Below The Radar
Below The Radar is a series of download only compilations that was launched in September 2009. The downloads are compiled by The Wire staff and made available exclusively to all the magazine's subscribers, both print and digital, four times a year. New subscribers automatically get access to all volumes of Below The Radar. Login details are sent with each issue of the magazine.
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Information for the latest editions can be found below, including full sleevenotes in PDF format.
BELOW THE RADAR VOL 8
Features tracks by Peter Evans, Emptyset, Eli Keszler, Jason Urick, and the Paal Nilssen-Love, Lasse Marhaug and Maja Ratkje Trio Slugfield, among others. Download the PDF of the sleevenotes here
BELOW THE RADAR VOL 7
Features Ed Atkins, Meg Baird, Justin Bennett, Michael Chapman, Ectoplasm Girls, Heatsick, Helm, Hieroglyphic Being, Richard Pinhas & Merzbow, Sculpture and TSG. Download the PDF of the sleevenotes here
BELOW THE RADAR SPECIAL EDITION: TELEPHONE MUSIC
Features various members of the US DIY underground (including Rangers' Joe Knight, Barn Owl's Jon Porras, Swanox and curator Todd Lerew) playing a game of musical Chinese whispers. Download the PDF of the sleevenotes here
BELOW THE RADAR VOL 6
Features new or unreleased tracks by AGF, Borngräber & Strüver, Mark Bradley, Chandeliers, Dalglish, Eleven Twenty-Nine, Mark Fell, Ga'an, Moon Wiring Club, Douglas Quin, Sleeps In Oysters, Jo Thomas, Trembling Bells, John Wall & Alex Rodgers, and Wet Hair. Download the PDF of the sleevenotes here
BELOW THE RADAR VOL 5
Features new or unreleased tracks by Borful Tang, The Dead C, eRikm & Norbert Möslang, Dylan Ettinger, Expressway Yo-Yo Dieting, Hammeriver, Hisato Higuchi, Suzanne Langille, LOUP, Stephan Mathieu, SAWS, Trawler Bycatch and Jennifer Walshe. Download the PDF of the sleevenotes here
BELOW THE RADAR SPECIAL EDITION: MELTING POT
An exclusive compilation of new experimental and improvised music from Istanbul, featuring Amy Salsgiver, Burçin Elmas, David Brosset, Demirhan Baylan, Florent Merlet, Giray Gürkal, Kevin Davis, Korhan Argüden, Korhan Erel, Oguz Büyükberber, Özün Usta, Robert Reigle, Turgut Erçetin and more. Download the PDF of the sleevenotes here
BELOW THE RADAR VOL 04
Contains new or exclusive tracks by Marc-Henri Arfeux, Tony Bevan/Dominic Lash/Phil Marks/Paul Obermayer, Rhodri Davies/Joe Williamson/Stefano Tedesco, Failing Lights & Howard Stelzer, Giuseppe Ielasi, Grasslung, Group Inerane and more. Download the PDF of the sleevenotes here
BELOW THE RADAR VOL 03
Contains music by Jacques Beloeil, Borbetomagus, Alan Courtis, Demdike Stare, Graveyards, LA Vampires, Oneohtrix Point Never and more. Download the PDF of the sleevenotes here
BELOW THE RADAR VOL 02
Contains music by Carlos Giffoni, Leyland Kirby (aka The Caretaker), Marina Rosenfeld, Blood Stereo, MV & EE and more. Download the PDF of the sleevenotes here
BELOW THE RADAR VOL 01
Contains music by Concern, Starving Weirdos, Harappian Night Recordings, Dredd Foole & Ed Yazijian, Mark Wastell, James Ferraro and more. Download the PDF of the sleevenotes here