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The Wire
July 2008
Features:
- Rustie 12 This Scottish wunderkind’s bass-heavy ‘aquacrunk’ is the perfect beat for Glasgow’s busy party scene. By Lisa Blanning
- Franz Hautzinger 14 Why the Austrian trumpeter rejected Reductionism in favour of more eclectic, promiscuous fusions. By Nick Cain
- Cross Platform Materials Library 18 Joanne Lee meets Zoe Laughlin, curator of a London research project into the sound of everyday stuff
- Invisible J ox .snd 20 The Shefi eld digital duo attempt to click with The Wire’s mystery record selection. Tested by Derek Walmsley
- The Necks 24 Australian improvising trio Chris Abrahams, Tony Buck and Lloyd Swanton explain how their weightless, long-haul explorations achieve lift-off. By David Stubbs
- Mark Stewart 28 The former Pop Group and Mafi a godfather talks up his new outernationalist album and warns against being absorbed into a consumerist ‘l atpack reality’. By Mark Fisher
- Bill Dixon 34 The trumpeter has always patrolled the borders of tonality, from his 60s work with Archie Shepp and Cecil Taylor to his current, monumental Darfur. By Phil Freeman
- Soundcheck 44 This month’s selected CDs and vinyl, including The Bug, Russell Haswell, Dennis Wilson and more, plus specialist columns on avant rock, critical beats, dub, electronica, global, hiphop, jazz & Improv, outer limits, reissues, compilations and unusual formats
- The Inner Sleeve 69 Steinski on Dr John
- Print Run 70 Mark E Smith’s renegade memoirs, plus chronicles of John Cage, Tuxedomoon and more
- On Screen 72 Chris Petit’s Radio On and Ken Vandermark on DVD; Joy Division documentarised
- On Site 73 Gallery and mixed media events, featuring Hans Schabus’s jumbo Barbican installation and Pere Ubu’s anarchic staging of Ubu Roi
- On Location 74 Concert, club and festival reviews, including the Termite Club’s 20th Anniversary, No Fun Fest 2008, Stockhausen’s Michaels Reise, Swedish Outsiders in London and more
- Epiphanies 98 Pianist Vijay Iyer on how a single chord by Cecil Taylor turned his life upside down
- Out There 86 The pick of the month’s festivals, concerts, club spaces, radio and more
- Bitstream 8 Trawling for gossip with The Wire’s news net
- Marc Almond with Michael Cashmore 45
- Ascend 45
- Robert Ashley 45
- Beans 45
- James Blackshaw 45
- Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy 45
- Alexei Borisov & Anton Nikkil ä 47
- Carla Bozulich 47
- Anthony Braxton 47
- The Bug 44
- Bulbs 47
- Burning Star Core 47
- By Any Means 47
- Crackle 47
- Kid Creole 49
- Daedelus 49
- Bill Dixon 49
- Doppelmoppel 49
- Free Kitten 49
- Dan Friel 49
- Kenneth Gaburo 50
- Ron Geesin 50
- Russell Haswell 46
- Sekkutsu Jean & Kawabata Makoto 50
- Kelly/Lacey/McNulty/Vogel 50
- Fergus Kelly 50
- Lau Nau 50
- Daunik Lazro & Phil Minton 52
- Leila 51
- Dominique Leone 51
- Michael Maksymenko 51
- Joe McPhee & John Heward 51
- Melvins 51
- Phil Minton 52
- Simone Massaron featuring Carla Bozulich 47
- The Mole 52
- Thurston Moore 59
- Mothlite 52
- Toshimaru Nakamura 52
- Toshimaru Nakamura & English 52
- Charlemagne Palestine 53
- People Like Us & Ergo Phizmiz 53
- Genesis Breyer P-Orridge And
- Pyramids 53
- The Early Worm 53
- Huan Qing 54
- Raglani 55
- Rhadoo 55
- Terry Riley 55
- Terry Riley with The Paul Dresher Ensemble 55
- Sawako 55
- Janek Schaefer 55
- Cyrill Schläpfer 57
- Scorch Trio 57
- Tamio Shiraishi & MICO 57
- Shit And Shine 57
- Girolamo de Simone 57
- Skeletons Out 57
- Sonic Youth 59
- SPK 59
- DJ Spooky 59
- Swissair 59
- Tetine 59
- Tricky 60
- Venetian Snares 60
- Esther Venrooy 60
- Esther Venrooy & Heleen van Haegenborgh 60
- Simon Wickham-Smith 60
- Dennis Wilson 48