Inside The Wire 294 August 2008

Regulars

The Masthead 4 Letters 6 Bitstream 8 Trawling for gossip with The Wire’s news net The Joined-up World of The Wire 9 PlusTrip Or Squeek Global Ear 16 Noisy art at Detroit’s UFO Gallery. By Walter Wasacz Charts 40 Out There 86 The pick of the month’s festivals, concerts, club spaces, radio and more Print & Digital Subscriptions 90

The Wire Tapper/The Wire Tapper/The Wire Tapper Back Issues 92

Epiphanies 98 Julian Cowley tunes in to the private transmissions of Robert Ashley

Features

Sick Llama/Fag Tapes 10 As curator of the Fag Tapes label, Heath Moreland is a crucial force in Michigan’s noise scene. By David Keenan

Reiko Kudo 12 The nomadic Maher Shalal Hash Baz founder conceals toxic thorns within her fl oral musical haikus. By Alan Cummings

Asva 14 Former Burning Witch/Sunn O))) member Stuart Dahlquist’s new project blends Doom with drone. By Stewart Voegtlin

Cross Platform Atsuhiro Ito 18 Vicente Gutierrez meets Tokyo’s inventor of the optron, harnessing the sonic power of fl uorescent light

Invisible Jukebox Joe McPhee 20 The avant jazz saxophonist uses lateral thinking to crack The Wire’s mystery record selection. Tested by Dan Warburton

Michel Chion 24 The Parisian musique concrèète composer and author ravishes the ‘fl oating ear’ with powerful text settings and cinematic sensibility. By Dan Warburton

Tricky 28 Knowle West council estates, strong women and Jesus Christ: Bristol’s self-described ‘Mr Darkness’ explains his return to form to Mark Fisher

The Primer Digital Dancehall 20 A user’s guide to Jamaica’s digital revolution, with deejaying and minimal riddims from Wayne Smith, King Jammy, King Tubby, Ninjaman, Shabba Ranks and more. By Dave Stelfox

Tricky photographed by Jake Walters

Reviews

Index 41 Soundcheck 42 This month’s selected CDs and vinyl, including alva noto, Byetone, Bernard Parmegiani, The Ragga Twins and more, plus specialist columns on avant rock, critical beats, dub, electronica, hiphop, jazz & Improv, modern composition, outer limits, reissues, compilations and unusual formats The Inner Sleeve 68 Stuart Hammersley on Just-Ice Print Run 69 Thurston Moore and Byron Coley’s No Wave history, an illustrated tribute to independent record shops and more On Screen 72 Soft Machine and Guy Sherwin on DVD On Site 73 Gallery and mixed media events, featuring Michael J Schumacher and Kimmo Pohjonen On Location 74 Concert, club and festival reviews, including Brighton Festival highlights, Le Weekend, Keiji Haino & Jim O’Rourke, Teenage Jesus And The Jerks and more