Inside The Wire 276 February 2007

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Illustration by James Goggin

Regulars

The Masthead 4 Letters 6 Bitstream 8 Trawling for gossip withThe Wire’s news net. PlusTrip Or Squeek Global Ear 14 Mattin reports on the Basque Country’s challenge to the strictures of authenticity Charts 44 Out There 84 The pick of the month’s festivals, concerts, club spaces, radio and more Subscribe 88 Back Issues 90 Epiphanies 98 Richard Boon recalls how seeing The Sex Pistols inspired The Buzzcocks to record the EP that defined punk’s DIY ethic

Features

Infinite Livez 10 London hiphop’s Cockney rebel describes his headlong collisions with Swiss electronica duo Stade. By Dave Stelfox

Richard Skelton 12 The musician behind Harlassen, A Broken Consort and Carousell on the life-affi rming properties of art. By Tom Ridge

Cross Platform Shinro Ohtake 16 The Japanese artist and occasional Puzzle Punk halts his ceaseless activities for long enough to talk to Chris Sharp

Invisible Jukebox Bert Jansch 18 The guitarist and former Pentangler fi shes for clues to The Wire’s mystery record box. Tested by Mike Barnes

Seismic Performances 22 From gigs in defunct power stations to New York squats and Siberian festivals, The Wire’s team of writers remember the performances that changed their lives

The Primer Adrian Sherwood 36 David Stubbs provides a user’s guide to 30 years of the producer’s innovative ‘per-versions’ for On-U Sound and beyond, from Creation Rebel and Lee Perry to Tackhead

Reviews

Index 45 Soundcheck 46 This month’s selected CDs and vinyl, including Pole, GI Gurdjieff 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 Alan Vega gets lyrical over 7th Day Theory from Tupac’s alter ego Makaveli The Don Killuminati Print Run 70 New music books, including Marybeth Hamilton’s In Search Of The Blues, and a biography of Lou Harrison

On Screen 72 New music DVDs and film, including Hermann Nitsch’s theatre of blood and the No Fun Festival On Site 73 Installations and gallery events, including Sonic.Focus and Riflemaker Gallery’s transformation into Indica On Location 74 Concert and festival reviews, including ATP’s Nightmare Before Christmas in Minehead, Below The Radar in Porto and the LMC’s 15th Annual Festival