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The Fragmented Orchestra last night won the PRS Foundation's New Music Award, dubbed 'The Turner Prize of music'. The winners - sound artist Jane Grant, musician and physicist John Matthias and composer Nick Ryan - have until September 2009 to create their visionary new work, designed to mimic the human brain at work and reproduce the sound of the UK as music.
In anticipation of the forthcoming Gas box set Kompakt head-honcho Wolfgang Voigt graces the cover of The Wire. Inside there's a nice discussion of acid, forests, and Scritti Politti. Carl Craig's Invisible Jukebox makes this a techno-heavy issue.