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WIRE 445
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RELEASE DATE: 3/5/2021
"Maggie Nicols: As the legendary free music vocalist releases her first ever solo album, Louise Gray talks to her about her early days among the jazz clubs of Swinging 60s Soho, her groundbreaking feminist music projects of the 70s, and her enduring interest in the healing and communal power of sound. Don Cherry: As Don and Moki Cherry's work is the subject of a new book, Gabriel Bristow revists the global music traveller's roots in the post-bop mileu of Watts, Los Angeles in the 1950s. Invisible Jukebox - Femi and Made Kuti: Afrobeat royalty enjoy an audience with The Wire's mystery record collection, as they release a pair of albums together."
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WIRE 443
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"2020 Rewind, our mammoth annual survey of the last 12 months in underground music across 30 pages of charts and comment. This year has been the hardest on record for everyone working in underground music. The Rewind issue offers you the chance to share your stories of survival and your plans for the future in what is traditionally The Wire's biggest selling issue of the year. So whether you're a label, musician, festival, venue, institution, online platform or shop, the Rewind issue offers the perfect opportunity to remind our readers of how you survived in 2020 and give them advance notice of your plans and ambitions for 2021. Full details of the adverts we offer, as well as our newly revised tech specs, can be found here. Also, as ever at this time of the year, we're offering special discounted rates if you opt to advertise in both our January and February issues. Contact one of us in the advertising team (Shane, James or Astrud) for more information. The Rewind issue includes our 50 new releases of the year and 50 archive releases of the year, along with specialist genre charts covering all bases from avant rock to jazz & improv via modern composition, hiphop, global and more. Plus: our crack team of critics and contributors, as well as some of 2020's most active musicians, reveal the things that helped them survive the year of covid."
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WIRE 442
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"Veteran Canadian metal experimentalists Voivod talk to Joseph Stannard about sci-fi theories, channelling Crimson, Floyd and Foetus, and working with brass on their recent The End Of Dormancy EP; pathbreaking pedal steel guitarist Susan Alcorn tells Peter Margasak about her latest quintet with Mary Halvorson and others; London rooted Japanese duo Keiko Yamamoto and Rie Nakajima aka O YAMA O take the Invisible Jukebox test, and much more."
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WIRE 441
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"The Wire Tapper 54 -- attached to the cover of every copy of the November issue will be a CD of the latest in our ongoing series of underground music anthologies, featuring 16 new and archival tracks by Qasim Naqvi, Legowelt, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Meridian Brothers, Byron The Aquarius, Thabang Tabane, Eugene Ughetti, Sophia Loizou, and more. Meanwhile, inside the issue, William Basinski talks to Dan Barrow about his new tape loop opus Lamentations and playing saxophone with Henry Grimes; Gudrun Gut and Thomas Fehlmann, the first couple of Berlin electronica, test each other's mettle in the Invisible Jukebox; Mosi Reeves meets underground hiphop heroes Homeboy Sandman, Quelle Chris and Aesop Rock; and more."
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WIRE 440
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"Sun Ra Arkestra -- as the intergalactic orchestra releases its first studio album in over 20 years, John Morrison talks to its leader Marshall Allen in Philadelphia about preserving Sun Ra's cosmic legacy. Plus, an astral traveller's guide to Sun Ra on film and video, and news of the latest recordings from the archive. The Primer -- Fugazi and associates. As Washington's hardcore standard bearers continue their legacy through new bands Coriky and The Messthetics, Joe Thompson of Hey Colossus provides a user's guide to recordings from Rites Of Spring and Fugazi through to their many solo projects."
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WIRE 438
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"The Wire Tapper 53! -- attached to the cover of every copy of the August issue will be a CD of the latest in our ongoing series of underground music anthologies, featuring 16 new tracks by Beatriz Ferreyra, Max Eilbacher, Sheng Jie, Chouk Bwa & The Ångströmers, Manongo Mujica & Terje Evenson, Tolouse Low Trax, McPhee/Rempis/Reid/Lopez/Nilssen-Love, and more. Meanwhile, in the magazine: Six-string theories -- An extended feature exploring the cosmos of fingerpicking guitar new and old, with outlaw counter-cultural storyteller Marisa Anderson profiled by fellow guitarist James Toth aka Wooden Wand, plus Robbie Basho, Sarah Louise, Glenn Jones on tuning, and much more. The Primer: DJ tools -- From beats 'n' breaks to locked grooves and sample libraries, Michaelangelo Matos provides a user's guide to the DJs' weapons of choice that have shaped club sounds of the last 40 years. Invisible Jukebox: John Edwards x Caroline Kraabel -- Two of London free music's most energetic improvisors test their reactions in our regular mystery record text."
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WIRE 437
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"A Tangerine Dream special: A major multipart feature that delves into the past, present and future of the kosmiche overlords, soundtrack auteurs and electronic music dynasty, with interviews, essays and guides to the music. Armand Hammer: New York avant hiphop crew Billy Woods and Elucid break down their new album Shrines and making moves with their independent Backwoodz Studioz. Mopomoso: Philip Clark talks to improvising guitarist John Russell about the life and legacy of his London free music institution Mopomoso."
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WIRE 436
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"Superproducer Alejandra Ghersi uses the dream space of electronic music to warp voices, explore the body and stretch the fabric of time. After new record @@@@ and collaborations with Björk, SOPHIE and many more, she talks to Steph Kretowicz about her transgressive engagement with sound; The Williamsburg Pioneers: Val Wilmer revisits the breakout days of Brooklyn's free jazz scene and the group centered around the late drummer Rashied Ali, as his legendary Survival Records label is reactivated; Invisible Jukebox, AGF meets Vladislav Delay: For the first time in The Wire's history, our longrunning Invisible Jukebox feature takes place between two musicians, as AGF and Vladislav Delay take turns to play each other tracks with the other asked to guess and comment on what they're hearing; Greg Fox: Brooklyn's avant drummer for hire was the pulse behind Liturgy, Guardian Alien, Zs and more before channelling meditative vibrations in his solo work including new album Contact; Global Ear special: As Covid-19 continues to put music on lockdown, another cross-section of artists, organisers, educators and creatives around the world tell us what's happening where they are and where we might go from here; Epiphanies, Sonic Boom: Ex-Spaceman Pete Kember reflects on his psychedelic/intellectual journey through music, science and ecology as he releases a long-awaited new album; Unlimited Editions: Josh Feola tells the story of Indonesian free download label Yes No Wave and its legendary founder Wok The Rock; Unofficial Channels, The Leaf Explorers, Inner Sleeve; Plus interviews with DJ Marcelle/Another Nice Mess, Robert Ridley Shackleton, and sound artists Simon Kirby, Tommy Perman and Rob St John of the Concrete Antenna project."
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WIRE 435
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"Diamanda Galás -- a new interview with the grand storyteller of hard times as she rises again with the reissue of her 1982 debut album The Litanies Of Satan and a new piano and vocal piece DE-FORMATION. David Behrman -- the live electronics innovator and League Of Automatic Music Composers member talks to Julian Cowley. Amon Tobin -- the electronica survivor and Nomark records boss submits to the Invisible Jukebox test. Marc Arcadipane -- the original gabber head talks about the sounds that made him hardcore. And much more!"
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WIRE 434
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"The Wire Tapper 52!: attached to the cover of every copy of the April issue will be a CD of the latest in our ongoing series of underground music anthologies, featuring 17 new tracks by Thomas Köner, Katie Gately, Richard Fearless, Blacks' Myths, Brain Rays & Quiet, and more. Meanwhile, in the magazine: William Gibson -- the original cyberpunk visionary plugs himself into The Wire's Invisible Jukebox test; Gal Costa -- one of the most distinctive artists of Brazil's tropicália movement talks to Russ Slater in advance of a rare London date; Griselda + Backwoodz -- the next wave of DIY New York hiphop by John Morrison..."
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WIRE 432
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"The sound and spirit of post-punk endures in the music and long-tail legacy of British quartet Wire, now dispersed over Europe but regrouping around the Pink Flag for a major tour and new album Mind Hive. Meanwhile, inside the issue... Katie Gately - The LA based sound artist and sought-after producer (serpentwithfeet) and remixer (Björk) explores the complete emotional spectrum of the human voice on her harrowing new album Loom; Frank Denyer - Where the British composer leads others in new music have followed, from ethnomusicological adventures and found sound to creative performance staging. On two new albums, he sings for the first time in his 40 year plus career; Invisible Jukebox - Mayo Thompson; Epiphanies - Ryley Walker on Christian ska; The Inner Sleeve - Jeff Mills on jazz; Unlimited Editions - Recital."
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WIRE 430
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"Clipping -- Los Angeles's radical hiphop trio tap into the power of noise and the narratives of Afrofuturism as they talk to Emily Pothast about horror, destruction and the redemptive power of science fiction on new album There Existed An Addiction To Blood. Plus: Once Upon A Time In Glasgow -- Stewart Smith revisits the crucible of free and improvised music at Tom McGrath's Third Eye Centre when Duke Ellington, Derek Bailey, Julius Eastman and others came to Scotland in the 1960s and 70s; Jahtari and friends -- Leipzig's longrunning digi-dub collective talk to Chal Ravens about 8-bit riddims, the Euro-sound system network and their new label Zonedog; Howe Gelb -- the Giant Sand mastermind takes the Invisible Jukebox test. And much more!"
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WIRE 429
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"Attached to the cover of every copy of the November issue will be a CD of the latest in our ongoing series of underground music anthologies, featuring 20 new tracks by Hieroglyphic Being, The Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Stephen Mallinder, Verb T & Pitch 92, Rizan Said, Black String, Melaine Dalibert, WaqWaq Kingdom, Richard Skelton, and more. On the cover... Kevin Martin & Stephen O'Malley: Two heavyweights of extreme music go head to head as The Bug's beatmaker and Sunn 0)))'s guitarist discuss the enduring appeal of volume and their many decades at the sharp edge of heavy sound with Mike Barnes. Meanwhile, Francis Gooding delves into the esoteric sounds of O'Malley's groundbreaking Ideologic Organ label, and Joe Muggs talks to Martin's many MC collaborators including Flow Dan, Miss Red, and more. Also inside the issue? Jöelle Léandre: The French free music colossus talks to Louise Gray about playing bass for Giacinto Scelsi, her forthcoming residency at London's Cafe Oto, and 40 years in the European experimental vanguard; Hanna Hartman: The Swedish sound artist uses recordings, radio and raw materials to take modern composition out of the concert hall setting. By Philip Clark; Invisible Jukebox Giant Sand's Howe Gelb; Global Ear Musica Sanae festival sets up residence at a sanatorium in Sokołowsko, Poland; Epiphanies George Xylouris finds the rhythm of life in the up and down stroke of a lute. Plus interviews with Apprentice Destroyer, Joe, and J Pavone String Ensemble."
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WIRE 428
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"Kim Gordon -- this issue we go deep inside the world of the musician, artist, some-time actor and fashionista as she releases her first ever solo album, with a number of linked features that will map the influence of the Body/Head and one-time Sonic Youth member and the fertile American scene she's been an integral part of for over 30 years. Featuring an in-depth interview with Gordon herself, plus interviews and profiles of her main collaborators, and a look back at the fertile Massachusetts rock scene that sprang up around Sonic Youth in the 2000s and spawned Sunburned Hand Of The Man, Fat Worm Of Error and others. Plus: The Primer -- death metal: Phil Freeman provides a user's guide to the fastest, hardest and most extreme riffs in rock today... and more!"
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WIRE 427
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"Excess All Areas! -- a bumper jam-packed super-heavy special issue of The Wire dedicated to excess, overload and maximalism in music. Following 2018's popular When Less Is More issue on minimalism, this lavish sequel will explore the power of more. From gross out to guitar solos, prog rock to fusion, explosives to strings sections, Excess All Areas! will explore what happens when music goes OTT. Featuring Public Enemy, Frank Zappa, John Coltrane, Alan Silva, Rudolph Grey, REM, and more!"
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WIRE 426
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"Attached to the cover of every copy of the August issue will be a special double CD marking 50 volumes of The Wire's ongoing series of underground music compilations. Disc one will be the usual Tapper mix of all new tracks, while disc two will contain a selection of exclusive tracks and edits drawn from previous volumes in the series. In all The Wire Tapper 50 will contain 40 new and archival tracks by Guapo, Arthur Russell, Rhys Chatham, Orchestra Of The Upper Atmosphere, Tirudel Zenebe, Ammar 808, Carl Stone, Félicia Atkinson, Headboggle, Michael Donnelly, Minyo Crusaders, Angelina Yershova, SSSS and more. Meanwhile, inside the issue: Oren Ambarchi -- the globetrotting Australian guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and label runner is part of the glue that holds the international underground together through collaborations with Keiji Haino, Jim O'Rourke, Ash Ra Tempel, Vibracathedral Orchestra and countless others. He talks to Bruce Russell of The Dead C about the nomadic life of the modern musician. Plus: Keith & Julie Tippetts -- Mike Barnes meets the godparents of British spiritual jazz and improvisation to discuss half a century of playing from Spontaneous Music Ensemble to King Crimson; Pierre Bastien -- the French rhythmic explorer and instrument inventor takes the Invisible Jukebox test; Rangers -- Joseph Stannard picks his way through the blasted rock soundscapes of Texas's Joe Knight -- and more."
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WIRE 425
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"Moor Mother -- Philadelphia poet, punk, polymath and noise maker Camae Ayewa has been kicking against the system with collaborations including Irreversible Entanglements, Kevin Martin aka The Bug, alongside her own mixtapes and albums addressing the legacy of colonialism and present day police violence. Plus: Latin freestyle -- Peter Shapiro provides a user's guide to 1980s-era New York's freshest and flyest dance sound; Ellen Arkbro -- the Swedish composer and La Monte Young student talks drones and tones."
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WIRE 424
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"Charles Hayward -- the post-punk and prog veteran has moved in and out of cold storage with This Is Not This Heat and turns to the piano with his new song project. Plus: 75 Dollar Bill -- Dave Mandl talks to the Fourth World guitar-percussion duo and East Coast live sensation of Che Chen and Rick Brown. Caterina Barbieri -- Louise Gray looks into the ecstatic computer music of the Italian composer and drone explorer... and more!"
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WIRE 423
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"Tanya Tagaq -- the Inuk throat singer, artist and activist talks to Phil England about new EP Toothsayer, soundtracking the Arctic landscape alongside London electronic musician Ash Koosha, radical vocal technique, life, death, climate change and land struggles in her native Canada, and the possibility of a world without borders. Plus: Marcus Boon feels the vibrations of Ottawa-based indigenous electronic dance crew A Tribe Called Red. Daniel Spicer provides a user's guide to the recordings of composer, bassist and cosmic traveler William Parker... and more!"
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WIRE 422
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"The Wire Tapper 49 -- attached to the cover of every copy of the April issue will be a CD of the latest in our ongoing series of underground music anthologies, featuring 20 new tracks by Efdemin, Ricardo Donoso, Paper Dollhouse, Qasim Naqvi, Milena Glowacka, Anthony Laguerre, and more. Meanwhile, on the cover of the issue: The Great Learning -- a special extended feature on the educators, institutions, schools, and scenes that underpin music in the 21st century. From the great teachers of US free music to bandleading tyrants Captain Beefheart and James Brown, from traditional oral music cultures to the current explosion in hands-on music workshops, from mystic mentor GI Gurdjieff to the school of hard knocks in the New Zealand underground rock scene, this multi-essay feature will include contributions from critics, musicians, and practitioners chronicling the lessons learned by musician of all stripes."
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WIRE 433
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"Oneohtrix Point Never and the new wave of soundtrack auteurs -- Daniel Lopatin talks to Dan Barrow about his new soundtrack for the Safdie brothers' double-dealing thriller Uncut Gems, as part of our survey of the new wave of underground and electronic musicians making inroads into the Hollywood system. Yeah You -- the father-daughter noise duo rewrite the rules of Carpool Karoake with their hyperactive performances, anarchic collaborations and underground link-ups, plus a stash of infamous in-car recordings. The new rules of rhythm -- vanguard percussionists Will Guthrie, Claire Rousay, Eli Keszler and Tim Barnes are pushing beyond the drum kit to forge new shades of rhythm through groundbreaking installations, dazzling studio science and off-the-grid thinking. Invisible Jukebox with Seb Rochford. Epiphanies with Jeff Mills."
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WIRE 421
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"Stephen Malkmus: The one time Pavement mastermind talks to Raymond Cummings as his solo career takes a turn into the unknown with experimental electronic pop project Groove Denied. Meanwhile, inside the issue... José Maceda: Julian Cowley reflects on the life of the late Filipino composer, ethnomusicologist and musique concrète explorer, as his work is celebrated at the Performing Arts Meeting in Yokohama. Fashion Records: Neil Kulkarni tells the story of the dancehall hit factory that originated the fast chat deejay style of the 80s via the work of Smiley Culture, Asher Senator and others. Donny McCaslin, Tim Lefebvre & Jason Lindner: The careers of David Bowie's Blackstar band have extended in multiple directions since his death to form a fresh new network of chameleonic jazz players. Phil Freeman reports. Invisible Jukebox: Annea Lockwood, Epiphanies: Graham Jeffries on The Velvet Underground."
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WIRE 420
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"Joe McPhee: Free music's most resourceful survivor tells Daniel Spicer about 50 years of blowing down the walls of sound, from saxophone solos to basement noise jams to the small underground music community he helps nurture in New York State. Meanwhile, inside the issue... The Primer: Tuareg guitars Francis Gooding surveys the nomadic rebel rock 'n' roll of North and West Africa, from desert rock originators Tinariwen through to contemporary stars including Group Inerane, Bombino, Filles De Illighadad and Mdou Moctar. Katalin Ladik: The Hungarian artist tells Lucia Udvardyova about a taboo-breaking career spanning vocal art, acting, performance art, erotic poetry, and whatever else she turned her hand to, including a spine-chilling outburst in Peter Strickland's 2012 film Berberian Sound Studio. Invisible Jukebox: Steve Gunn; Epiphanies: Brunhild Ferrari; The Inner Sleeve: Lovely Music's Mimi Johnson; Plus interviews with Stuart Chalmers, Orgue Agnès, Achim Zepezauer and more."
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WIRE 419
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"Rewind 2018, our mammoth annual survey of the last 12 months of key underground music activity in 26 pages of crucial charts and critical comment. Plus Marc Masters on the rise of minimalist rock, Lewis Gilbert on the sound of climate change, Chal Ravens on the death of four-to-the-floor, and more. Plus Kepla and DeForrest Brown, Jr, Still House Plants, Big Joanie, Jasmine Guffons and Invisible Jukebox with Meg Baird & Mary Lattimore."
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WIRE 418
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"Eiko Ishibashi & Jim O'Rourke; Japan's hardest working musical partnership sit down with James Hadfield to discuss Ishibashi's new album The Dream My Bones Dream and the neverending stream of experiments emerging from O'Rourke's Steamroom studio. Inside the issue: As a key hub of London's improv community, London Improvisers Orchestra marks its 20th anniversary with a series of performances and recordings. Phil England finds out what makes it tick. US electronic musician Michele Mercure discusses three decades of multimedia, TV, and theater collaborations with Emily Bick. Writer, ex-soldier and one man hiphop army Barrington Hendricks aka JPEGMAFIA talks to Emily Pothast about protest, power and the military industrial complex. Invisible Jukebox with fearless fusion bassist Melvin Gibbs."
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