The Wire #375

The Wire Issue 375
May 2015

Roscoe Mitchell
50 years after the foundation of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, the Art Ensemble Of Chicago founder is still forging ahead. By Howard Mandel

Harry Bertoia
The late US sculptor, designer and sound artist returns in spirit via an exhaustive box set of his recorded works. By Matt Krefting

Legowelt
Prolific Dutch electronic musician and gear head Danny Wolfers is pining for the cyberpunk future. By Emily Bick

Sam Belinfante
Inscribing new audiovisual vocabularies. By Abi Bliss

Bridget Hayden & Claire Potter
Noise and text collide in a new collaboration. By Frances Morgan

Chris Hladowski
Bradford multi-instrumentalist gets the Qawwali party started. By Clive Bell

Brood Ma
London producer fuses digital futurism and harsh noise. By Adam Harper

Global Ear United Arab Emirates
International sound artists unlock new ways of listening in the Gulf. By Fari Bradley

Invisible Jukebox RP Boo
The footwork pioneer battles The Wire’s mystery record selection. Tested by Jacob Arnold

The Inner Sleeve
Mutamassik on Muhal Richard Abrams’s Lifea Blinec

Epiphanies
Tyondai Braxton on the art of letting go

Print Run
New music books: Penny Reel uncovers London’s reggae reverse, Elijah Wald plays the dozens, Tom Perchard surveys jazz in postwar France and more

On Screen
New films and DVDs: Prashant Bhargava and Vijay Iyer’s Rites Of Holi, and Phill Niblock’s Brazil 84

On Site
Recent exhibitions: Surround Audience in New York, and Staging Disorder in London

On Location
Recent festivals, gigs and clubs: Bloc, Madalyn Merkey, From Now On, Anthony Braxton, Cage vocal works and more