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Notes: Inside this issue:

Turntablists: Vinyl manipulators Maria Chavez, Mariam Rezaei and Victoria Shen prepare to hit the road (and the decks). By Emily Pothast

patten: Artist and musician Damien Roach confronts the future via AI generated samples. By Emily Bick

Dorothy Moskowitz: The former United States Of America vocalist returns with a bold new collaborative work. By Edwin Pouncey

Mihaly Vig: The Hungarian composer, actor and musician recalls his 40 year relationship with director Bela Tarr. By Ilia Rogatchevski

Invisible Jukebox: Tatsuya Yoshida: Will the drummer/vocalist be left in Ruins by The Wire's mystery record selection? Tested by James Hadfield

Unlimited Editions: Outlines

Unofficial Channels: Polar Sounds

Zoe Mc Pherson: Jungle beats and speculative futures. By Oli Warwick

Francisco Mela: 55 and free. By Daniel Spicer

Brighde Chaimbeul: Piping up. By Stewart Smith

Global Ear: Belfast. The underground thrives in Northern Ireland. By Brian Coney

The Inner Sleeve: :zoviet*france:'s Ben Ponton on The Damned's Damned Damned Damned

Epiphanies: Francisco Lopez heeds the call of the rainforest

The Wire Tapper 61: A track by track guide to this issue's free CD

Print Run: A Is For Anarchist: An ABC Book For Activists by billy woods & M Musgrove; A Licence To Rock And Pop: An Inventory Of Attitude by James Fry; Going Out: Walking, Listening, Soundmaking edited by Elena Biserna; On Minimalism: Documenting A Musical Movement edited by Kerry O'Brien & William Robin; The Names Of Minimalism: Authorship, Art Music, And Historiography In Dispute by Patrick Nickleson; I Feel Everything You Say, I Feel Everything You Hear edited by Jan Lankisch; Improvision: Orphic Art In The Age Of Jazz by Simon Shaw-Miller; Sound American No 29: The Roscoe Mitchell Issue edited by Nate Wooley; Time Come: Selected Prose 1975-2021 by Linton Kwesi Johnson
On Screen: Jeff Krulik, Joseph Pattisall & Joe Gross We Are Fugazi, From Washington DC; Sophie Robinson & Dunstan Bruce I Get Knocked Down

On Location: Michael Snow Memorial, Toronto, Canada; John Dikeman/Pat Thomas/John Edwards/Steve Noble, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK; Saidi Kanda & Mvula Mandondo, Brighton, UK; The Ephemeron Loop, London, UK; Numero Twenty, Los Angeles, US; Tears | OV + The Howling, London, UK; Pierre Bastien & Louis Laurain, Brighton, UK; Riot Ensemble: Sonic Illusions, London, UK; The Residents, Leeds, UK; Howl, London, UK; Adam Rudolph & Tyshawn Sorey, Brooklyn, US

On Site: Anne Imhof; Christian Marclay

Soundcheck: Astroturf Noise, King Ayisoba, B Cool-Aid, Gerald Cleaver/Brandon Lopez/Hprizm, Attila Csihar, Drew Daniel & John Wiese, Deerhoof, Dry Thrust, Marc Ducret, Dunn With Rutmanis, Debby Friday, Satoko Fujii & Otomo Yoshihide, Katie Gately, Tim Hecker, hepa.Titus, James Holden, James Ilgenfritz/Sandy Ewen/Michael Foster, Jan Jelinek, King Vision Ultra, Ingrid Laubrock, James Brandon Lewis, Liturgy, Liv.e, London Brew, Lily Guarneros Maase, Rob Mazurek & Exploding Star Orchestra, Moss Freed/Union Division, Natural Information Society, Bill Orcutt, patten, The Reds, Pinks & Purples, Alasdair Roberts, William Roper/Cassia Streb/Tim Feeney, Bruce Russell, Scatter, Sightless Pit, Sleaford Mods, Paul St Hilaire, Thomas Stone, Surgeon, Time Phase Trio, Time Trout, Keith & Julie Tippett: Couple In Spirit, Yves Tumor, Dan Weiss Trio, Alan Wilkinson/Steve Noble/John Edwards, Xiu Xiu, Various Tutto A Posto E Niente In Ordine, Various Utopia Or Oblivion

The Boomerang: Death, Felt, Harald Grosskopf, Francois Jeanneau, Siegfried Kessler/Gus Nemeth/Stu Martin, Maajun, The Muffins, Phauss, Phew, Andrew Poppy, Unwound, Various Blacklips Bar: Androgyns & Deviants - Industrial Romance For Bruised & Battered Angels 1992-1995

Notes: On the cover: Darius Jones: The New York based composer and saxophonist draws connections between Fluxus and US avant jazz. By John Morrison. Plus: Steve Roach: Synthesizer worship with the Arizona ambient musician. By Ned Raggett; [Ahmed]: Revolutionary grooves from the radically minded Anglo-Swedish-French quartet. By Stewart Smith; Clarissa Connelly: The Scottish born, Denmark based multi-instrumentalist meditates on myth, memory and modernity via her singular songcraft. By Leah Kardos; Shovel Dance Collective: The London avant folk ensemble balance the trad and the weird. By Lucy Thraves; Invisible Jukebox: Ka Baird: Will the New York based artist lose their Bearings when faced by The Wire's mystery record selection? Tested by Ryan Meehan. Also inside this issue: The Wire Tapper 64; Arushi Jain; Kulku; Harmony Holiday; Richie Culver; Unlimited Editions Industrial Coast; Unofficial Channels The Rest; Global Ear: Dublin; The Inner Sleeve by Raji Rags; Epiphanies by Aura Satz; many pages of reviews and much more.

Notes: Inside the brand new issue:

Raven Chacon: The Dine/Navajo composer foregrounds unheard and silenced voices in his radical works for ensembles, electronics and noise. By Esi Eshun

Ingrid Laubrock: The New York based reedist creates settings for koans and poems as part of a unique new compositional practice. By Stewart Smith

Bastard Assignments: The radical new music ensemble get lost in the woods with their satire of the English countryside. By Robert Barry

Infinity Knives: From Tom And Jerry to sociopolitics, rapper Tariq Ravelomanana keeps it unreal. By Lucy Thraves

Cleaners From Venus: Martin Newell's songcraft and wordplay across many DIY albums evidence a uniquely wired mind. By Mike Barnes

Lukas De Clerck: Brussels musician extends ancient pipe instruments into the present moment. By Antonio Poscic

Penelope Trappes: Australian artist voices griefs past and present. By Spenser Tomson

Ciaran Mackle: Sample manipulator twists folk song into cubist forms. By Daryl Worthington

Invisible Jukebox: Jeff Mills: Will Detroit techno's great conceptualist be a wizard IDing The Wire's mystery record selection? Tested by Chal Ravens

Unlimited Editions: Robert Ridley-Shackleton's Cardboard Club cutouts

The Inner Sleeve: Loraine James on Circa Survive's On Letting Go

Global Ear: Osaka's proto-industrialists revitalise the city's experimental music scene. By Jere Kilpinen

Epiphanies: Golem Mecanique rewinds to a treasured VHS tape of Pier Paolo Pasolini's Accattone

Against The Grain: Mosi Reeves takes on underground hiphop's gender imbalance

Soundcheck: Laura Agnusdei, Anzu Quartet, Apparitions, Backxwash, Black Rain, Francois J Bonnett/Sarah Davachi, Brûlez Les Meubles, Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber, Cliche Toupee, Clipping, Chick Corea, Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson, Earth Ball, en creux, The Ex, Ash Fure, Geologist & DS, Gnod & White Hills, Judith Hamann, Lonnie Holley, Imperial Triumphant, Eiko Ishibashi, Kafka's Ibiki, Kuunatic, Labyrinthe Des Esprits, Brandon Lopez, Brandon Lopez & DoYeon Kim, Lust For Youth & Croatian Amor, Masma Dream World, Will Mason Quartet, Zoe Mc Pherson, more eaze & claire rousay, Fred Moten & Brandon Lopez, Bob Mould, Jerome Noetinger, Conrad Pack, Panda Bear, Pink Must, Sophia Djebel Rose, Sandwell District, Colin Self, Sissy Spacek, Aleksandra Slyz, Wadada Leo Smith & Vijay Iyer, Spiral Deluxe, Huma Utku, Wolf Eyes x Anthony Braxton, Anna Webber, Zhu Songjie, Rutger Zuydervelt, Various Aggregate: New Works For Automated Pipe Organs

The Columns: Avant Rock by Joseph Stannard; Critical Beats by Misha Farrant; Dub & Reggae by Steve Barker; Electronics by Sam Davies; Hiphop & R&B by John Morrison; Jazz & Improv by Andy Hamilton; Modern Composition by Julian Cowley; Noise, Industrial & Beyond by Raymond Cummings; Size Matters by Byron Coley

The Boomerang: Cadentia Nova Danica; Tobe Hooper & Wayne Bell; Michael Gregory Jackson; Jaroslav Koran; Oksana Linde; Ted Lucas; The Saints; The Sex Pistols; Smegma; Smith & Mighty; John Tchicai; Various Disco Charge Presents More Sin: Box Of Sin 2; Various Volcanic Tongue: A Time-Travelling Evangelist's Guide To Late 20th-Century Underground Music

Print Run: 13 Ways Of Looking At AI, Art & Music by Jennifer Walshe; (A)tonal Adventures: A Chronicle Of Intakt Records by Patrik Landolt; Fusion! From Alice Coltrane To Moor Mother by Alex Coles; Volcanic Tongue: A Time-Travelling Evangelist's Guide To Late 20th-Century Underground Music by David Keenan; What Do You Call It: From Grassroots To The Golden Era Of UK Rap by David Kane; MC5: An Oral Biography Of Rock's Most Revolutionary Band by Brad Tolinski, Jaan Uhelszki & Ben Edmonds; Peter Brotzmann: Free-Jazz, Revolution And The Politics Of Improvisation by Daniel Spicer; Brotzmann In My Focus by eiga Koritnik; Remixing Wong Kar-wai: Music, Bricolage And The Aesthetics Of Oblivion by Giorgio Biancorosso; Dark Dungeon Music: The Unlikely Story Of Dungeon Synth by Jordan Whiteman

On Location: David Murray/Haker Flaten/Paal Nilssen-Love, London, UK; Jamaaladeen Tacuma, London, UK; Unsound, Brussels, Belgium; Dedicated Play: BEAM SPLITTER x Xiu Xiu, Berlin, Germany + London, UK; Deep Time: Basquiat & Cage 8424, Edinburgh, UK; Alexander von Schlippenbach Trio, London, UK; Ben LaMar Gay, Berlin, Germany; Catalytic Sound Festival 2024, Chicago, US; Alexander Hawkins, London, UK; Roscoe Mitchell, Houston, US; MENT, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Laurie Anderson, Manchester, UK

On Site: Breaking Lines, London, UK; Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal, Los Angeles, US; Tanat Teeradakorn: National Opera Complex, London, UK

Plus: Letters, Charts, Out There

Notes: ***B-STOCK: Tear on front cover, item otherwise in perfect condition***


Inside the brand new issue:

Raven Chacon: The Dine/Navajo composer foregrounds unheard and silenced voices in his radical works for ensembles, electronics and noise. By Esi Eshun

Ingrid Laubrock: The New York based reedist creates settings for koans and poems as part of a unique new compositional practice. By Stewart Smith

Bastard Assignments: The radical new music ensemble get lost in the woods with their satire of the English countryside. By Robert Barry

Infinity Knives: From Tom And Jerry to sociopolitics, rapper Tariq Ravelomanana keeps it unreal. By Lucy Thraves

Cleaners From Venus: Martin Newell's songcraft and wordplay across many DIY albums evidence a uniquely wired mind. By Mike Barnes

Lukas De Clerck: Brussels musician extends ancient pipe instruments into the present moment. By Antonio Poscic

Penelope Trappes: Australian artist voices griefs past and present. By Spenser Tomson

Ciaran Mackle: Sample manipulator twists folk song into cubist forms. By Daryl Worthington

Invisible Jukebox: Jeff Mills: Will Detroit techno's great conceptualist be a wizard IDing The Wire's mystery record selection? Tested by Chal Ravens

Unlimited Editions: Robert Ridley-Shackleton's Cardboard Club cutouts

The Inner Sleeve: Loraine James on Circa Survive's On Letting Go

Global Ear: Osaka's proto-industrialists revitalise the city's experimental music scene. By Jere Kilpinen

Epiphanies: Golem Mecanique rewinds to a treasured VHS tape of Pier Paolo Pasolini's Accattone

Against The Grain: Mosi Reeves takes on underground hiphop's gender imbalance

Soundcheck: Laura Agnusdei, Anzu Quartet, Apparitions, Backxwash, Black Rain, Francois J Bonnett/Sarah Davachi, Brûlez Les Meubles, Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber, Cliche Toupee, Clipping, Chick Corea, Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson, Earth Ball, en creux, The Ex, Ash Fure, Geologist & DS, Gnod & White Hills, Judith Hamann, Lonnie Holley, Imperial Triumphant, Eiko Ishibashi, Kafka's Ibiki, Kuunatic, Labyrinthe Des Esprits, Brandon Lopez, Brandon Lopez & DoYeon Kim, Lust For Youth & Croatian Amor, Masma Dream World, Will Mason Quartet, Zoe Mc Pherson, more eaze & claire rousay, Fred Moten & Brandon Lopez, Bob Mould, Jerome Noetinger, Conrad Pack, Panda Bear, Pink Must, Sophia Djebel Rose, Sandwell District, Colin Self, Sissy Spacek, Aleksandra Slyz, Wadada Leo Smith & Vijay Iyer, Spiral Deluxe, Huma Utku, Wolf Eyes x Anthony Braxton, Anna Webber, Zhu Songjie, Rutger Zuydervelt, Various Aggregate: New Works For Automated Pipe Organs

The Columns: Avant Rock by Joseph Stannard; Critical Beats by Misha Farrant; Dub & Reggae by Steve Barker; Electronics by Sam Davies; Hiphop & R&B by John Morrison; Jazz & Improv by Andy Hamilton; Modern Composition by Julian Cowley; Noise, Industrial & Beyond by Raymond Cummings; Size Matters by Byron Coley

The Boomerang: Cadentia Nova Danica; Tobe Hooper & Wayne Bell; Michael Gregory Jackson; Jaroslav Koran; Oksana Linde; Ted Lucas; The Saints; The Sex Pistols; Smegma; Smith & Mighty; John Tchicai; Various Disco Charge Presents More Sin: Box Of Sin 2; Various Volcanic Tongue: A Time-Travelling Evangelist's Guide To Late 20th-Century Underground Music

Print Run: 13 Ways Of Looking At AI, Art & Music by Jennifer Walshe; (A)tonal Adventures: A Chronicle Of Intakt Records by Patrik Landolt; Fusion! From Alice Coltrane To Moor Mother by Alex Coles; Volcanic Tongue: A Time-Travelling Evangelist's Guide To Late 20th-Century Underground Music by David Keenan; What Do You Call It: From Grassroots To The Golden Era Of UK Rap by David Kane; MC5: An Oral Biography Of Rock's Most Revolutionary Band by Brad Tolinski, Jaan Uhelszki & Ben Edmonds; Peter Brotzmann: Free-Jazz, Revolution And The Politics Of Improvisation by Daniel Spicer; Brotzmann In My Focus by eiga Koritnik; Remixing Wong Kar-wai: Music, Bricolage And The Aesthetics Of Oblivion by Giorgio Biancorosso; Dark Dungeon Music: The Unlikely Story Of Dungeon Synth by Jordan Whiteman

On Location: David Murray/Haker Flaten/Paal Nilssen-Love, London, UK; Jamaaladeen Tacuma, London, UK; Unsound, Brussels, Belgium; Dedicated Play: BEAM SPLITTER x Xiu Xiu, Berlin, Germany + London, UK; Deep Time: Basquiat & Cage 8424, Edinburgh, UK; Alexander von Schlippenbach Trio, London, UK; Ben LaMar Gay, Berlin, Germany; Catalytic Sound Festival 2024, Chicago, US; Alexander Hawkins, London, UK; Roscoe Mitchell, Houston, US; MENT, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Laurie Anderson, Manchester, UK

On Site: Breaking Lines, London, UK; Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal, Los Angeles, US; Tanat Teeradakorn: National Opera Complex, London, UK

Plus: Letters, Charts, Out There

Notes: Includes new WIRE TAPPER CD
Inside the issue you''ll find elusive beats creator Zomby in a rare face-to-face encounter with club reporter Lisa Blanning, Dan Wilson drawing back the veil
on the occult origins of Daphne Oram''s radiophonic sound art, a guide to the labyrinthine back catalogue of alt.rock Renaissance Man Jim O''Rourke, plus
more alt.music news, reviews and previews than you can shake a stick at

Notes: Inside this issue:

Annea Lockwood: Having explored the outer reaches of sound across a multi-decade career taking in burning pianos, animals and pulsars, the New Zealand composer turns her attention to love and loss. By Louise Gray

Once Upon A Time In Maida Vale: In 1970s London, Spanish exile Miguel JM Garcia Garcia established a space where anarcho punk and industrial music would flourish. By Nick Soulsby

Svitlana Nianio: The Ukrainian vocalist and keyboard player approaches folk song with an experimental ear. By Olena Pohonchenkova

Invisible Jukebox: Gerald Cleaver: Will the US drummer and electronic composer Adjust to The Wire's mystery record selection - or end up In The Wilderness? Tested by Collin Smith

Kramer: From Bongwater and Butthole Surfers to Palace, Low and now Laraaji - the US producer, musician and Shimmy-Disc proprietor continues to produce prosthetic memories. By Emily Pothast

Unlimited Editions: Guruguru Brain

Unofficial Channels: Radio Amnion

Coffin Prick: Moog and monotone from the Los Angeles synthesist. By Abi Bliss

Ellen Zweig: The New York based composer speaks out. By Robert Barry

Goat: Japanese rock gets polyrhythmic. By James Hadfield

Ziur: Digital to physical for the Berlin based producer. By Milos Hroch

Global Ear: Bucharest: DIY electronics vs minimal techno in the Romanian capital. By Steve Rickinson

The Inner Sleeve: Abdullah Miniawy on Fela Kuti's Fear Not For Man

Epiphanies: Sunik Kim and the human nature of Conlon Nancarrow

The Wire Tapper 62: A track-by-track guide to this issue's free CD

Print Run: Twist: An American Girl by Adele Bertei, Living Metal: Scenes Around The World edited by Bryan Bardine & Jerome Stueart, Decolonial Metal Music In Latin America by Nelson Varas-Diaz, Composing While Black: Afrodiasporic New Music Today edited by Harald Kisiedu & George E Lewis, John Wetton: An Extraordinary Life edited by Nick Shilton, The Great Psychic Outdoors: Lo-Fi Music And Escaping Capitalism by Enrico Monacelli, Uncurating Sound: Knowledge With Voice And Hands by Salome Voegelin, Singularity Codex: Matthew Shipp On RogueArt by Clifford Allen, Cosmic Scholar: The Life And Times Of Harry Smith by John Szwed

On Screen: David Cronenberg Naked Lunch; Emil Spoelder The Dream Syndicate: How Did We Find Ourselves Here?

On Location: ZEZ, Zagreb, Croatia; The Silent Eye, London, UK; Why The Mountains Are Black, Konitsa, Greece; 24-Hour Drone, New York, US; Model/Actriz, London, UK; Hawkwind + Voivod, London, UK; Blue Now, London, UK; Impressions Of John Coltrane: Nat Birchall Quintet + David Angol Quartet + Ed Jones/Dominic Lash/Mark Wastell + Alan Skidmore, London, UK; Thing In The Spring 15, Keene, US; Suzanne Ciani + Li Yilei, London, UK; Sonar, Barcelona, Spain; Sophie Agnel, London, UK

On Site: XXL Dreams, The Hague, The Netherlands; Museum Of Portable Sound, Portsmouth, UK/Online

Souncheck: Eve Aboulkheir/Lasse Marhaug, Emil Amos, Steve Beresford & Angharad Davies, Lea Bertucci & Lawrence English, Adam Bohman/Martin Hackett/Sue Lynch, Dominic Coles, Mike Cooper, John Dikeman/Pat Thomas/ John Edwards/Steve Noble, Aaron Dilloway, Aaron Dilloway & AMURTARITI, Kevin Drumm, Baxter Dury, The End, Fabio Frizzi, JB Glazer, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Mats Gustafsson & Andreas Roysum, Hackedepicciotto, I Paesani featuring Gunter 'Baby' Sommer, Illegal Crowns, Kassel Jaeger, Killer Mike, Sunik Kim, Kœnig, Ana Kravanja & Elisabeth Harnik, Ana Kravanja & Vitja Balsalorsky, Laraaji & Kramer, Damon Locks & Rob Mazurek, The Nonidentical, Oxbow, Lucie Pachova, Sally Potter, Michael Allen Z Prime, Qow, Jer Reid & Tony Bevan, Dean Rodney Jr & The Cowboys, Renata Roman/Paola Ribiero/Laura.aLL, Kristen Roos, Rrose, Sexmob, Ben Scher, JG Thirlwell/Mivos Quartet, Pat Thomas, Pat Thomas & Caroline Kraabel, Pat Thomas/Chris Sharkey/Luke Reddin-Williams, David Toop & Lawrence English, Dafne Vicente-Sandoval/Lars Petter Hagen, Ute Wassermann, Weird Beard, Semay Wu, Ziur, ZULI, Various Disruptive Frequencies

The Boomerang: Air Miami, Dorothy Ashby, Autechre & Hafler Trio, The Black Dog, Black Dog Productions, John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy, Gate, High Rise, Harold Land, The Plastic People Of The Universe, Sandwell District, Saphron, Vivian Stanshall, Frank Zappa, Various Bullshit Detector Vols 1-3

Notes: Inside the brand new issue:

David Lynch & Chrystabell: As their new album Cellophane Memories marks the culmination of 20-plus years of collaboration, the director and singer unpack their dream-like songs over a damn fine cup of coffee. By Britt Brown

The Sound World Of David Lynch: The Wire's writers decode the strange audio messages embedded in the work of the visionary film director, with essays by Philip Brophy, Joe Muggs, Ned Raggett, Xenia Benivolski, Marc Weidenbaum, JR Moores, Lucy Thraves, Bill Meyer, Kurt Gottschalk, Emily Pothast, Claire Biddles, Ryan Meehan and Derek Walmsley, plus ONO's travis

Invisible Jukebox: Dhangsha: Will Asian Dub Foundation's founder member screw his face up at The Wire's mystery record collection? Tested by Daryl Worthington

Unlimited Editions: Gothenburg's Discreet Music label and distro reps DIY values in their international roster

The Inner Sleeve: Mabe Fratti on Pescado Rabioso's Artaud

Global Ear: Monterrey is the melting pot for cumbia sound system styles from Mexico and beyond. By Juan San Cristobal Lizama

Copper Sounds: Bristol's instrument inventors ring the changes from bells to ceramics. By Louis Pattison

Miaux: Retro synths provide a happy ending for the Belgium based musician and sountrack composer. By Leah Kardos

Theodora Laird & Caius Williams: The London improvising duo are back in the room with their site-specific jams. By Lucy Thraves

Epiphanies: Lonnie Holley goes to church and finds himself in the recording studio

The Wire Tapper 65: A track-by-track guide to this issue's free CD

Soundcheck: Ernie Althoff, A Song For You, Black Decelerant, Nathan Bowles Trio, Brique, Kim Cass, Clevelode, FIN, Alec Goldfarb, Haunted Plasma, Alexander Hawkins & Sofia Jernberg, Takashi Inagaki, Vijay Iyer, KMRU, Iztok Koren, Ana Kravanja, Samo Kutin, Landless, Lankum, Eve Libertine, LoSO, Ian Lynch, Drew McDowall, Joe McPhee with Ken Vandermark, Microcorps, more eaze/pardo/glass, Neil Luck, Antonina Nowacka, Oneida, Pale Spring, Tristan Perich & Ensemble, Pseudotouriste, Psychic Graveyard, Laila Sakini, Sawn Half, Scientist, Senyawa, Shark In A Bathtub, ShrapKnel, Wadada Leo Smith, Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myers, Sote, Vince Staples, Tegh & Adel Poursamadi, JG Thirlwell, Pat Thomas/Dominic Lash/Tony Orrell, Thuluth, Laurie Tompkins & Max Syedtollan, Wave Generators, Weird Weather, Yokel, Patricia Wolf, Xylitol, Loula Yorke, ZULI

The Boomerang: Steve Beresford, Elaine Brown, Faust, Fingers, Jorga Mesfin, Louis Moholo-Moholo, Purl, Sparks, Noel, Martin Rev, Alan Vega, Ween

Print Run: Futuromania: Electronic Dreams, Desiring Machines And Tomorrow's Music Today by Simon Reynolds; Rebel Girl: My Life As A Feminist Punk by Kathleen Hanna; Neu Klang: The Definitive History Of Krautrock by Christoph Dallach; Living Space: John Coltrane, Miles Davis And Free Jazz, From Analog To Digital by Michael Veal; The World Got Away: A Memoir by Mikel Rouse

On Screen: Matt Stephenson & Alan Jones Burning Bridges: The Story Of Paul Burwell

On Location: Badhead Festival, Shenzhen, China; Roadburn, Tilburg, Netherlands; Elaine Mitchener, London, UK; Robert Ashley's Foreign Experiences, New York, US; Moers Festival, Moers, Germany; Long Play Festival, New York, US; Blurt, London, UK; Chicago Jazz String Summit 2024, Chicago, US; Bristol New Music, Bristol, UK; Long Play: Sam Prekop & John McEntire + Kate NV + The Soft Pink Truth, New York, US; Lanark Artefax, London, UK

On Site: brecht fragments, London, UK

Notes: Inside this issue:

Richard Pinhas: At the age of 71 the French experimental guitarist and Heldon founder is still going all the way out. By Daniel Spicer

The Primer: French underground rock: A user's guide to the subcultural eruption that belched forth the likes of Heldon, Brigitte Fontaine, Lard Free and Art Zoyd. By Keith Moline

Weyes Blood: The US vocalist, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist delivers apocalyptic visions via deceptively lush avant pop. By Emily Pothast

Invisible Jukebox: Hamid Drake: Will the US drummer get the tempo of The Wire's mystery record selection? Tested by Bill Meyer.

Unlimited Editions: Dadaist Tapes

Unofficial Channels: DJ M-TRAXXX

Zubin Kanga: New horizons for the composer, pianist and technologist. By Emily Bick

Suzi Analogue: Never Normal for the Miami dancefloor experimentalist. By Neil Kulkarni

Ustad Noor Bakhsh: On the trail of the benju master. By Francis Gooding

Ale Hop: The Peruvian artist negotiates new sonic territories. By Hannah Pezzack

Global Ear: Korean Demilitarised Zone united by music in no man's land. By James Gui

The Inner Sleeve: Melvin Gibbs on Ornette Coleman's Dancing In Your Head

Epiphanies: Inside and out with DJ Marcelle

Print Run: Gee Vaucher: Beyond Punk, Feminism And The Avant-Garde by Rebecca Binns; Extreme Music: From Silence To Noise And Everything In Between by Michael Tau; You're With Stupid: kranky, Chicago And The Reinvention Of Indie Music by Bruce Adams; Sonic Elements: Matrices, Cosmograms, & Ostinatos Of Circularity by Adam Rudolph; Improvising The Score by Gretchen L Carlson; Saxophone Colossus: The Life & Music Of Sonny Rollins by Aidan Levy; Holy Ghost: The Life & Death Of Free Jazz Pioneer Albert Ayler by Richard Koloda

On Screen: Arturas Barysas Restored Short Films 1971-82; Alex Crowton & Bobby Dass This Is Sparklehorse

On Location: No Bounds 2022, Sheffield, UK; Riot Ensemble, London, UK; Gonerfest 19, Memphis, US; Malcy Duff And His Trouser Orchestra + Ecka Mordecai/Ash Reid/Fritz Welch + Rob Churm, London, UK; Meakusma, Eupen, Belgium; Other Minds Festival, San Francisco, US; Skanu Mess: 20th Anniversary, Riga, Latvia; The Hearing Experience, London, UK; FutureStops, Toronto, Canada; Terry Day & Friends: Celebrating The Archives, London, UK; Unsound, Krakow, Poland; Juliet Fraser: Wave Songs, London, UK

On Site: Hannah Catherine Jones OWED TO CHIRON (The Wounded Healer); Sonic Acts Biennial 2022

Soundcheck: Abduction, Mike Baggetta/Jim Keltner/Mike Watt, Blut Aus Nord, Yao Bobby & Simon Grab, Tyondai Braxton, Burial, Cainan Dawn, Xhosa Cole, William Fowler Collins, Adrian Corker, Dale Cornish, Richie Culver, Alex Cunningham/Patrick Shiroishi/Thom Nguyen, Richard Dawson, Giovanni Di Domenico, Giovanni Di Domenico & Zugzwang, Giovanni Di Domenico & Tatsuhisa Yamamoto, Kaja Draksler & Susana Santos Silva, Earth Room, Jimmy Edgar, Brunhild Ferrari & Christoph Heemann, Fire-Toolz, Forensic Trio, Carla dal Forno, Frances Pylons, Maxine Funke, Goat, Gotho, Heith, Holodec, The Howling, Ikonika, Isomonstrosity, Keith Jarrett, Molly Joyce, Kode9, Sarathy Korwar, James Brandon Lewis Quartet, Lykotonon, Magma, Moin, Hedvig Mollestad & Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, Bill Nace, Network Glass & Jason Crumer, Maggie Nicols, Mali Obomsawin, Oort Smog, Oxbow & Peter Brotzmann, Jeff Parker ETA IVtet, Theo Parrish, Pink Siifu & Real Bad Man, Ingrid Plum, Polyphia, Rabit, Say What, Secluded Bronte, Patrick Shiroishi, Susana Santos Silva & Alexandra Nilsson, Rishin Singh with Martin Sturm, Richard Skelton, Stargaze, Stonecirclesampler, Strategy, Pat Thomas, Richard Thomas, Thumbscrew, Devin Townsend

The Boomerang: The Apostles, George Burt, Cerberus Shoal, Essential Logic, Neu!, Jocelyn Pook, Charles Stepney, Thorr's Hammer, Masahiko Togashi with Don Cherry & Charlie Haden, Virgin Prunes

Notes: Inside this brand new issue:

Releases of the Year: Wire asked their contributors to vote for their top ten records, CDs, streams and more, then added up the votes

Critics' Reflections: Wire's writers discuss their memorable cultural experiences of the year

Columnists' Charts: Wire's specialist critics delve deep into their musical niches from noise to modern composition

Archive Releases of the Year: Wire asked their contributors to vote for their top ten archive records, CDs, streams and more, then added up the votes.

Engineered Phantoms: AI for the masses. By Abi Bliss

Back to the Land: Strange as folk. By Louis Pattison

Rival Camps: Crossing the streams. By Britt Brown

Weapons of Mass Distraction: Artists and Gaza. By GAIKA

Invisible Jukebox: Linton Kwesi Johnson: The veteran reggae poet faces down The Wire's mystery record selection. Tested by Gabriel Bristow

Laetitia Sadier: The Stereolab founder promotes community and healing with her new solo work. By Claire Biddles

Fred Frith: The Henry Cow co-founder returns to his groundbreaking 1974 album Guitar Solos with a reissue and a new album. By Clive Bell

Unlimited Editions: Bead Records

Unofficial Channels: Lanner Chronicle

Phil Geraldi: Road head music. By Emily Bick

HUUUM: Viennese whirl. By Ilia Rogatchevski

Lisa Ullen: Piano magic. By Peter Margasak

Thomas Ignatius: Medieval synthpop. By Leah Kardos

Global Ear: Chicago Democracy and improv in the Midwest. By Levi Dayan

The Inner Sleeve: Vince Clarke on The Human League's Travelogue

Epiphanies: Mariam Rezaei on Persian pitch-shifting

Print Run: Dancehall: The Rise Of Jamaican Dance Culture by Beth Lesser; Lost In Room: Mark Perry, Alternative TV And Related, 1977-1981 by Richard Johnson; Deep Blues 1960-1988 by Val Wilmer; Ukrainian Field Notes edited by Gianmarco Del Re; At The Vanguard Of Vinyl by Darren Mueller; Too Much Too Young: Rude Boys, Racism And The Soundtrack Of A Generation - The 2 Tone Records Story by Daniel Rachel; NOTHING IS POSSIBLE NERVOUSNESS, OR IMMORALITY DON'T WAIT TO BE HUNTED TO HIDE/ SPOILT HEALTH by TRS: The Fucking Terrible Receding Shapes, Trading As TRIPLE NEGATIVE

On Screen: Midori Takada: Japan On Film; Robert Fantinatto Subotnick Portrait Of An Electronic Music Pioneer

On Location: Recombinant Festival, San Francisco, US; Sir Richard Bishop, Edinburgh, UK; Week-End Fest, Cologne, Germany; Black Industrial | Noise Event 4: Ain Bailey, London, UK; Out.Fest, Barreiro, Portugal; Gonerfest 20, Memphis, US; Sonica Surge, Glasgow, UK; People Like Us, London, UK; Loraine James, San Francisco, US; Usurper: That's That Then, Edinburgh, UK; Easter Margins Road 2 Redline Tour with OverMyBody Taipei, Taiwan; Donaueschinger Musiktage 2023, Donaueschingen, Germany

On Site: Val Wilmer Blue Moments, Black Sounds, London, UK; Meredith Monk: Calling, Munich, Germany; Barbara Ess Archives, New York, US

Soundcheck: Aesop Rock, Agitation Free, All Men Unto Me, Alternative TV, Chino Amobi, Andre 3000, Erlend Apneseth Trio & Maja SK Ratkje, Anenon, Daniel Bachman, BEAM SPLITTER + Eivind Lonning & Espen Reinertsen, Beans, Lea Bertucci, Better Corners, Galya Bisengalieva, Black To Comm, Andy Blade & Buddies, Danny Brown, Conflux Coldwell, Amelia Cuni/Werner Durand/Uli Hohmann, CZN, Angharad Davies & Phil Julian, Eartheater, Max Eastley/Terry Day/John Butcher, Carlos Ferreira, Peter Gabriel, Gruzja, Holy Tongue, Robert Hood & Femi Kuti, Idea Fire Company, Ed Jones/Dominic Lash/Mark Wastell, KAVARI, Kid Acne, Klein, Anysia Kym & Jadasea, Dominic Lash/Rachel Musson/Phil Durrant/Steve Noble, Joelle Leandre & Rodolphe Loubatiere, George Lewis/ICE, DJ Manny, Trevor Mathison, Myra Melford's Fire & Water Quintet, MHYSA, Moin, Maggie Nicols/Matilda Rolfsson/Mark Wastell, Steve Noble, Aki Onda, Ordeal, Aruan Ortiz, Tony Oxley, Eddie Prevost/NO Moore/James O'Sullivan/Ross Lambert, Janneke van der Putten, Lucy Railton, Maja SK Ratkje & Nordic Affect, Mike Reed, Marc Richter, Raphael Rogi?ski, Patrick Shiroishi, Timelash, David Toop & Tania Caroline Chen, Universal Harmonies & Frequencies, V/Z, Alex Ward Items 6 & 7, Teresa Winter, Various C-01 Compilation, Various Flux Gourmet: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

The Boomerang:

Barry Bermange/Delia Derbyshire/The BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Earth, Khanate, Meat Puppets, Meshuggah, Het Pandorra Ensemble, Penny Rimbaud/Mikado Koko, Rudimentary Peni, Archie Shepp, Masayuki Takayanagi New Direction Unit, War, Frank Zappa, Various The Complete Obscure Records Collection, Various One Mile From Heaven, Various Spectra Ex Machina: A Sound Anthology Of Occult Phenomena 1920-2017 Vol 2

Notes: Inside the brand new issue:

Khanate: The reconvened avant sludge quartet bring their fifth document of doom in the form of To Be Cruel. By Rob Turner

Beam Splitter: Audrey Chen and Henrik Munkeby Norstebo explore intimacy via electroacoustics. By Julian Cowley

Invisible Jukebox: Dali De Saint Paul: The Bristol based vocalist and improvisor faces The Wire's mystery record selection. Tested by Phil England

Agitation Free: The German rock experimentalists return with a new album. By Daniel Spicer

Unlimited Editions: bie Records

Unofficial Channels: The Roulette Tapes

Violent Magic Orchestra: The Osaka outfit unite black metal, gabber and trance. By James Hadfield

Mpho Molikeng: Rebuilding African music with the Basotho multi-instrumentalist. By David Grundy

Galya Bisengalieva: The Kazakh-British artist invokes the spirit of the atom. By Abi Bliss

Eve Stainton: Capturing the Dykegeist with the Mancunian choreographer. By Claire Biddles

Global Ear: In Berlin brutality reigns at Germany's long-running extreme metal festival. By Thomas Osman

The Inner Sleeve: Alan Courtis on Mauricio Kagel's Exotica and Los Cau's Los Cau

Epiphanies: Nkisi follows the path of Kongo tradition into unseen worlds of sound

Print Run: First Floor: Reflections On Electronic Music Culture Volume 1 by Shawn Reynaldo; Journal De Mes Sons/Diary Of My Sounds by Pierre Henry; Subcontinental Synthesis: Electronic Music At The National Institute Of Design, India 1969-1972 edited by Paul Purgas; Transforming Moments by Richard Barrett; Gerard Grisey And Spectral Music: Composition In The Information Age by Liam Cagney; The Life And Music Of Gerard Grisey: Delirium And Form by Jeffrey Arlo Brown; Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir by Sly Stone with Ben Greenman; Kleenex/LiLiPUT by Marlene Marder

On Screen: Maureen Gosling The 9 Lives Of Barbara Dane

On Site: Din, London, UK; Johanna Billing Each Moment Presents What Happens, London, UK

On Location: Unsound, Krakow, Poland; WOS Festival, Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Another Sky Festival, London, UK; M. Festival, New York, US; AR Kane, London, UK; Seanaps Festival, Leipzig, Germany; Cadillac & Ogun 50th Anniversary Concert, London, UK; Tubby's 5-Year Anniversary, Kingston, US; ArcTanGent, Bristol, UK

Soundcheck: Abstract Concrete, Susan Alcorn/Septeto Del Sur, Amor Muere, AshTreJinkins, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Christoph de Babalon, Francois J Bonnet & Stephen O'Malley, Diego Caicedo, Maria Chavez & Sandy Ewen, Buck Curran, Sarah Davachi, Anthony Davis/Kyle Motl/Kjell Nordeson, Fielded, Flesh & The Dream, Fruit LoOops, Adele H, Poppy H, Helmet, Marina Herlop, Honeydrip, Islaja, Zubin Kanga, Ingrid Laubrock, Steve Lehman & Orchestre National De Jazz, Lucidvox, Manzanera Mackay, Charif Megarbane, Mendoza Hoff Revels, DJ Muggs & Dean Hurley, Stephen O'Malley & Anthony Pateras, Phet Phet Phet, PLF, Position Normal, Prong, Pyne, Razen, Joseph Shabason, Shackleton, Shackleton & Wac?aw Zimpel with Siddhartha Belmannu, Silver Apples & Makoto Kawabata, Sone Institute, Space Afrika & Rainy Miller, Unkle G, Vanishing Twin, Vidrio, Hilary Woods, Yokel/D Ham/Franco Franco

The Boomerang: Ash Ra Tempel, Wally Badarou, Derek Bailey & Paul Motian, Betty Davis, Deerhoof, Timothy Leary & Ash Ra Tempel, Marginal Consort, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Matthew Shipp Trio, Richard Wright, La Monte Young & Marian Zazeela, Various If There's Hell Below, Various No Future, No Past: Finnish Speed & Thrash Metal Explosion 1986-1992

Notes: Inside the brand new issue:

A R Kane: The dreampop originators return with an archival retrospective, live performances - and a brand new line-up. By Simon Reynolds

Intermodulation: A hidden history of UK electroacoustic experimentation is told via an extensive new reissue. By Julian Cowley

Cuntroaches: Berlin's experimental noise punks tap into the sounds of the sewer. By Claire Biddles

Sun Yizhou: Beijing improvisors explore the appliance of science with household objects in everyday locations. By Daryl Worthington

Invisible Jukebox: Sun Araw: Will Cameron Stallones feel the warm glow of The Wire's mystery record selection? Tested by Emily Pothast

Global Ear: Taiwanese capital Taipei is a hub for psychedelic travellers from across South East Asia. By James Gui

Unlimited Editions: Brussels 7" specialists Les Disques Lexi are living the single life. By Claire Biddles

The Inner Sleeve: Composer and sound artist Rojin Sharafi on Duma's Duma

Flickers From The Fen: Dungeon synth wizard conjures with the power of folklore. By Louis Pattison

Poppy H: Subterranean smartphone travelogues provide an escape from trauma. By Spenser Tomson

Manja Risti?: The vibrations and currents of the Adriatic remap the idea of Europe. By Derek Walmsley

Epiphanies: Sussan Deyhim finds a good listener in longtime collaborator Richard Horowitz

Print Run: Sonic Faction by Justin Barton, Steve Goodman, Maya B Kronic (Editors); Kill Your Masters: Run The Jewels And The World That Made Them by Jaap van der Doelen; Made In NuYoRico: Fania Records, Latin Music & Salsa's Nuyorican Meanings by Marisol Negron; Instrument Of War: Music And The Making Of America's Soldiers by David Suisman; Look Out! Issue One by The Old Hairdressers; It's Not A Pill I Need But A Sewer To Jump In by Fritz Welch; Asparagus Piss Raindrop by Asparagus Piss Raindrop

On Location: South Bermondsey Festival 2024, London, UK; La Batie, Geneva, Switzerland; Clod Ensemble & Nu Civilisation Orchestra: The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady, London, UK; Meakusma, Eupen, Belgium; Pat Thomas, London, UK; AR Kane + Roger Robinson + Jabu, Bristol, UK; Andrew Poppy, London, UK; Unsound 2024, Krakow, Poland; Pharmakon + Kollaps + Lana Del Rabies, London, UK; Another Sky 2024, London, UK; No Bounds, Sheffield & Rotherham, UK; Extended Spaces: Resonant Bodies, Berlin, Germany

On Site: Raven Chacon, Background Music, London, UK

On Screen: Jamie Ross-Hulme Hyper: The Stevie Hyper D Story

Soundcheck: Actress, Adrian de Alfonso, Altered Forms Trio, Hiro Ama, Big'n, The Body, Body Me?a, MF Clarke, Harry Cloud, crys cole, Daufodt, Dean & Britta & Sonic Boom, Ekoplekz, Fennesz, Keeley Forsyth, Limpe Fuchs & Mark Fell, Furze, God Bullies, Gong Gong Gong & Mong Tong, Hair And Space Museum, Glynn Heppenstall, Philip Jeck, Karate, Laibach, Meemo Comma, Ava Mendoza, Mauricio Moquillaza, Mordant Music, Oranssi Pazuzu, Papa M, Jeff Parker ETA IVtet, Red Brut, Klaus Schulze, Slomo, SO SNER, J Spaceman & John Coxon, Pat Thomas, Thumbscrew, The Unthanks, Weird Of Mouth, Simon Whetham, YATTA, Various Waho Kizani
The Columns: Avant Rock by Joseph Stannard; Critical Beats by Misha Farrant; Dub & Reggae by Steve Barker; Electronics by Leah Kardos; Global by Francis Gooding; Jazz & Improv by Bill Meyer;
Noise, Industrial & Beyond by Emily Pothast; Size Matters by Byron Coley

The Boomerang: Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Dennis Bovell, John Cale, Can, cLOUDDEAD, MF DOOM, High Rise, Norman McLaren, Anthony Moore, Les Rallizes Denudes, Michael Ranta, Takehisa Kosugi, Maj & Gunnar Sonstevold, Meredith L Young-Sowers

Notes: Inside this issue:

Meredith Monk: In the wake of a career-spanning box set the multidisciplinary artist discusses a lifetime of connection and communication. By Emily Bick.

Barbara Dane: The US folk/blues/jazz musician and activist details eight decades of anticapitalist agitation in a new memoir. By Emily Pothast.

Ocen James: The Ugandan Acholi fiddler talks electronic collaborations and riotous wedding jams. By Daniel Spicer.

Invisible Jukebox: aya: Will The Wire's mystery record selection be poetry to the ears of the UK DJ, producer and vocal artist? Tested by Meg Woof.

Unlimited Editions: Fox & His Friends. By Antonio Poscic.

Unofficial Channels: The Bristol Germ. By Noel Gardner.

Mark Jenkin: The Enys Men director explores Cornwall's hidden reverse. By Spenser Tomson.

Zaliva-D: Explosive electronics from the Beijing duo. By James Gui.

Territorial Gobbing: Leeds noisenik Theo Gowans cobbles it together. By Abi Bliss.

Jacqueline Nova: Opening the Colombian composer's archive. By Louise Gray.

Global Ear: Kansai: Fantasy and future unite in southern central Japan. By Miranda Remington

The Inner Sleeve: Audrey Chen on Nakatani-Chen Duo's LIMN

Epiphanies: The Raincoats' Gina Birch on a pivotal encounter with The Slits

Print Run: Assembling A Black Counter Culture by DeForrest Brown, Jr; From Scratch: Albanian Summer Picaresque edited by Pyke-Presje; The Williamsburg Avant-Garde: Experimental Music And Sound On The Brooklyn Waterfront by Cisco Bradley; dublab: Future Roots Radio edited by Mark 'Frosty' McNeill & Jeremiah Chiu; No Machos Or Pop Stars: When The Leeds Art Experiment Went Punk by Gavin Butt; The Bebop Scene In London's Soho, 1945-1950 by Ray Kinsella

On Screen: Tim Mackenzie-Smith Getting It Back: The Story Of Cymande; Michelle Heighway Energy: A Documentary About Damo Suzuki

On Location: X100, Berlin, Germany; Slanted! Enchanted! A Pavement Musical, New York, US; Eartheater, Los Angeles, US; Underground Institute Festival, Berlin, Germany; Maarja Nuut + ASUNA, Tokyo, Japan; UNFURL, Sydney, Australia; OORtreders, Neerpelt, Belgium; We Jazz Festival, Helsinki, Finland; HCMF, Huddersfield, UK; Decibel New Music Ensemble, London, UK; Valentina Magaletti Residency, London, UK; Wilbury Radio, Letchworth Garden City, UK

On Site: Shinro Ohtake; The Horror Show! A Twisted Tale Of Modern Britain

Soundcheck: Chris Abrahams, ACA, Algiers, Dewa Alit & Gamelan Salukat, Alvarezz, The Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Nick Ashwood, Backxwash, Meg Baird, Bardo Todol & Robert Millis, Jeb Bishop/Pandelis Karayorgis/Damon Smith, Patricia Brennan, John Cale, Calsutmoran, Christina Carter, Hannibal Chew III, Climax Golden Twins, Mike Cooper, Vladislav Delay, Delivery Health, Alliyah Enyo, Angelo M Farro, Avram Fefer/Marc Ribot/Eric Revis/Chad Taylor, Jurg Frey, GAHLMM, Ben LaMar Gay, Graham/Bishop/Karayorgis/McBride/Osgood, Kay Grant & Daniel Thompson, Keiji Haino/Jim O'Rourke/Oren Ambarchi, Hammered Hulls, Manga Saint Hilare, Martin Iddon, In Weather, Mark Jenkin, Pandelis Karayorgis/Nate McBride/Luther Gray, Uri Katzenstein, Kelela, Jussi Lehtisalo, Kali Malone featuring Stephen O'Malley & Lucy Railton, Lionel Marchetti & Decibel, Dan McCarthy, Joe McPhee & Tomeka Reid, The Necks, Negativland, Nighte, numun, Ivo Perelman, Ivo Perelman & Matthew Shipp, Ivo Perelman & Joe Morris, Richard Pinhas & Merzbow, Pole, Pulverize The Sound, Ruhail Qaisar, Reading Music, Ishmael Reed, Tomeka Reid & Fred Lonberg-Holm, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Rebecca Saunders, Shovel Dance Collective, John Smith, Snogg, Soulside, Suss, Tamarisk, Truemendous, Alexander Tucker & Keith Collins, Eli Wallace, Drew Wesely, Wolf Eyes, Christian Wolff & String Noise, Loula Yorke

The Boomerang: Beauty Pill, Butchamana & The Big Bang Brothers Band, Chris Capers & Joe Rigby, Joe Rigby & Chris Capers, Codeine, Grupo Um, Jill Kroesen, Laraaji, The Maglory Dengluch, People Like Us & Ergo Phizmiz, PG Six, The Pyramids, Rex, Jody Stecher & Krishna Bhatt, Marvin Tate's D-Settlement, White Heaven, Various The 12th Annual International Sound Poetry Festival, Various Instant This/Instant That: NY NY 1978-1985

Notes: Inside this issue:

2022 Rewind: the year in underground music

Releases Of The Year: We asked our contributors to nominate their top ten records, CDs, downloads and streams of the year, then we added up the votes

Critics' Reflections: Wire writers discuss their cultural highs and lows for 2022

The New Vaudeville: Funny games. By Stewart Smith

Turntablists: Spin cycles. By Rob Turner

Columnists' Charts: Our specialist critics excavate all crevices of the culture for this year's most exciting music, from hiphop to modern composition

Books, Films & Events: Emily Bick surveys the year in print, cinema, audiovisual arts and live performance

Climate: Burning issues. By Phil England

Healing Sounds: Good vibrations. By Emily Pothast

Archive Releases Of The Year: Our contributors voted for their top ten archival records, CDs, downloads and streams, and we counted them all up

Invisible Jukebox: Kali Malone: Our mystery record selection pulls out all the stops for the composer and organist. Tested by Derek Walmsley

Unlimited Editions: REC-on

Unofficial Channels: Xenwiki

Heith: The Milanese producer looks to magickal traditions. By Milos Hroch

Venus Ex Machina: Cybernetics meet mythology for the researcher and composer. By Meg Woof

Kraus: New Zealand psych wizard goes for a float. By Kiran Dass

Daniel Bachman: The American Primitive guitarist chronicles climate crisis. By Louis Pattison

Global Ear: Kadikoy: The Istanbul neighbourhood is the home for metal and underground music. By Robert Rigney

The Inner Sleeve: Gaye Su Akyol on Morphine's Good

Epiphanies: Meg Baird on Sheila Kay Adams and John Cohen

Soundcheck: Christine Abdelnour & Andy Moor, Theophilus Oluwafifehami Ajayi, Amefrican Grunges, Daniel Bachman, Big Joanie, Blood Rhythms, The Brother Moves On, Christeene, Circuit Des Yeux & Claire Rousay, Alvin Curran, The Dowling Poole, FaUSt featuring Keiji Haino, Ben Frost, Satoko Fujii, Ghoe0.95st, Melvin Gibbs, Hieroglyphic Being, Ryoji Ikeda, I Know I'm An Alien, Philip Jeck, Leslie Keffer, Leslie Keffer & R Stevie Moore, Kitten Pyramid, Klein, Low Res, Roc Marciano & The Alchemist, MoE/Bruxa Maria, MoE Y Escalantes, Anthony Moore, Mthunzi Mvubu, Je'ro^me Noetinger, No Home, Rascali Klepitoire, Julia Reidy & Morten, Joh Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn, Vanessa Rossetto, Claire Rousay, Claire Rousay & E Fishpool, Rubbish Music, Slumberland featuring Sainkho Namtchylak, Akai Solo, Tyshawn Sorey Trio + 1, Sourdure, Stabbing, Twinkle3 featuring David Sylvian & Kazuko Hohki, Urban Eden, Marc Urselli's SteppenDoom, Venus Ex Machina, Beau Wanzer & Hieroglyphic Being, Weyes Blood, billy woods x Messiah Musik, Yungmorpheus, Various Black Metal Rainbows Various Clap. An Anatomy Of Applause Various Dark Side Of The Sacred Star Various Fragility Of Sounds, Various Imaginary Landscapes Various Paroxysm: A Benefit Compilation For Leslie Keffer, Various Xtended Vox

The Boomerang: Alterations, Celtic Frost, Deicide, The Ex, The Fall, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Joyce with Mauricio Maestro, Meredith Monk, Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto, Les Rallizes De'nude's, Sidney Sager & The Ambrosian Singers, Topdown Dialectic, Markos Vamvakaris, Venom, Denis Wize

Print Run: Turn On, Tune In, Drift Off: Ambient Music's Psychedelic Past by Victor Szabo; Everything Keeps Dissolving: Conversations With Coil edited by Nick Soulsby; Junk Percussion: Notes For The Future by Roger Turner & Mari Kamada; For Zitka'la-S?a' by Raven Chacon; The Northern Silence: Journeys In Nordic Music & Culture by Andrew Mellor; Hungry Beat: The Scottish Independent Pop Underground Movement (1977-1984) by Douglas MacIntyre & Grant McPhee with Neil Cooper; Wetland Project: Explorations In Sound, Ecology And Post-Geographical Art edited by Brady Marks & Mark Timmings

On Screen: James Sharp The Jangling Man: The Martin Newell Story; Alexandra Cabral & Ian Svenonius The Lost Record

On Location: Semibreve, Braga, Portugal; Midwife, London, UK; Object Collection: Automatic Writing, NewYork, US; Cyborg Soloists, London, UK Akousma, Paris, France; Abdullah Ibrahim: EFG London Jazz Festival, London, UK; EFG London Jazz Festival: Henry Threadgill's Zooid + Anthony Braxton, London, UK; Come, London, UK; Zinc And Copper: Well Tuned Brass 2022, Berlin, Germany; Thumbscrew, London, UK

On Site: Carolee Schneemann Body Politics

Notes: Inside the new issue:

2024 Rewind: the Year in Underground Music

Releases of the Year: Wire asked their contributors to vote for their top ten records, CDs, streams and more, then added up the votes

Critics' Reflections: Wire's writers discuss their memorable cultural experiences of the year

Columnists' Charts: Wire's specialist critics delve deep into their musical niches from noise to modern composition

Archive Releases of the Year: Wire asked their contributors to vote for their top ten archive records, CDs, streams and more, then added up the votes

Let The Rhythm Hit Em: dream attack. By Drew Daniel

Coming Around Again: feedback with a vengeance. By Daryl Worthington

All Ears: taken aurally. By Louise Gray

Soldering On: analogue logic. By Deborah Nash

Perfect Sound Forever: compact discussions. By John Brien

YATTA: the New York based artist fuses noise, pop and improv with a spiritual sensibility. By Stephanie Phillips

Music Ex Machina: the epic history of algorithmic music is surveyed at a new exhibition in Lausanne. By Robert Barry

Bridget Hayden: the Vibracathedral Orchestra member swaps free rock for folk on a stark new album. By Lucy Thraves

Invisible Jukebox: Pat Thomas: will the pianist and improvisor have a grand time with The Wire's mystery record selection? Tested by Seymour Wright

Global Ear: Zurich: The peripatetic noise scene resists gentrification in Switzerland's biggest city. By Elia Brulhart

Unlimited Editions: Tape label Strategic Tape Reserve prepares to fail. By Antonio Poscic

The Inner Sleeve: Pamela Z on Robert Rauschenberg's Talking Heads cover

Sakina Abdou: Ground and improvisation. By Stewart Smith

Oranssi Pazuzu: Mutant metal. By Derek Walmsley

Black Rain: Neo-Neuromancer. By Phil Freeman

Michael J Schumacher: Living space sounds. By Kurt Gottschalk

Epiphanies: Rafael Toral learns that music is the boss

In the review sections:

Soundcheck: Michaela Antalova, Adrian Myhr, Arashi & Takeo Moriyama, Tyler Bates, BEAM SPLITTER + Phil Minton, Conal Blake/Regan Bowering/Li Song, Nicolas Carcavilla, Alvin Curran, Greg Davis, Degradation x Iceman Junglist Kru, Diemajin, Beatrice Dillon, Tashi Dorji, eat-girls, Fievel Is Glauque, Niklas Fite & Gunter Christmann, Full Of Hell & Andrew Nolan, Pascal Gaigne, Emahoy Tsegue-Maryam Gebru/Maya Dunietz, Fuubutsushi, The Haunting, Daniela Huerta, Hungry Ghosts, Jana Irmert, Kyosaku, Kendrick Lamar, Matilde Meireles, Abdullah Miniawy, Iker Munduate, NET GALA, Other Light Ensemble, Perila, Bogdan Raczynski, Raffertie, George Rayner-Law, Stonecirclesampler, The Residents, Mariam Rezaei, Crystabel Efemena Riley, Colin Self, Rojin Sharafi, Patrick Shiroishi, Patrick Shiroishi/Alex Reviriego/Vasco Trilla, Sulla Lingua, Titi & Ale Hop, TRAINING + Ruth Goller, Toshiya Tsunoda & Taku Unami, Tungu, Usage/Efficiency/Variance/Platform/Domain, Various Tempat Angker: Horror Movie OSTs & Sound FX From Indonesia (1971-2015)

The Columns: Avant Rock by Tony Rettman; Dub & Reggae by Steve Barker; Electronics by Spenser Tomson; Hiphop & R&B by Richard Stacey; Jazz & Improv by Daniel Spicer; Modern Composition by Julian Cowley; Noise, Industrial & Beyond by Raymond Cummings; Size Matters by Byron Coley

The Boomerang: The Apostles; Don Cherry & Okay Temiz; Clannad; Patrick Cowley; Miles Davis; Bryan Ferry; Jimi Hendrix; Catherine Christer Hennix; The High Llamas; Andrew Hill Sextet Plus 10; Hypnosonics; The Jazzmen; Phil Manzanera; The Orb; Primitive Art Group; Rudimentary Peni; Throbbing Gristle; McCoy Tyner & Joe Henderson; Various Electro Throwdown: Sci-Fi Inter-Planetary Electro Attack On Planet Earth 1982-89

Print Run: Solid Foundation: An Oral History Of Reggae by David Katz; Ultra-red: A Journal Of Militant Sound Inquiry, Vol 1 edited by Dont Rhine, David Albright & Christina Sanchez Juarez; Ghost Of An Idea: Hauntology, Folk Horror And The Spectre Of Nostalgia by Williams Burns; Cardiacs: A Big Book And A Band And The Whole World Window by Aaron Tanner; Bodies Of Sound: Becoming A Feminist Ear edited by Irene Revell & Sarah Shin; Sideways Through Time: An Oral History Of Hawkwind In The 1970s: Revised & Expanded by Joe Banks; Straight Up, Without Wings, The Musical Flight Of Joe McPhee by Joe McPhee

On Location: Meredith Monk, New York, US; Mary Lattimore + Walt McClements, London, UK; Sonica 2024, Glasgow, UK; Donaueschinger Musiktage, Donaueschingen, Germany; Wooley/Vandermark/Lytton, London, UK; Out.Fest, Barreiro, Portugal; Ska?u Mess, Riga, Latvia; Artifacts Trio, London, UK; Semibreve, Braga, Portugal; The Lappetites + Ipek Odaba?i & Ignaz Schick, Berlin, Germany; Wadada Leo Smith/Raven Chacon, New York, US; Beatrice Dillon, London, UK; Ghosted, London, UK.

On Site: Terry Adkins, Disclosure, London, UK; Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, South Korea; Scott Myles, Head In A Bell, Glasgow, UK.

On Screen: Jeremy Marre Konkombe - The Nigerian Pop Music Scene.

Notes: Inside this issue:

AMM: For 50 years, Eddie Prevost, Keith Rowe and John Tilbury have had their sights set firmly on sonic freedom, changing the landscape of music in the process. By Clive Bell. AMM mini-Primer: A user's guide to the group's recent recordings. By Seymour Wright

Angharad Davies: The hardworking violinist and improvisor finds inspiration for her time dissolving recordings and performances through interpersonal connections. By Abi Bliss

UnicaZurn: Veteran industrialists Dave Knight and Stephen Thrower pour two lifetimes of experience into their dystopian stew. By Rob Turner

Invisible Jukebox: Hannah Catherine Jones: Will the UK composer be reduced to a Foxy Moron by The Wire's mystery record selection? Tested by Meg Woof

Unlimited Editions: Nh?c Gay

Unofficial Channels: Tape Archives

Opal X: Harsh beauty from former Paper Dollhouse denizen. By Claire Biddles

Nexcyia: Producer Adam Dove gives it the old collage try. By Rob Turner

Teresa Winter: Sea salt memories from the Yorkshire based composer. By Louise Gray

K Of Arc: The beauty and horror of Kevin Craig's electronic fog. By Emily Pothast

Global Ear: Washington, DC: DIY still thrives in the hardcore heartland. By Jonathan Williger

The Inner Sleeve: Sarah Davachi on Genesis's Trespass

Epiphanies: Pamela Z picks up the phonemes

Print Run: New music books: Sound Within Sound by Kate Molleson; Pin-Ups 1972: Third Generation Rock 'N' Roll by Peter Stanfield; Musical Migration And Imperial New York: Early Cold War Scenes by Brigid Cohen; Why Patti Smith Matters by Caryn Rose; The Artistry Of Bheki Mseleku by Andrew Lilley; Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise And Fall Of SST Records by Jim Ruland; Positive Vibrations: Politics, Politricks And The Story Of Reggae by Stuart Borthwick; Zabelle Panosian: I Am Servant Of Your Voice by Ian Nagoski with Harout Arakelian & Harry Kezelian

On Screen: Anisia Uzeyman & Saul Williams Neptune Frost; Toby Amies In The Court Of The Crimson King: King Crimson At 50

On Location: Ivan Shopov + Vague Voices + Hiro Kone + Evitceles, Sofia, Bulgaria; Black Josh & Milkavelli W + Lee Scott + Stinkin Slumrok, Brighton, UK; Robyn Hitchcock, London, UK; Rewire 2022, The Hague, Netherlands; Bang On A Can Long Play, New York, US; Ende Tymes 12: Night One, New York, US; Joe McPhee/Decoy, London, UK; Mdou Moctar, London, UK; Tectonics, Glasgow, UK; Yemandja, Berkeley, US; Intonal, Malmo, Sweden

On Site: William Kentridge/Nhlanhla Mahlangu/Kyle Shepherd SIBYL; TEGH & BAW SINK_VESSEL

Soundcheck: 106, Anteloper, Felicia Atkinson, Avvitagalli, Caterina Barbieri, Better Corners, Billain, The Black Albumen, Black Midi, Matt Carlson, Helena Celle, Madeleine Cocolas, Rhodri Davies, Degradation, Diatom Deli, Deliluh, The Dream Syndicate, Elzhi & Georgia Anne Muldrow, Ensemble Nist-Nah, Shiva Feshareki, Final, Fire! featuring Stephen O'Malley & David Sandstrom, G36 Vs JK Flesh, Gav & Jord, Hercules & Love Affair, Heldon, Randy Holden, Holy Tongue, Cat Hope, Susie Ibarra & Tashi Dorji, Iceberg, I Like To Sleep, Jackson/Hoogland/Abrams/Avery, Michael Gregory Jackson, Glenn Jones, Kendrick Lamar, Ruaridh Law, Left Hand Cuts Off The Right & Tasos Stamou, Valentina Magaletti, The Master Musicians Of Jajouka, Merzbow/Arcane Device, Merzbow & Lawrence English, Claudia Molitor, u-Ziq, MJ Noble, Noise Against Fascism, O Yuki Conjugate, Ohyung, Origin, Osasco Dynamics, Phase, Plastikman & Chilly Gonzales, Flora Purim, Quelle Chris, George Rayner-Law & Vinegar Tom, Shit & Shine, Mark Stewart, Chloe Alexandra Thompson, Aaron Turner, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Various Taraxia

The Boomerang: Terry Allen & The Panhandle Mystery Band, Bill Bruford, Ian Carr with Nucleus Plus, Chillin Villain Empire, Lining Time, Anthony Moore, Nucleus, Tom Recchion, John Schuller, Scritti Politti, Surface Of The Earth, John Tilbury, David Toop, Ut, VALV?, Barney Wilen, Wire

Notes: Inside this issue:

Eugene S Robinson: The vocalist, author, actor and martial artist talks writing, performance and lazy journalism. By Laina Dawes.

Michael Allen Z Prime: The ecologist and bioelectrical composer unveils a new collection. By Julian Cowley; Plants on disc: Carlo Patrao's user's guide to music made with flora

O YAMA O: Cafe Oto's house band attempt to liberate the modern song. By Ilia Rogatchevski; Cafe Oto on disc: Stewart Smith surveys the most dynamic live albums from the venue

Invisible Jukebox: Nappy Nina:Will The Wire's mystery record selection leave the Brooklyn rapper in Dumb Doubt or will she prove Extra Ordinary? Tested by Olivia Bradley-Skill.

Garrett Saracho: The Los Angeles keyboardist rematerialises after years in the wilderness. By Daniel Spicer

Unlimited Editions: Trost Records

Unofficial Channels: Metal Music Theory

Lauren Bousfield: US artist pits maximalism against consumerism. By Claire Biddles

Magnus Granberg: Into the twilight zone with the Swedish composer. By Nick Storring

Me Lost Me: The Newcastle avant balladeer is game for folk. By Abi Bliss

Lary 7: Explosive junk from the New York based polymath. By Jo Hutton

Global Ear: Lviv: Tale of the Oleksandr Yurchenko tape. By Olena Pohonchenkova

The Inner Sleeve: Ale Hop on Popol Vuh's Einsjager Und Siebenjager

Epiphanies: Kyle Gann's musical world is shattered by Morton Feldman

Print Run: Yours In Beethoven: A Memoir Of My Musical Journey With Julius Eastman by Rocco Di Pietro; Bernhard Lang: Critical Guides To Contemporary Composers by Christine Dysers; Nadia Boulanger: War Years In America And Her Last Decades by James Whipple Miller; A Strange Celestial Road: My Time In The Sun Ra Arkestra by Ahmed Abdullah; Technical Manifesto For The Deviant Sound Engineer by wtRobina; The Sam Rivers Sessionography: A Work In Progress by Rick Lopez; Pull Down The Shades: Garage Fanzine 1984-86 - Tales From The New Zealand Music Underground by Richard Langston; Schwarzwaldfahrt by Peter Brotzmann & Han Bennink + David Keenan; Phill Niblock: Nothing But Working by Mathieu Copeland

On Screen: In-Edit International Music Documentary Film Festival

On Location: Ende Tymes, New York, US; Voice Actor, London, UK; John Wiese + Steve Beresford + Tears | Ov London, UK; Large Unit 10 Year Anniversary, Oslo, Norway; The Theatre Of Eternal Music, New York, US; Moor Mother, London, UK; Intonal Festival, Malmo, Sweden; Puppet + 6501, Shenzhen, China; Presences Electronique, Paris, France; Sonica, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Marina Herlop + Aga Ujima, London, UK; Helen + Samara Lubelski, New York, US

On Site: FM Einheit & Vinzenz Schwab: High On The Wind Luckenwalde, Germany; Shezad Dawood: Night In The Garden Of Love Brussels, Belgium

Soundcheck: Ruth Anderson & Annea Lockwood, Anohni & The Johnsons, Athos, Boris & Uniform, Bulbils, The Cat & Bells Club, Cloud Circuit, Shirley Collins, Laurence Crane, Creep Show, Ivan Cunningham's Freedom Pie, Amy Cutler, Decisive Pink, Dinner Party, Divide & Dissolve, Maxine Funke, Andrey Guryanov, PJ Harvey, Hawkwind, House Of All, Hunteress, Eiko Ishibashi & Jim O'Rourke, Philip Jeck & Chris Watson, Khanate, Killah Priest, Kool Keith, Kukangendai, Piotr Kurek, Graham Lambkin, Lankum, Lauten Der Seele, Klara Lewis & Nik Colk Void, Brandon Lopez, Mong Tong, James Moore, Me'shell Ndegeocello, Jim O'Rourke, O YAMA O, Rain Parade, Nicol Eltzroth Rosendorf, deVon Russell Gray/Nathan Hanson/Davu Seru, Sanam, Shapednoise, Soft Machine, Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Dwight Trible, Gregg Turner Group, UCC Harlo, Ben Vida with Yarn/Wire & Nina Dante, Wolf Eyes, Peter Zummo, Various Echolocation: Resonate From Here

The Boomerang: AR Kane, Derek Bailey, Charlie Morrow & Friends, Ian Carr with Nucleus, Ornette Coleman, Corum, Charles Curtis/Alan Licht/ Dean Roberts, Rick Deitrick, The Fucking Champs, Richard Hell & The Voidoids, Charlie Morrow/Sten Hanson/Carles Santos, Nana/Nelson Angelo/Novelli, Nucleus, Arthur Russell, Alan Skidmore, Nana Vasconcelos, Various Cease & Resist: Sonic Subversion & Anarcho Punk in The UK 1979-86, Various Holy Church Of The Ecstatic Soul: Gospel, Funk & Soul At The Crossroads 1971-83, Various We're An American Band: A Journey Through The USA Hard Rock Scene 1967-1973

Notes: Inside the brand new issue:

Tomeka Reid: The cellist, composer, improvisor and band leader goes from strength to strength across several creative projects. By Stewart Smith

KMRU: The Kenyan sound artist finds a new mode of listening on his collaboration with Kevin Martin. By Ilia Rogatchevski

Bodies In Motion: Dance and music collide in the creative worlds of Malik Nashad Sharpe, NWAKKE and Bianca Scout. By Emily Bick and Misha Farrant

Gordan: Folk songs of the Balkans plug into noise and industrial currents in this cross-continental trio. By Abi Bliss

Tongue In The Mind: DJ and conceptualist Juliana Huxtable joins forces with Jealous Orgasm and Via App to rock the club. By Claire Biddles

Invisible Jukebox: Karl Bartos: Will the ex-Kraftwerk man have more fun computing The Wire's mystery record collection? Tested by Leah Kardos

Global Ear: Serbia's capital Belgrade is a key hub of East-West musical exchange. By Robert Rigney

Unlimited Editions: Notice Recordings

Unofficial Channels: A Moon Age Daydream

The Inner Sleeve: Alison Cotton on John Cale & Terry Riley's Church Of Anthrax

Nick Dunston: Afro-surrealist anti-opera from the heart of Berlin's new music community. By Peter Margasak

Nika Son: From concrete sounds to intermediate states with the Hamburg sound artist. By Louise Gray

Henry Birdsey: Myths and mysteries in New England nurture another style of country music. By Milos Hroch

Sisso & Maiko: Making a singeli and dance in East Africa's cutting edge club music scene. By Joshua Minsoo Kim

Epiphanies: Roulette artistic director Jim Staley's Berlin army adventures prime him for the Downtown NYC scene

Soundcheck: Actress, Oren Ambarchi/Johan Berthling/Andreas Werliin, Karl Bartos, Bios Contrast & Nilotpal Das, John Cale, Coffin Prick, Coffin Pricks, Loren Connors & Chris Cochrane, Chris Corsano, Darkthrone, d'Eon, Taylor Deupree, Dirty Three, JPA Falzone, Final, Mabe Fratti, Limpe Fuchs, FUJI|||||||||||TA, Alastair Galbraith, Miha Gantar, Sam Gendel & Sam Wilkes, Ghostface Killah, Goden, Liam Hockley, HYPER GAL, Iceboy Violet & Nueen, Arushi Jain, Janel & Anthony, Kaelan Mikla & Bardi Johannsson, Kronos Quartet & Friends, Lanark Artefax, The Lemon Twigs, Low Leaf, Raymond MacDonald, Rob Mazurek, Rob Mazurek & Exploding Star Orchestra/Small Unit, The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis, Annelies Monsere, Michael Morley, Michael Morley & Joachim Nordwall, Multiples, David Murray Quartet, Meshell Ndegeocello, NikNak, QOA, Redd Kross, The Righteous Yeah, Sarke, Shackleton & Six Organs Of Admittance, Shellac, Squid Pisser, Star Splitter, Sumac, Sun Ra, Kavus Torabi, The Utopia Strong, Ulcerate, Upright Forms, Sam Wilkes/Craig Weinrib/ Dylan Day, Winter

The Boomerang: Bad Brains, Ernest Berk, Broadcast, Elton Dean's Unlimited Saxophone Company, Laibach, Photek, Royal Trux, Akio Suzuki, Various In The Beginning There Was Rhythm

Print Run: Rhythm In Nature: An Ecology Of Rhythm by Susie Ibarra; Streaming Music, Streaming Capital by Eric Drott; The Musician As Philosopher: New York's Vernacular Avant-Garde 1958-1978 by Michael Gallope; Terrible Freedom: The Life And Work Of Lucia Dlugoszewski by Amy C Beal; In The Brewing Luminous: The Life And Music Of Cecil Taylor by Philip Freeman; Zerox Machine: Punk, Post-Punk And Fanzines In Britain, 1976-88 by Matthew Worley; A Worm's Eye View From A Bird's Beak by Raven Chacon

On Screen: Gary Hustwit Eno

On Location: Rewire, The Hague, Netherlands; Jehst + Confucius MC + Sleazy F Baby + SINDYSMAN, Manchester, UK; Variations Festival, Nantes, France; eavesdropping, London, UK; Jeff Mills, Tokyo, Japan; Charles Curtis, London, UK; Kim Gordon, New York, US; Sonic Protest, Paris, France; Jlin, London, UK; Syphen, London, UK; Sonica Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia

On Site: John Wynne, The Organ Recital, London, UK; Massimo Bartolini with Caterina Barbieri/Gavin Bryars/Kali Malone, Due Qui/To Hear, Venice, Italy; Caterina Barbieri/Gigi Masin/Courtesy Gamble/ Opium Child, The Imaginary Place, Venice, Italy

Notes: 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. By Emily Pothast. Japanese punk primer: A round-up of notable outliers of Japanese punk and post-punk. By Alan Cummings

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. By Louise Gray. Ione: The writer, playwright and director, and creative/life partner of Pauline Oliveros, continues their work to connect communities and listeners. By Vanessa Ague

Invisible Jukebox: Ava Mendoza: Will The Wire's mystery record selection shred the nerves of the virtuoso guitarist? Tested by George Grella

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. By Joseph Stannard

Unlimited Editions: Radio Art Zone

Unofficial Channels: Riddimguide

Black Glass Ensemble: Environmentalist chamber group follow the data. By Phil England

Deborah Walker & Silvia Tarozzi: Finest worksongs for the Italian cello and viola duo. By Peter Margasak

Julmud: The Palestinian producer and rapper collages industrial sounds from across the Middle East. By Milos Hroch

Floris Vanhoof: Transforming sound and vision is fair game for the Belgian artist and instrument builder. By Claire Biddles

Global Ear: Moscow: The invasion of Ukraine has pushed the Russian counterculture into retreat. By Arthur Kuzmin

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

Print Run: New music books: People Funny Boy: The Genius Of Lee 'Scratch' Perry by David Katz; Black Heart Fades Blue Vols 1-3 by Jerry A Lang; Free Music Production, FMP: The Living Music edited by Markus Muller; A-Z Record Shop Bags: 1940s To 1990s by Jonny Trunk; Sonic Urbanism: Listening To Non-Human Life edited by &beyond collective for Theatrum Mundi

On Screen: New films and DVDs: Eric Baudelaire When There Is No More Music To Write, And Other Roman Stories; Oeke Hoogendijk Licht

On Location: Recent live events and streams: Sonic Protest, Paris, France; Kontraklang: The Liz, Nugy n + Transitory, Berlin, Germany; MSCTT_ Studio x Carl Stone's Tokyo, mscty.space; Prolaps + Sarah Squirm + Dreamcrusher + Reagan Holiday + Quija, New York, US; Ragini Festival, New York, US 77 PAF Spring Olomouc, Czech Republic; Dorit Chrysler Vs Claudius, New York, US; Park Jiha, London, UK; Counterflows, Glasgow, UK; Borealis Festival, Bergen, Norway; Big Ears, Knoxville, US; Bill Frisell, London, UK; MaerzMusik, Berlin, Germany

On Site: Recent art shows: Lifes; A/B Smith ICU; Sanja Matkovic Stolen Childhoods

Soundcheck: 700 Bliss, Acid Mothers Reynols, Zoh Amba, Zoh Amba featuring William Parker & Francisco Mela, Oren Ambarchi, Oren Ambarchi/Johan Berthling/ Andreas Werliin, Kate Birch, Bob Vylan, Kjetil D Brandsdal & Thore Warland, Cave In, Eric Copeland, Dopplereffekt, Elementals' Orrery, Flaccid Mojo, Gaika, India Gailey, Gothenburg Sound Workshop, Mary Halvorson, Heroes Are Gang Leaders, Jaeho Hwang, Instruments Of Happiness, JARR, Zola Jesus, Kemper Norton, Kenosist, Klara Livet, KMRU, KMRU & Aho Ssan, Travis Laplante, Lay Llamas, Lettera 22, Mai Mai Mai, Matmos, My Cat Is An Alien, Nodosus, Pauline Oliveros & Reynols, Panstarrs, Pusha T, Steve Reich, Reynols, Louie Rice & Luciano Maggiore, John Scofield, Brandon Seabrook/Cooper-Moore/Gerald Cleaver, Sam Shalabi, Ches Smith, Dean Spunt & John Wiese, Carl Stone, Havadine Stone, Sudden Infant, Tarkamt, Martin Taxt, Test Card, Julie Tippetts & Martin Archer, Treasury Of Puppies, Ron Trent presents WARM, Tropa Macaca, Louie Vega, Cheb Wahida, Wardruna, Hildegard Westerkamp, Whatever The Weather, Wild Terrier Orchestra, Yokubari, Various The Assurance Compilation

The Boomerang: Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk, Don Cherry, Halicon, Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra, Jerry Hunt, Jim O'Rourke & Mats Gustafsson, Plankton Wat, Yasuaki Shimizu, Sparks, Sun Ra Arkestra, Masayuki Takayanagi, Vox Populi!, Various Irida Records: Hybrid Musics From Texas And Beyond 1979-1986

Notes: Inside this brand new issue:

Totally Wire-d: A 20 page special unpicking everything you wanted to know about Mark E Smith and The Fall by the totally Wire-d writers' squad: Claire Biddles, Graham Duff, Esi Eshun, Louise Gray, Michael Fenton, Jo Hutton, Leah Kardos, Stewart Lee, Craig Leon, Eugene S Robinson, Bruce Russell, Dave Segal, Richard Thomas, Spenser Tomson, Brian Turner and Kek-W

House Of All: Tessa Norton talks to the new band formed by ex-Fall members about life after Mark E Smith

Invisible Jukebox: No Home: Will The Wire's mystery record
selection raise Fucking Hell for the London DIY artist? Tested by Meg Woof

Nondi_: Pennsylvanian footworker reports from Flood City. By Neil Kulkarni

Kristen Roos: Vancouver synthesist embraces limitations. By Robert Barry

Natalia Beylis: Kyiv born sound artist makes water magic. By Brian Coney

Andy Akiho: Sculpted sounds from the US composer. By Kurt Gottschalk

Unlimited Editions: Edition Telemark. By Peter Margasak
Unofficial Channels: The Deep Ark. By Michaelangelo Matos

Global Ear: Oakland: Anti-gentrification in the East Bay. By Collin Smith

The Inner Sleeve: DJ Scotch Egg on Faust's You Know Faust

Epiphanies: Adele Bertei heeds the siren call of Patti Smith

Print Run: ESG's Come Away With ESG by Cheri Percy; Alien Territory: Radical, Experimental & Irrelevant Music In 1970s San Diego by Bill Perrine; Come My Fanatics: A Journey Into The World Of Electric Wizard by Dan Franklin; Season Of The Witch: The Book Of Goth by Cathi Unsworth; Neil Ardley: Kaleidoscopes And Rainbows by Vivian Ardley with John Coles & Dave Gelly; Empire Roller Disco: Photographs By Patrick D Pagnano by Sara Rosen & Patrick D Pagnano; The Future Of Rock And Roll: 97X WOXY And The Fight For True Independence by Robin James; Ain't But A Few Of Us: Black Music Writers Tell Their Story by Willard Jenkins (Editor)

On Screen: Jordan Albertsen Boom: A Film About The Sonics; Christina Batte WNYU: The World's Best Radio Station In The World

On Location: Bergamo Jazz Festival, Bergamo, Italy; aya x MFO, London, UK; Borealis, Bergen, Norway; Big Ears, Knoxville, US; Birds Of Paradise, Utrecht, Netherlands; Counterflows, Glasgow, UK; Claire Rousay, London, UK; The Philadelphia Orchestra, New York, US; Moin, London, UK; Fred Moten/Brandon Lopes/Gerald Cleaver, London, UK; Sixth Edition: Festival For Other Music, Stockholm, Sweden; Tremor, Sao Miguel, Portugal; Object Collection: HOUSECONCERT + Neil Luck & Mimi Doulton, London, UK; Sonic Protest, Paris, France; Rewire, The Hague, Netherlands

On Site: Season

Soundcheck: Nancy Andrews & Linda Smith, Martyna Basta, Andrea Belfi, DJ Brittle, Gerald Cleaver, Cold Comfort, Paul B Cutler, Mark Dresser, Paul Dunmall Ensemble, Fire! Orchestra, Fourth World Magazine III, Godflesh, Goodiepal & Bananskolen, Gunnar Gunnsteinsson, Heleen Van Haegenborgh, Alexander Hawkins Trio, IzangoMa, Rickie Lee Jones, Zubin Kanga, Marie Kruttli, Lucy Liyou, Dave Lombardo, Mandy, Indiana, Donny McCaslin, Metallica, Me:You, Modern Cosmology, MV & EE, Old Saw, Joaquin Orellana, Aruan Ortiz Trio, Massimo Pupillo/Malcolm McDowell/Gabriele Tinti, Taiko Saito, Marta Salogni & Tom Relleen, Brandon Seabrook, Skull Practitioners, Wadada Leo Smith & Orange Wave Electric, Sparks, Specime, Temps, Henry Threadgill Ensemble, Alan Wilkinson/Alex Ward/Jem Doulton, Venamoris, VHS Head, Jozef Van Wissem & Jim Jarmusch, Wobbly, billy woods & Kenny Segal, MC Yallah, Yetsuby, Various Music Perspective Vol 1

The Boomerang: Enhet For Fri Musik, Milford Graves with Arthur Doyle & Hugh Glover, Anna Homler & Richard Sanderson, Juju, Roland Kayn, Angus MacLise, Toshimaru Nakamura, Julien Ottavi, Joel Stern, Suicide, Lewis Taylor, Uboa, Alan Vega, Various Suburban Annihilation: The California Hardcore Explosion From The City To The Beach 1978-1983

Notes: Inside the brand new issue:

Cosey Fanni Tutti: The industrial music icon has been to Hull and back with her new album 2t2. By Claire Biddles

Quinton Barnes: The Montreal rapper and producer flips the script in a new project with free musicians. By Emily Pothast

David Van Tieghem: The New York percussionist who has played with everyone on the Downtown scene receives a dedicated collection of his own work. By Robert Barry

Happy Family: Over four decades the Japanese group have moved from rigorous prog to euphoric harmony. By Daniel Spicer

Amina Claudine Myers: Honing her skills on the old school nightclub circuit, the keyboardist is now forging ambitious suites for choir and pipe organ. By Stewart Smith

Quade: Landmark album. By Lucy Thraves

Milk Eyed Sigh: Let it bleed. By Misha Farrant

Liu Zhenyang: Language games. By Josh Feola

Invisible Jukebox: billy woods: Will The Wire's mystery record collection be recognised by Backwoodz Studioz's main man? Tested by Mosi Reeves

Global Ear: Bratislava's LGBTQI+ scene creates safe spaces amid repressive policing. By Chiara Rendekova

Unlimited Editions: LA's Colorfield label creates spontaneous studio magic. By Daniel Spicer

The Inner Sleeve: Circuit Des Yeux on Weyes Blood's Titanic Rising

Against The Grain: Jo Hutton celebrates radiophonic art as a unique field of creative endeavour

Epiphanies: Daniel O'Sullivan steps outside of himself via the ambiguous, understated moods of library music

Soundcheck: Al Karpenter, Anika, Black Arches with Sexton Ming, Blind IO, Ivor Callin, Rex Casswell, Nels Cline, Coffin Prick, Cosmic Ear, Angel Bat Dawid, Angel Bat Dawid & Naima Nefertari, Demonologists, Deradoorian, Peter Evans & Petter Eldh, Adam Fairhall & Johnny Hunter, Fatboi Sharif & Driveby, Flying Lotus, Mary Halvorson, Jenny Hval, IOM, Evan Johnson, Eleonora Kampe, Kelan, Phil Langero, Ingrid Laubrock, Annea Lockwood, David Longstreth/Dirty Projectors/s t a r g a z e, Lullahush, Sue Lynch & Regan Bowering, Mamuthones, Gabriele Mitelli: Three Tsuru Origami featuring Camila Nebbia, Mopcut, Moundabout, Bill Nace & Evan Parker, Maggie Nicols & Dan Johnson, Paal Nilssen-Love Circus with The Ex Guitars, Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet, Kory Reeder, Marc Ribot, Crystabel Efemena Riley, Scanner & Nurse With Wound, Ferdinand Schwarz, Nadah El Shazly, Sleep Unhealed, Alan Sparhawk, Spellling, Stereolab, Surgeon, Territorial Gobbing, Luca Tilli/Sebi Tramontana/Steve Beresford, Julia Olehla & Dalava, Kamasi Washington, Water Damage, billy woods, Youth Code, Various Marc Urselli's Best Of Ramones Redux, Various Marc Urselli's Ramones Redux, Various Only sounds that tremble through us, Various Planet Mu 30

The Columns: Avant Rock by Tony Rettman; Dub & Reggae by Steve Barker; Electronics by Emily Bick; Hiphop & R&B by Richard Stacey; Jazz & Improv by Bill Meyer; Modern Composition by Julian Cowley; Noise, Industrial & Beyond by Raymond Cummings; Size Matters by Byron Coley

The Boomerang: Ash Ra Tempel, Henry Badowski, Cindytalk, Julee Cruise, Purple Trap, Various Born In The City of Tanta: Lower Egyptian Urban Folklore & Bedouin Shaabi From Libya's Bourini Records 1968-75, Various Eli Roth's Red Light Disco: Dancefloor Seductions From Italian Sexploitation Cinema, Various Roots Rocking Zimbabwe, Various Secret Superstar Sounds: Scraping Bubblegum Off My Soul 1977-80

Print Run: America's Greatest Noise by Frans de Waard; Music In Orbit: Satellite Radio In The Streaming Space Age by Brian Fauteux; The Capitalist Imaginaries Of Popular Music by Charles Fairchild; Feel Like Going Home: Portraits In Blues & Rock 'N' Roll by Peter Guralnick; Krautrock Eruption: An Alternative History Of German Underground In The 60s And 70s by Wolfgang Seidel; Dub: The Sound Of Surprise by Helmut Phillipps (translated by Ursula Munch); Studio Electrophonique: The Sheffield Space Age From The Human League To Pulp by Jamie Taylor; To Hell With Poverty! A Class Act: Inside The Gang Of Four by Jon King

On Screen: Harmony Korine Baby Invasion; isold Uggadottir Cornucopia

On Location: Tribute To Maryanne Amacher, Paris, France; Hamid Drake & Michael Zerang Winter Solstice Concerts, Chicago, US; Rewire, The Hague, Netherlands; Only Connect, Stavanger, Norway; TLF Trio + CTM/Frederik Worm, Los Angeles, US; Wendy Eisenberg & Ryan Sawyer, London, UK; Counterflows, Glasgow, UK; From The Lips To The Moon, London, UK; MaerzMusik 2025, Berlin, Germany; Maher Shalal Hash Baz, London, UK; Big Ears, Knoxville, US

On site: Kathe Kruse, It's All Good Now, Berlin, Germany

Notes: On the cover: The Necks - For the last 25 years, the Australian trio have created a radical new open form for musical improvisation with hour-long performances that touch upon motorik rock, minimalist composition, drone and more. They talk to Daniel Spicer about their new album Travel.

Inside the issue...

Sirom - The Slovenian group reactivate archaic folk musics to create a new cosmic vision of Balkan sound through their longform performances. By Milo Hroch.

Marc Hollander - From fourth world 1980s art pop to creating a new hub for global music via the Crammed Discs label to a brand new album with Aksak Maboul, this Belgian polymath has created multiple visions of a better music world. By Julian Cowley

Invisible Jukebox: James Brandon Lewis - New York's hottest free and spiritual jazz reedsman takes Wire's mystery music test to celebrate his new album Eye Of I.

Global Ear - Giannis Kotsonis on the thriving experimental tape music scene in Athens; Unlimited Editions - Kehinde Alonge on essential East Coast jazz imprint 577 Records Unofficial Channels

Inner Sleeve - Mark Wastell on The Specials

Epiphanies - Pat Gubler aka PG Six is mesmerized by the possibilities contained in a single note of a piano

Plus full page interviews with Avalanche Kaito, Debby Friday, Gamut Inc, and El Khat. With this March issue Wire will be making a few changes to the magazine, including shapeshifting its format to A4, and introducing a new logo and design layout courtesy of new art director Guillaume Chuard

Notes: Inside this brand new issue:

The Haxan Cloak: From his bedroom in Wakefield to the City of Angels, the UK born producer, composer and musician talks darkness, light and scoring the unspeakable. By Joseph Stannard

DJ Znobia: The Angolan kuduro innovator relates the invention and evolution of the influential dance style. By April Clare Welsh

Linda Smith: The return of the Baltimore songwriter who amassed a wealth of lo-fi pop in the 1980s and 90s. By Claire Biddles

Ariel Kalma: The electronic music veteran maintains his cosmic trajectory well into his seventies. By Daniel Spicer

Invisible Jukebox Kahil El'Zabar: Will the US bandleader know What It Is! when faced with The Wire's mystery record selection? Tested by Howard Mandel

Unlimited Editions: Thanatosis Produktion

Unofficial Channels: The Blindboy Podcast

The Inner Sleeve: Teresa Winter on Saint Etienne's Foxbase Alpha

Global Ear: Santiago Underground resistance in the Chilean capital. By Juan San Cristobal Lizama

Billy Bultheel: Queer cyberaesthetics from the Belgian composer. By Edward Henderson

Lumpeks: Franco-Polish folk jazz fun. By Gabriel Bristow

Yasuhiro Morinaga: Concrete traditionalism from the Japanese sound recordist. By Clive Bell

John Pope: Geordie improv bassist gets communal. By Abi Bliss

Epiphanies: Edward Ka-Spel makes hay with Faust

Print Run: Eric Dolphy by Guillaume Belhomme; Where We Come From: Rap, Home And Hope In Modern Britain by Aniefiok Ekpoudom; Transfigured New York: Interviews With Experimental Artists And Musicians, 1980-1990 by Brooke Wentz; Tokyo Jazz Joints by Philip Arneill with James Catchpole; Hans Reichel: Daxophonie edited by Klaus Untiet & Peter Klassen; Love, Sex & War: Terry Day Lyrics by Terry Day & Blanca Regina (Editor); Split Friction by Birgit Ulher; Trad, Gras Och Stenar: A Collective History by Hakan Agnsater, Mats Eriksson Duner, Jakob Sjoholm & Jonas Stal

On Screen: Daniel Weintraub Deep Listening: The Story Of Pauline Oliveros

On Location: Jazz Rumours, London, UK; Construction Festival, Dnipro, Ukraine; En Masse, Bristol, UK; Mariam Rezaei + Angharad Davies + Atzi Muramatsu + Semay Wu, London, UK; MAVI + Armand Hammer + Fly Anakin, Manchester, UK; Tashi Dorji & Alex Zhang Hungtai, New York, US; Le Guess Who?, Utrecht, Netherlands; Jazzfest Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Other Minds, San Francisco, US; Haunted Dancehall, Dublin, Ireland; Ska?u Mess, Riga, Latvia

On Site: Lutz Bacher AYE!, London, UK; Reynols 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK; Don Van Vliet, Standing On One Hand, London, UK

Soundcheck: Al Karpenter, Al Karpenter & CIA Debutante, Among The Rocks And Roots, Marc Baron & Mark Vernon, The Body & Dis Fig, Joseph Branciforte & Theo Bleckmann, Allison Burik, N Chambers, George Crumb, Dez Dare, Darkspace, Divine Horsemen, Samuel Goff/Camila Nebbia/Patrick Shiroishi, Kim Gordon, Madison Greenstone, Keiji Haino/Jim O'Rourke/ Oren Ambarchi, Mary Halvorson, Hieroglyphic Being, Mark Van Hoen, The Dave Howard Singularity, Anja Huwe, Mayssa Jallad, Jlin, Locust, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Kali Malone, Moor Mother, Dorothy Moskowitz, Naum Gabo, Ov Pain, Gruff Rhys, Laetitia Sadier, Sombat Simla, The Smile, John Surman, Valerio Tricoli, Univers Zero, Mark Vernon, Xmal Deutschland, Various Our Trip Is Short Vol 7

The Boomerang: Fred Anderson Quartet, Electric Sun, Emeralds, Bill Fay Group, Dredd Foole & The Din, FUSE, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Mark McGuire, Microstoria, Sam Morrison, Plastikman, Speedy J, Nisse Sandstr?m Group, Pauline Anna Strom, Techno Animal, Various Fantastic Voyage: New Sounds For The European Canon 1977-1981

Notes: Inside our brand new issue:

Masma Dream World: Devi Mambouka channels the voices of the spirits on new album PLEASE COME TO ME. By Emily Pothast

Louis Laurain: The French cornettist cooks up fresh brass constructions on new album C(or)N(e)T. By Clive Bell

Caxtrinho: The Brazilian guitarist maps Rio's outer regions through his dense, cubist songwriting. By Derek Walmsley

Able Noise: The European duo forge meticulous deconstructions of rock's conventions. By Abi Bliss

Polonius: Soundtracking the imagination. By Milos Hroch

Macie Stewart: Moving staircases. By Peter Margasak

Chris Cundy: Wild flowers. By Julian Cowley

Invisible Jukebox: Lydia Lunch: Will the no wave legend get jerked around by The Wire's mystery record selection? Tested by Claire Biddles

Unlimited Editions: Pointless Geometry explores every angle of the Polish underground scene. By Daryl Worthington

The Inner Sleeve: Jules Reidy on Chris Abrahams's Play Scar

Global Ear: Tijuana's Static Discos label sits at the crossroads of electronica in the Americas

Against The Grain: In a new opinion column, George Rayner-Law argues folk music has always been an act of storytelling

Epiphanies: Sachiko M experiences a creative reboot at a European festival

Soundcheck: Ambrose Akinmusire, Marshall Allen, aya, Pierre Bastien & Louis Laurain, Mari Boine, Califone, Xhosa Cole, Daimon, Richard Dawson, Dream Brigade, DSR Lines, Hugues Dufourt/Marilyn Nonken/NYU Contemporary Orchestra, David Edren, Lawrence English, Nina Garcia, General Magic, Golem Mecanique, Phillip Golub, Darin Gray/Pak Yan Lau/Steve Noble/Alan Wilkinson, Keiji Haino & Jun Morita, Keiji Haino & Natsuki Tamura, Bridget Hayden & The Apparitions, Tim Hecker, Immersion & Suss, Jones Rowden, Jacob Kirkegaard, Cindy Lee, Edvard Graham Lewis, James Brandon Lewis Trio, Damon Locks, Mike Majkowski, Joe McPhee, numun, Orion Music Workshop, Maja Osojnik, Charlemagne Palestine & Seppe Gebruers, Han-earl Park/Lara Jones/Pat Thomas, Park Jiha, Ivo Perelman & Tyshawn Sorey, Rangers, Rattle, Peter Rehberg, Jules Reidy, Jules Reidy & Andrea Belfi, The Residents, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Zach Rowden & Laurentju Co?ac, Bruce Russell & Thierry Monnier via Fermata Ark, Saint Etienne, Shelter & Orion with Turner Williams Jr, Sunfear, Sun Ra Arkestra, The Third Circle, Tone Vitmn C, Alex Ward/Dominic Lash/Mark Sanders, Wardruna, Die Wilde Jagd & Metropole Orkest, Nate Wooley, Raed Yassin

The Columns: Avant Rock by Edwin Pouncey; Dub & Reggae by Steve Barker; Electronics by Steph Kretowicz; Global by Francis Gooding; Hiphop & R&B by Mosi Reeves; Jazz & Improv by Stewart Smith; Size Matters by Byron Coley

The Boomerang: Robbie Basho; Peter Brotzmann/John Edwards/Steve Noble/Jason Adasiewicz; Marilyn Crispell; Dub Syndicate; You Ishihara; Annette Peacock; Gianfranco Reverberi; Terre Thaemlitz; Various Bonus Beats: Rare & Unreleased Finnish Electro 1990-2002

Print Run: A Year Of Deep Listening: 365 Text Scores For Pauline Oliveros edited by Stephanie Loveless; I Feel Famous: Punk Diaries 1977-1981 by Angela Jaeger; Forever Changes: The Authorized Biography Of Arthur Lee & Love by John Einarson; Peter Jefferies: The Other Side Of Reason by Andrew Schmidt; RAMM:?LL:Z?? (Racing For Thunder) edited by Maxwell Wolf & Jeff Mao; Semi-Conducting: Rambles Through The Post-Cagean Thicket by Nicholas Collins; Olivier Messiaen: A Critical Biography by Robert Sholl

On Screen: Scanner: Harry Smith At 100; Eva Aridjis Fuentes Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives Of Q Lazzarus

On Location: Lord Spikeheart + bela, London, UK; DJ Haram, Leeds, UK; GIOfest XVI: International Festival Of Improvisation, Glasgow, UK; London Contemporary Music Festival 2024, London, UK; Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Huddersfield, UK; Han Bennink, London, UK; Le Guess Who?, Utrecht, Netherlands; Unsound New York, New York, US; Arika Episode 11, Glasgow, UK; Jazzfest Berlin 2024, Berlin, Germany; Lunchmeat Festival, Prague, Czech Republic; Another Subculture: Attempting Something, London, UK; Always, Already There: An Incubator For Afrodiasporic New Music, Berlin, Germany

On site: Mike Kelley, Ghost And Spirit, London, UK; Andrew Chalk, Dreams Unseen, Manchester, UK

Notes: Reynols: For three decades the Argentinian psych travellers have surfed a cosmic sea of collaboration and communication. By Emily Pothast. Reynols on disc: A short guide to some of the outfit's most notable releases. By Kurt Gottschalk

Valentina Magaletti: From improv to dreampop to gamelan, the prolific London based drummer keeps her options open. By Ilia Rogatchevski

Ivo Perelman: The tireless Brazilian saxophonist harnesses the unrepeatable beauty of the moment across a broad collaborative career. By Phil Freeman

Invisible Jukebox: King Jammy: Will The Wire's mystery record selection send the pioneering Jamaican producer retreating under his sleng teng? Tested by Jordan Chung

Unlimited Editions: Fonolith Records

Unofficial Channels: Data Sonification Archive

Helms Alee: Seattle psych trio thrive in global crisis. By Neil Kulkarni

Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh: Adventurous violist craves the sound of metal. By Clive Bell

Blod: Back to church for the Swedish musician. By Louis Pattison

Oksana Linde: The Venezuelan-Ukrainian composer breaks surface. By Louise Gray

Global Ear: Kyiv: Underground survival in the Ukraine capital. By Ivan Shelekhov

The Inner Sleeve: Dennis Bovell on The Slits' Cut

Epiphanies: Edward Henderson finds illumination in a sweaty East London flat

Print Run: New music books: Harry Harrison's The DiY Soundsystem, Bob Stanley's The Birth Of Pop and more

On Screen: New films and DVDs: Cem Kaya's Love, Deutschmarks And Death, Giuseppe Tornatore's Ennio

On Location: Recent live events and streams: Deliaphonic, Sons d'hiver, and more

On Site: Recent art shows: Camille Norment

Soundcheck: Abhorrent Expanse, The All Golden, William Basinski & Janek Schaefer, Jam Baxter, Black Josh & Milkavelli, Bulbils, Sarah Cahill, Laura Cannell, crys cole, Congrotronics International, Clarissa Connelly, Andy Cowling, Cut A Lonely Figure, Delphine Dora, Axel Dorner & Mazen Kerbaj, Earthen Sea, Mark Ellestad, Roger Eno, Anne Gillis, Gultskra Artikler, Marcus H/Earstone, Helms Alee, HPrizm, JWords, Brian Jackson, Javon Jackson & Nikki Giovanni, Julmud, Kashaiof, Mazen Kerbaj, Laibach, Lauten Der Seele, Machinefabriek, Machinefabriek/Matt Wand/Nick Storring/Phil Maguire, Ben Marc, Benedicte Maurseth, Adela Mede, Myra Melford, Mona Evie, Alejandro Morse, Fred Moten/Brandon Lopez/Gerald Cleaver, Nadja/Aidan Baker, Nils Okland, Pan•American, Shelley Parker, Joanne Robertson & Sidsel, Meineche Hansen, Savage Republic, SNOGG, Soft Cell, Soundwalk Collective, Sports Pharmacy, Steamboat Switzerland, Steel Dangerous, G Steenkiste & U Schutte, Stinkin Slumrok, They Hate Change, billy woods, Richard Youngs, Rutger Zuydervelt & Bruno Duplant, Various Healing Together: A Compilation For Mental Health Recovery

The Boomerang: Albert Ayler, Ornette Coleman, Julius Eastman, Funkadelic, Fred Lane & His Hittite Hot Shots, Fred Lane with Ron 'Pate's Debonairs, Billy Mackenzie, Branko Mataja, Charles Mingus, Tony Oxley, Hamid El Shaeri, Jimmy Smack, Suicide, David Tudor, Yamash'ta & The Horizon, Frank Zappa & The Mothers, Various First Six Records

Notes: Inside our brand new issue:

Dave Lombardo: The former Slayer drummer and frequent collaborator unveils his solo drumming debut. By Phil Freeman

Invisible Jukebox: Laura Ortman:The White Mountain Apache violinist passes The Wire's mystery record test. Tested by Laina Dawes

Once Upon A Time In San Diego: At the dawn of the 1990s, an underdog punk scene stirred in southern California. By Tony Rettman

Paul Dunmall: Former hippy and ardent woodworker Paul Dunmall is the wildcard of UK free music. By Clive Bell

Luciano Maggiore: Everyday life provides inspiration for the Italian performance artist. By Edward Henderson

Unlimited Editions: WV Sorcerer Productions

Unofficial Channels: Doom & Gloom From The Tomb

Dwight Trible: US jazz vocalist aims low. By Brian Morton

Alison Cotton: Folk for freedom. By Abi Bliss

PoiL Ueda: Chants are a fine thing for the French-Japanese prog ensemble. By JR Moores

Global Ear: Ho Chi Minh City: Wild weekends in Vietnam's largest city. By Mike Steyels

The Inner Sleeve: Karl O'Connor aka Regis on The Wolfgang Press's Bird Wood Cage

Epiphanies: Verity Susman finds childhood solidarity with Woodcraft Folk's anti- apartheid protest songs

Print Run: Spectral Sounds: Unquiet Tales Of Acoustic Weird edited by Manon Burz-Labrande; Dance Your Way Home: A Journey Through The Dancefloor by Emma Warren; I Thought I Heard You Speak: Women At Factory Records by Audrey Golden; Easily Slip Into Another World: A Life In Music by Henry Threadgill & Brent Hayes Edwards; Ivor Cutler: A Life Outside The Sitting Room by Bruce Lindsay; The Listening Biennial Reader edited by Brandon LaBelle; The Art Of The Straight Line: My Tai Chi by Lou Reed; Linger On: The Velvet Underground by Ignacio Julia; Sonic Meditations by Pauline Oliveros; Sonorous Desert: What Deep Listening Taught Early Christian Monks - And What It Can Teach Us by Kim Haines-Eitzen; Listen: Jeph Jerman In Conversation With Aram Yardumian by Aram Yardumian, Steve Jansen & Jeph Jerman

On Screen: Takashi Makino The New Cosmos: Short Film Works

On Location: Eva-Maria Houben, London, UK; No Home + R.AGGS, London, UK; A Tribute To Derek Bailey, New York, US; Women From Space, Toronto, Canada Cyber Palace 3: New Order, Taipei, Taiwan; Dither Plays Laurie Spiegel's The Expanding Universe, New York, US; URLAND, Rotterdam, Netherlands; Wet Ink Ensemble Presents: Winter Chamber Concert, New York, US; Frequency Festival, Chicago, US; MaerzMusik, Berlin, Germany; John Bence + Tara Clerkin + Don Mandarin/Rastu And Om Shanti, Bristol, UK; Swordman Kitala + Soft-Bodied Humans, Brighton, UK

On Site: Eccentric 80s: Tabea Blumenschein, Hilka Nordhausen, Rabe perplexum And Contemporary Accomplices, Berlin, Germany; Massimo Bartolini, Prato, Italy; Not Necessarily In The Right Order, London, UK

Soundcheck: Adjunct Ensemble, Aksak Maboul, Ale Hop & Laura Robles, CEL, Buck Curran, Dez Dare, amby downs & Steve Gunn, Fire-Toolz, Josephine Foster, Steve Gunn & David Moore, Mats Gustafsson & Joachim Nordwall, JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown, Kaze & Ikue Mori, Brandon Lopez Trio, Annelies Monsere, Jason Moran, Drew Mulholland, Mat Muntz, Pascal Niggenkemper, Nondi_, Nosaj from New Kingdom & Steel Tipped Dove, Alva Noto, The Orb, Oval, Ozmotic | Fennesz, Alex Paxton, Proc Fiskal, The Purge Of Tomorrow, Fatima Al Qadiri, Lana Del Rabies, Nein Rodere, Saint Abdullah & Jason Nazary, Santa Muerte, Scotch Rolex & Shackleton, Colin Andrew Sheffield, Spirit Of Hamlet, The Storm Bugs, Sunburned Hand Of The Man, galen tipton, Penelope Trappes, Xylouris White, Various Solstice: A Tribute To Steffen Basho-Junghans

The Boomerang: Black Eyes, Adam Bohman, Joanna Brouk, Tony Conrad/Arnold Dreyblatt/Jim O'Rourke, Roxy Gordon, The Holy Modal Rounders, Jackie-O Motherfucker, Greg 'Stackhouse' Prevost, Pharoah Sanders Quartet, Robert Schroeder, Louis Stewart, The Stan Tracey Quartet, Various Quartz/Mirliton Cassettes: 1971-1979 Vols 1 & 2

Notes: Inside our brand new issue:

Still House Plants: London's post-post-punk trio use deconstructed songform to tap emotions others cannot reach. By Frances Morgan

FUJI|||||||||||TA: Pulling out the stops with homemade pipe organs. By Antonio Poscic

Cheer-Accident: Thymme Jones's motley crew of Chicago outsiders flip the conventions of the rock band. By Peter Margasak

Lolina: One half of influential duo Hype Williams explores a comic book dystopia in new project Unrecognisable. By Claire Biddles

NikNak: The British musician turns the tables on sound art. By Tayyab Amin

Invisible Jukebox: Kristin Hersh: Will the songwriter and author find her muse in The Wire's mystery record selection? Tested by Emily Pothast

Unlimited Editions: Tripalium Corp

Unofficial Channels: Billdifferen

Ana Lua Caiano: Portuguese tradition made anew by the musician and audiovisual artist. By Shane Woolman

BBBBBBB: The Japanese trio present their scum manifesto. By James Hadfield

Fatboi Sharif: The Garden State Gargoyle raps a dance of the macabre. By Joseph Stannard

Angelica Sanchez: A set of monster jams from the East Coast pianist. By Stewart Smith

The Inner Sleeve: Lee Gamble on Various Artists' Decay Product

Epiphanies: Jlin maximises her creative potential with Philip Glass

Soundcheck: [Ahmed], Ancine, Andrea & Mud, Maria Bertel Et Nina Garcia, Alan Braufman, Anthony Braxton, Kyle Bruckman, Natalia Cappa, John Carpenter/Cody Carpenter/Daniel Davies, Cheer-Accident, Clarissa Connelly, Anastasia Coope, Viv Corringham, Alison Cotton, Couch Slut, Richie Culver, Elkhorn & Mike Gangloff, Phil Geraldi, Carlos Giffoni, Allen Ginsberg, Allen Ginsberg & Youth, Grackles, groundsound, Liz Helman, Julia Holter, Jack O'The Clock, Goran Kajfes Tropiques, Kowloon Spider Temples, Sean Ono Lennon, Magic Tuber String Band, DJ Marcelle, Melvins, Monopoly Child Nightlife, Monopoly Child, Star Searchers, NOUT, Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet, Organum Electronics, OU, Pye Corner Audio, Quiet Husband, Mikel Rouse, Bianca Scout, sinono, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Ches Smith, Kavain Wayne Space & XT, Guido Spannochi, Malini Sridharan, Luke Stewart Silt Trio, Sunburned Hand Of The Man, Thollem, Thollem & Ka, Thollem/Terry Riley/Nels Cline, tilt, Toadliquor, Alan Tomlinson & Lawrence Casserley, Alan Tomlinson Trio, Kamasi Washington, Larry Wish, Cody Yantis, Zombi, Various Resist Colonial Power By Any Means Necessary

The Boomerang: Amon Duul, As One, Cranes, Curve, Brian Eno, Brian Eno/Holger Czukay/J Peter Schwalm, NRG Ensemble, Pharoah Sanders, Linda Smith, Twelve Cubic Feet, Vile Cherubs, Mars Williams & Hamid Drake, Mars Williams/Darin Gray/Chris Corsano, Bernie Worrell, Bernie Worrell/Cindy Blackman Santana/John King, Various Aceh Punx Compilation, Various Groucho Marxist Record Co.Operative, Various Noise Of Cologne 3, Various Punk KS, Various Trouble Brews: A Belfast Punk Compilation

Print Run: Basta Now: Women, Trans & Non-binary In Experimental Music by Fanny Chiarello; Dream Machines: Electronic Music In Britain From Doctor Who To Acid House by Matthew Collin; Ears To The Ground: Adventures In Field Recording And Electronic Music by Ben Murphy; Ain't It Fun: Peter Laughner & Proto-Punk In The Secret City by Aaron Lange; 20 000 Words: Interviews With Antoine Le Bousse by Sylvain Darrifourcq; Switched On: The Dawn Of Electronic Sound By Latin American Women edited by Luis Alvarado & Alejandra Cardenas; The Future Of Songwriting by Kristin Hersh; Elizabethan Tape Loops by Drew Mulholland; The Notebooks Of Sonny Rollins by Sonny Rollins with Sam VH Reese (Editor)

On Screen: Neo Sora Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus

On Location: Andre 3000, San Francisco, US; Fred Frith & Susana Santos Silva, London, UK; FLEA Presents Random Gear Festival + Rashad Becker + Joanne Robertson + Callahan & Witscher + Nick Malkin, London, UK; Cassie Kinoshi with seed. + NikNak + London Contemporary Orchestra, London, UK; Fortuna 2024, Tokyo, Japan; Charlemagne Palestine, Amsterdam, Netherlands; On An Endless Road: It? Noe And The Women Composers Of Her Time, London, UK; Ustad Noor Bakhsh, London, UK; Glamorous Pharmacy, Shenzhen, China; ML Buch + Astrid Sonne, London, UK; Life After Death, London, UK; Brighde Chaimbeul, London, UK

On Site: Pan Daijing Mute, Munich, Germany; Ginsberg In London, London, UK

Notes: Inside the brand new issue:

Shellac: The US noise rock survivors are hard as rails on long awaited new album To All Trains. By Emily Pothast

Arnold Dreyblatt: The Berlin based composer unwinds with the rich overtones of The Orchestra Of Excited Strings. By Peter Margasak

Dreyblatt on disc: Peter Margasak selects choice recordings from the composer's catalogue, from the early 1980s to the present day

Robyn's Rocket: Trumpeter, mentor and activist Robyn Steward nurtures an anything goes ethos at her inclusive events. By Clive Bell

Zoh Amba: The US saxophonist has forged friendships with Chris Corsano and Farida Amadou in the fire of free music. By Stewart Smith

Invisible Jukebox: Iceboy Violet: Can the Manchester MC/producer keep their cool when faced with The Wire's mystery record collection? Tested by Claire Biddles

Unlimited Editions: Ipecac. By Joseph Stannard

Unofficial Channels: MusicRepublic & Moroccan Tape Stash. By Levi Dayan

The Inner Sleeve: Kai Fagaschinski on The Jimmy Giuffre 3

Global Ear: Berlin choir A Song For You create a safe space for marginal voices in the German capital. By Caroline Whiteley

Kalia Vandever: The New York trombonist sounds the horn for political resistance. By Abi Bliss

Antti Vauhkonen: The Finnish player's universal music runs from trance to Trane. By Francis Gooding

Marion Cousin: Iberian folk song is an anticapitalist escape for the French singer. By Derek Walmsley

Normil Hawaiians: The long awaited return of the roving ranters. By Louis Pattison

Epiphanies: Tashi Wada changes his tuning with the help of Jean-Philippe Rameau

Soundcheck: 9T Antiope, AMM All-Stars, Kee Avil, Marco Baldini, Beings, bela, Olivia Block, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy/Nathan Salsburg/Tyler Trotter, British Murder Boys, Tony Conrad & Jennifer Walshe, Rhodri Davies, E, Ecovillage, Einsturzende Neubauten, Jessica Ekomane/Laurel Halo, Nomi Epstein, Myriam Gendron, Beth Gibbons, Griffure, The Handover, Ilios, Eiko Ishibashi, Jawnino, KRM & KMRU, Christina Kubisch & Trondheim Voices, Lolina, Kevin Richard Martin, Mdou Moctar, Elaine Mitchener, Paul Newland, Normil Hawaiians, Mary Ocher, Paul Paccione, Pollution Opera, Vince Pope, Tomeka Reid Quartet, Saint Abdullah & Eomac, Sandwell District, Greg Saunier, Dave Schoepke, Il Sogno Del Marinaio, Still House Plants, Tristan & Titania, Universal Cell Unlock, Fay Victor/Herbie Nichols SUNG, Jim White, Jim White & Marisa Anderson, Xasthur, Various Creiriau Y Delyn Rawn/Relics Of The Horsehair Harp, Various FUNK.BR: Sao Paulo

The Boomerang: Cannonball Adderley, The Amboy Dukes, Christer Bothen, Gastr Del Sol, Howlround, Yusef Lateef, Machi Oul Big Band, Septet Matchi-Oul, Cukor Bila Smer?, These Immortal Souls, Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy, Various Arthur Baker Presents Breaker's Revenge: Original B-Boy And B-Girl Breakdance Classics 1970-1984, Various Someone Like Me

Print Run: Conversation Epistolaire/ Epistolary Discussion by Patrick Chamoiseau & William Parker; Let The Music Play: How R&B Fell In Love With 80s Synths by Steven Vass; The Secret Public: How LGBTQ Performers Shaped Popular Culture (1955-1979) by Jon Savage; Truckload Of Art: The Life And Work Of Terry Allen by Brendan Greaves; Chronologies Of Creamcake Edited by Steph Kretowicz; Travels Over Feeling: Arthur Russell, A Life by Richard King; Be Glad For The Song Has No Ending: An Incredible String Band Compendium (Revised And Expanded Edition) edited by Adrian Whitaker

On Screen: In-Edit Netherlands, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

On Location: Ceasefire Now!, Berlin, Germany; Borealis, Bergen, Norway; Fever Ray, London, UK; 20 Years Of Hyperdub, London, UK; Celebrating 90 Years: Christian Wolff, New York, US; Assembly, London, UK; MaerzMusik, Berlin, Germany; Sarah Angliss: Giant, London, UK; Women From Space, Toronto, Canada; Moor Mother, London, UK; Composer Joseph Daley At 75, New York, US; Free Movements: Equinox, London, UK

On Site: Terry Fox, All These Different Things Are Sculpture, New York, US; Andrew Pierre Hart, Bio-Data Flows And Other Rhythms - A Local Story, London, UK

Notes: Inside the brand new issue:

aya: New album hexed! explores sobriety and neurodiversity through radical tunings and transformed instruments. By Chal Ravens

Satch Hoyt: The one-time Burnt Sugar member's Un-Muting project opens museum archives of stolen instruments. By Francis Gooding

Ailie Ormston: The Glasgow composer moves away from the conservatoire to conduct the sounds of the city. By Abi Bliss

Joke Lanz: At 60 years old the Swiss improvisor still takes a punk approach to the turntable. By Daniel Spicer

Bios Contrast: Kolkata musician Nilotpal Das cooks up the concept of brahmancore. By Misha Farrant

Laura Cocks: Chamber music is the site of connection for the flautist. By Stewart Smith

MIC: Grime provides the setting for sci-fi storytelling in the hands of the London MC. By Lucy Thraves

John King: The composer playing the blues for Palestine's lost communities. By Kurt Gottschalk

Tran Duy Uc: The Vietnamese multidisciplinary artist curates the self-scape. By Daryl Worthington

Invisible Jukebox: Alvin Curran: Will the Musica Elettronica Viva member read maritime rites over The Wire's mystery record selection? Tested by Julian Cowley

Unlimited Editions: Meticulous design and sonics dovetail in New York new music label Greyfade. By Philip Watson

The Inner Sleeve: Seymour Wright on Anne Gillis's Lxgrin

Against The Grain: VAN magazine Editor Hugh Morris can't stand that jazzy sensation

Epiphanies: Surgeon gets all cut up by William S Burroughs and Brion Gysin

Soundcheck: Actress, Ahmed Ag Kaedy & Will Guthrie, Annie A, Peter Baumann, Lea Bertucci & Olivia Block, Biollante, Daniel Blumberg, Pierre Borel, Brutal Shift, Brutal Shift/Solar Yolk, Florence Cats, CBZK, Circuit Des Yeux, Anla Courtis Ja Lehtisalo, Kara-Lis Coverdale, Holger Czukay, Bryn Davis, Dead Pioneers, Divide And Dissolve, Dromedaries x Alexoteric, Dushume, Eska, Bryan Ferry & Amelia Barratt, The Great Learning Orchestra, Hieroglyphic Being, History Dog, William Hooker, William Hooker with David S Ware & Alan Braufman, HxH, Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals, Chris Jonas, Fergus Jones, Kid Spatula, Kinski, Das Koolies, Ed Kuepper & Jim White, Laibach, The Steve Lehman Trio & Mark Turner, Mclusky, Me, Claudius, Roger Clark Miller, Hedvig Mollestad Trio, Nahja Mora, Natural Information Society & Bitchin Bajas, Neptunian Maximalism, The Orchestra Of Futurist Noise Intoners Directed by Luciano Chessa, Anthony Pateras, Lucy Railton, Lee Ranaldo & Michael Vallera, Gryphon Rue, Laila Sakini, Kim Salmon & Masami Kawaguchi, Klaus Schulze, Slow Reading Club & Charlie Usher, Ches Smith, Sumac & Moor Mother, Neil Tennant/Mark Springer/Sacconi String Quartet, Throwing Muses, Penelope Trappes, William Tyler, Use Knife, Whatever The Weather, Various Soon I'll Run Out Of Air

The Columns: Avant Rock by Antonio Poscic; Critical Beats by Joe Muggs; Dub & Reggae by Steve Barker; Electronics by Leah Kardos; Global by Francis Gooding; Hiphop & R&B by Tim Fish; Jazz & Improv by Phil Freeman; Noise, Industrial & Beyond by Emily Pothast; Size Matters by Byron Coley

The Boomerang: Paul Bley, Paul Bley Trio, Stanley Cowell, The Creation, Q Lazzarus, Kali Malone, Pentangle, Steve Reich, Charlie Rouse, Royal Trux, Pharoah Sanders, Charles Tolliver's Music Inc, Various Strata-East: The Legacy Begins

Print Run: Hating Jazz: A History Of Its Disparagement, Mockery, And Other Forms Of Abuse by Andrew S Berish; Mood Machine: The Rise Of Spotify And The Cost Of The Perfect Playlist by Liz Pelly; Black Mystery School Pianists And Other Writings by Matthew Shipp; Erik Satie Three Piece Suite by Ian Penman; Small Town Joy: From Glam Rock To Hyperpop: How Queer Music Changed The Sound Of Scotland by Carrie Marshall; Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal edited by Erin Christoval; The Sound Of Utopia: Musicians In The Time Of Stalin by Michel Krielaars (translated by Jonathan Reeder); Dmitry Shostakovich And Music For Stalinist Cinema (1936-1953) by Joan Titus; Blank Forms 10: Alien Roots: Eliane Radigue edited by Lawrence Kumpf & Charles Curtis

On Screen: Dietmar Post Mona Mur In Conversation; Jean-Cosme Delaloye Desire: The Carl Craig Story; Marie Losier Peaches Goes Bananas

On Location: Jules Reidy + Nina Garcia + Adam Soper, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK; Hekla + Dave Welder, London, UK; Sachiko M & Annette Krebs + Chris Pitsiokos & Axel Dorner, Berlin, Germany; Mamboat, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Come Back, London, UK; Borealis, Bergen, Norway; Ghais Guevara, London, UK; Sonics 25, Hastings, UK; 160 Unity: RP Boo + DJ Spinn + Kode9 + Big Dope P, London, UK; Experiments in Opera, New York, US; CTM, Berlin, Germany

On Site: Joy Boy, A Tribute To Julius Eastman, Aalst, Belgium; Leigh Bowery!, London, UK; Outlaws: Fashion Renegades Of 80s London, London, UK

Notes: The Wire Tapper 60 CD

Every copy of the November issue will come with a free CD of the latest album in our series of underground music anthologies attached to the cover. This edition of The Wire Tapper features a cover designed by Patrick Savile and contains 16 new tracks by Lucrecia Dalt, Lady Aicha & Pisco Crane, Reiko and Tori Kudo, Balka Sound, OISEAUX-TEMP\TE, Dave Clarkson and more.

On the cover..

Tyshawn Sorey

The US composer, multi-instrumentalist and educator has redrawn the boundaries of radical music through his ambitious experiments in sound composition across longform albums and adventurous new ensemble commissions. He talks to Stewart Smith about his new trio album Mesmerism and collaborations with Afrofuturist producer King Britt

Inside the issue...

Joyce

The Brazilian musical prodigy, a favourite of Antonio Carlos Jobim, enjoyed a stellar 1970s before her career was diverted by domestic political struggles and the disco era. As her 1977 New York album Natureza finally sees the light of day, she talks to Joshua Minsoo Kim.

Horse Lords

Baltimore's rock trio put the 'tune' into 'tuning' through their mantric rock minimalism which collides Just Intonation harmonic systems and the energy of West African guitars. By Dan Wilson

Devin Townsend

The rogue operator of avant rock has forged a unique career as both first choice collaborator for metal groups and lone psychonaut exploring the outer corners of the guitar. He talks to Joseph Stannard about his new twin release Lightwork/Nightwork.

Invisible Jukebox

Radical punx and founders of London's Decolonize festival Big Joanie take The Wire's mystery record test.

Global Ear

Memories of a coastal town destroyed in 2011 by the Japanese tsunami live on through field recordings and songs in the hands of one of its former residents.

One page interviews with Backxwash, Andrew Poppy, Xhosa Cole and Camille Emaille.

Unlimited Editions, Unofficial Channels, The Inner Sleeve, and Epiphanies TBC

Notes: Inside this brand new issue:

Irreversible Entanglements: With a new album in the can, the US quintet discuss freedom, community and dismantling the mechanisms of oppression. By Phil Freeman

The Primer: Jazz & Poetry: A user's guide to the ongoing conversation between mighty music and vibrant verse. By David Grundy

Vanishing Twin: The London based art pop trio take a playful approach to retrofuturist psychedelia. By Claire Biddles

Invisible Jukebox: Matana Roberts: The Chicago born musician and multidisciplinary artist faces The Wire's mystery record selection. Tested by Teju Adeleye.

Unlimited Editions: Gin&Platonic

Unofficial Channels: Chocolate Monk Top Tens

Carol Robinson: Clarinet results from the Paris based musician. By Louise Gray

Tom Mudd: Getting algorithmic with the Edinburgh experimentalist. By Stewart Smith

Hearsay: Chicago improvising trio turn the tables. By Bill Meyer

Marina Herlop: Exploring otherworlds with the Catalan composer. By Milos Hroch

Global Ear: Oaxaca A mountain town's brass ensembles celebrate Mexico's Indigenous Mixe culture. By Juan San Cristobal Lizama

The Inner Sleeve: Val Wilmer on Henry Grimes's The Call

Epiphanies: Raphael Rogi?ski on Neopolitan soul

Print Run: A Book Of Noises: Notes On The Auraculous by Caspar Henderson, Key Changes: The Ten Times Technology Transformed The Music Industry by Howie Singer & Billy Rosenblatt, Neumusik: The Complete Edition by David Elliott, Happy Trails by Andrew Lauder, This Must Be The Place: How Music Can Make Your City Better by Shain Shapiro, Voices Of Nature: How And Why Animals Communicate by Nicolas Mathevon, Dissonant Waves: Ernst Schoen And Experimental Sound In The Twentieth Century by Sam Dolbear & Esther Leslie

On Screen: CB Stockfleth The Elephant 6 Recording Co

On Site: Free To Improvise: The Derek Bailey Story

On Location: Time Trout + Shark Calmer, Brighton, UK; Intersection Festival, Toronto, Canada; LightSounds, London, UK; Supersonic Festival, Birmingham, UK; Mutek, Montreal, Canada; Mamoru Fujieda, Melbourne, Australia; Odysseus Festival, Helsinki, Finland; Punkt Festival, Kristiansand, Norway; Blacktronika: Brooklyn, New York, US; Tomorrow Comes The Harvest, London, UK; Ostrava Music Days, Ostrava, Czech Republic

Soundcheck: Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids, Actress, Anagram String Trio, Animal Collective, The Astronauts, Pierre Bastien & Michel Banabila, BlankFor.ms/Jason Moran/Marcus Gilmore, Blut Aus Nord, Bolt Ruin, Vilhelm Bromander, Call Super, Datashock, Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band, Dead Neanderthals, AC Diamond, Aaron Diehl & The Knights, Gong, Forbes Graham, The Hatch Expansion, KMRU, KMRU & Abul Mogard, Kofi Flexxx, Piotr Kurek, Lao Dan, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Mahti, Matmos, Joe McPhee/Mette Rasmussen/Dennis Tyfus, Nicole Mitchell & Alexander Hawkins, MXLX, Mary Ocher, The Pitch & Jules Reidy, Raining Spiderlings, Jules Reidy, Mariam Rezaei, Paul Rooney, Rozenhall, Saint Abdullah & Eomac, Saint Abdullah & Jason Nazary, Sextile, Shela, Starving Weirdos, Marnie Stern, String Noise Sounds, Taipan Tiger Girls, Umlaut Chamber Orchestra, Virta, WaqWaq Kingdom, Larry Wish, Richard Youngs

The Boomerang: Brian Auger's Oblivion Express, The Chills, Bruce Haack, Keith Jarrett, My Cat Is An Alien, Optiki Mousiki, The Runaways, The Shadow Ring, Tricky, Seymour Wright

Notes: Inside this brand new issue:

Marshall Allen: The Arkestra's legendary guiding light celebrates his century with his very first solo album. By John Morrison

Once Upon A Time In Vilnius: The journey of avant rock trailblazers IVTKYGYG embodies the tensions and creative fire of a reborn Lithuania. By Ilia Rogatchevski

Water Damage: Don't mess with Austin, Texas's shapeshifting drone rock network. By Milos Hroch

Frank Chickens: Kazuko Hohki's ninja warriors celebrate four decades of iconoclastic performance. By Claire Biddles

Invisible Jukebox: Pharmakon: Will The Wire's mystery record collection prove a Bestial Burden for Margaret Chardiet? Tested by James Gormley

Global Ear: The Bolderaja venue reaches back to Riga's underground past. By Daryl Worthington

Unlimited Editions: Avant garde language games with the Reading Group label. By David Grundy

The Inner Sleeve: Eleni Poulou on The Electric Family: Mariopaint - The 12 Inch

Seo: Bedroom beats from Lagos. By Joe Muggs

Callahan & Witscher: Experimental music colleagues burst into song. By Daniel Neofetou

Kamilya Jubran: The Palestinian oudist shifts scales and pitches to keep up the resistance. By Jo Hutton

Epiphanies: Working in Bob Moog's studio inspired David Borden to develop new capabilities for synthesizers

The Wire Tapper 66: A track-by-track guide to this issue's free CD

Print Run: Sonic Faction by Justin Barton, Steve Goodman & Maya B Kronic (Editors); 1967: How I Got There And Why I Never Left by Robyn Hitchcock; The Shell Is A Cell by Daniel O'Sullivan; Music From Elsewhere: Haunting Tunes From Mythical Beings, Hidden Worlds, And Other Curious Sources by Doug Skinner; Future Jaw-Clap: The Primitive Art Group And Braille Collective Story by Daniel Beban; American Drummers 1959-1988 by Val Wilmer

On Location: AN(8)X Festival, Berlin, Germany; Seefeel, London, UK; Nkisi, London, UK; Blow Out 2024, Oslo, Norway; CS + Kreme, London, UK; Rally, London, UK; Nourished By Time + Thredd, London, UK; Mark Ernestus' Ndagga Rhythm Force, London, UK; Einsturzende Neubauten, London, UK; Supersonic Festival, Birmingham, UK; thingNY, Brooklyn, US

On Site: Community Of Images: Japanese Moving Image Artists In The US, 1960s-1970s, Philadelphia, US

On Screen: Ergo Phizmiz The Madonna Of Bedminster

Soundcheck: Felicia Atkinson, BARK!, Blood Incantation, Tim Bowness, The Bug, BuNuel, Carducci Bros, Butcher/Davies/Edwards/Sanders/Thomas, John Butcher/Angharad Davies/Mark Sanders/Pat Thomas, Corsano Balza Watt Trio, Li Daiguo & Liang YiYuan, Elephant9 with Terje Rypdal, Kai Fagaschinski & Yan Jun, FaithNYC, Fictional Souvenirs, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Harvestman, Hawksmoor, HLM38, Immersion, Kassel Jaeger, Darius Jones, Alma Laprida, LEWISPYBEY, LL Cool J, MC5, Dan Melchior, Moin, Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Co, The Necks, MJ O'Neill, Opeth, People Like Us, Pharmakon, Rakim, Jules Reidy, Robyn Rocket & People You May Of Heard Of, Adam Rudolph & Tyshawn Sorey, Sarine, Sculpture, Shovel Dance Collective, Shunt Resistor & The L-13 Light Industrial Orchestra, SOPHIE, Tyshawn Sorey Trio, The Standing Stones featuring Alasdair Roberts, Stick In The Wheel, Storm Corrosion, Yasmin Williams, Various Alley Of The Sun, Various Redline Impact

The Columns: Avant Rock by Noel Gardner, Dub & Reggae by Steve Barker, Electronics by Sam Davies, Hiphop & R&B by Tim Fish, Jazz & Improv by Andy Hamilton, Modern Composition by Julian Cowley, Noise, Industrial & Beyond by Raymond Cummings, Size Matters by Byron Coley

The Boomerang: William Basinski, Bedouin Ascent, Michele Bokanowski, Sandy Bull, Dorothy Carter, Ron Geesin, Alan Lamb, Chico Mello & Helinho Brandao, Vincent Price, Lee Underwood

Notes: MAGAZINES 19/09/2011
THE WIRE OCTOBER 2011 - ISSUE # 332 MAG THE WIRE WIRE332 £2.40
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Inside the forthcoming October issue of The Wire magazine, but not necessarily in this order... Christian Marclay, Hieroglyphic Being, the strange story of
Harvey Matusow and the ICES festival, plus more underground music news, reviews and previews than you can aim a phaser at...

Notes: Inside this issue:

Lucrecia Dalt: The Colombian composer, musician and vocalist explores eroticism, horror and beauty via soundtracks, collaborations and solo work. By Rob Turner.

Carl Stone: The Los Angeles born, Tokyo based composer reconfigures the rock/pop canon - and time itself - via dizzyingly detailed sample collages. By Emily Bick

Anthony Moore: With his solo output receiving the reissue treatment, the Slapp Happy founder reflects on his journey through avant pop, stadium rock, soundtracks and composition. By Julian Cowley. Plus: Joshua Minsoo Kim on Moore's experimental film music

Invisible Jukebox: Sarathy Korwar: Will the London based drummer and bandleader find himself beaten by The Wire's mystery record selection? Tested by Clive Bell.

Unlimited Editions: Faitiche Records

Unofficial Channels: Oresuus

Derek Piotr: Laptop folk from the Polish-American artist. By Louis Pattison

John McCowen: The US musician gets clever with the clarinet. By Peter Margasak

Dez Dare: Oz wizard seeks liberation through fuzz. By Claire Biddles

Global Ear: Richmond, Virginia: experimentation and anarchy in the South Eastern US. By Doug Nunnally

The Inner Sleeve: The Brother Moves On's Siyabonga Mthembu on Hugh Masekela's Introducing Hedzoleh Soundz

Epiphanies: Sarah Angliss recalls an unexpected schooling

Print Run: Breaks In The Air: The Birth Of Rap Radio In New York City by John Klaess; Musical Revolutions: How The Sounds Of The Western World Changed by Stuart Isacoff; Whatever Happened To The C86 Kids? An Indie Odyssey by Nige Tassell; The African Omnidevelopment Space Complex/We New by Ubadah McConner; The Cricket: Black Music In Evolution 1968-69 edited by Amiri Baraka, AB Spellman & Larry Neal

On Screen: Tayo Giwa & Cynthia Gordy Giwa The Sun Rises In The East; Scott Barber This Is Gwar

On Location: Heroines Of Sound, Berlin, Germany; Supernormal, Oxfordshire, UK; Bang On A Can Loud Weekend, North Adams, US; AMM, London, UK; Explore Ensemble: Enno Poppe + Cassandra Miller + James Dillon + Lawrence Dunn, London, UK; Creepy Teepee Festival, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic; Jazz Em Agosto, Lisbon, Portugal; Vision Festival 2022, New York, US; Lee Ranaldo & Michael Vallera + Andrew Bernstein Sextet, New York, US

On Site: Tresor 31; Alison Knowles by Alison Knowles: A Retrospective (1960-1922)

Soundcheck: Jessica Ackerley & Patrick Shiroishi, Al-Qasar, Oren Ambarchi, Angel-Ho, Ellen Arkbro & Johan Graden, Bastard Noise & Merzbow, Bitchin Bajas, BlackLab, Brood X Cycles, Peter Brotzmann/Keiji Haino Duo, Arthur Brown, Anna Butterss, The Comet Is Coming, Julian Cope, Deathprod, Discrepants, Dr John, Duch, Lamin Fofana, Dan Friel, Gammelsaeter & Marhaug, Geng PTP, Grey Wulf, Gabe Gurnsey, Keiji Haino & Sumac, Loraine James, Edyta Jarzab, Steve Lehman & Selebeyone, Logos, London Sound Survey, The Lord, The Lord & Petra Haden, Lasse Marhaug, Lasse Marhaug & Jerome Noetinger, MAW, Makaya McCraven, Rachel Musson/NO Moore/Ollie Brice/Eddie Prevost, Nadja, NikNak, Obituary, The Observatory & Koichi Shimizu, OFF!, Bill Orcutt, Alex Paxton, Petbrick, Eddie Prevost, Dave Rempis/Tomeka Reid/Joshua Abrams, Kristo Rodsevski, Shadowy Lines, Sigh, Wadada Leo Smith/Andrew Cyrille/ Qasim Naqvi, SSWAN, Wild Up, Otto Willberg, Saul Williams, Various Music From Saharan WhatsApp, Various Rental Yields Vol 1

The Columns

Boomerang: Dredd Foole & The Din, Paul McCartney, Pandit Pran Nath, Linda Smith, Tall Dwarfs, Hunter S Thompson, Voivod, Various Classic Black & White Jazz Sessions, Various Ghost Riders

Notes: Inside the brand new issue:

L'Rain: Taja Cheek's fluid songforms are a kaleidoscopic and personal response to the modern world. By Laina Dawes

Blevin Blectum: Blectum From Blechdom's Bevin Kelley builds brave new worlds from mind-melding sound. By Emily Pothast

Trevor Mathison: The Black Audio Film Collective's sound man rewrites the story of industrial music. By Esi Eshun

Invisible Jukebox: Paul Rooney: Will the Liverpool artist "Stay Polite" in the face of The Wire's mystery music selection? Tested by Richard Thomas

Unlimited Editions: Red Hook Records

Unofficial Channels: DaMetalMessiah

Piotr Kurek: Folk legends feed this Polish composer's imagination. By Milos Hroch

Al Karpenter: Bilbao group spread their noise punk tentacles around the global underground. By James Gormley.

Kate Gentile: Drummer-composer's shape-shifting adventures in metal and cosmic prog. By Stewart Smith.

Minaru: Transatlantic trio share their dreams via surrealistic improvised songs. By Robert Barry.

Global Ear: Beijing: Impromptu spaces provide platforms to a new generation of musicians. By Josh Feola

The Inner Sleeve: People Like Us on Marc & The Mambas' Untitled

Epiphanies: Alvin Curran on Ella Fitzgerald

Print Run: Becoming Noise Music: Style, Aesthetics, History by Stephen Graham; High Bias: The Distorted History Of The Cassette Tape by Marc Masters; Sonic Life: A Memoir by Thurston Moore; Maps And Legends: The Story Of REM by John Hunter; Listen: On Music, Sounds And Us by Michel Faber; The Dark Tree: Jazz And The Community Arts In Los Angeles by Steven L Isoardi; This Must Be The Place: Music, Community And Vanished Spaces In New York City by Jesse Rifkin

On Screen: Maria Fusco & Margaret Salmon History Of The Present; Clyde Petersen Even Hell Has Its Heroes

On Location: Motvind, Oslo, Norway; Ross Hoyt/Leila Abdul-Rauf/Ryan Honaker/Ed Lloyd + Cecyl Ruehlen + Michael P Dawson + San Kazakgascar, San Francisco, US; Klangraum 2023 Week One, Dusseldorf, Germany; Etran De L'Air, London, UK; Sanatorium Of Sound, Sokolowsko, Poland; Joe McPhee + Decoy, London, UK; A L'Arme! Festival Vol X+I, Berlin, Germany; dj lostboi +Heaven's Night, London, UK; Jazz Em Agosto, Porto, Portugal

On Site: Wolf Biermann: A Poet And Songwriter In Germany, Berlin, Germany

Soundcheck: Abadir, Deena Abdelwahed, Jessica Ackerley/Kevin Cheli/Gahlord DeWald, Jessica Ackerley/Yuma Uesaka/Colin Hinton, Aho Ssan, Siavash Amini, Anti-God Hand, Armand Hammer, Baker Ja Lehtisalo, Bile Sister, Brainiac 5, Jaimie Branch, Peter Broderick & Ensemble 0, Carl 666 Gustaf, Suzanne Ciani & Jonathan Fitoussi, Richie Culver, Giovanni Di Domenico, Dreamcrusher, Lee Gamble, Gunn Truscinski Nace, Loraine James, Darius Jones, Chris Korda, Emmanuel Jacob Lacopo, James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet, Alvin Lucier, MAW, Elizabeth Moen, MrDougDoug, Oneohtrix Point Never, Paavoharju, Eliane Radigue, Eliane Radigue/Charles Curtis, Eliane Radigue/Ensemble Dedalus/Ryoko Akama, Matana Roberts, Setting, Matthew Shipp, Sparklehorse, Speaker Music, Tu-Ner, Vathres, Wild Up

The Boomerang: Chris & Cosey, Stuart Dempster, John Fahey, Annea Lockwood, Meat Joy, MEV, Native Nod, Pot Valiant, Six Finger Satellite, Sonic Youth, Carl Stone, Techno Animal

Notes: Inside the brand new issue:

Keiji Haino: From Black Blues to grey hairs, the Fushitsusha figurehead keeps pushing into rock's outer limits. By James Hadfield.

The Primer: John Butcher: A user's guide to the saxophone innovator, from groups and collaborations to solo meditations. By Seymour Wright

Seppuku Pistols: Danko Iida's anarchic performance troupe brings together the legacy of punk with Japanese pre-history. By Biba Kopf

Shamica Ruddock: Dub echoes and sonic fictions evoke postcolonial and diasporic experience in the work of the London artist. By Esi Eshun

Invisible Jukebox: Wolfgang Voigt: Will the Kompakt founder prove a Total success with The Wire's mystery selection? Tested by Derek Walmsley

Global Ear:The psychedelic jams of Buzz'Ayaz unite the divided city of Nicosia. By Robert Rigney

Unlimited Editions: Nashazphone connects the global noise underground with North African sounds. By Louis Pattison

The Inner Sleeve: Celine Gillain on Leonard Cohen's I'm Your Man

Jabu: Bristol's bass explorers reach dreampop nirvana. By Louis Pattison

Gregory TS Walker: A forgetten suite for planetariums is a celestial trip. By Claire Biddles

Viktar Siamaska: Improvisation and the airwaves provide solidarity for this Belarusian exile. By Ilia Rogatchevski

Epiphanies: Mark Webber has his mind expanded by Spacemen 3

Print Run: The Chronicles Of DOOM: Unraveling Rap's Masked Iconoclast by SH Fernando Jr; Designed For Success: Better Living And Self-Improvement With Midcentury Instructional Records by Janet Borgerson & Jonathan Schroeder; Pressure Drop: Reggae In The Seventies by John Masouri; A Record Could Be Your Whole World by Bruce Russell & Luke Wood (Editors); Two-Headed Doctor: Listening For Ghosts In Dr John's Gris-Gris by David Toop; Jazz Revolutionary: The Life And Music Of Eric Dolphy by Jonathon Grasse; I Wouldn't Say It If It Wasn't True by Steve Wynn

On Screen: Dimitri Coats Free LSD; Ryusuke Hamaguchi GIFT

On Location: Cherche Encore, London, UK; Chuquimamani-Condori + Sunik Kim, London, UK; Mdou Moctar & Lia Kohl, Chicago, US; LCMF, Nice, France; Jandek, Rosendale, US; Supernormal, Oxfordshire, UK; Dark Energy, London, UK; Shame Fest, Vancouver, Canada; Desertfest London, London, UK; Jazz Em Agosto, Lisbon, Portugal; Heroines Of Sound, Berlin, Germany

On Site: blurt, London, UK; Appau Jnr Boakye-Yiadom & Harun Morrison Dono, London, UK

Soundcheck: The Brainchild, Acid Mothers Reynols, Alaska & Steel Tipped Dove, Actress & Simon J Karis, Timothy Archambault, Nelson Bandela, Basic, Chat Pile, Chrystabell & David Lynch, Gerald Cleaver, Lukas De Clerck, Copper Sounds, Sarah Davachi, DNA? AND? + NU Unruh + Reynols, Karl D'Silva, Wendy Eisenberg, Elucid, Ingebrigt Haker Flaten (Exit) Knarr, Bill Frisell/Andrew Cyrille/ Kit Downes, Zac Gvi & Clive Bell, The Hard Quartet, Hannah Holland, Jabu, JPEGMAFIA, Klein, Knife Liibrary, Lia Kohl, Klara Lewis, Robin Mackay, Mercury Rev, Miaux, Midwife, MXLX, Meshell Ndegeocello, Nexcyia, Daniel O'Sullivan, Ivo Perelman, Ivo Perelman/Iva Bittova/Michael Bisio, Ivo Perelman & gabby fluke-mogul, Ivo Perelman & Ingrid Laubrock, Ivo Perelman/Aruan Ortiz/Ramon Lopez, Ivo Perelman & Tom Rainey, Ivo Perelman/Fay Victor/Joe Morris/Ramon Lopez, Ivo Perelman & Nate Wooley, Nicola Ratti, Tim Reaper & Kloke, Reynols, Ed Schrader's Music Beat, Alan Sparhawk, Sun Araw, DJ Trace & HLZ, Tristwch Y Fenywod, Xiu Xiu, Yellow Swans

The Columns: Avant Rock by Edwin Pouncey; Critical Beats by Yewande Adeniran; Dub & Reggae by Steve Barker; Electronics by Steph Kretowicz; Global by Francis Gooding; Jazz & Improv by Phil Freeman; Noise, Industrial & Beyond by Emily Pothast; Size Matters by Byron Coley

Boomerang: Aphex Twin, Broadcast, Sussan Deyhim & Richard Horowitz, Hella, Ken Ishii, Byard Lancaster, Zden?k Liska, Wayne Shorter, Throbbing Gristle, Susumu Yokota, Frank Zappa

Notes: On the cover: Neu! Now: With a 50th anniversary box set on the (endless) horizon The Wire takes an in-depth look at the legacy of avant rock's most linear outfit. Including: Michael Rother: How the German guitarist helped develop a new vocabulary for rock in the 1970s and beyond. By Mike Barnes; The Primer: Motorik rock: A user's guide to the implacable machine-like rhythm that has propelled rock for half a century. By Noel Gardner. Plus: Invisible Jukebox: Coby Sey & Tirzah: Will the London based collectivists CURL their lips at The Wire's mystery record selection? Tested by Leah Kardos; Count Ossie & The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari: The reissue of roots music blueprint Grounation celebrates a landmark in visionary Black sound and consciousness. By Francis Gooding. Also inside this issue: eddy kwon; Imperial Triumphant; Nwando Ebizie; Lenhart Tapes; Unlimited Editions Wolke Verlag; Unofficial Channels Radio La Colifata; Global Ear in Bandar Abbas; The Inner Sleeve by Petra Haden; Epiphanies by Mark 'Frosty' McNeill; many pages of reviews and much more.

Notes: Inside the brand new issue:

Don & Moki Cherry: An 18 page special surveying the globe-trotting creative achievements of Don Cherry's organic music family by The Wire's crack writing team: Frances Morgan, David Grundy, Howard Mandel, Neil Kulkarni, Francis Gooding, Magnus Nygren, Gabriel Bristow, Bill Meyer, Marcus J Moore, Pierre Crepon, Matt Krefting, Phil Freeman, Emily Pothast, Clifford Allen, Clive Bell and Jo Hutton.

The Pitch: The Berlin improvising collective connect the sonic with the social. By Peter Margasak

Invisible Jukebox: GAIKA: Will The Wire's mystery record selection reduce the London polymath to "Eternal Tears"? Tested by Ciaran Thapar;

Feng Jiangzhou: Experimental rock gets down and dirty in the hands of the Beijing noise veteran. By Anla Li.
Unlimited Editions: Pakapi Records
Unofficial Channels: Ethio-Pain
Aho Ssan: Networking with the Paris based producer. By Antonio Poscic

Powerplant: UK-Ukraine synth punks touch grass. By Spenser Tomson

Janneke van der Putten: Strange overtones from the Dutch vocalist. By Abi Bliss

Global Ear: Sao Paulo: Tape against tradition in the Brazilian metropolis. By Romulo Moraes
The Inner Sleeve:Suzanne Ciani on Glenn Gould/Johann Sebastian Bach's The Goldberg Variations
Epiphanies: John Butcher goes deeper underground

Print Run: Queer Blues: The Hidden Figures Of Early Blues Music by Darryl W Bullock; Stampfel On Weber And The Complete Boston Broadsides 1964-1967 by Peter Stampfel; Conrad Schnitzler: Manchmal Art Es In Musik Aus (Sometimes It Turns Into Music) edited by Gregor Jansen; Music Farther Outside: Experimental Music During Brexit And The Pandemic by Bill Shoemaker; Acid Detroit: A Psychedelic Story Of Motor City Music by Joe Molloy; Party Lines: Dance Music And The Making Of Modern Britain by Ed Gillett; Radio Art Zone edited by Sarah Washington

On Screen: Amanda Kim Nam June Paik: Moon Is The Oldest TV; Stewart Morgan Hajdukiewicz A Bright Nowhere: Journeying Into Improvisation

On Location: Doon Kanda, London, UK; Heroines Of Sound Festival, Berlin, Germany; Nkisi, London, UK; Disruptive Frequencies, London, UK; Edith Steyer, Berlin, Germany; DJ Sprinkles + Bezier, New York, US; Tomorrow Festival, Shenzhen, China; Ground Music Festival, Brusati, Italy; King Ayisoba + Ayuuna Sale + ZEA, Berlin, Germany; Experiments In Opera: Anthony Braxton Theater Improvisations, New York, US; Causa Efeito: O Novo Jazz Na Nova, Lisbon, Portugal

On Site: Brian Eno & Jir?i? Pr?i?hoda: Nave; Nwando Ebizie: Extreme Unction Vol 2
Soundcheck: DJ 0.000001, Abyss X, Jason Adasiewicz, Aphex Twin, Titi Bakorta, Baldruin, Natasha Barrett, Han Bennink & Terrie Ex, Big Freedia, Blevin Blectum, John Butcher, John Butcher/Dominic Lash/Emil Karlsen, John Butcher/Pat Thomas/ Dominic Lash/Steve Noble, Broken Chip, Kate Carr, The Chap, Ben Chasny & Rick Tomlinson, Coffin Prick, Coral Sea, Alan Courtis & David Grubbs, Darsombra, Angel Bat Dawid, Arnold Dreyblatt, Nick Dunston, DJ Finale, GAIKA, Gerard Grisey/Anders Tveit/NyNorsk Messingkvintett, Laurel Halo, Joshua Hill & Micaela Tobin, Iceboy Violet, Irreversible Entanglements, Mick Jenkins, DJ K, King Kashmere & Alecs DeLarge, Kong, Mary Jane Leach, Ruth Mascelli, Merzbow/Smegma, Million Square, Minaru, MonoLogue & Matt Atkins, MSSV, Normal Nada The Krakmaxter, Nakibembe Embaire Group, Pauline Oliveros, Pauline Oliveros/IONE/Christopher Willes/Public Recordings, Kassa Overall. Pelicanman, Ava Rasti, Seven)Suns, Six Organs Of Admittance, SLW cc Watt, Smegma/Merzbow, DJ Smiley Bobby, Soft-Bodied Humans, Stinking Lizaveta, Ken Vandermark & Hamid Drake, Winkhaus with Steve Beresford, DJ Znobia, Various ?, Various Gespensterland, Various The NID Tapes: Electronic Music From India 1969-1972, Various Red Hot & Ra: Nuclear War, Various Red Hot & Ra: Nuclear War Remixes, Various Smalltown Supersound Remix Anthology 2002-2022 Vol 1-4

The Boomerang: Da Slyme, Dawson, The Dream Syndicate, Mark Fell & Will Guthrie, Lee/Hampel/Waisvisz/Gosseye/Johansson, Max Roach, David Shea, Various Magnetizdat DDR: Magnetbanduntergrund Ost 1979-1990/East German Tape Underground 1979-1990, Various Playing For The Man At The Door: Field Recordings From The Collection Of Mack McCormick, 1958-1971, Various Richard Sen Presents Dream The Dream: UK Techno, House & Breakbeat 1990-1994, Various SSR Records: In Retrospect

Notes: Inside this issue:

The Body & Dis Fig: Sludge rock and extreme vocals create a space for solidarity and friendship in this cross-continental collaboration. By Antonio Poscic.

Pavel Richter: Tape loops and ambient meditations provided an escape from Czechoslovakia's rock underground. By Milos Hroch

Steve Beresford: UK free improvisation's great survivor reflects on half a century of upending expectations around a clutch of new releases. By Daniel Spicer

Farida Amadou: The electric bassist turns the instrument upside down in search of new sounds. By Stewart Smith

Dialect: Paganism meets hedonism in Andrew PM Hunt's blueprint for a pastoral future. By Abi Bliss

Invisible Jukebox: Melt-Banana: Will the Japanese duo pull a fast one on The Wire's mystery record collection? Tested by James Hadfield

petals: The open remit of free jazz provides the platform for poetic utopias for the Ugandan polymath. By David Grundy

Erica Dawn Lyle: Punk psychogeography and guitar jams interrogate Florida's capitalist excesses. By Xenia Benivolski

Howard Thomas: The horror film fan and Slum Village associate explores the darker side of techno. By Derek Walmsley

Epiphanies: Roy Claire Potter finds the world in a David Foster Wallace story's use of apostrophes

Print Run: Mixing Pop And Politics: A Marxist History Of Popular Music by Toby Manning; Euphoric Recall: A Half Century As A Music Fan, Producer, DJ, Record Executive And Tastemaker by Peter Jesperson; In One Ear: Cocteau Twins, Ivor Raymonde And Me by Simon Raymonde; The Black Chord by David Corio & Vivien Goldman; The Radio Phonics Laboratory: Telecommunications, Speech Synthesis And The Birth Of Electronic Music by Justin Patrick Moore; Library Of Aethers: Selected Lyrics by Alasdair Roberts; The Cupboard Under The Stars by John Balance, Claus Laufenberg (Editor); Take This Hammer: Work, Song, Crisis by Paul Rekret

On Screen: Andrew Reich Born Innocent: The Red Kross Story

On Location: HTRK, London, UK; Tenendo Per Mano Il Futuro, London, UK; Oscillation: Materia Forma, Brussels, Belgium; Sound Within Sound, London, UK; Festival Causa/Efeito, Lisbon, Portugal; Gnaoua & World Music Festival, Essaouira, Morocco; Anthony Moore, London, UK; New Opera Days Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic; Open Ear, Sherkin Island, Ireland; Papermaking Music, London, UK; Motvind Festival, Rollag, Norway

On Site: Lonnie Holley All Rendered Truth, London, UK; Gary Stewart A Ripple In Time, London, UK

Soundcheck: Jessica Ackerley, Laurie Anderson, Bantu, Derek Baron & Luke Martin, Belong, Bloodmist, Patricia Brennan, Laura Cannell, Oliver Coates, Loren Connors & David Grubbs, Jeremiah Cymerman, Rhodri Davies, Dhangsha, Mark Dresser, Elkhorn, Endon, Estle, Floorplan, Gnod, Danny Paul Grody Duo, Sarah Hennies, Holy Tongue meets Shackleton, Human Impact, Eiko Ishibashi/Jim O'Rourke/Giovanni Di Domenico, The Jesus Lizard, Tobias Klein/Frank Rosaly/Marta Warelis, Jussi Lehtisalo, Alan Licht, Erica Dawn Lyle, Meridian Brothers, Jeff Mills, Monolake, Mourning [A] BLKstar, Drew Mulholland & Garden Gate, NicoNote, Frederic D Oberland/Gregory Dargent/Tony Elieh/Wassim Halal, OKSE, Stephen Pastel & Gavin Thomson, Powers/Rolin Duo, Primitive Percussion Youth Orchestra, Raphael Rogi?ski, Akira Sakata/Jim O'Rourke/Mette Rasmussen/Chris Corsano

The Columns: Avant Rock by Emily Bick; Dub & Reggae by Steve Barker; Electronics by Spenser Tomson; Hiphop & R&B by Mosi Reeves; Jazz & Improv by Stewart Smith; Modern Composition by Julian Cowley; Noise, Industrial & Beyond by Raymond Cummings; Size Matters by Byron Coley

The Boomerang: Aerial M, "Blue" Gene Tyranny, Joel Chadabe, Diamanda Galas, Keiji Haino, Bobby Hutcherson, Joan Of Arc, Harold Land, Mark Lanegan, Daniel Lentz, MTDM, Tony Oxley Quintet, Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, Various The Devil Rides In: Spellbinding Satanic Magick & The Rockult 1966-1974, Various Miami Sound 2 - More Funk & Soul From Miami, Florida 1967-1974

Notes: On the cover: Thundercat: Schooled in jazz, funk, punk and more, the flamboyant bassist, vocalist and songwriter brings mischief, mirth and melancholy to that most misunderstood of genres - fusion. By Phil Freeman. Plus essays on fusion past, present and future by Greg Tate and John Morrison. Also inside this issue: Gal Costa: Ahead of a rare UK live date, the Brazilian musician and vocalist discusses bossa nova, tropica'lia, political engagement and remaining open to the unexpected. By Russ Slater. Jarboe: The erstwhile Swans vocalist and Neurosis collaborator returns with an intimate collection of reflective songs inspired by her travels. By Claire Biddles. Roger & Brian Eno: With a collaborative album in the can, the Eno brothers discuss the anatomy of ambient music. By Philip Clark. Invisible Jukebox with William Gibson, Global Ear in Los Angeles, an Epiphany by Coldcut's Matt Black, Inner Sleeve chosen by Breadwoman. Plus: Gentle Stranger, Sunwatchers, Jessica Ekomane, dumama + kechou, The Wire Tapper 52, 39 pages of reviews, and much more.

Notes: Every copy of the April issue will come with a CD of the 55th volume in Wire's ongoing series of underground music anthologies, featuring 16 new or archival tracks by Muslimgauze, Joao Lobo, Mariel Roberts, Maxx Mann, Carlos NiNo & Friends, Nun Gun featuring Sohail Daulatzai, Gentle Fire, Craig Scott's Lobotomy, and more.

Don Cherry in Watts
As Don and Moki Cherry's work is the subject of a new book, Gabriel Bristow revisits the global music traveller's roots in the post-bop milieu of Watts, Los Angeles in the 1950s.
Invisible Jukebox: Mike Paradinas x Lara Rix-Martin
U-Ziq meets Meemo Comma and Planet Mu meets Objects Limited as the two UK electronica trailblazers sit down together with The Wire's mystery record collection.

Warren Ellis
As he releases a new collaboration with Marianne Faithfull, the Australian composer and multi-instrumentalist, and member of The Bad Seeds and Dirty Three, talks to Emily Pothast about channelling the Romantic poets, his experimental literary collaborations, and how he improvises the soundtrack to his own life.

Nazar
Ray Philip talks to the prolific dance music producer about using Angola's frantic kuduro style as a lens to examine post-colonial conflict as well as the possibility of long distance collaborations and solidarity between music producers in Europe and Africa.

Global Ear
As another season of live music is thrown into chaos by Covid and regional regulations and lockdowns, Lee Etherington of Newcastle's TUSK festival discusses how they are moving music into the virtual realm.

Unlimited Editions
Phil England gets to grips with the multifaceted operations of French label and promoter Murailles Music.

The Inner Sleeve
In another piece held over from last month's issue, bassist William Parker discusses the cover of The Ornette Coleman Trio's At The Golden Circle Stockholm.

Epiphanies
Val Wilmer discovers the true roots of free jazz in a Harlem gospel church.

Unofficial Channels
Sharon Gal's scores and instructions project EtudeS

Plus: interviews with Ann Rosen, Kohsuke Mine, Rizomagic and Nakul Krishnamurthy; and in the jam-packed reviews sections coverage of Patricia Brennan, Laraaji, Bob Ostertag, Steve Beresford, Jim O'Rourke, Pharoah Sanders & Floating Points, The Notwist, The Body, Mainliner, Lea Bertucci and a whole lot more.

Notes: Inside this issue:

Justin K Broadrick: With his prolific output - both solo and as part of Napalm Death, Godflesh, Techno Animal, Zonal and Jesu - the extreme music pioneer reckons with his own vulnerability. By Antonio Poscic; The Primer: A user's guide to Broadrick's vast and varied discography. By Noel Gardner

Thomas Buckner: The avant garde vocalist and promoter looks back on a life of experimentation. By Robert Barry; Mutable Music: A tour through the highlights of Thomas Buckner's record label. By Julian Cowley

Invisible Jukebox: Claire Rousay × More Eaze: The Texas duo test each other with a mystery record selection

Unlimited Editions: Superpang

Unofficial Channels: Ringtone Bangers

Iceboy Violet: The Manchester MC explores virtual worlds. By Chal Ravens

Tony Bontana: Everything Is Perfect for the Birmingham producer. By Richard Stacey

Sophie Cooper: The DIY Todmordenite does it all for the greater good. By Abi Bliss

Wet Tuna: Matt Valentine forges his own style of funkadelia. By Dave Segal

The Inner Sleeve: Terry Riley on his album Shri Camel

Epiphanies: L'Rain documents lives and loves via her ever-growing archive of sound recordings

Print Run: New music books: David Grubbs's pleasure, DJ Screw's revolution, David Bowie's last works, John McGeoch's light, and more

On Screen: New films and DVDs: Alex Wroten's 23rd Century Giants: The Story Of Renaldo & The Loaf

On Location: Recent live events and streams: Sourdure, Mixology Festival 2022, Klein, Sophie Cooper, and more

On Site: Recent art shows: Laurie Anderson, The Weather; Jerry Hunt, Transmissions From The Pleroma

Soundcheck: 250, Anadol, Horace Andy, Kee Avil, Bronze, Eric Chenaux, Cheer-Accident, Kieran Daly, Sarah Davachi & Sean McCann, Dan Deacon, John Dikeman/Stefan Gonzalez/Ingebrigt Haker Flaten/Jonathan Horne, Elnath Project, Signe Emmeluth/Dag Erik Knedal Andersen/Magnus Skavhaug Nergaard, Eyes Of The Amaryllis, Goatface!, Flower-Corsano Duo, Keeley Forsyth, Malcolm Goldstein, Joy Guidry, Robert Haigh, Headboggle, HEALTH, Keiko Higuchi, Jameszoo, Kill Alters, Alison Knowles, Luxury Elite, Model Home, Charlie Morrow, Nappy Nappa, Nosaj Of New Kingdom & V8 TFD, Pumajaw, Bogdan Raczynski, Eliane Radigue/Frederic Blondy, Raum, Terry Riley, Nein Rodere, Jana Rush, Loren Rush, Saloli, Skeleton Hand, Sote, Survival Unit III, System Exclusive, Tangerine Dream, Cheb Terro Vs DJ Die Soon, lina tullgren & Alec Toku Whiting, Alex Twomey, Ken Vandermark, The Vex Collection, Ben Vida & Lea Bertucci, Cristian Vogel, Nik Colk Void, David Watson & Matthew Welch, Wet Tuna, Jason Williamson, AR Wilson, Teresa Winter, Patricia Wolf, Simona Zamboli, Peter Conradin Zumthor, Various Epiphanies, Various Get This: 32 Tracks For Free - A Tribute To Peter Rehberg

The Boomerang: David Bowie, George Duke, John McGuire, Pavement, Popol Vuh, DJ Quik, Richard Thompson, Lennie Tristano, Universal Liberation Orchestra, The Winstons, Iannis Xenakis, Various 6 x 10 = 60 Vol 1 & Vol 2

Notes: Includes 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 Angstromers, Manongo Mujica & Terje Evenson, Tolouse Low Trax, McPhee/Rempis/Reid/Lopez/Nilssen-Love, and more.

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 users 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.

Notes: On the cover: Aaron Dilloway: The US noise artist and Wolf Eyes co-founder talks to Emily Pothast about a career of horror and transformation. Plus, Robin The Fog takes a look at tape alchemy in the computer age. Plus: Katalin Ladik: Born in the former Yugoslavia, the uncategorisable experimentalist's multi-decade career has taken in confrontational performance pieces, electroacoustic collage, vocal exploration, and more. By Louise Gray. Jana Rush: The Chicago house and footwork veteran engages with the history of jazz on her soulful new album for Planet Mu. By Joe Muggs. Invisible Jukebox: Wei Wei × Li Jianhong: The laptop and guitar duo improvise their way through a mystery record selection. Tested by each other. Also inside this issue: Mabe Fratti; Hualun; Andrew Mbaruk; Sunik Kim; Global Ear from the southwestern Russian city of Kazan; Unlimited Editions purge.xxx; Unofficial Channels Blast Radio; The Inner Sleeve chosen by SH Fernando Jr; Epiphanies by Andrew Green and Eddie Otchere; hundreds of reviews and much more.

Notes: 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 TBA!

Notes: Inside this issue:

On the cover: Laraaji: The former stand-up comedian and street performer transforms mirth into meditative healing music. By Emily Pothast. Plus, Alan Courtis on the power of laughter, and Greg Davis on six wellbeing albums

Olivia Block: With her recent releases for Longform Editions and Room40, the US composer takes varied approaches to music-making, from painstaking perfectionism to pscilocybin experimentation. By Bill Meyer

Jun Togawa: As her back catalogue undergoes extensive reissue, the Japanese performance pop provocateur looks back on her subversive career. By James Hadfield

Invisible Jukebox: Giant Swan: Waterfowl development as the Bristol dance duo subject each other to a mystery record selection

Unlimited Editions: Akuphone

Unofficial Channels: Wearable instruments

Kay Logan: The Glasgow based sonic occultist summons the city's shadow self. By Abi Bliss

Max Syedtollan: Aleatoric prog moves from the autodidact UK composer. By Stewart Smith

Cath Roberts: Chance encounters with the London based saxophonist. By Dan Spicer

BlackFace Family: Auto-Tuned social commentary and pan-African rhythms from the Malawian outfit. By Antonio Poscic

Global Ear: It's a bard life in the Central Asian deserts of Karakalpakstan. By Nick Hobbs

The Inner Sleeve: Marina Rosenfeld on Joan Jonas's Vertical Roll

Epiphanies: Abdullah Ibrahim takes inspiration from a day at the races

Print Run: New music books: Malaria! and friends, Wu-Tang Clan, Genesis P-Orridge, Warren Ellis, Arvo Part, and more

On Screen: New films and DVDs: Todd Haynes's The Velvet Underground, Bill Benz's The Nowhere Inn

On Location: Recent live events and streams: Keith Tippett: A Celebration, Festival Iminente, Yarmonics, Unsound, Lunchmeat, and more

On Site: Recent art shows: Ulysses Jenkins's Without Your Interpretation, Angelica Mesiti's In The Round

Soundcheck: 266sx, Alarm Will Sound & Tyshawn Sorey, Artifacts, Atrae Bilis, Autumns, Olivia Block, Body/Dilloway/Head, Albert Bouchard, Brontis, Kyle Bruckmann, Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber, Charred, Ben Chasny, Douglas J Cuomo, Cynic, Richard Dawson & Circle, Deviant Process, ESP Summer, Zack Fox, Annie Gardiner, Ben LaMar Gay, Robert Gorl & DAF, Charlotte Greve, Helm, Herbert, Michael Hurley, Ilitch, Interesting Times Gang, Klein, Mikado Koko, Kowloon Walled City, Lonely Guest, Norman W Long, Lotic, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Jucara Marcal, Mephisto Halabi, MMM, Mzylkypop, Mankwe Ndosi & Body MemOri, New Age Doom & Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Daniel O'Sullivan, O YAMA O, Perila, Lovetta Pippen, Nolan Potter, Princess Diana Of Wales, Penny Rimbaud & Youth, Saint Abdullah, Philip Samartzis & Eugene Ughetti, Patrick Shiroishi, SIMM, Tyshawn Sorey & King Britt, Spectacular Diagnostics, Springtime, Suss, Elan Tamara, Tirzah, Amon Tobin, Martina Topley-Bird, Daniel Wyche, Youth

The Boomerang: Miles Davis, Faust, Lost Trail, Leo Nocentelli, Paul Schutze, SND, Joseph Spence, Various Ostgut Ton Funfzehn + 1, Various The Paths Of Pain: The CAIFE label, Quito, 1960-68, Various Tresor 30

Notes: On the cover: Wire: Since 1977's Pink Flag, Wire have crushed and expanded rock at will. About to release their 17th album Mind Hive, the most stable line-up in the band's history discuss facing the future while repurposing the past. By Dan Barrow. Also inside this issue: Katie Gately: Bereavement and ritual inform the new album from the Los Angeles based avant pop auteur. By Emily Pothast. Frank Denyer: With his unusual instrumental combinations and penchant for microtonality and extended technique, the English composer offers sanctuary from sensory overload. By Sam Richards. Plus: Invisible Jukebox with Mayo Thompson, Epiphanies by Ryley Walker, The Inner Sleeve chosen by Freedom To Spend, plus Marcela Lucatelli, Nava & Shayna Dunkelman, Terry Allen, 100s of reviews and more.

Notes: Inside this issue:

On the cover: Mdou Moctar: The Nigerien kings of the almighty riff talk touring, rock, suffering and the invaluable discipline of the wedding circuit. By Clive Bell.

Mazen Kerbaj: The Lebanese musician, artist and film maker establishes global relationships via an idiosyncratic musical language. By Mariam Rezaei

Eliane Radigue: A user's guide to the swelling discography of the French composer. By Julian Cowley

Invisible Jukebox: Jeff Parker × Ben LaMar Gay: The Chicago master musicians put each other to the test with a mystery record selection.

Unlimited Editions: Dub Store

Unofficial Channels: Original Jungle Samples

Hedvig Mollestad: The Norwegian guitarist reaps the whirlwind. By Mike Barnes

Duma: Metal meets gabber for the Kenyan doom duo. By Milos Hroch

Robbie Lee: New York improvisor reimagines the saxophone. By Andy Hamilton

Matthew J Rolin & Jen Powers: The Ohio guitarist and hammered dulcimer player keep the underground thriving. By Bill Meyer

Global Ear: Inventive linguistic play in Lisbon's hiphop scene challenges injustice. By April Clare Welsh

The Inner Sleeve: Tim Hecker on Fugazi's In On The Kill Taker

Epiphanies: Zeitkratzer's Reinhold Friedl finds liberation in the thundering noise bursts of Iannis Xenakis

Print Run: New music books: Hiphop photography, alien listening, wild vinyl, Swell Maps, and more

On Screen: New films and DVDs: Paul Duane's While You Live, Shine

On Site: Recent art shows: Spazio Per Azioni Luminescenti; Sweet Harmony: Radio, Rave & Waltham Forest 1989-1994

On Location: Recent live events and streams: faUSt, GLOR1A, EFG Jazz festival, Archie Shepp, Bjork, and more

Soundcheck: 75 Dollar Bill, Liz Allbee, Oren Ambarchi, Animal Collective, BLOODMONEYMIMZ, City & io, Mike Cooper, Kelli Frances Corrado, Dlina Volny, Earthless, farmersmanual, Josephine Foster, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Akiko Haruna, Hen Ogledd, Ilgenfritz/Chase/Lee, Kramer, Kuang Program, Lambda Sond, Robbie Lee, Love Object, Lungs, Matilde Meireles, Ava Mendoza, Chantal Michelle, Maria Moles, Matthias Muche, Mothermary, Shane Parish, Jeff Parker, phiik x S!LENCE, Michael Pisaro-Liu, Eliane Radigue, Rangers, Allen Ravenstine, Marcelo Dos Reis, Sawyer/Coates/Zoby/Renteria/Dwyer, Sea Oleena, Semiratruth, Sally Shapiro, Sara Serpa & Emmanuel Iduma, Shortie No Mass, Spermchurch, Luke Stewart, Luke Stewart & Jarvis Earnshaw Quartet, Luke Stewart's Silt Trio, Robert Storey, Tanya Tagaq, Telefis, Brian Thummler, Travis Duo, Valery Vermeulen, Salome Voegelin, Yeong Die, Various Keyboard Fantasies Reimagined

The Boomerang: William S Burroughs, Can, Don Cherry, El Trio, William S Fischer, Freestyle Fellowship, Roland Kayn, Movietone, OKI, Hermeto Pascoal E Grupo, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Nate Scheible, Splinters, Yukihiro Takahashi, Cecil Taylor, Larry Wish, Pamela Z, Frank Zappa

Notes: 2019 Rewind: Our massive annual survey of the last 12 months in underground music, including our definitive records of the year charts; opinion, analysis, musings and reflections from 2019's most active and influential critics, artists and musicians; plus Claire Sawers on science fiction in contemporary sounds from Moor Mother to Clipping; Rob Turner on new journeys in longform listening; Emily Bick on why music criticism matters, and more!

Notes: Inside this issue:

Rewind 2021: The year in sound and music:

Releases Of The Year: Wire asked their contributors to nominate their top ten records, CDs, downloads and streams of the year, then we added up the votes.

Critics' Reflections: Wire's contributors reflect on where we are now via 2021's cultural highs and lows.

Tunings: Not to scale. By Clive Bell.

Disability & Inclusion: Open systems. By Robyn Steward.

Formats: Vinyl frontiers. By Rob Turner.

Fourth Worlds: Rootless music. By Neil Kulkarni.

Columnists' Charts: Wire's specialist critics select music that shook their corner of the subculture, from avant rock to noise.

Archive Releases Of The Year: Wire's contributors voted for their top ten archival records, CDs, downloads and streams, and Wire counted them all up.

Invisible Jukebox: Lore Lixenberg × Elaine Mitchener: The two experimental vocalists subject each other to a mystery record selection.

Saadet Turkoz: Kazakh and Turkish traditions meet borderless creativity for the experimental vocalist. By Daniel Spicer

Klankvorm: New beginnings for the Netherlands multimedia duo. By Holly Dicker

Giant Claw: It's a wobbly world for Orange Milk founder Keith Rankin. By Emily Bick

Matthias Muche: Trombone density from the Cologne based musician and composer. By Julian Cowley

Global Ear: Seoul: Flux and mutability in the South Korean capital. By James Gui

Unlimited Editions: smallest functional unit

Unofficial Channels: Contextual Dissemination

The Inner Sleeve: Reiko & Tori Kudo on Brigitte Fontaine's Comme A La Radio

Epiphanies: A Florida residency teaches Haley Fohr aka Circuit Des Yeux the importance of environment

Print Run: New music books: rock 'n' roll lightning, Arthur Russell's bubblegum, the incomplete Steve Lacy, and more

On Screen: New films and DVDs: Caroline Kraabel London 26 And 28 March 2020: Imitation: Inversion; Klein Care

On Location: Recent festivals, gigs and clubs: Berlin Jazzfest, Alternating Current 2021, L'Rain, Plus-Minus Ensemble, and more

On Site: Recent art events: People Like Us Gone, Gone Beyond; Nina Thomas & Fern Thomas The Hidden Noise

Soundcheck: Eve Adams, Alya Al-Sultani & Mariam Rezaei, Arca, Bad Tracking, Bardo Todol Y Sus Aves Sin Nido, Beauty Pill, David Behrman, Betamax Vs Clive Bell, Calhau!, Chris Campbell, Anla Courtis & Stefan Neville, Dark Sky Burial, Seven Davis Jr, Dead Space Chamber Music, Adrian Democ, Die Wilde Jagd, Thomas Dimuzio/Jon Leidecker/ Alan Courtis, Wendy Eisenberg, Rufus Isabel Elliot, JJJJJerome Ellis, Embryo, Fionnlagh, Mabe Fratti & Concepcion Huerta, Garcia Peoples, GCOM, GLOR1A, Grove, Dan Haywood, Helado Negro, Eiko Ishibashi, Daniel Jones & Phil Julian, Joyul, Phil Julian, Kinlaw & Franco Franco, James Brandon Lewis, Lolina, Luce Celestiale, Luciano Maggiore, Tony Malaby, Jeff Mills & Rafael Leafar, Hedvig Mollestad, Francisco Mora Catlett, Kensho Nakamura, Niagara, Nonexistent, NOUS with Laraaji & Arji OceAnanda, Duane Pitre, Propan, Phil Ranelin, Julia Reidy, David Ross & Clive Bell, Nala Sinephro, Wadada Leo Smith's Great Lakes Quartet, Wadada Leo Smith/Vijay Iyer/Jack DeJohnette, Himali Singh Soin & David Soin Tappeser, The Splatter Trio, Sunn O))), Max Syedtollan & Plus-Minus Ensemble, Ayumi Tanaka, Ghedalia Tazartes, Ghedalia Tazartes & Rhys Chatham, Tender Buttons, They Might Be Giants, John Tilbury, Trees Speak, Umlaut Big Band, Christian Wallumrod, Patrick Ward, Wild Rani, Peter Zummo, Various Common Ground Vol 1, Various Intentions, Various Open Space Vol 2

The Boomerang: Hasaan Ibn Ali, Elton Dean Quartet, The Dream Syndicate, Denis Dufour, Thomas Leer & Robert Rental, Charles Mingus, Mordant Music, Mouth Congress, Adam Pacione, Steppenwolf, Suzukiski

Notes: 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.