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RELEASE DATE: 6/24/2022
"On the cover: Phew. The Japanese punk survivor and intrepid vocalist/composer continues to build an impressive catalogue of collaborations, solo projects and band work in a career now spanning over 40 years. Japanese punk primer: A round-up of notable outliers of Japanese punk and post-punk; The Primer: Pauline Oliveros. A Deep Listening dive into the recordings (and cisterns) of the composer and accordionist who pioneered radical new ways of listening and living; Ione: The writer, playwright and director, and creative/life partner of Pauline Oliveros, continues their work to connect communities and listeners; Invisible Jukebox: Ava Mendoza. Will The Wire's mystery record selection shred the nerves of the virtuoso guitarist?; The Dream Syndicate: Since their 2012 reunion, the US psych trailblazers have let their freak flag fly across a run of trippy releases including new album Ultraviolet Battle Hymns & True Confessions; Unlimited Editions: Radio Art Zone; Unofficial Channels: Riddimguide; Black Glass Ensemble: Environmentalist chamber group follow the data; Deborah Walker & Silvia Tarozzi: Finest worksongs for the Italian cello and viola duo; Julmud: The Palestinian producer and rapper collages industrial sounds from across the Middle East; Floris Vanhoof: Transforming sound and vision is fair game for the Belgian artist and instrument builder; Global Ear: Moscow. The invasion of Ukraine has pushed the Russian counterculture into retreat; The Inner Sleeve: billy woods on Bigg Jus's Black Mamba Serums v2.0; Epiphanies: Gary Lucas is enchanted by Third Ear Band's trancelike medievalism."
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RELEASE DATE: 5/27/2022
Delayed... First-ever official biography of Swell Maps, Swell Maps 1972-1980 penned by band member and co-founder Jowe Head. Swell Maps were formed in Jowe's home town of Solihull, England with various school friends in 1972.The group, also featuring the late Nikki Sudden and Nikki's brother, the late Epic Soundtracks, along with Phones Sportsman, John Cockrill, and Richard Earl emerged in the late 1970s, and are now known as legendary pioneers of what is now referred to as "alternative rock" or "post-punk" with their blend of punk rock mixed with experimental and psychedelic sounds. Together they released four 7" singles, the first in 1977 on their own Rather Records and two critically acclaimed albums in a brief but dramatic career, that led to them topping the UK independent charts, and influencing bands such as Sonic Youth, Nirvana, and Blur. After Swell Maps broke up in 1980, Jowe joined the Television Personalities. Ten years with the TVPs saw Jowe making more influential records, touring Europe regularly, and playing in Japan and the USA. Today he still regularly releases recordings, solo and with multiple groups, and is the steward of the Swell Maps legacy. In this 155-page biography of the band, Jowe takes us to each members' formative years and reveals what made them experiment with challenging music and eventually come together to form Swell Maps. Through his own recollections and utilizing interviews with former members, he explores the early days of the band, and details stories that bring the reader into the inner workings of the band as they traveled through the late '70s cultural scene in Europe. The last section of the book updates the whereabouts of all the key players. The book includes dozens of full-color images of band memorabilia from the author's personal collection, including photos, posters, flyers, artwork, original lyrics, and more. Contains 7" with six exclusive never-before-released tracks culled from the band and solo member archives. Packed with full color photos and images of posters, flyers, album art, and other assorted band ephemera. Detailed appendix contains a discography, notes on selected songs, concert dates, and set lists among other items. Full-color 152-page hardcover book, approximately 297mm x 210mm; edition of 1000.
"The first Swell Maps single I bought still to this day gives me a soul scorched buzz'n'rush... The Swell Maps had a lot to do with my upbringing." --Thurston Moore
"Jowe Head spent time in two of the UK's coolest underground bands: Swell Maps and Television Personalities... a lovably skewed indie-pop tunesmith." --Time Out New York
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The expression "ghost in the machine" emerged within a particular context, namely as a critique of Cartesian dualism's separation of soul and body, and thus served to revive a certain mechanistic materialism. In simple terms, this critique denies the existence of an independent soul (the "ghost") contained in a corporeal organism (the "machine"). It asserts, on the contrary, that the "soul" is just a manifestation of the body -- that ultimately, they are one and the same. The artificial always brings with it the fantasy of emancipation and autonomy, and a break with a supposedly natural order of things. In a certain respect, the domain of musical creation constitutes a kind of front line, at once a terrain of exploration for possible applications of AI and a domain that boasts an already substantial history of the integration of machines and their calculative power into creative processes. From algorithmic composition to methods of resynthesis, from logical approaches to the creation of cybernetic systems, from the birth of computer music to neural networks, for more than half a century now music has been in continual dialogue with the binary universe of electron flows and the increasingly complex systems that control them. Each of the texts included here, in its own way, reveals a different facet of the strange prism formed by this alliance. Each projects its own particular spectrum -- or spectre; each reveals a ghost, evokes an apparition that is a composite of ideas, electricity, and operations. This book, then, does not set out to cut the Gordian knot constituted by the question of the possible mutations and becomings of binary logic, and in particular its most recent avatar, AI. On the contrary, it seeks to shed a diverse light upon the many possible ways of coming to grips with it today, and upon the dreams, promises, and doubts raised by these becomings, whether actualized in the creation of codes and programs to assemble sounds or infusing a whole compositional project. Above all, though, what is at stake here is to discover how these developments resonate together, and how this resonance manifests itself through all these approaches, all these reflections, all these modes of creation and of living. For the artificial, the artefact, is always the extro-human brainchild of a human, all too human dream. Authors: Keith Fullerton Whitman, Émilie Gillet, Steve Goodman, Florian Hecker, James Hoff, Roland Kayn, Ada Lovelace, Robin Mackay, Bill Orcutt, Matthias Puech, Akira Rabelais, Lucy Railton, Jean-Claude Risset, Sébastien Roux, Peter Zinovieff.
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WIRE 459
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RELEASE DATE: 5/20/2022
"On the cover: Reynols. As one of the most singular groups in all of rock release their first western album in two decades, following drummer Miguel Tomasin's Henry Viscardi Award for achievement in the disability community, the Argentinian trio talk to Emily Pothast about their mission to include all sounds, experiences and abilities in their kaleidoscopic vision. Plus, inside the issue: the Global Ear section features reports from the musical undergrounds in Ukraine and Russia; UK dubmaster Dennis Bovell contributes the Inner Sleeve column; Phil Freeman meets freewheeling Brazilian saxophonist Ivo Perelman, and much more."
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"While his former Pink Floyd band-mates are now global superstars, Syd Barrett remains an enigma and prior to his sad passing in 2006, was a complete recluse. But it was Syd who originally formed the group, and immediately became its chief songwriter and lead guitarist. Some would even claim he remained the force who dominated the band throughout its most creative period. Syd Barrett -- Inside And Out features an independent review and critique of this hugely influential and legendary musician by a panel of esteemed experts and close confidantes. The film also features rarely seen promo films, interview footage with Syd and other Floyd members, TV clips and a host of other features. Covering Syd Barrett's time with Pink Floyd as well as his solo years, and with extra features including; the story behind the lost Barrett recordings, this is the most complete, informative and downright entertaining Syd Barrett film yet to emerge."
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WIRE 458
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"The Wire Tapper 58 CD: Every copy of the April issue will come with a free CD of the latest volume in our series of underground music anthologies attached to the cover. This edition of The Wire Tapper features a cover designed by Al White and contains 16 new tracks by Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber, Uzu Noir, NOUS with Laraaji and Arji OceAnanda, Hinoko Omori, Rival Consoles, Jack Sheen, worriedaboutsatan, and more. On the cover... Justin Broadrick. In a special two-part feature on a virtuoso of noise, power and volume, Antonio Poscic talks to the Godflesh boss about his long journey through underground rock, from his work with bands such as Napalm Death, God, Techno Animal, Jesu and Zonal to new projects including the Godflesh collection Long Live The New Flesh and new album New Religions Old Rules. Plus, Noel Gardner provides a user's guide to Broadrick's discography in The Primer, from solo aliases to collaborations with musicians including Bonny 'Prince' Billy, Low and Mark Kozelek. Inside the issue... Thomas Buckner. For four decades the the New York baritone vocalist has been an institution of new music in New York, forging close associations with artists from Roscoe Mitchell and Robert Ashley to Annea Lockwood and Noah Creshevsky. He tells Robert Barry about his multiple roles as artist, curator of the Interpretations performance series, label runner of the Mutable imprint, and patron of the arts in NYC. Plus, bonus interviews with some of the composer-artists in Buckner's East Coast orbit. Invisible Jukebox: Claire Rousay & More Eaze. Texan sound experimenters and collaborators Claire Rousay and More Eaze take The Wire's mystery record test. Global Ear: Philip Bloomfield maps new zones of underground activity on the outskirts of Barcelona. Unlimited Editions: Peter Margasak delves into the activities of Italian online music nerve-center Superpang. Unofficial Channels: Emily Bick tunes into the technological choons of Twitter account Ringtone Bangers. Epiphanies: Composter and writer Edward Henderson discovers the true meaning of experimentation watching two people cover themselves in tape in an East London flat. Plus, full page interviews with Iceboy Violet, Sophie Cooper, Tony Bontana/SPEW, and Wet Tuna."
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"The Troggs are the cover stars of this issue with an extensive feature based on new interviews with Chris Britton and Pete Staples. Plus: David Holzer delves into the world of Alice Cooper circa 1974 with the help of bass player Dennis Dunaway; eye-opening stories on pre-Moby Grape Northwest rockers the Frantics; sunshine pop masters the Gordian Knot; psychedelic proto-punks Chrome, teen garage combo Thus (and their mega-rare custom press LP All of Thus); pint-sized mop tops the Bantams; the final installment of our Roulettes saga; an interview with rock fanzine pioneer Brian Hogg (Bam Balam) and a chat with actor, director and Boss 66 Radio DJ Tom Hanks. Not to mention our info-packed review sections, covering all the latest vinyl and CD reissues, and rock 'n' roll-related books."
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"A monumental anthology of SF/F and speculative fiction short stories and poetry. Trouble the Waters: Tales from the Deep Blue gathers the tidal force of bestselling, renowned writers from Lagos to New Orleans, Memphis to Copenhagen, Northern Ireland and London, offering extraordinary speculative fiction tales of ancient waters in all its myriad forms. Meet techno savvy water spirits, bayou saints and sirens, robots and river rootwomen, a pod of joyful space whales, and a castle of water-born terrors and mysteries. Including work by Nalo Hopkinson, Jaquira Diaz, Andrea Hairston, Linda D. Addison, Rion Amilcar Scott, Marie Vibbert, Maurice Broaddus, and other breakout beautiful voices, these stories and poems celebrate the most vital of elemental forces, water."
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WIRE 457
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"On the cover: Scratcha DVA. Scratcha DVA As the best connected mover and shaker in London's dance underground nears 20 years in music, the producer and DJ talks to Chal Ravens about his Afrofuturist visions, his Hyperdub productions, making intercontinental connections with South Africa's bass avant garde, and a broadcasting legacy that stretches from his pirate days at Rinse FM to NTS. Inside the issue: Eberhard Kranemann - An unheralded figure in Germany's underground rock revolution, Eberhard Kranemann was a member of Kraftwerk and Neu! in their crucial early years before striking out on his own with the notorious Fritz Müller Rock project and later collaborations with Harald Grosskopf; Anne Gillis - The French artist and experimental sound maker trod a distinctive path through the industrial scene with projects such as Devil's Picnic. Now, with her first album in over 15 years and new collaborations with London duo Seymour Wright and Paul Abbott, her unique rhythmic sensibility is surfacing once more. Invisible Jukebox: Lee Ranaldo & Steve Shelley - As an extensive collection of Sonic Youth's live recordings is released, the New York pair take The Wire's mystery record test. Global Ear: Peter Margasak investigates a new group of Berlin composers exploring the possibilities of just intonation tuning, including Catherine Lamb, Werner Durand, Marc Sabat, Chiyoko Szlavnics and Arnold Dreyblatt. Unlimited Editions: Emily Pothast talks to Ratskin Records, the Bay Area crew putting issues of accessibility and equality at the forefront of its music including in its 'mixed reality' online projects. Unofficial Channels: Abi Bliss investigates This Band Isn't Real, the Twitter feed creating fictitious metal groups and album covers through the power of machine learning. Plus full page interviews with Joanne Robertson, Alabaster DePlume, Simon Grab, and Jessie Cox. "
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"The cover feature is an epic, really long timeline of images and interview with the modern king of arts portrait photography, Michael Lavine; Amazing archival images by Gail Butensky and reflections on Pavement + what we think is the band's first new interview in a decade in anticipation of their reunion shows and events later this year. Tom Scharpling talks about prog rock with Matt Berry; A lengthy interview with the SF-based dreamy pop band Cindy by editor Mike McGonigal; Reuben Radding's killer photos and review of a recent show in Brooklyn by Chicago's Irreversible Entanglements; Ana Gavrilovska on why sax player and drone composer Lea Bertucci matters; Sara Jaffe on how essayist Aisha Sabatini Sloan is a genius. Also featuring: Lucy Sante on how the ironic transgressive aesthetic of the early 1990s has perhaps not aged so well: Catching up with self-taught soul artist and political cartoonist, painter Mingering Mike -- including never before printed flyers and Mike's painting of the 'Maggot Brain' cover; Yonatan Gat by Jay Ruttenberg. Plus work on/by: The debut of Mimi Lipson's advice column; Roving Bill Aspinwell -- true letters of a Civil War soldier tramp junkie hobo hero; The great writer RJ Smith on the evolution of 75 Dollar Bill's ecstatic music; SF-based Tamara Palmer on how she was there at the Love Parade in Berlin decades ago when the 'Techno Viking' moment happened; How Philly's Rosali and Emily Robb are the shreddingest shredders in shred-dom, by Michelle Dove; The great writer and photographer Doug Coomber pays tribute to the Detroit Cobras' Rachel Nagy."
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WIRE 456
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"Mdou Moctar: Niger guitar hero Mdou Moctar has blazed a trail across the world for a new style of hypnotic desert rock. On the eve of a major US and European tour, Clive Bell talks to Moctar and his band about the anti-colonial spirit animating their current album Afrique Victime, the infamous Purple Rain-inspired motorbike musical Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai, and their connections with other leading lights of daredevil North African guitar including Les Filles De Illighadad. Inside the issue... The Primer: Éliane Radigue - Julian Cowley writes a user's guide to the recordings of the great French electronic and electroacoustic composer, whose work has continued exploring the connections between Buddhism and longform sound well into the 21st century with the acoustic Occam Ocean series. Mazen Kerbaj: The Lebanese trumpeter, improvisor and cartoonist has carved out a new niche for himself in Berlin. He tells Mariam Rezaei about his new album Sampler/Sampled, where a global cast of collaborators including Bob Ostertag, Muqata'a and Equiknoxx's Gavsborg explore the power of music as a universal language. Invisible Jukebox: Chicago creative music polymaths Jeff Parker and Ben LaMar Gay go head-to-head with The Wire's mystery record test. Global Ear: In Lisbon, April Clare Walsh gets familiar with a new wave of creole language rap. Unlimited Editions: Tokyo label, record shop and keepers of the roots reggae flame Dub Store. Unofficial Channels: YouTube's Original Jungle Samples channel. Inner Sleeve: Tim Hecker. Epiphanies: Reinhold Friedl on Iannis Xenakis. Plus, full-page interviews with Robbie Lee, Hedvig Mollestad, Powers/Rolin Duo, and Duma."
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WIRE 455
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"2021 Rewind: The Wire's essential annual guide to the year in sound and music is upon us, as we consider where we are now after a tumultuous 12 months of underground activity, recovery, false starts and new beginnings. Our specially extended Rewind issue includes our Top 50 Releases of the Year and Archive Releases of The Year charts, cultural reflections from our extensive roster of writers, and our specialist columnists' charts from avant rock to noise. This year the Rewind section also includes essays by Clive Bell on how new tunings are breaking the stranglehold of Western music; Neil Kulkarni on the complex and problematic legacy of the Fourth World aesthetic in contemporary sound; and Rob Turner on how music formats from LP and tapes to downloads and streams are still changing the way we listen. Invisible Jukebox: Vocalists Loré Lixenberg and Elaine Mitchener take The Wire's mystery record test. Global Ear: James Gui spends a week in Seoul as the underground music scene opens up after Covid. Unlimited Editions: Robert Barry profiles publishing house and event organiser Grapheme as it explores the role of notation and scoring in music. Unofficial Channels: Punk 'zine archive Contextual Dissemination. Inner Sleeve: Reiko and Tori Kudo choose record sleeves that have influenced them. Epiphanies: Haley Fohr aka Circuit Des Yeux on lessons learned in quarantine and the isolation of a Robert Rauschenberg residency. Plus full page interviews with Matthias Muche, Klankvorm, Giant Claw, and Saadet Turkoz."
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"The front cover: is a gorgeous 1981 backstage photo of Lou Reed, subject of a phenomenal feature by former NY Rocker contributor Lisa Jane Persky. Inside you will also find: Grateful Dead - Kurt Vile tries to explain them to none other than Tom Scharpling; A special new piece about the making of the Velvet Underground's Loaded; Myriam Gendron - Track by track guide to her highly anticipated second album; Lee 'Scratch' Perry - Reprint of the best feature we ever read about him, by Erik Davis. Kinke Kooi - Recent works on paper; Michael Hurley - Talks to old friend Tara Jane O'neil on Hurley's first studio album in years; Doug Henning - The magician's radical roots in Canada's thriving 1970s prog/glam scene; Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Why she rules so hard, but there's no need to call her the 'godmother of rock 'n' roll' again, thanks; Gretchen Gonzales Davidson - The mystery and mastery of Detroit's drone warrior, by Destroy All Monsters' Cary Loren; The Goats - The 1990s' most forgotten hip-hop collective; Dean Wareham - A multi-page comic strip by Marly Beyer, on drinking coffee with Dean and Britta and why his new solo record is so excellent; Phew - Japanese experimental artist gets the Andy Beta treatment; 'Orchestre Tout Pouissant Marcel Duchamp' by the great Sara Jaffe; Plus also work on/ by: Lucy Sante, Chuck Nanny, Eliza Childress, Dwight Pavlovic; Dave Buick; Adrian Matejka; Brian Chippendale; Beautywork; Claire Cronin; John Colpits; Michael Evans; Nick Rosendale; Pastor Tl Barrett."
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"Motian In Motion is a documentary film about legendary jazz drummer Paul Motian. Filmmaker Michael Patrick Kelly first met Paul Motian while shooting a short documentary about his neighborhood on Manhattan's Upper West Side called Duke Ellington Boulevard. Intrigued by Mr. Motian's illustrious but at that point somewhat unheralded musical career, Michael immediately suggested that they collaborate on a documentary about Mr. Motian. At that point Michael filmed two sets of Paul's 'Electric Be Bop Band' at the world-famous Birdland jazz club in NYC. The filming of the Birdland show began what has become a unique and unprecedented look into Paul's world from recording sessions and live gigs, to jogging with Paul in New York's Central Park. Motian In Motion unfolds via taxicab and subway rides allowing Michael to capture rare footage of Paul playing at the world-renowned Village Vanguard and other venues. The film centers around cab rides and a master-class that Paul gave at The Julliard School. Allowing the film to illuminate the genius that was Paul Motian. in 2010 and Paul was able to see the beginning of the editing process. Shortly thereafter Paul was diagnosed myelodysplastic syndrome, a blood and bone-marrow disorder. This tragic and terrible news did not slow Paul down and he continued to record and play live gigs up to eight weeks before he passed in November of 2011. After Paul's passing, Kelly found it hard to look at the material until mid-2015 when he began to review the rough-cut and all the material. Astounded by what he saw Michael reached out to Paul's long time collaborators Bill Frisell and Joe Lovano who were eager to be re-interviewed and to help in any way to bring the story of Paul Motian and his music to a wider audience."
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"Laraaji: New York's mystic sage of healing vibrations talks the power of sound and new album Circle Of Celebration with collaborators Arji OceAnanda, Greg Fox and Shahzad Ismaily. Jun Togawa: The Japanese experimental pop music icon discusses her long history at the creative margins including her work with Guernica, Yapoos and Haruomi Hosono. Olivia Block: The Chicago sound artist spent lockdown experimenting with composition and psychedelic mushrooms to visualize the sanctuary of her new album Innocent Passage in the Territorial Sea. Invisible Jukebox: Bristol anarchic techno duo Giant Swan take The Wire's mystery record test."
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"Our cover boasts an extensive feature on the legendary sixties West Coast psychedelic group Clear Light. Other compelling coverage this time includes Canadian garage punks the Plague, Scottish post-punk outfit the Scars, Northern Irish psychedelic cult favorites Andwellas Dream, Dutch beat eccentrics NV Groep '65, California garage-psychsters Stack, and an interview with singer-songwriter extraordinaire Ruthann Friedman. Our series on British beat group the Roulettes continues, and we conclude our story on Boston proto-punk hero Kenne Highland. All this and more, including our ever-popular review sections, covering all the latest vinyl and CD reissues, and rock 'n' roll-related books."
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"Jajouka, a small village in the Rif mountains of northern Morocco. For over 2,000 years, magic fertility rites have been performed there, the rites of Pan, akin to the Roman Lupercales, along with unique music played by a brotherhood of musicians called The Master Musicians of Jajouka. When Brion Gysin, inventor of the Dreamachine, discovered the village in the 50s, he described them as heirs of the great 12th-century Persian poet, Farid Al-Din Attar, au- thor of the initiatory poem 'The Conference of the Birds,' a key work in the Sufi spiritual tradition. An entire fringe group of artists, musicians and writers, in the wake of Paul Bowles and Brion Gysin, were drawn to Jajouka: Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones who recorded their first album; Ornette Coleman, founder of free jazz; William S. Burroughs; LSD guru Timothy Leary; and more recently musicians such as Genesis P-Orridge or Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth. Eric and Marc Hurtado, founders of the group Etant Donnés, set out to film these Pan devotees, musicians who use their music for miraculous healing rituals held at the tomb of the village saint, Sidi Ahmed Sheikh. The film is polarized by the attraction between Bou Jeloud (the Father of Skins/Pan) and Aïsha Kandisha, woman-demoness, goddess of the night and springs. He is gold, she is silver... A child runs like the wind, chased and whipped by Bou Jeloud's olive switches... Aïsha hears and stands vigil... She waits for Bou Jeloud near nocturnal rivers... She is dangerous, he is the Father of Fear. A film of violent poetry that treads the line between documentary and fiction (but legends can be fiction?), whose action is rooted in the trance of the ritual and its musical madness, to be reflected in a child's tear, a flame, an eternal women's chant addressed to men and the heaven." Please note: seems like there is format confusion on this release, it is European PAL format only.
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"The Wire Tapper 57 CD Every copy of the November issue will come with a CD of the 57th volume in our ongoing series of underground music anthologies attached to the cover. This edition of The Wire Tapper features a cover designed by Fred Watkins and contains 16 new tracks by Ben LaMar Gay, Damo Suzuki & Spiritczualic Enhancement Center, RAIC ,Bendik Giske, Alberto Nemo, Kondi Band and more. On the cover... Klein: The South London based electronic musician channels a lifetime of listening and London living through her timely audio collages, a practice now expanding to modern composition and the moving image via new album Harmattan and film Care. Inside the issue... Black Dice: As the oddball innovators of noise music release their first album in a decade, Marc Masters finds out how the trio make the strangest grooves in the US underground. The Primer: Horace Tapscott & The Pan Afrikan People's Arkestra - A user's guide to the recordings of cosmic jazz's 'other' Arkestra, the Los Angeles based community organization founded by pianist Horace Tapscott whose legacy continues today amid a bold new era of West Coast jazz pushed forward by Kamasi Washington and others. Invisible Jukebox: Alan & Sir Richard Bishop - Siblings Alan and Sir Richard Bishop come together to face The Wire's Invisible Jukebox test. Global Ear: Josh Feola travels to Lubbock, Texas to find a small self-sustaining scene of experimental players that has been quietly creating away from the limelight. Unlimited Editions: The kaleidoscopic visions of Finnish promoter, record shop and publisher We Jazz. The Inner Sleeve: Japanese percussionist and ambient explorer Midori Takada. Plus interviews with L'Rain, Tara Clerkin Trio, Mazaher and Magda Mayas."
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Alga Marghen in collaboration with Expanded Media Editions present the final issue of Soft Need, a publication centered on the work of William Burroughs and expanding its deep influences into contemporary consciousness. Founded by Udo Breger in 1973 as a reaction to the aftermath of a three weeks' stay across Xmas and New Year's with Gysin and Burroughs, Soft Need had its roots in the underground press of the previous two decades and at the same time became a prototype for the forthcoming fanzine scene. Even if only three numbers were issued in the '70s (SN#8 in 1973 followed by SN#9 in 1976 and SN#17 The Brion Gysin Special in 1977, all in print-runs of 300 to 500 copies) it quickly became a legendary publication for both Burroughs fans and those interested in counterculture experimental poetry artists' editions. Almost half a century later, the last edition Soft Need 23 is now issued including exclusive material by William Burroughs and Brion Gysin as well as multi-media contributions by eighty international authors and artists. Issued in an edition limited to 431 copies Soft Need 23 is a 260-page art book reflecting on the contemporary relevance of historical works by Burroughs and Gysin within the frame of the Beat Generation. Dedicated to Ian Sommerville, the English electronic technician and computer programmer who was collaborating with Brion Gysin to development of the early Dreammachine and programmed the computer-generated random sequences that the poet used in his early cut-ups, the book present 190 illustrations, literary essays, photographs, poetry, visual art, caricature, memories and a vast array of ephemera by William Burroughs, Brion Gysin, Allen Ginsberg, Louise Landes Levi, Gregory Corso, Jean-Jacques Lebel, John Armleder, Paul-Armand Gette, Peter Weibel (director of ZKM Karlsruhe and curator with Udo Breger of The Name Is Burroughs show in 2012), Carl Michael von Hausswolff, Sonic Boom, Papiro, James Grauerholz, Robert Wilson, and many others. A large format (32x24cm) book printed in 4/4-color and featuring a thread-sewn visible binding. 950 grams. 260-page book edition of 431 copies.
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"Faust: As the Bureau B label prepares to issue a box set of the kosmische music legends' foundational early 1970s albums, Daniel Spicer tracks down both current factions of the group and talks to key members Jean-Hervé Péron, Hans Joachim Irmler and Zappi Diermaier. Mary Lou Williams: Alexander Hawkins assesses the legacy of the US jazz pianist and composer whose life and music traversed the swing era and the birth of black avant garde. Black Dice: Marc Masters meets the US noise rock unit as they release their first album in a decade. Invisible Jukebox: Ellen Fullman x Theresa Wong: The drone music duo cue up The Wire's mystery record selection."
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MAGAZIN 023
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Frequent readers of zweikommasieben will know that the creative processes highlighted in the magazine are an eclectic gathering of influences that result in varied creative practices. But what might be the common denominator connecting all the dots in this plurality? For the new issue, zweikommasieben makes the case for the discursive potential of personal experiences. Once the personal is taken seriously, anecdotes provide major insights into an artist's practice. A portrait on producer Malibu taps into memories of popular culture and traces musical experiences from her childhood to highlight the dedication she brings towards composing melodies and using samples. In their essay, the duo Space Afrika assembles recollections of their daily lives in north-west England to frame their artistic output over the years. Highlighting subjective perspectives also allows for the differentiation of what might appear similar at first. Both the collaboration of Andreas Bülhoff and Marc Matter featured in "Soundtexte" and the interview with Tygapaw refer to the use of poetry. The former condense language to its most basic units and present them as rhythmic building blocks for DJs. Taking a different approach, Tygapaw asked a poet to be the narrator of their album, expanding the tracks by embedding an additional layer of meaning. zweikommasieben #23 includes: interviews with Bass Clef, Crystalmess, Flora Yin-Wong, Grand River, Ikonika, Jabu & Daniela Dyson, Meemo Comma, and Tygapaw. 160 pages, 170x240mm -- all content in EN, parts in DE, FR, NL, and IT.
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R 087BK
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Wildweeds is the first art book by musician Loren Connors. Following a series of LPs on Recital showcasing Loren's haunting guitar playing, Recital present a proper collection of his Wildweed drawings. Connors' visual art has occasionally been included as little prints and pamphlets inside his LPs and CDs; though, always explored in a shade, an appendage to his music. Combusted bulbs of purple and yellow flower heads over wild grey stems, as fragile and beautiful as his music. As Loren explains the Wildweeds; "The way they move and say something, they're all separate and they're all the same." Foreword by Sean McCann and an essay by Jay Sanders. 9"x12" perfect soft bound; 120 pages; first edition of 150; hand-numbered.
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WIRE 451
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"Grouper: Dave Segal travels to the Pacific Northwest to tune into the subtle vibrations of singer-songwriter and arts mover Liz Harris and her Grouper project. Pat Thomas: The pianist and improvisor discusses his philosophy of the instrument with Clive Bell as he plans a new series of groups and performances. Once Upon A Time In Prague: Milo? Hroch gets on the trail of underground rock legend Mikolá? Chadima and his Extempore Band. Machine Learning: Abi Bliss tracks the rise of the machines as AI decodes the logic of music. Invisible Jukebox: Surgeon x DJ Bus Replacement Service Techno's oddball duo search for track IDs in The Wire's mystery record selection. And more."
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MAGGOT 006
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"On The Cover: Amazing unseen image of Bikini Kill live at CBGB in 1990, by Mike Galinsky, with accompanying lengthy photo essay exploring indie-rock in the early 1990s, including behind-the-scenes, unpublished black-and-white film images of Sonic Youth, Unwound, Mary Timony, Sleepyhead, Half Japanese, and more. Columns: Luc Sante's ridiculously good 'Pinakothek' column where he goes off on one image; John Colpits AKA Kid Millions on Miles Cooper Seaton (RIP); The forgotten brilliance of bluesy hip-hop pioneers New Kingdom; New tape releases in the tape column; Susan Bernofsky on her Robert Walser bio; The Clean's singer and guitarist David Kilgour on the long-awaited Stephen reissue plus a lot more; the enduring goofy excellence of ELO's Out of the Blue; Legendary Japanese hardcore guitarist Zigyaku from Gudon talks with Takeshi from Boris for the 'One on One' column in celebration of the wide release of Boris's 2020 album NO."
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SEELAND 534DVD
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2021 repress. "Library of Congress inductees The Firesign Theatre are the legendary comedy group behind such albums as Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers and I Think We're All Bozos on This Bus. Between albums from 1970-1972 they also hosted three weekly radio series on L.A. radio: The Firesign Theatre Radio Hour Hour, Dear Friends and Let's Eat. Dear Friends spawned both a hit 1972 double-LP on Columbia Records -- which all their fans memorized -- and a twelve-LP syndicated series, with a dozen original broadcasts each spread over two LP sides -- printed in a radio-only edition of 100 copies and bootlegged like hell ever since. Bizarre, freewheeling and hilarious, the original artifacts are today a $1000 investment on eBay that most fans have only ever experienced through nth-generation cassette dubs or cruddy internet bootlegs. Now Seeland Records and The Firesign Theatre are finally reissuing them all -- and a whole lot more besides -- in an insanely comprehensive release that will have Fireheads everywhere crying 'Deputy Dan has no friends!' Duke of Madness Motors is a book/DVD package that takes a long-overdue trip through Firesign's Dear Friends golden age of improv radio, when hanging out with the Firesign Theatre was as easy as extending an antenna. The DVD is a data disc with over 80 hours of MP3s covering every episode of every Firesign broadcast, 1970-1972, all completely restored and remastered, plus all the syndicated programs and some juicy bonus extras. Meanwhile the book contains a 108-page, full-color history of the era including an 8000-word essay, new interviews with all of Firesign and their producer and engineer, full show rundowns, original scripts, found objects, vintage collages and more. For anyone who's ever sat enthralled by a Joe Frank story or a Jean Shepherd monologue, Duke of Madness Motors will be the perfect traveling companion, whether it's a cross-country trip, a commute, or just a walk from the kitchen to the living room. Consider it an 80-hour audiobook of Ulysses as filtered through Buck Rogers, The Hour of Power, and Negativland's Over the Edge -- sponsored by your good friends at James Joyce Chevrolet of Redondo Beach." "The Firesign Theatre is a treasure of cultural commentary in the most friendly terms... it's like having the American culture explode in front of you and land all over the wall." --George Carlin
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