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WIRE 432
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RELEASE DATE: 2/7/2020
"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 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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WIRE 417
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"The Wire Tapper 48 -- 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 Golden Oriole, ADULT., Heinali, Wylie Cable, Giulio Aldinucci, Jef Brown, Penelope Trappes, and more. Meanwhile, inside the issue: Jason Yarde and Windrush stories -- keeping pace with the multi-active saxophonist and heartbeat of the London jazz scene, who's music director behind the Barbican's forthcoming Windrush celebrations; writings from poet, writer and musician Anthony Joseph and more TBC. Plus, Philadelphia's polymath diva MHYSA; next generation UK noise rock duo Guttersnipe; the musique concrète animation soundtracks of Michèle Bokanowski; and more."
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WIRE 416
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"James Ferraro; Phil England returns to year zero of UK free music with the story of Victor Schonfield and Music Now; Tirhakah Love enjoys an audience with Philadelphia photographer, performer and polymath Mhysa; Noel Meek surfs the latest wave of New Zealand psychedelia with Orchestra Of Spheres"
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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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