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Premieres from Upcoming Release

2017-04-24 IssyReleases, Reviews and Coverage

As we approach the May 4th release date of Waywords and Meansigns, James Joyce continues to premiere advance audio for your listening pleasure! Check out the second premiere from It’s Psychedelic Baby Magazine, featuring a mind-bending collection of tracks from […]

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James Joyce Drops Hot New Singles

2017-04-13 IssyReviews and Coverage

With our May 4th release quickly approaching, we thrilled to share a few upcoming tracks. It’s Psychedelic Baby Magazine premiered a playlist with supergroup Old Fiends (Jason Merritt, Kenneth Griffin, Jason Sebastian Russo, and Paul Dillon), Little Sparta with Sally Timms […]

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Latest News – Mike Watt, Adam Harvey, and More

2017-03-242018-02-21 IssyReviews and Coverage

We’re really excited about our upcoming May 4th release, which features over 100 contributors from 15 different countries setting Finnegans Wake to music. You can see the press release here. We’re also excited to report that Mike Watt and Adam […]

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Waywords and Meansigns Reviewed in the James Joyce Quarterly

2017-02-012017-02-01 IssyReviews and Coverage

The latest issue of the James Joyce Quarterly (Volume 52, Number 1) includes a review of Waywords and Meansigns, by Aodhán Kelly and Tom De Keyser from the University of Antwerp. Focusing on the first edition of Waywords and Meansigns, […]

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Interview on London’s Resonance FM and More

2017-02-012017-02-01 IssyInterviews, Reviews and Coverage

On 23 January, Sonic Imperfections host Nigel Bryant interviewed Waywords and Meansigns project director Derek Pyle for London’s experimental radio station Resonance FM. After playing excerpts of Steve Gregoropoulos and Neil Campbell‘s 2016 recordings of Waywords and Meansigns, Nigel and […]

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Waywords and Meansigns in Poland’s dwutygodnik

2016-12-032017-01-13 IssyReviews and Coverage

Waywords and Meansigns was mentioned in an article and podcast from dwutygodnik, an online culture magazine in Poland. The podcast features a recorded interview with our friend Jakub Wróblewski, known for First We Feel, Then We Fall, a wonderful multimedia adaptation of Finnegans Wake. […]

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Happy Birthday James Joyce

2016-02-022016-10-16 IssyReleases, Reviews and Coverage

Jim Joyce, another year around the sun… To celebrate you we set Finnegans Wake to music unabridged — all audio freely distributed online, right here on this site! This process has been incredibly fun. Thank you to everyone who has […]

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Radio Free Midwich Review of Neil Campbell & Steve Gregoropoulos

2016-01-242016-10-16 IssyReviews and Coverage

Joe Murray of Radio Free Midwich reviews two chapters from the forthcoming edition of Waywords and Meansigns, by Neil Campbell and Steve Gregoropoulos. “The first thing about having a [Neil] Campbell breathing into me lugs is… it feels super normal.  […]

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Steve Gregoropoulos and the Acoustic Disturbance

2016-01-232016-10-22 Chimpden123Releases, Reviews and Coverage

Steve Gregoropoulos discusses his approach to Waywords and Meansigns with the James Joyce Centre in Dublin. Gregoropoulos worked with the Wake’s third chapter and “the result is a wonderful 97 minutes of music, evoking the simultaneous simplicity and complexity of […]

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Mr. Smolin’s Trippy Take on the Wake

2016-01-232016-10-16 IssyReviews and Coverage

Grateful Web published an article about Mr. Smolin & Double Naught Spy Car’s contribution to Waywords and Meansigns. In the article composer Chris Rael responds the project: “Waywords and Meanings is one of the most meaty and brazen musical responses […]

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