Previously unpublished essay commissioned to
celebrate The Wire's 300th issue
The Wire : Primer on Kosmische Music talk by
David Keenan at Ancienne Belgique, Brussels on Saturday, 26 January
has been cancelled due to...
The Wire will be in attendance at Laika and
AB's Belgian one nighter in January. David Keenan is giving a talk:
a primer on Kosmische music, and...
Glasgow based record shop Volcanic Tongue has relocated
to The Hidden Lane on Argyle Street in Glasgow. Following an
opening party last week,...
On the cover: Scott Walker – In a rare interview, the singer and
composer talks Mike Barnes through his ambitious, brutal and
absurdist new album, Bish Bosch. Inside: Peter
Brötzmann redux, Wyrd sounds from the West Country, Jonas
Mekas, David S Ware, Pinch, the Slowfoot label,
Fontanelle, and much more.
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On the cover: The Wire’s essential
review of the year’s best music, including the Top 50 Releases of
the Year, writers’ and musicians’ reflections, and essays on 2011’s
key developments, including Mark Fisher on the crackle of dissent,
David Keenan on the sedition of song and Philip Clark on the
liberation of sounds, and views from the office. Plus Michael
Chapman's Invisible Jukebox, Spencer Clark & James Ferraro,
Gonjasufi, Kouhei Matsunaga, Claudia Molitor and more.
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Following Chris Cutler's response to Kenneth
Goldsmith's filesharing Epiphany, David Keenan looks at the fallout
from music's shifting economy, from the perspective of his webshop
and record shop Volcanic Tongue.
The German artist explores the inner life of
stones and sounds made by colours. By David Keenan. This article
first appeared in The Wire 306 (August 2009).
On The Cover: Knut Aufermann surveys a
decade-long boom in creative broadcasting, including subversive
stations, sound art, wireless festivals, flash mobbing and more.
Stuck To The Cover: Wire Tapper 24 - free 20-track CD
featuring Callers, Yann Novak & Robert Crouch, Gentleforce,
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On The Cover: Felix Kubin - The Hamburg
cosmonaut repurposes dada, Neue Deutsche Welle, communist anthems
and more for his music, films and radiophonic plays. By Momus. Plus
Carsten Nicolai, Hudson Mohawke's Jukebox, Actress, Demdike Stare,
Rangers, Carlos Casas in Cross Platform, Graham Duff on Wire, Oval,
Chicks On Speed, Zwischenwelt, The A Band and more
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On the cover: Caledonia dreaming: How Glasgow
has become the UK's experimental free folk capital, with Alasdair
Roberts, Trembling Bells, The Family Elan and more. By Rob Young.
Plus Marina Rosenfeld, The Thirteenth Assembly, The Moodies, Dylan
Nyoukis's Invisible Jukebox, Geiom, Sebastian Lexer, Yabby You,
Céleste Boursier-Mougenot in Cross Platform, Alan Moore on John
Clare, Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard on Adam And The Ants and
more...
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On The Cover: Wadada Leo Smith - Phil Freeman
meets a free music cosmopolitan who has explored free space with
Anthony Braxton, John Zorn, Spring Heel Jack and more. Plus Mark
Ernestus, Mattin, Eliane Radigue's Invisible Jukebox, Raymond
Dijkstra, Moon Wiring Club, David Grubbs in Cross Platform,
Pangaea, Robert Ashley's Inner Sleeve, Billy Ray Martin, Nicolas
Collins on Alvin Lucier and more
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Jennifer Allen
Sunn O))) Monoliths And Dimensions
(Southern Lord)
Black Dice Repo (Paw Tracks)
Zola Jesus The Spoils (Sacred...
On The Cover: Julian Cope - How the modern
antiquarian, megalithic European and Odinist rock 'n' roll heretic
orchestrates elegant chaos with his new group Black Sheep. Plus:
Cornelius Cardew, Henry Threadgill, Peter Walker, Jim Jarmusch's
Invisible Jukebox, 00I00, Mordant Music, Bernie Krause in Cross
Platform, William Bennett on Yoko Ono, Ian Penman on disco, Bill
Orcutt, Susan Stenger's Epiphany, Tanya Tagaq and more
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Broadcast: Collaborating with hauntologists The Focus Group,
Warp's defining post-rock duo summon an occult pop laden with
psychedelia. By Joseph Stannard. Plus Lou Reed's Invisible Jukebox,
Iancu Dumitrescu, Dopplereffekt, Kosmische Primer, Rashied Ali, Sun
Araw, Hans Peter Kuhn in Cross Platform and more
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Arrington de Dionyso, Climax Golden Twins, Elodie Lauten, Pink
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On The Cover: Madlib - The 'human record crate'
behind Quasimoto, Yesterdays New Quintet and Beat Konducta tells
Lisa Blanning about ancient grooves and future hiphop. Plus:
Hypnagogic pop, British visionary jazz Primer, Sleazy Peter
Christopherson's Invisible Jukebox, Andrea Parkins, Nisennenmondai,
Diana Rogerson, Rolf Julius and more...
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