Bio
Shane Woolman is a resident DJ and contributor to The Wire magazine and hosts regular radio shows on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra and occasional ones on Radio Alhara, NTS Radio and Radio Karantina. Shane moved from New Zealand to London in his early teens, carving out a solid interest in experimental music from a young age and later going on to work for labels Some Bizzare and Matador Records before joining The Wire in 2002.
Always with an ear to the ground for new and unusual tracks, his sets are an eclectic mix of dub, electronic, psych, bass, hip-hop, techno, rock and funk, unearthing leftfield party bangers, unknown dub edits, archive Turkish psych and long forgotten classics. He has provided DJ support for Andy Stott, Hieroglyphic Being, Nkisi, Sun Araw, Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids, The Necks and Matana Roberts at venues such as The Jazz Cafe, Cafe Oto, The Elgar Room at the Royal Albert Hall and The Cube in Bristol, as well as playing standalone sets at festivals like Supernormal (UK) (2016, 2017), Fields (Russia) (2019), Stihia (Uzbekistan) (2023), MENT (Slovenia) and New Salt (Austria) (2024).
Shane is a regular Wire contributor in print, online and on air, having interviewed or featured artists such as Laurie Anderson, Selda Bağcan, RP Boo, Gaye Su Akyol, Ana Lua Caiano, Diamanda Galás, African Head Charge, Ela Orleans, Julmud, Maral, Deena Abdelwahed, Mungo’s Hi Fi and King Ayisoba among many others (a complete list appears below).
He has also administered and co-compiled The Wire Tapper, The Wire‘s longstanding covermount CD compilation series, since volume 12 (2004).
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Recent activity
• Latest radio show
• Latest writing
• Latest mix
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Interviews and guest mixes
A Taut Line* guest mix on NTS Radio 20 June 2013
Aaron Spectre guest mix on Resonance FM 14 May 2020
African Head Charge guest mix on Resonance FM 11 May 2023
Ana Lua Caiano interview in The Wire May 2024
anrimeal guest mix on Resonance FM 3 November 2022
Avalanche Kaito guest mix on Resonance FM 23 May 2024
Bill Kouligas (Pan)** guest mix on NTS Radio 31 July 2014
Bizarre Rituals* guest mix on NTS Radio 5 January 2016
Carl Stone guest mix on Resonance FM 25 February 2021
Dale Cornish** guest mix on NTS Radio 4 December 2014
Daniel Spicer* interview on NTS Radio 8 April 2018
Deena Abdelwahed guest mix on Resonance FM 30 November 2023
Diamanda Galás guest mix on Resonance FM 31 October 2024
disrupt* guest mix on NTS Radio 30 January 2014
Dread Broadcasting Corporation*** interview on NTS Radio 11 June 2015
Dub Organiser guest mix on Resonance FM 28 March 2024
Ela Orleans guest mix on Resonance FM 23 May 2019
Erikoismies* guest mix on NTS Radio 18 July 2013
Gaye Su Akyol interview on thewire.co.uk 15 October 2018, guest mix on Resonance FM 28 November 2019
Grouphums (Kirk Barley) guest mix on Resonance FM 29 September 2016
Horus Records interview on Resonance FM 25 October 2018
Howie Lee guest mix on Resonance FM 5 October 2023
Ishan Sound** guest mix on NTS Radio 10 November 2015
JD Twitch* guest mix on NTS Radio 5 July 2012
Julmud guest mix on Resonance FM 10 February 2022
Kate Carr* interview on NTS Radio 16 February 2018
King Ayisoba guest mix on Resonance FM 19 January 2023
Kiran Sande (Blackest Ever Black)* guest mix on NTS Radio 7 November 2013
Laurie Anderson guest mix on Resonance FM 28 July 2022
Liliane Chlela guest mix on Resonance FM 25 July 2024
Little Annie Bandez* interview on NTS Radio 24 May 2016
Lucas Santtana guest mix on Resonance FM 26 May 2021
Maral guest mix on Resonance FM 27 February 2020
Maria Chavez* interview and guest mix on NTS Radio 29 August 2013
Masma Dream World guest mix on Resonance FM 3 December 2020
Matt Werth (RVNG Intl.)* guest mix on NTS Radio 3 January 2013
Matthewdavid* guest mix on NTS Radio 11 October 2012
Mayssa Jallad guest mix Resonance FM 6 July 2023
MC Yallah x Debmaster guest mix Resonance FM 30 July 2020
Milo Smee (Power Vacuum)* guest mix on NTS Radio 2 February 2016
Mumdance & Shapednoise* interview on NTS Radio 24 April 2017
Mungo’s Hi Fi guest mix on Resonance FM 19 September 2019
NAH (Michul Kuun) guest mix on Resonance FM 17 January 2019
Nightwave* guest mix on NTS Radio 24 May 2012
Nkisi* interview on NTS Radio 24 August 2017
Noel Meek (End Of The Alphabet)* interview on NTS Radio 19 July 2018
People Like Us guest mix on Resonance FM 1 October 2020
Peverelist* guest mix on NTS Radio 17 June 2017
Production Unit* guest mix on NTS Radio 20 August 2012
rkss* interview on NTS Radio 14 November 2018
RP Boo guest mix on Resonance FM 30 September 2021
Saint Abdullah & Jason Nazary guest mix on Resonance FM 16 March 2023
Selda Bağcan interview on thewire.co.uk 27 February 2018
Shit and Shine guest mix on Resonance FM 2 June 2022
Shiva Feshareki guest mix on Resonance FM 28 March 2019
Siné Büyüka (Injazero Records) interview and guest mix on Resonance FM 26 April 2018
Subatomic Sound System guest mix on Resonance FM 25 November 2021
The Tapeworm** guest mix on NTS Radio 27 March 2014
Yazz Ahmed guest mix on Resonance FM 1 July 2021
Yeongrak interview in The Wire August 2016
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Socials, etc
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MENT Festival, Slovenia (2024) • Photo by Katja Goljat
Stihia Festival, Uzbekistan (2023) • Photo by Kamila Rustambekova
Fields Festival, Russia (2019) • Photo by Dasha Pocherk
Off The Page Festival, Bristol (2014) • Photo by Paul Samuel White