Off The Page 2011: Green Gartside and Mark Fisher on politics and music

January 2012

Green Gartside discusses politics and cultural theory in pop music with Mark Fisher.

Wire contributor and author of Capitalist Realism, Mark Fisher discusses politics and music with Scritti Politti founder Green Gartside at the 2011 edition of Off The Page festival, which took place 11–13 February at The Playhouse Theatre, Whitstable.

The 2012 edition of Off The Page festival takes place 24–26 February at the same venue – the Playhouse Theatre in Whitstable. Speakers confirmed include Simon Reynolds, Vicki Bennett, Evan Parker, Jonny Trunk, Gavin Bryars, Dave Tompkins and more. Full details here, tickets available here.

Watch: Simon Whetham & Jan Hendrickse

Field recordist Simon Whetham performs with multi instrumentalist Jan Hendrickse in the third and final instalment of South Hill Park's Embedded series of concerts.

Watch: exclusive vintage Wolf Eyes videos

Watch two videos featuring Wolf Eyes from 2001, one of the Ann Arbor Noise outfit playing during the recording of their Slicer album, and another of them performing live at Detroit's St Andrew's Hall.

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Watch: Vicky Langan's Dirt

Watch Dirt, a portrait video of performance artist Vicky Langan. Langan is the subject of an article by Daniel Spicer in The Wire 350.

Watch: Loft Chronicles: Phill Niblock

Watch an exclusive film about Phill Niblock, by Frederick Bernas, visiting him at his Experimental Intermedia space in New York. Niblock will be performing at Cafe Oto on 28 February.

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Watch Alasdair Roberts and David McGuinness live

Watch a recording of Alasdair Roberts and David McGuinness performing their arrangement of the traditional song "Long A-Growing" at Glasgow's Print Studios, 6 September, 2012. Video by John MacKechnie.