The Wire
Issue 386
April 2016
Cecil Taylor: Free music’s most uncompromising piano great shares words of wisdom with Phil Freeman on the eve of his residency and exhibition at New York Whitney Museum.
Mike Cooper: The colourfully shirted and widely travelled UK guitarist, whose work spans exotica, blues and ambient, explains his wanderlust to Clive Bell
J Dilla Primer: The reputation of beatmaker/rapper James Dewitt Yancey has shown no sign of diminishing in the ten years since his death. Jordan Ferguson presents a user’s guide to his ever-expanding catalogue
Eartheater: The cyborgian ecstasies of Guardian Alien’s Alexandra Drewchin unite the animal with the mechanical. By Chal Ravens
Bites:
Linafornia: The battle-winning Los Angeles beat scientist gets old spool. By Daisy Hyde
Beep: Film maker Karen Collins tracks the history of video game sounds. By Sara Drake
Hanna Silva: The Birmingham artist breaks language open from the inside. By Julian Cowley
Signor Benedick The Moor: Epically inclined DIY maverick exceeds to succeed. By Joseph Stannard
Global Ear: In the tiny village of Pigna, a family of musicians and artists kickstarted a Corsican cultural revival through its makeovers of traditional song. By Alessandro Michelucci
Invisible Jukebox: Glasgow’s Golden Teacher learn a lesson or two from Stewart Smith
The Inner Sleeve: Susanna on Tod Dockstader’s Eight Electronic Pieces
Epiphanies: Tresor founder Dimitri Hegemann recalls Berlin’s techno revolution as the underground institution celebrates its 25th anniversary
On Screen: Paul Marchand & Stephen Kijak’s Jaco: The Film
Print Run: Norient’s global perspectives on new music, Jonny Trunk’s library favourites, Scandinavian jazz, Tiny Tim, and more
On Site: Charlemagne Palestine in the Netherlands, Matt Copson in London
On Location: L’Ocelle Mare, Sonica 2016, This Is Not This Heat, Jerusalem In My Heart, Actress with The London Contemporary Orchestra, and more
…and more.
Issue 386
April 2016
Cecil Taylor: Free music’s most uncompromising piano great shares words of wisdom with Phil Freeman on the eve of his residency and exhibition at New York Whitney Museum.
Mike Cooper: The colourfully shirted and widely travelled UK guitarist, whose work spans exotica, blues and ambient, explains his wanderlust to Clive Bell
J Dilla Primer: The reputation of beatmaker/rapper James Dewitt Yancey has shown no sign of diminishing in the ten years since his death. Jordan Ferguson presents a user’s guide to his ever-expanding catalogue
Eartheater: The cyborgian ecstasies of Guardian Alien’s Alexandra Drewchin unite the animal with the mechanical. By Chal Ravens
Bites:
Linafornia: The battle-winning Los Angeles beat scientist gets old spool. By Daisy Hyde
Beep: Film maker Karen Collins tracks the history of video game sounds. By Sara Drake
Hanna Silva: The Birmingham artist breaks language open from the inside. By Julian Cowley
Signor Benedick The Moor: Epically inclined DIY maverick exceeds to succeed. By Joseph Stannard
Global Ear: In the tiny village of Pigna, a family of musicians and artists kickstarted a Corsican cultural revival through its makeovers of traditional song. By Alessandro Michelucci
Invisible Jukebox: Glasgow’s Golden Teacher learn a lesson or two from Stewart Smith
The Inner Sleeve: Susanna on Tod Dockstader’s Eight Electronic Pieces
Epiphanies: Tresor founder Dimitri Hegemann recalls Berlin’s techno revolution as the underground institution celebrates its 25th anniversary
On Screen: Paul Marchand & Stephen Kijak’s Jaco: The Film
Print Run: Norient’s global perspectives on new music, Jonny Trunk’s library favourites, Scandinavian jazz, Tiny Tim, and more
On Site: Charlemagne Palestine in the Netherlands, Matt Copson in London
On Location: L’Ocelle Mare, Sonica 2016, This Is Not This Heat, Jerusalem In My Heart, Actress with The London Contemporary Orchestra, and more
…and more.
Issue 386
April 2016
Cecil Taylor: Free music’s most uncompromising piano great shares words of wisdom with Phil Freeman on the eve of his residency and exhibition at New York Whitney Museum.
Mike Cooper: The colourfully shirted and widely travelled UK guitarist, whose work spans exotica, blues and ambient, explains his wanderlust to Clive Bell
J Dilla Primer: The reputation of beatmaker/rapper James Dewitt Yancey has shown no sign of diminishing in the ten years since his death. Jordan Ferguson presents a user’s guide to his ever-expanding catalogue
Eartheater: The cyborgian ecstasies of Guardian Alien’s Alexandra Drewchin unite the animal with the mechanical. By Chal Ravens
Bites:
Linafornia: The battle-winning Los Angeles beat scientist gets old spool. By Daisy Hyde
Beep: Film maker Karen Collins tracks the history of video game sounds. By Sara Drake
Hanna Silva: The Birmingham artist breaks language open from the inside. By Julian Cowley
Signor Benedick The Moor: Epically inclined DIY maverick exceeds to succeed. By Joseph Stannard
Global Ear: In the tiny village of Pigna, a family of musicians and artists kickstarted a Corsican cultural revival through its makeovers of traditional song. By Alessandro Michelucci
Invisible Jukebox: Glasgow’s Golden Teacher learn a lesson or two from Stewart Smith
The Inner Sleeve: Susanna on Tod Dockstader’s Eight Electronic Pieces
Epiphanies: Tresor founder Dimitri Hegemann recalls Berlin’s techno revolution as the underground institution celebrates its 25th anniversary
On Screen: Paul Marchand & Stephen Kijak’s Jaco: The Film
Print Run: Norient’s global perspectives on new music, Jonny Trunk’s library favourites, Scandinavian jazz, Tiny Tim, and more
On Site: Charlemagne Palestine in the Netherlands, Matt Copson in London
On Location: L’Ocelle Mare, Sonica 2016, This Is Not This Heat, Jerusalem In My Heart, Actress with The London Contemporary Orchestra, and more
…and more.