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WIRE 415
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"On the cover: Over 20 plus years Low have established themselves as unique song stylists. But what drove the trio to bury their songs beneath layers of electronics on their latest album Double Negative?. Also in this issue: Music And Mental Health: An innovative new project in South West England aims to help residential patients articulate their ideas of freedom through experimental approaches to sound. Klaus Schulze: As a member of Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Tempel and Cosmic Jokers, and most crucially as a solo artist, the German synthesist has helped shape the sound of electronic music. Plus: Sarah Kenchington, Fauxe, Tengger, Makaya McCraven, Global Ear in Northern Egypt, Oliver Coates is tested by the Invisible Jukebox, The Tapeworm's Philip Marshall chooses The Inner Sleeve, an Epiphany by Poulomi Desai, and 37 pages of new music reviews in Soundcheck."
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WIRE 414
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"The Wire Tapper 47: The next volume in our exclusive series of underground music anthologies will be attached to the cover of every copy of the August issue -- 19 new tracks by Actress x London Contemporary Orchestra, The Space Lady, Hifiklub + Lee Ranaldo, Ana Dall'Ara-Majek, KOKOKO!, JOHN 3:16, and more. Inside the issue... Less Is More a special themed feature where our crack team of writers examine the many faces of minimalism in music, featuring hiphop reductionist DJ Premier, lost New York innovator Terry Jennings, jazz formalist Mal Waldron, the propulsive riffs of Dr Feelgood and AC/DC, why concert hall minimalism sucks, and more. Plus: Invisible Jukebox: Edan; Epiphanies: Pram."
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WIRE 413
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"Cairo's new wave (Nadah El Shazly, Maurice Louca, Dwarfs of East Agouza); Mongolia's Rock Diaspora; Alan Tomlinson (Since the early 1970s the UK trombonist and improviser has balanced unorthodox strategies and playful humour with a serious commitment to his art); Angelique Kidjo; Zimoun; Okzharp & Manthe Ribane; Eartheater. Plus 36 pages of new music reviews.
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WIRE 412
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"On the cover: Laurie Anderson (More active now than ever, the multimedia artist and performer discusses a career marked by hybridity, borderless networks and a new interest in virtual reality). Inside the issue: Cecil Taylor (When the revolutionary pianist died in April, jazz lost one of its most uncompromising individualists. Author, photographer and historian Val Wilmer recalls their encounters); Senyawa (Javanese musicians and instrument makers Rully Shabara and Wukir Suryadi fuse metal with trance to create overwhelming fields of sound); Global Ear: Veracruz; Invisible Jukebox: The Storm Bugs; plus: Tansy Davies, Rodrigo Tavares, Sarah Hennies, Futura Records and more."
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WIRE 411
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"On the cover: Larry Heard (the Chicago house of Mr Fingers altered the shape and sound of club and electronic music, and a new album proves the producer is still looking to the future). Inside the issue: Doris Norton (Spanning Italian occult prog, computer music and consultancy work for IBM, the reissued back catalog of Doris Norton takes us deep into the machine); Pekka Airaksinen (After the 1960s performance provocations of The Sperm, the Finnish polymath went travelling the spaceways in search of zen inspiration); Aisha Devi (The vibrational rave of the Swiss born Nepalese-Tibetan vocalist and producer is designed to move bodies at both subatomic and social levels); Global Ear: Istanbul; Invisible Jukebox: Phew; also Lucrecia Dalt, The Slits, Ben LaMar Gay, Lana Del Rabies, Bill Frisell, Detroit Rising and more."
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WIRE 410
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"The Wire Tapper 46 -- 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 Lino Capra Vaccina, Ryan Porter, Saint Abdullah, Capri-batterie & Stewart Lee, and more. Meanwhile, inside the issue: an Invisible Jukebox interview with the influential writer, photographer and black music historian Val Wilmer... Michaelangelo Matos provides a listener's guide to landmark pirate radio DJ sets from the 1980s to the present day... sought-after designer Robert Beatty on The Beastie Boys and their groundbreaking magazine Grand Royal... Emily Pothast recalls a childhood listening to oldies country music stations... and more."
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WIRE 409
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"On the cover: Milford Graves (Alan Licht meets the master drummer, rhythm doctor and beat scientist). Inside the issue: Robert Haigh (from industrial music via drum 'n' bass to minimal piano, the former Omni Trio operative has carved out a unique career thanks to his deeply interrogative approach to rhythm and melody); Psyphonics (the esoteric practice of channeling ideas and informations via sound has an extensive secret history, taking in TC Lethbridge, Daphne Oram, Chris Watson, Led Zeppelin and Aphex Twin); Invisible Jukebox: Young Echo (Will the Bristol collective fall prey to the killing sound of The Wire's mystery record selection?); Global Ear: Belfast."
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WIRE 408
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"On the cover: London composer, improviser, band leader, mover, shaker, talisman, and sax star Shabaka Hutchings. Inside the issue: Ceramic Hobs (A new compilation illuminates the 30 year plus career of Simon Morris's Blackpool based DIY institution); Konstrukt (Turkish cosmic surfers and prolific collaborators Umut Caglar and Korhan Futaci reach beyond borders to find freedom in the Erdogan era); Bokeh Versions (Miles Opland's Bristol label is building a reputation as a major dub laboratory via releases from Seeksinternational Jay Glass Dubs and others)."
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WIRE 406
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"On the cover: Inside the dream world of Quantum Natives (Scattered across the globe but digitally connected, Brood Ma Yearning Kru, recsund, Rosen and other QN operatives are forging parallel futures for electronic sound and vision). Inside the issue: Hedley Jones (The Jamaican audio engineer died in September having altered the course of 20th century music with his sound system innovations); Li Jianhong & Wei Wei (Blending horror and sci-fi obsessions with DIY experimentation, the musical initiatives of Li Jianhong and Wei Wei have placed them at the cutting edge of the Beijing scene); Once Upon A Time In Sao Paolo (The collision of pop and avant garde music in the late 1970s gave rise to the fiercely independent and still influential vanguarda paulista movement); Invisible Jukebox: Tyshawn Sorey."
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WIRE 405
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"The Wire Tapper 45: The next volume in our exclusive series of underground music anthologies will be attached to the cover of every copy of the November issue -- 20 new tracks from Nicole Mitchell & Haki Madhubuti, Off World, Geodetic, Ensemble Minisym, Caroline Devine, Matti Bye, and more. Inside the issue... Dan Spicer talks to Canada's cosmic troubadour Eric Chenaux; Jacob Arnold tells the story of Milwaukee's 90s DIY IDM rave scene; Erik Davis hymns reborn Bay Area synthesist Pauline Anna Strom; Can's biographer Rob Young remembers the late Holger Czukay; Maya Kalev meets du jour DJ/producer Call Super; Dan Barrow listens to the sound design of Twin Peaks. Plus: Invisible Jukebox - Mark Wastell; Epiphanies - Susan Rogers on James Brown; Global Ear - Bogota; Inner Sleeve; Unofficial Channels ; Bites - Ahmed, Mike Dunn, Lea Bertucci, Amanda Kramer's Paris Window, Dead Rider."
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WIRE 404
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"Jlin, Frances Morgan profiles the Chicago footwork outlier. Meanwhile, inside the issue... Tomokazu Hayashi essays a user's guide to the pioneering electronica of Yellow Magic Orchestra, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Haruomi Hosono. Geeta Dayal meets veteran Swiss visual artist and kosmische music producer Walter Wegmüller. Invisible Jukebox: Penny Rimbaud; Epiphanies: Noel Meek; Inner Sleeve: Paul Steinbeck; Global Ear: Portland; Unofficial Channels: Pop Not Slop. And in the Bites section, we feature: Hanba!, PSF reissues on Black Editions, Marianna Simnett and Dominique Lawarlee."
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WIRE 403
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"Lichens, 21st century polymath Robert Aubrey Lowe talks patching up modular synths, vocalising doom metal, and acting the part. Meanwhile, inside the issue... Peter King, New Zealand lathe cutter to the likes of The Dead C, Lee Ranaldo, Acid Mothers Temple, and No-Neck Blues Band. A report on composers who require musicians to throw their bodies as well as their souls into their performances, including Michael Baldwin, Celeste Oram, Louis d'Heudieres, Alwynne Pritchard and others. Plus: Invisible Jukebox: Sparks; Epiphanies: Maggi Payne; Inner Sleeve: Ryoko Akama; Global Ear: Algarve; Unofficial Channels: Pop Not Slop."
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WIRE 402
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"Stuck to the cover of this month's issue: The Wire Tapper 44 CD, featuring 20 tracks by AGF + Werkstatt, Sarah Angliss, Paul Rooney, Susanna, Hear In Now, Bonaventure, and more. Meanwhile, inside the issue: Finland's postmodern metal masters Circle; New York underground hiphop veteran Scotty Hard; Anton Lukoszevieze, leader of UK chamber music ensemble Apartment House; a report on the electronic explorers and pop-punk mavericks of Sapporo's DIY microscene; and more."
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WIRE 401
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"Afro-futurist composer, improvisor and writer Nicole Mitchell... European electroacoustic cosmopolitan Kassel Jaeger... and in a special saxophone summit, young pretender Seymour Wright essays a user's guide to the recordings of elder statesman Evan Parker... plus all the (un)usual news, views, previews and reviews from the world's greatest music magazine."
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WIRE 398
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"Stuck to the cover of this month's issue: The Wire Tapper 43 CD, featuring 21 tracks by Electric Sewer Age, Cozmic Corridors, Ulan Bator, Heinali, Ghikas & Walshe, Grails, and more. Meanwhile, inside the issue: veteran San Francisco underground pranksters The Residents; world jazz traveller Brother Ah; UK improvisor Seymour Wright; grime guru and Rinse FM founder Slimzee; and more!"
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WIRE 397
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"On the cover: Aine O'Dwyer (Through her sounding of sacred spaces and collaborative projects, the Irish musician moves between the folk traditions and performance art that form her musical heritage). Inside the issue: The Primer: A user's guide to Moroccan trance; Experimental music from Canada; Invisible Jukebox: Alexander Hawkins ; Global Ear: Seoul and Chuncheon; ADULT. (The Detroit electroshock duo bring it all back home); Mary Ocher (The Berlin based artist offers collage without frontiers); Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments (Clare Salaman drags Francis Bacon's utopian music into the present)."
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WIRE 393
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"The return of a legend: English folk singer and underground music maven Shirley Collins talks about making her first new music in four decades... Plus: the uncanny Ectoplasm Girls and their eldritch electronica... New Zealand lo-fi guitar anti-hero Roy Montgomery... free septuagenarian samba spirit Elza Soares... plus all the (un)usual news, views, interviews and reviews from all corners of the global underground music network... and more. Plus: The Wire Tapper 42: The next volume in our series of underground music anthologies will be attached to the cover of every copy of the November issue -- 20 new tracks by Aluk Todolo, The Gaslamp Killer, Giorgio Moroser, Jah9, The Splitter Orchestra and more."
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WIRE 392
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"On the cover: Jenny Hval: Maya Kalev meets Norway's shamelessly experimental singer-songwriter. Meanwhile, inside the issue... A user's guide to the recordings of UK free music pioneers Spontaneous Music Ensemble; Paulo Cecilio meets Portuguese guitarist Noberto Lobo; Meg Woof profiles long-running Swedish DIY electronic trio and label Frak; plus: Invisible Jukebox: Darkthrone's Fenriz; Epiphanies: Richard Pinhas..."
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WIRE 391
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"On the cover: Silver Apples (Keith Moliné meets New York's indomitable electro-punk duo). Inside the issue: Stellar avant jazz saxophonist and composer Steve Lehman; Mercurial Mauritanian griot Noura Mint Seymali; Milan's electronic music milieu: Die Schachtel, Nicola Ratti, Attila Faravelli, Giuseppe Ielasi, Enrico Malatesta et al. Plus: Invisible Jukebox: Suzanne Ciani; Epiphanies: Erikoisdance's Tom Backström; Global Ear: Grahamstown, South Africa; and more..."
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WIRE 390
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"Circuit Des Yeux's plain-talking Hayley Fohr on the singer not the song... New York trumpeter Nathan Wooley on the pleasures of the text... a user's guide to occult rock, from Black Widow to Sabbath Assembly ... Plus all the (un)usual news, views, interviews and reviews from all corners of the global underground music network...... and more. Plus The Wire Tapper 41! The next volume in our series of underground music anthologies will be attached to the cover of every copy of the August issue -- 20 new tracks from Lixo, Jam Money, Nour Sooska & Andro El Hawy and more."
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WIRE 389
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"On the cover: Loren Connors (Kurt Gottschalk meets the enigmatic outlier of avant garde blues guitar). Inside the issue: Britt Brown tells the story of how new age music came to 1970s Malibu courtesy of 'America's foremost psychic researcher' Dick Sutphen and Valley Of The Sun; Geeta Dayal hails the triumphant return of Afrocentric arkestra Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids; Invisible Jukebox: Beatrice Dillon; Collateral Damage: Sam Richards on music and migration; Epiphanies: Alexander Tucker; and more..."
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WIRE 388
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"On the cover: Gaika (The London based agent provocateur marshalls speculative fiction, politically charged anger and militant beats against an increasingly inhospitable capital). Inside the issue: Ian Brighton (Breaking a 39 year silence with his first album of new material since 1977, the UK improve guitarist discusses his grandfather's bell-ringing, the tyranny of discord, spirits passing through space, and other shaping forces on his music); The Primer: Anarcho punk (The dogged persistence of UK punk's radical arm has ensured the global survival of its spirit across a variety of media. Louis Pattison presents a user's guide to the music of resistance); Invisible Jukebox: Islam Chipsy (The Egyptian shaabi master says 'EEK' to The Wire's mystery record selection); Klara Lewis (The Swedish composer defies darkness to pursue strange beauty); Global Ear: Snowdonia: The Welsh peaks conceal abundant potential for revelation); Telebossa (The Berlin duo decode Brazilian popular song from a distance)."
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WIRE 387
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"On the cover: Marissa Nadler (With her new album Strangers, produced by Sunn O))) associate Randall Dunn, the Boston based singer-songwriter and guitarist continues to map out the phantom zone between flesh and spirit). Inside the issue: Jair-Rohm Parker Wells (From contributing slap bass samples to the Apple Loop Library to rebooting the soul-scraping free jazz of Albert Ayler, Jair-Rohm Parker Wells is a walking bass dichotomy); Manchester Improv (North West England is proving fertile ground for new improve, thanks to labels like Golden Lab and Tombed Vision, and artists including Andrew Cheertham, The Hunter Brothers and Nat Birchall); Invisible Jukebox: Illan Volkov (The conductor takes his cue from The Wire's mystery record selection); Steven Julien (The debut album from the artist also known as Funkineven tears itself free from the dictates of the dancefloor). Plus The Wire Tapper 40: The next volume in our series of underground music anthologies is attached to the cover of every copy of the May issue -- 20 new tracks from DJ Stingray, Susanna, Supersilent, The Library Of Babel and more."
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WIRE 386
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"On the cover: Cecil Taylor (As he prepares to take up residency in New York's Whitney Museum, free music's most uncompromising piano great shares words of wisdom with Phil Freeman). Inside this issue: Mike Cooper (The colourfully shirted and widely travelled UK guitarist, whose work spans exotica, blues and ambient, explains his wanderlust to Clive Bell); The Primer: J Dilla (The reputation of beatmaker/rapper James Dewitt Yancey has shown no sign of diminishing in the ten years since his death. Jordan Ferguson presents a user's guide to his ever-expanding catalogue); Invisible Jukebox: Golden Teacher (Glasgow's brightest sparks learn a lesson or two from The Wire's mystery record selection); Eartheater (The cyborgian ecstasies of Guardian Alien member Alexandra Drewchin unite the animal with the mechanical); Global Ear: Pigna (The women of Corsica are repossessing their culture with their makeovers of traditional song); PJ Harvey (Postcards from the edge); Signor Benedick The Moor (Epically inclined DIY maverick exceeds to succeed); Lindafornia (Battle-winning Los Angeles beat scientist gets old spool)."
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WIRE 385
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"On the cover: Boris (The Japanese trio have embraced rock, metal, noise, pop, drone and more in their 25 year career to date. They're now set to release a new collaboration with noise magus Merzbow). Inside this issue: Awful Records + Harsh Riddims (Atlanta, Georgia has been a hiphop heartland since the 1990s. Now a new breed of lo-fi outliers clustered around indie labels Awful and Harsh Riddims are edging the music into the twilight zone); Church organs (The organ may seem an unlikely avant garde instrument, but a handful of contemporary artists are finding new uses for its awe-inspiring sonic impact); Global Ear: Calais (Migrants in the French port city find a few moments of peace in folk songs and sound systems); Invisible Jukebox: Andrew Weatherall (The UK house and techno veteran rattles his sabre at The Wire's mystery record selection)."
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