Inside The Wire 308 | October 2009

Broadcast photographed by Eva Vermandel

The Wire Tapper 22 4 A track by track guide to this month’s free CD

The Masthead 6

Letters 8

Bitstream 10 News and more from under the radar

Trip Or Squeek 11 Cartoon strip by Savage Pencil

Bites 12 Tickley Feather, Joy Orbison, Sonic Explorations, the new cassette underground and more

Charts 52

Out There 97 Festivals, concerts, gigs and club listings

The Wire Tapper 104

Below The Radar 104

Subscriptions 105

Reviews Index 53

Soundcheck 54 This month’s selected CDs, vinyl and downloads, including a Kraftwerk box set, Walt Dickerson, David Sylvian, Gary War and more. Plus avant rock, critical beats, dub, electronica, hiphop, jazz & Improv, modern composition, outer limit s, unusual formats and reissues

The Inner Sleeve 77 Christian Marclay on Herb Alpert’s Whipped Cream & Other Delights

Print Run 78 New music books: Jah Wobble’s autobiography, Dan Graham’s rock writings, Bob Ostertag’s essays on politics, people and machines, the UK’s jazz dance and folk music scenes explored, and more

On Screen 82 Derek Bailey plus DJ Spooky and William Hooker soundtracking silents on DVD

On Site 83 Gallery and mixed media events, including Seripop’s exhibition in Gateshead and Sound Escapes in London

On Location 84 Festival and concert reviews including the Green Man festival, Charles Hayward & Tatsuya Yoshida in London, Rhys Chatham in New York City and more

Rashied Ali 16 Phil Freeman pays tribute to John Coltrane’s interstellar drum partner, who died in August

Sun Araw 18 Nick Richardson gets a fit of the cosmic giggles from the loopy psych of the Los Angeles hypnagogic popster

Global Ear Jajouka 20 Lisa Blanning visits the foothills of Morocco’s Rif Mountains to hear The Master Musicians Of Joujouka

Cross Platform Hans Peter Kuhn 22 A dingy no-go area of Leeds gets a sound and light makeover from the Berlin based creator of sonic environments. By Louise Gray

Invisible Jukebox Lou Reed 24 On the eve of his Metal Machine Trio tour, The Velvet Underground veteran takes a walk on the wild side of The Wire’s record collection. Tested by Alan Licht

Dopplereffekt 28 Derek Walmsley takes a crash course in subatomic physics in p reparation for a rare face to face encounter with the US expat Techno boffins

Iancu Dumitrescu 32 A surreal dream set the Romanian composer on his lifelong quest to liberate sound’s rude splendour from 400 years of classical tradition. By Philip Clark

Broadcast 38 Collaborating with hauntologists The Focus Group, Warp’s defining post-rock duo summon an occult pop laden with psychedelia. By Joseph Stannard

The Primer Kosmische music 44 David Keenan takes a trip with The Cosmic Couriers, Witthüser & Westrupp, Popol Vuh, Ash Ra Tempel and more to recover the music that Krautrock forgot

Epiphanies 106 Director Peter Strickland on how cutting his Katalin Varga film to Nurse With Wound tracks, among others, ruined some of his favourite music