The Wire #369

Richard Dawson
The Newcastle singer and guitarist weaves his songs from the landscapes and social histories of North East England. By Abi Bliss

Alfred 23 Harth
Born in Germany and based in Korea, the multi-instrumentalist and artist reflects on a life spent crossing borders. By Julian Cowley

Invisible Jukebox Cooly G
The London producer and vocalist goes in hard against The Wire’s mystery record selection. Tested by Chal Ravens

The Primer Autechre remixes
From Merzbow and Earth to LFO and Surgeon, a user’s guide to the Sheffield duo’s radical reworkings

Cross Platform Moniek Darge
Nick Cain enters the playful workshop of the Belgian performer, composer and recordist

Kenny Wheeler
Philip Clark pays tribute to the Toronto born trumpeter who came to define British jazz

Katie Gately
The Los Angeles musician makes sound design for imaginary worlds. By Sam Davies

Ascetic House
US label combines visceral performance with polemical publishing. By Louis Pattison

Selvhenter
Keeping up with the prolific Copenhagen improv collective. By Nathan Budzinski

Beatrice Dillon
Human and robot rhythms inspire the London composer. By Maya Kalev

Global Ear Chennai
Carnatic music thrives at an annual festival. By Andy Hamilton

The Inner Sleeve
Oreet Ashery on Valeska Gert’s Baby

Epiphanies
Joe Maneri teaches Ashley Paul to hear and play in a different key

Print Run
Topless Cellist: The Improbable Life Of Charlotte Moorman by Joan Rothfuss Different Every Time: The Authorised Biography Of Robert Wyatt by Marcus O’Dair
Check The Technique Volume 2: More Liner Notes For Hip Hop Junkies by Brian Coleman
The Big Midweek: My Life Inside The Fall by Steve Hanley & Olivia Piekarski

On Screen
New films and DVDs: Louis Sarno in Song From The Forest plus Nas: Time Is Illmatic

On Site
Recent exhibitions: Skan II in Riga, Latvia

On Location
Live: Fort Process, The Scratch Orchestra, PC Music, Guelph Jazz Festival and more

Soundcheck A–Z
Jason Adasiewicz’s Sun Rooms
Anatomy Of Habit
Antony And The Johnsons
Arca
Ariel Pink
Dean Blunt
Blut Aus Nord
Chicks On Speed
Cooly G
Philip Corner
Cut Hands
Vladislav Delay
Kevin Drumm
Kevin Drumm & Jason Lescalleet
FKA Twigs
Flying Lotus
Fumaça Preta
Mike & Cara Gangloff
Pierre Gerard
Giant Claw
The Heliocentrics And Melvin
Van Peebles
Takahiro Kawaguchi
Magma
Dan Melchior
Mirage
Ashley Paul
Pharmakon
Radian And Howe Gelb
Renato Rinaldi
Letha Rodman Melchior
Shellac
Wadada Leo Smith
Alan Sondheim with Christopher Diasparra and Edward Schneider
John Wall & Alex Rodgers
:zoviet*france And Fossil Aerosol Mining Project
Derek Bailey/Joëlle Léandre/George Lewis/Evan Parker
Tristam Cary
Don Cherry
Robert Erickson
John Hassell & Brian Eno
Inryo-fuen
Peter Kowald/Daunik Lazro/Annick Nozati
Lewis
Lewis Baloue
Frank Lowe Quartet
Ken McIntyre
Various Bristol Boys Make More Noise! The Bristol Music Scene 1974–1981
Various The Original Sound Of New Orleans Soul 1960–76
Various Tav Falco’s Wild And Exotic World Of Musical Obscurities
Frans Zwartjes