Previously unpublished essay commissioned for
The Wire's online 300th issue celebrations
On the cover: Earth – Joseph Stannard finds
out why the Seattle slowrockers are away with the fairy folk and
investigating the Old, Weird Albion. Plus: Julia Holter, Michael E
Veal's King Tubby Primer, Ghost Box Invisible Jukebox, Haroon Mirza
Cross Platform, The Ex write about their trips to Ethiopia, Vicki
Bennett's Collateral Damage, Emptyset, :zoviet*france: and
more.
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In addition to its atmosphere of ‘backwoods
horror’ BMT’s recent album Black Goat Of The Woods (Aurora
Borealis) exudes an air of cosmic menace which can be traced back
to the Weird Fiction of Arthur Machen and HP Lovecraft,
conjecturing an aesthetic located on the membranous threshold
between Shub Niggurath and Gunnar Hansen.
Matt Elliott talks to Joseph Stannard about
the Bristol DIY scene which produced his recently reactivated
project, Third Eye Foundation, alongside Flying Saucer Attack,
Crescent and Movietone, as discussed in The Wire 319's
Retro-Activity feature.
On The Cover: Excepter - Electronic body
music and consciousness-altering improvised marathons collide in
this Brooklyn sextet’s discordian disco noise. By Phil Freeman.
Plus Daniel Carter, Sweet Seoul Music, August Darnell's Jukebox,
Jahtari, Lil B, Toro Y Moi, Craig Baldwin in Cross Platform, Aaron
Dilloway on Drunks With Guns, John Wiese on the Haters, Virgo and
more
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Hear the panel discussion at the first
Wire Salon
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: The Samadhisound proprietor
tells Biba Kopf about his latest song collection which features
input from improvisors Eddie Prévost, Keith Rowe and more. Plus:
Aki Onda, Julie Tippetts, William Basinski's Jukebox, Joker,
Caroliner, John Wynne, 20 years of Warp, Philip Jeck on recycled
sleeves, Matt Thorne on Viking Moses and others...
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On The Cover: Sunn O))): Stephen O'Malley &
Greg Anderson's drone project opens Heavy Metal to the realms of
cosmic jazz, experimental rock and spectral music. Joseph Stannard
meets the meta-Metal masters.
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Features: Sudden Infant, Magma, Adrian Utley's
Invisible Jukebox, Susanna, White, El-B, Jeff Keen, Ian Penman on
Nick Cave, Sunny Murray on film, Simon Fisher Turner on cassette
memories
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On The Cover: Richie Hawtin - he has the
technology. Stuck To The Cover: The Wire Tapper 20 - a free
19-track CD featuring music by Grails, Mike Osborne, Paavoharju,
Pantaleimon, MoHa!, Zavoloka and more. Plus, Makoto Kawabata's
Invisible Jukebox, Benge, The Primer: The alternative Neil Young,
Ingrid Laubrock, Runhild Gammelsaeter, Lucky Dragons, David Grubbs
on brief encounters and more.
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Read a transcript of Joseph Stannard's
conversation with composer and guitarist Oren Ambarchi, part of a
series of exclusive interviews with collaborators and members of
Sunn O))
Read a transcript of Joseph Stannard's
conversation with Greg Anderson, part of a series of exclusive
interviews with collaborators and members of Sunn O)))
Read Joseph Stannard's interview transcript
(excerpt)