The Audioscope charity festival last November raised a total of £1,200 for national homelessness and bad housing charity Shelter, taking the total raised to well over £16,000. Last year’s show was headlined by Kraftwerk and Neu! legend Michael Rother (pictured), and previous Audioscope shows have brought performances from Four Tet, Explosions in the Sky, Damo Suzuki, Clinic, Luke Vibert, Deerhoof, Electrelane, Oxes and many more. The organisers will be announcing plans for Audioscope08 shortly.

In 2002, Audioscope released a compilation CD featuring tracks from Cat On Form, Nøught, Pram, eeebleee, Souvaris, Fighting Red Adair, Sunnyvale Noise Sub-element, Dustball, Appliance, and Meanwhile, Back In Communist Russia… A few copies of this have been unearthed in a recent clearout, and they’re free to good homes on a first-come, first-served basis. Just email them if you’d like one – donations to Audioscope or Shelter in return are welcomed.