Will Montgomery
Issue 348
February 2013
On the cover: Oneohtrix Point Never: Brooklyn synth explorer Daniel Lopatin talks technological illusions, video game theory and cinema for the ear with Derek Walmsley. Plus: Joshua Abrams, Amsterdam’s STudio for Electro-Instrumental Music, Ricardo Villalobos' Invisible Jukebox, Cara Tolmie, Mark Fell's Collateral Damage and more.
Issue 341
July 2012
+ The Wire Tapper 29
On the cover: Low End Theories: The Wire’s 22 page celebration of the booming culture of Bass, from the Big Bang to the Brown Note. Stuck to the cover: The Wire Tapper 29 free 20 track CD.Plus: Fushitsusha, Reinhold Friedl's Invisible Jukebox, Duane Pitre, Ian Rawes's London Sound Survey and more.
Issue 328
June 2011
On the cover: The poster boys for the ATP generation tell Daniel Spicer about life after Tyondai Braxton, the Prog-pop equation, and working with Gary Numan. Plus Simon Reynolds on Retromania, Clive Bell on sea shanties, Demdike Stare's Invisible Jukebox, DVA, Mantana Roberts, Caroline Bergvall and much more
Essay from Issue 323
Quiet storms: Toshiya Tsunoda
January 2011
Read an extended version of Will Montgomery's Cross Platform article on Japanese sound artist Toshiya Tsunoda, master of the art of field recording.
Issue 323
January 2011
On The Cover: The Wire’s essential review of the year’s best music, including the Top 50 Records of the Year, writers’ and musicians’ reflections, and essays on 2010’s key developments. Plus: Giuseppe Ielasi, Electronic Voice Phenomena, Scanner's Invisible Jukebox, Peter Christopherson, Lichens, Pat Maherr and much more
News
Montgomery & Marley: The Legend
Montgomery & Marley: The Legend
Issue 285
November 2007
Underground Resistance founder 'Mad' Mike Banks explains campaign strategy to Mark Fisher. Plus interviews with Loren Connors, Russel Haswell and Sonny Simmons; JG Thirlwell's Jukebox, Thurston Moore's Inner Sleeve, Juneau/Projects/ in Cross Platform plus our 22-page Reviews section, Epiphanies, Global Ear, Savage Pencil's Trip Or Squeek and more
Issue 268
June 2006
+ The Wire Tapper 15
STUCK TO THE COVER: The Wire Tapper 15: All copies worldwide of this month's issue comes with a free 20 track CD, the latest volume in our ongoing series of new music compilations. The CD features tracks by Leafcutter John, Yannis Kyriakides & Andy Moor, Dub Trio, Herbert and more
ON THE COVER: Sonic Youth: The veteran New York rockers tell Nick Cain about the raw power of 'Rather Ripped', and give us an update on their myriad activities, past, present and future
FEATURES: Ekkehard Ehlers, Yellow Swans, Primer: John Fahey, Invisible Jukebox: Rob Mazurek, Terry Day, Harry Rag, Cross Platform: Jutta Koether
Issue 262
December 2005
+ The Wire Tapper 14
ON THE COVER: Lightning Bolt
FEATURES: Ken Hyder, Vashti Bunyan, Invisible Jukebox: Ray Russell, Primer: Jamaican Deejays, Tujiko Noriko, Susanne Brokesch, Kang Tae Hwan
PLUS: Wire Tapper 14: All copies of this month's issue come with a free 16 track CD, the latest volume in our ongoing series of new music compilations. The CD features tracks by Oren Marshall, Dirty Projectors, Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid, This Heat, Nels Cline/Wally Shoup/Chris Corsano and more
Issue 248
October 2004
ON THE COVER: Zeena Parkins & Ikue Mori. Steve Smith hears strange fruit from the harp and drum machine of downtown NYC's hardest working women
FEATURES: Henry Flynt, Mats Gustafsson, Primer: Psychedelic Soul, Invisible Jukebox: Jennifer Herrema, Radian, Juana Molina, Comets On Fire
Issue 241
March 2004
ON THE COVER: cLOUDDEAD - anticon's central trio ponder their disenchantment with HipHop and life under Schwarzenegger. By Rob Young
FEATURES: Györgi Ligeti, Art Bears, Mars, Invisible Jukebox: Four Tet, Olga Neuwirth, Double Leopards, Bernhard Gál, A Hawk And A Hacksaw
Issue 236
October 2003
+ The Wire Tapper 10
ON THE COVER: Great Lost Recordings - Reissue this! We pick 50 forgotten albums screaming out to see the light of day
FEATURES: Miles Davis, Rhythm & Sound, Invisible Jukebox: Peaches, Rechenzentrum, Carla Bozulich, Perry Robinson
PLUS: The Wire Tapper 10 - free double CD featuring Animal Collective, Kim Hiorthøy, David Sylvian, Erik Friedlander, Clogs, David Grubbs, Alias, Sagor & Swing, and many more
Issue 235
September 2003
ON THE COVER: Matmos - David Toop tries to keep the peace as Björk confederates Drew Daniel and MC Schmidt recreate the Civil War
FEATURES: Kaffe Matthews, Invisible Jukebox: David Byrne, Mike Kelley, Ron Geesin, Borah Bergman, Robert Wyatt, Erase Errata, Leafcutter John, Eric Glick Rieman
Issue 229
March 2003
ON THE COVER: Faust - They may have signed a pact with the Mephistophelean record industry, but the Neanderthals of Krautrock never stopped shaking their fists. David Keenan charts the group's journey to combat boredom with "all known sounds"
FEATURES: Steve Roden, Heiner Goebbels, Paul Dolden, Joe McPhee, Invisible Jukebox: David Toop, Black Dice, Maja Ratkje, Martin Siewart, Daphne Oram, Ryoji Ikeda
Issue 220
June 2002
ON THE COVER: DJ Shadow - In pursuance of the pure HipHop strain on his new Private Press LP, the retiring Californian beatmaster has stood back from the brink of superstardom to keep his melancholy variant on instrumental cut-ups keen. By Hua Hsu
FEATURES: Frederic Rzewski, Invisible Jukebox: Super_Collider, Bernhard Günter, Susie Ibarra, The People Band, Murcof, The Sealed Knot, Taj Mahal Travellers, Otomo Yoshihide, Sonic Youth, Zeitkratzer & Lou Reed, Vincent Gallo, Coil
Issue 209
July 2001
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
Issue 205
March 2001
ON THE COVER: Talvin Singh - With the release of his second album Ha, the multitasking tabla master has been promoted to the global music elite, hanging with cronies from Bill Laswell and Sakamato to Andrew Lloyd Webber. By Peter Shapiro
FEATURES: Ornette Coleman, Tangents: The Blank Generation, Invisible Jukebox: Stephen Malkmus, Phill Niblock, John Wall, Future Pilot AKA, Thighpaulsandra, Joy Division
Issue 181
March 1999
ON THE COVER: Nick Cave - Death Row Confessions
FEATURES: Maryanne Amacher, Fennesz, Joe Morris, Shiv Kumar Sharma, Kevin Shields, Ornette Coleman, Pan Sonic
Issue 161
July 1997
ON THE COVER: Juan Atkins - Motor City Magus
FEATURES: Adrian Sherwood's jukebox, Kenny Wheeler, Origin Unknown, Brian Eno, John cage, Mark The 45 King
Issue 156
February 1997
On The Cover: Autechre
Features: The Orb, George Crumb, N U Turn, John Zorn, Ryoji Ikeda
Issue 148
June 1996
On The Cover: Andrew Weatherall
Stuck To The Cover: free Big Cat CD
Features: Lou Reed, Pil, Neil Young, Marvin Gaye, Mad Professor, Meat Beat Manifesto, Jungle goes AWOL, 808 State, Ravi Shankar
Issue 139
September 1995
On The Cover: Brian Eno
Features: China: Rock under the Red Flag; :zoviet*france:, Skylab, Steve Williamson, George Clinton: Mothership Conspirator; Theremin and the Dawn of Electronics; Martin Rev
Issue 116
October 1993
ON THE COVER: Paul Weller
FEATURES: Dead Can Dance, Bootsy, Guitar Abusers: Hendrix, Zappa, Clapton; Django Bates, Catalyst, Royal Trux
Issue 112
June 1993
ON THE COVER: Music In The Realm Of Bodily Desire, Sexual Drive in Rhythm And Melody, Sound As It Arouses and Seduces
FEATURES: Marvin Gaye, Riot Grrrl, Gay Disco, Torch Songs, Orbital, Red House Painters, Jan Garbarek, Jack Bruce
Tracks from Issue 286
SKAN soundwalk
A soundwalk through Riga's sound art exhibition SKAN