The Wire #490 - December 2024

The Wire #490 - December 2024

A R Kane: The dreampop originators return with an archival retrospective, live performances – and a brand new line-up. By Simon Reynolds

Intermodulation: A hidden history of UK electroacoustic experimentation is told via an extensive new reissue. By Julian Cowley

Cuntroaches: Berlin’s experimental noise punks tap into the sounds of the sewer. By Claire Biddles

Sun Yizhou: Beijing improvisors explore the appliance of science with household objects in everyday locations. By Daryl Worthington

Invisible Jukebox: Sun Araw: Will Cameron Stallones feel the warm glow of The Wire’s mystery record selection? Tested by Emily Pothast

Global Ear: Taiwanese capital Taipei is a hub for psychedelic travellers from across South East Asia. By James Gui

Unlimited Editions: Brussels 7" specialists Les Disques Lexi are living the single life. By Claire Biddles

The Inner Sleeve: Composer and sound artist Rojin Sharafi on Duma’s Duma

Flickers From The Fen: Dungeon synth wizard conjures with the power of folklore. By Louis Pattison

Poppy H: Subterranean smartphone travelogues provide an escape from trauma. By Spenser Tomson

Manja Ristić: The vibrations and currents of the Adriatic remap the idea of Europe. By Derek Walmsley

Epiphanies: Sussan Deyhim finds a good listener in longtime collaborator Richard Horowitz

Print Run: Sonic Faction by Justin Barton, Steve Goodman, Maya B Kronic (Editors); Kill Your Masters: Run The Jewels And The World That Made Them by Jaap van der Doelen; Made In NuYoRico: Fania Records, Latin Music & Salsa’s Nuyorican Meanings by Marisol Négron; Instrument Of War: Music And The Making Of America’s Soldiers by David Suisman; Look Out! Issue One by The Old Hairdressers; It’s Not A Pill I Need But A Sewer To Jump In by Fritz Welch; Asparagus Piss Raindrop by Asparagus Piss Raindrop

On Location: South Bermondsey Festival 2024, London, UK; La Bâtie, Geneva, Switzerland; Clod Ensemble & Nu Civilisation Orchestra: The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady, London, UK; Meakusma, Eupen, Belgium; Pat Thomas, London, UK; AR Kane + Roger Robinson + Jabu, Bristol, UK; Andrew Poppy, London, UK; Unsound 2024, Kraków, Poland; Pharmakon + Kollaps + Lana Del Rabies, London, UK; Another Sky 2024, London, UK; No Bounds, Sheffield & Rotherham, UK; Extended Spaces: Resonant Bodies, Berlin, Germany

On Site: Raven Chacon, Background Music, London, UK

On Screen: Jamie Ross-Hulme Hyper: The Stevie Hyper D Story

Soundcheck: Actress, Adrián de Alfonso, Altered Forms Trio, Hiro Ama, Big’n, The Body, Body Meπa, MF Clarke, Harry Cloud, crys cole, Daufødt, Dean & Britta & Sonic Boom, Ekoplekz, Fennesz, Keeley Forsyth, Limpe Fuchs & Mark Fell, Furze, God Bullies, Gong Gong Gong & Mong Tong, Hair And Space Museum, Glynn Heppenstall, Philip Jeck, Karate, Laibach, Meemo Comma, Ava Mendoza, Mauricio Moquillaza, Mordant Music, Oranssi Pazuzu, Papa M, Jeff Parker ETA IVtet, Red Brut, Klaus Schulze, Slomo, SO SNER, J Spaceman & John Coxon, Pat Thomas, Thumbscrew, The Unthanks, Weird Of Mouth, Simon Whetham, YATTA, Various Waho Kizani

The Columns: Avant Rock by Joseph Stannard; Critical Beats by Misha Farrant; Dub & Reggae by Steve Barker; Electronics by Leah Kardos; Global by Francis Gooding; Jazz & Improv by Bill Meyer;
Noise, Industrial & Beyond by Emily Pothast; Size Matters by Byron Coley

The Boomerang: Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Dennis Bovell, John Cale, Can, cLOUDDEAD, MF DOOM, High Rise, Norman McLaren, Anthony Moore, Les Rallizes Dénudés, Michael Ranta, Takehisa Kosugi, Maj & Gunnar Sønstevold, Meredith L Young-Sowers

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