October 2- November 20, 2005- The Wire

During October and November Re:sound will present eight episodes of the brilliant Canadian series The Wire. From the earliest microphones to the current digital age, electricity has utterly changed the sound of music around the world. Incorporating some of these very changes into the story it tells, The Wire creates a unique radio experience that’s somewhere between a documentary, a remix and a music show.

The Wire also happens to be one of our 2005 Third Coast Festival/Richard H. Driehaus Award winners and was a past feature on the website. Due to Canadian Broadcasting Corporation rules we cannot archive these programs online, but we do have excerpts and a Behind the Scenes interview with host/producer Jowi Taylor available. Keep tuning in to Re:sound for more episodes of this truly inspiring series.

October 2- Episode 1: Hallo, Hallo
October 9- Episode 2: The Change of the Sound
October 16- Episode 3: Going Electric
October 23- Episode 4: Good Vibrations
October 30- Epsiode 5: The Sound Around
November 6- Episode 6: Welcome to the Machine
November 13- Epsiode 7: The Wheels of Steel
November 20- Epsiode 8: The Digital Democracy of Sound

Featured here are excerpts from two episodes of The Wire:

In the opening episode, Hallo, Hallo, the story of the impact of electricity on music begins, circa 1900. (14:30)

The fifth episode of the series, The Sound Around, focuses on the ubiquity of recorded sound in the world, including archival tape of John and an interview with the VP of the Muzak Corporation. (14:47)

Producer Jowi Taylor writes about the merging of form and function in producing The Wire, and confesses to nerdish tendencies, Behind the Scenes.