
020 7930 3647 | www.ica.org.uk

LIVE
Monday 12th November, 8pm
THE WIRE 25: SUNNY MURRAY, JOHN TCHICAI, HAN BENNINK with SPRING HEEL JACK, JOHN EDWARDS & ORPHY ROBINSON
Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London, WC1
£12 | www.ticketweb.co.uk

FILM
Tuesday 13th November, 8pm
THE WIRE 25: THE SECRET APOCALYPTIC LOVE DIARIES (dir Enid Baxter Blader, 2007) + FOGGY MOUNTAINS BREAKDOWN MORE THAN NON-FOGGY MOUNTAINS (dir Jessie Stead, 2006)
Films curated by Mark Webber
Roxy Bar & Screen, 128-132 Borough High Street, London, SE1 1LB
Free entry | www.roxybarandscreen.com

LIVE
Thursday 15th November, 9pm
THE WIRE 25: META DUB SPECIAL: Kode 9 & Spaceape, The Bug & MCs, Skull Disco (Shackleton live and DJ set by Appleblim)
Plastic People, 147-149 Curtain Road, London, EC2
£8 | www.ticketweb.co.uk

LIVE
Saturday 17th November, 7pm
THE WIRE 25 in association with NO.SIGNAL: Rafael Toral's Space Project w/ Roger Turner + Trapist + Gary Smith & Bernhard GŸnter + Bo Wiget & Luigi Archetti
Bush Hall, 310 Uxbridge Road, London, W12 7LJ
£10 | www.ticketweb.co.uk | www.no-signal.net/wire25

LIVE
Sunday 18th November, 3pm
THE WIRE 25 in association with UPSET THE RHYTHM: POLLY SHANG KUAN BAND, HEX OUT TAPES, AXOLOTL + MORE TBC
Cargo, 83 Rivington Street, Kingsland Viaduct, London EC2A 3AY
£8 | www.ticketweb.co.uk | www.upsettherhythm.co.uk

LIVE
Monday 19th November, 8pm
THE WIRE 25: SONNY SIMMONS with TIGHT MEAT + JOOKLO DUO
Red Rose, 129 Seven Sisters Road, London, N7 7QG
£8 | www.ticketweb.co.uk

FILM
Tuesday 20th November, 8pm
THE WIRE 25: BOGMAN PALMJAGUAR (dir Luke Fowler, 2007) and A BALLAD WITH GENESIS P-ORRIDGE AND LADY JAYE (dir Marie Losier, 2007)
Films curated by Mark Webber
Roxy Bar & Screen, 128-132 Borough High Street, London, SE1 1LB
Free entry | www.roxybarandscreen.com

FILM & PERFORMANCE
Thursday 22nd November, 8pm
THE WIRE 25: CHRISTIAN MARCLAY'S SCREENPLAY
Bush Hall, 310 Uxbridge Road, London, W12 7LJ
£12 | www.ticketweb.co.uk

[jon boy]

interesting, thanks.

[dirk diggler]

What a bunch of shit. Wire magazine tried to extort a thousand dollar ad out of me before they'd agree to review anything on my label. I told them to go fuck themselves. Boycott Wire magazine.

[pokkeherrie]

What's your label?
Just asking so that we know that it's OK not to boycott it.

[Savage Clone]

Zing.