Special Event
Glasgow Centre For Contemporary Arts, United Kingdom
Music journalists Simon Reynolds and Paul Morley are joined by
artists Olia Lialina, James Bridle and writer/curator Sarah Lowndes
to discuss the difference between the contemporary conception of
the future and the not-that-distant past. The day long conference
accompanies the exhibition Tomorrow
Never Knows. Glasgow Centre for Contemporary Arts, 22 June,
10am–5pm, £8.
cca-glasgow.com
Definitive history of rave expanded and republished by Faber
Simon Reynolds introduces a series of seven
essays on his idea of a Hardcore Continuum. The essays all
originally appeared in past issues of The Wire.
Peruse Reynolds's web link Toopology,
accompanying his feature "Tales From Toopographic Oceans" that
looks at the cultural politics of his fellow author and critic,
David Toop, in The Wire 338.
On the cover: Not Not Fun: Simon Reynolds
finds dub, disco and DIY driving the LA label that’s home to LA
Vampires, Pocahaunted, Ducktails, Sun Araw, The Deeep and others.
Plus: Andrew Nosnitsky on bedroom rap, David Toop's mellow soul,
Daniel Miller's Invisible Jukebox, Micachu & The Shapes,
Ekoplekz, UbuWeb's Kenneth Goldsmith and much 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: Joanna Newsom - On her new
orchestral album Ys, the Californian harper's epic tales
have been enhanced by collaborations with Van Dyke Parks, Steve
Albini and Jim O'Rourke. By Rob Young
FEATURES: Lasse Marhaug, Haunted Audio, Christof
Kurzmann, Invisible Jukebox: Om, Cross Platform: Mika Taanila,
Victor Gama, Colleen, Tovah Olson
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ON THE COVER: Jamie Lidell - How Super Collider's
former singer discovered a deeper voice to become the godson of
soul. By Rob Young
FEATURES: Ornette Coleman, Animal Collective,
Invisible Jukebox: Keiji Haino, Primer: Lone Horns Improv, Magik
Markers, Monolake, Tony Bevan
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ON THE COVER: Mike Patton - Phil Freeman meets the
voice of unreason behind Fantômas, Tomahawk, various John Zorn
collaborations and Ipecac
FEATURES: Invisible Jukebox: Ira Cohen, Antony
& The Johnsons, Elliott Sharp, Primer: Grime, Richard Barrett,
Venetian Snares, MIA
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ON THE COVER: Jackie-O Motherfucker - From their
base in America's far North West, the ramshackle free rock
collective has developed a liberating aesthetic of harmonious noise
as a bulwark against the forcces of conservatism and
commodification. By Edwin Pouncey
FEATURES: Keith Levene, Erstwhile in Tokyo,
Invisible Jukebox: Kevin Ayers, Acoustic Ecology, Hrvatski,
Fursaxa, Soft Pink Truth, Beth Gibbons, Tony Conrad & Faust,
Mark E Smith
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ON THE COVER: Radiohead - At their Oxford base,
Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood tell Simon Reynolds about dissent in
an apathetic age, the secrets of their studio techniques and how to
stay off-message while under corporate manners
FEATURES: MicroHouse, Arthur Doyle, Invisible
Jukebox: Pauline Oliveros, Tangents: Metropolis and the
Man-Machine, Jacques Attali, Four Tet, John Hudak, Fennesz,
Chrome
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ON THE COVER: Company Flow and beyond - New York's
finest HipHop outfit may have ceased trading, but board members
El-P, Bigg Jus and Mr Len have already laid separate plans for
anti-corporate action via labels such as Def Jux and Sub Verse. By
Mosi Reeves
FEATURES: Neu!, Primer: Fire Music, Invisible
Jukebox: Fred Frith, John Duncan, Electrelane, Radiohead, Yoko Ono,
Scritti Politti, Prix Ars Electronica
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On The Cover: Royal Trux. These tramps were born
to burn: Neil Hagerty and Jennifer Herrema pour their shared
affinity for scuzzy art, musique concrete and harmolodics into
high-octane trailerpark rock noise. By Edwin Pouncey
Features: Burnt Friedman, Francisco Lopez, Sunny
Murray's Jukebox, Tangents #2: Back To The Roots, Luther Blissett,
Joseph Suchy, Lois V Vierk
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