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Derek Walmsley

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As seen in: The Guardian, Yahoo Singapore, London Review of Books, The Quietus, The Wire, Inkl, Electronic Sound
Editor, writer, etc. Find me elsewhere. Previously: @thewiremagazine and Twitter user
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The Wire Issue 512

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By Byron Coley, Alan Licht, Derek Walmsley
| The Wire Verified
October 2026 Subscribers: read this issue online. Subscribe to the magazine. Buy issue 512. Inside our brand new issue: Mike Watt: From Minutemen to fIREHOSE, the San Pedro bass man has charted an unclassifiable career through the heart of US punk and improv scenes. By Alan Licht Mike Watt Eight Pack: Eight places to start with the bassist’s back catalogue. By Byron Coley The Primer: Aphex Twin: A user’s guide to the music of the shapeshifting, mercurial mainstay of the UK electronic underground.
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Against The Grain: London's DIY sound systems

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By Derek Walmsley
| The Wire Verified
It’s a winter evening in Stratford, East London, and past the cemetery, just down from the corner shop, on a quiet street with terraced houses on one side and a council block on the other, reggae sound systems are battling for supremacy. In the spartan main room at Hibiscus Community Centre, home to the local Caribbean elderly association, Earthquake Sound, Soul Energy Musiq and RBF Soundsystem are laying down their toughest riddims for a knowledgeable, multicultural all-ages crowd.
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Augustus Pablo: More rockers from the vaults - The Wire

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By Derek Walmsley
| The Wire Verified
The famous address 135 Orange Street has been cropping up on Jamaican record labels for well over half a century, and the number of records that can be traced back to the Rockers International record store – at the time of writing, there is still a premises at that location – is impossible to count.
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