Music Magazines

Notes: The fifth issue of We Jazz Magazine, "Amaryllis" for Mary Halvorson. 128 pages 174 x 250 mm in size and printed on 140g Edixion paper with laminated 300g Invercote covers. All articles presented IN ENGLISH. Stories include Mary Halvorson by Peter Margasak, Pi Recordings by Will Layman, Tyshawn Sorey by Marc Medwin, Women On the Syllabus by Tina Edwards, A Love Supreme Festival by Gareth Allen, Odysseus Festival by Dave Waller, Bob Rutman by Marialuisa Bonometti, Sarathy Korwar & Joanna Duda in conversation by Debra Richards, Tokyo Jazz Joints Vol. 3 by Philip Arneill, reviews, plus more.

Notes: Lately, everything's been weird. The feeling of vulnerability, fragmentation of time, space and memory, lack of solid ground. It's time to listen, improvise, and feel again. For many musicians, it's also been time to return to where they started, come back home, and remember what mattered before they grew up. In our conversations, Lanark Artefax, Lyra Pramuk, Nazar, Hiro Kone, Bill Kouligas, Amnesia Scanner, Farwarmth, Helena Hauff, and Racine review pieces and bits of their memories, values, and intentions with creating music. When you return to where you started and remember the days when the world was big, and you were small, and nothing was impossible, you begin to play again. You free and protect your inner child. You are at home.

The 'coming home' issue is a tribute to many musicians' fragile state of mind in recent months. Conversations with lanark artefax, lyra pramuk, hiro kone, bill kouligas, amnesia scanner, and helena hauff took place in the middle of the lockdown. it felt like an inward slowdown helped each of them stay hopeful and dreamy when everything was coming to pieces, and old structures wouldn't work anymore.

Borshch is a magazine for electronic music on and beyond the dancefloor. founded in berlin in 2017 by mariana berezovska and tiago biscaia, it's a space to provoke open dialogues and challenge established ideas about making, listening, and dancing to music. through physical and digital formats, borshch discusses the artistic, social, and political impact of electronic music on contemporary culture in and outside the club settings. the print edition of the magazine is published biannually.

Please note: magazine cover varies and particular cover cannot not be specified for order.

Notes: The Winter 2022 annual focuses on the creatives behind some of this year's standout shoots.

Introducing next edition of the The Collections, the limited edition publication compiling the best articles and photography of the last year.

The new issue, The Collections Vol. IV, launches today (17 November) and is in stores from 24 November. This year's collectable annual showcases behind-the-scenes insights from some of Crack Magainze's best features and imagery from 2022. This includes landmark covers such as Top Boy, Mistki, Carly Rae Jepsen and Hessle Audio as well as shoots with artists such as Lous and the Yakuza, Gaidaa and Girlpool.

The Collections was started up in 2020, during the pandemic, as a way to publish their best features at a time when the monthly magazine couldn't be printed. Since then, Crack Magazine have continued to use the publication as a space to celebrate and spotlight the work shared in the months prior. The fourth edition focuses on the creatives and shoots that make up the monthly magazine, in addition to some unpublished imagery, honing in on the global network of photographers.

Behind-the-scenes features in The Collections Vol. IV include an interview with ONDA - the photographer behind the May issue cover with Digga D - as well as interviews with artist Ethel Cain about self-shooting, and photographer Stephen Tayo about the Naira Marley cover shoot, Lagos and its creative scene, respectively. There's also a profile with Lynn Hayleigh (O-Ke) who photographed Touching Bass and a chat with duo Boy Harsher about filmography.

Notes: Artist features: DEQ 17: Jon Dixon, John Briggs, Peter Croce, Viands, The Bassment, Grey Area (Southwest art gallery), Kaku (Usui) Sushi and Poke, Detroit Techno Militia (DTM), Two Rooms (Joel Peterson of Trinosophes & Sam Hooker of Peoples Records) Record Label Spotlight, Nandi, A7, Shawscape and Movement 2019 photo recap.

Artist features: DEQ 18: Eddie Fowlkes, Techmarine Bottom Feeders (Paris the Black Fu, Luxus Varta)*, DJ Moppy*, DJ Holographic*, Apollo Brown, Sundiata O M, Luke and Jeff Hess, ADMN and Infolines.

Notes: Issue 3 is a heavyweight 220 pages and features Roisin Murphy, Grace Jones, Art of Noise, Boards of Canada, Chris Frantz, Danielle Moore, Decius, Hifi Sean, Jamz Supernova, Leftfield, Luke Solomon, Native Tongues, Ralph Lawson, Twisted Nerve, Underground Resistance and much, much more.

*** This magazine has two different covers - we can't guarantee which one you're going to get! ***

Notes: New issue! Interviews with Leda, Franciska, Troth and a feature on Incipientium. A5, 20 pages, written in english.

Notes: Cover art by Detroit-based graphic artist Lucy Cahill depicts Wanda Jackson as an alien because why not; with additional recent works by her inside the issue.

Glasgow's justly beloved Belle & Sebastian, hot on the heels of a US tour and their best record in ages, deliver unto us decades' worth of posters and ephemera, with an interview with Stuart Murdoch on the history of the group's aesthetics. Novelist and longtime friend David Gordon lets us run the full text of his archival talk with celebrated painter and author Duncan Hannah (RIP -- and yes he goes into detail about the Lou Reed incident described in Please Kill Me). Kevin Esquire spent hours with Motown's almost-star from the 1960s and '70s, Christina Carter, and we have unpublished archival images and many amazing anecdotes.

Speaking of Motown, did you know that the son of the great Marxist/Black liberation activist CLR James was in 'mixed race' band Odyssey, who had a record on Motown? We have a great feature on that. Fascinating discussion between guitarist-singer-songriter-innovators Chris Forsyth and Steve Wynn.

There is an amazing excerpt from Ben Berton's new book on Dan Treacy and the TV Personalities, detailing how the first 7" came together and John Peel inadvertently named the band. Nate Carlson goes deep on the Tony Iommi era of Black Sabbath. Why Buffy Saint-Marie matters, now more than ever, by writer and musician Emily Pothast. One of our favorite writers, Sara Jaffe, tells us how her own grandfather wrote the song 'I'm My Own Grandpa'! No, really! That alone is worth admission. Plus -- there's a terrific and long and excellently illustrated feature on the country and experimental steel guitarist Barry Walker Jr by Tom Humphrey.

Our SF Indie Scene Report: 2022 is so well done that it's going to knock your socks off. Plus, Lucy Sante and Mimi Lipson and the tape column and Katie Lass on her soon-to-be classic Hypnopomp LP and the great Jay Ruttenberg on Sessa, whew.

Plus, also of course beautiful images galore, and more besides.

Notes: On the cover: This issue is dedicated to the memory of astral traveling saxophone colossus Pharoah Sanders, with a tremendous evaluation of his most important work by the great music writer Andy Beta as the cover feature, rare images by Leni Sinclair, and a brief remembrance by film director Jeff Feuerzeig.

Columns: Lucy Sante - New column is about her collage practice, which was unknown until recently. Unsurprisingly it's great work; Mimi Lipson - Returns with another advice column filled with warmth, humor, and even advice; Jazz Roundtable - with Ben Jaffe, Sam Cohen, Bekah Flynn, and Makaya McCraven: New Orleans' entire history as refracted through the work of Charlie Gabriel of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, an absolutely deep and important piece; Thinking Fellers - An overview related to new reissues, written by none other than your favorite writer from Bananafish; Some Churches - Amazing images of small churches, rural and urban, from the collection of the Library of Congress.

Also featuring: Mick Collins - Tremendous career-spanning feature on the Gories/Dirtbombs frontman by the great RJ Smith; Lambchop - A great new album for Merge and an expansive theater piece Kathy Lindenmayer goes deep with leader Kurt Wagner; XV - Detroit's new no wave supergroup deconstructs an interview, with musician Adam Taub; Ghost Riders - '60s/70s North American downer psych-pop/ garage 'Coming of Age Garage Ballads,' Glen Morren turns in a lengthy overview; Ernest Hood - A feature on the heralded Pac NW ambient composer, amazing ephemera to choose from courtesy the RVNG peeps; The HI Rhythm Section - Tennie, Charles, and Leroy! An often hilarious feature by Jason Gross from Perfect Sound Forever; Edel Rodriguez - Contemporary Cuban-American graphic artist interviewed by Britt Daniel from Spoon --they've collaborated together; Wednesday Knudsen - An overview of the work of this genius rural Massachusetts-based contemporary zone folk goddess, by Michelle Dove; Alpaca Brothers - In depth feature by Matt Goody (whose new book on Flying Nun's history is a must); Matthew Dickman - The great skater poet and poet/skater, introduced by Alex Behr;¬ Charles Gillam Sr. - Gabe from Desert Island interviews the New Orleans-based music obsessive and folk artist; King Kong - Former Homestead Records honcho Ken Katkin is here with ten trenchant observations on a reunion show by Louisville's finest.

Notes: Maggot Brain is a full-colour, quarterly magazine edited by noted Detroit scribe Mike McGonigal: 100+ pages packed with phenomenal content - art, music, literature, unpublished archival material, and more - with a simple promise to only exist on the printed page.

The cover feature is an epic, really long timeline of images and interview with the modern king of arts portrait photography, Michael Lavine.

Amazing archival images by Gail Butensky and reflections on Pavement + what we think is the band's first new interview in a decade in anticipation of their reusion shows and events later this year
Tom Scharpling talks about prog rock with Matt Berry
A lengthy interview with the SF-based dreamy pop band Cindy by editor Mike McGonigal
Reuben Radding's killer photos and review of a recent show in Brooklyn by Chicago's Irreversible Entanglements
Ana Gavrilovska on why sax player and drone composer Lea Bertucci matters
Sara Jaffe on how essayist Aisha Sabatini Sloan is a genius

Notes: MOOF issue no. 11

Cover artwork by Jeremy Deller

100+ pages of underground music, art & culture.

This issue features interviews with Pete Brown, Dana Gillespie, Gruff Rhys, Alex Merry and Benjamin Myers, as well as features about the lesser-known UK free festivals, Argentinian underground magazine Expreso Imaginario, Gwawr Records, The New Eves, Burd Ellen, Aphex Twin, album/live music reviews & much more...

Notes: "New Breed Black Book" is a 44-page 'zine featuring tributes by graffiti artists/visual artists to the "New Breed" compilation tape from 1989. Essays by Chris In Effect, Becky McAuley, and JoJo Outburst. Black book art by MQ, Chris RWK, Chaka Malik, KEN ONE, Mackie Blitz, FCEE, GALLO, Djinji Brown, WOE, Drug Dogs, BUSKE, Tatu Paul, SHOE X-MEN, ELI, AWE, JERE, Keith JIVE, Liz Romano, POCH, PHECK, MESK Kyle Style, CORE 2, NEMO, Chris Beee, RIE. Lewis Dimmick, INK KDM, Monserrate, HYENA, Andy Fletcher, MAYO, Mark Gilson, and Hand Selecta.

Notes: All photo issue featuring photos from the '80s through to today including The Faction, Fugazi, Avail, H2O, Fastplants, Judge, Agent Orange, Fireburn, and more. 40 pages.

Notes: The original German text, written as a companion piece to Andrea Taeggi's album Nomeri-Tere now appears in an English translation by N. Cyril Fischer and a completely re-worked design by Dorothee Dahler and Kaj Lehmann.

On the Potential Of Limited Order begins with a consideration of the conceptual framework for Nomeri-Tere.

Schwegler then reflects on current tendencies in music and sound art concerned with romanticizing the selfexpression of a constructed Other, both of objects and sound itself. In a tour de force through the history of modern Western thought, the essay draws from structuralism and phenomenology to argue for a strictly antiessentialist ontology of sound.

Riso-printed magazine, hand-bound with white thread
- 20 pages
- Size: 105 x 297 mm
- Edition of 100
- Includes a link to the digital version Andrea Taeggi's Nomeri-Tere

Notes: The sixth issue of We Jazz Magazine, "Revelation" for Black Jazz Records. 128 pages 174 x 250 mm in size and printed on 140g Edixion paper with laminated 300g Invercote covers. All articles presented IN ENGLISH. Stories include Black Jazz Records by Daniel Spicer, As-Shams by Andy Thomas, Nyege Nyege Festival by Markus Karlqvist, Alina Bzhezhinska by Tina Edwards, Carl Stone by Peter Margasak, Gyedu-Blay Ambolley by Rob Garratt, Travelogue by Kari Ikonen, Pharoah / Jazz Composers Orchestra by Seymour Wright, reviews, plus more.

Country of printing: Finland

Notes: The eighth issue of We Jazz Magazine, "Shadow Shapes" for Dorothy Ashby. 128 pages 170 x 240 mm in size and printed on 140g Edixion paper with laminated 300g Invercote covers.

All articles presented IN ENGLISH.

Dorothy Ashby by David Mittleman, Don Cherry by Magnus Nygren, Peter Evans by Andrey Henkin, The Return Of the Queer Jazz Scene by Tina Edwards, Jimetta Rose & the Voices Of Creation by Samuel Lamontage, Asher Gamedze by Teju Adeleye, Jazz Taphonomy by Seymour Wright, Discaholic column by Mats Gustafsson, Guy Stevens by Lander Lenaerts, reviews, plus more.

Country of printing: Finland

Notes: Shindig! 108 features Todd Rundgren on the cover with an article chronicling his fascinating career in the 1970s as an in-demand producer and solo artist.

Other features/reviews include Third Ear Band, Dory Previn and Bobbie Gentry.

Notes: Features

The Dream Syndicate. The leftfield heroes of The Paisley Underground.

Triangle How to do French prog-pop crossover and be a success.

Dotti Holmberg A tale of folk clubs, sunshine-pop royalty, and not doing drugs.

The Jeff?Beck Group Out of The Yardbirds and into an unwelcome pop career. The guitar god's curious late '60s transition.

Regulars

Thoughts & Words Your letters, tweets and emails.

Shindiggin' What's hot on the?Shindig!?turntable.

Subscribers' Prize Draw Subscribe now, and you could win a copy of The Pretty Things' 13-LP box set.

It's A Happening Thing Temples, Alt?n Gu?n, Peter Daltrey & The Know Escape, Bronco Bullfrog, The Jack Cades, Karma Sheen, Shana Cleveland, Tony Molina, Estonian music, Novelty Island, H Hawkline

Family Album Emme? Finley's self-titled 1971 outsider slow burner.

Back To Back 'For All That I Am' by The Tokens and The Creation.

Deep Cuts David Crosby guests, writes and produces.

Hipgnosis The beginnings of the design legends' association with Pink Floyd.

20 Questions Echo & The Bunnymen's magician guitarist and garage nut Will Sergeant.

Reviews The best in reissues, new releases, books and live shows.

Prize Crossword Win a copy of Drop Out With The Barracudas (Deluxe Edition).

Vinyl Clicks The Ghoulies' Dogged By Dogma.

Vinyl Art Josipa Lisac's Dnevnik Jedne Ljubavi.

Notes: Shindig! issue no. 98 contains features on the year 1969, White Noise, Isobel Campbell, The Jay Vons, The Byrds, The Band, Fleur and more. Of course you also get the usual sections such as Shindiggin', What's Hot On The Shindig! Turntable, Thoughts & Words, Letters And Emails, It's A Happening Thing, and so on.

Notes: The fourth issue of We Jazz Magazine, "The Call" for Horace Tapscott. 128 pages 174 x 250 mm in size and printed on 140g Edixion paper with laminated 300g Invercote covers. All articles presented in English. Stories include Horace Tapscott by Andy Thomas, Ava Mendoza by Stuart Smith, Tigran Hamasyan by Rui Miguel Abreu, Istanbul Scene by Alper Kaliber, Isaiah Collier by Daniel Spicer, Bill Frisell by Debra Richards, DJ Old Crank by Matti Nives, Tokyo Jazz Joints Vol. 2 by Philip Arneill, reviews, plus more.

Notes: This cover story focuses on NYC garage-pop wizards the Magicians ('An Invitation to Cry') and the fascinating twilight world of Greenwich Village in the mid-sixties.

Also: The remarkable story of Jefferson Airplane's first bass player Bob Harvey is revealed for the first time, along with the saga of '60s garage heroes the Chancellors (famous for the Back From the Grave fave 'On Tour'). Mark Cunningham of '70s New York no wave renegades Mars is interviewed, David Holzer explores Lou Reed's obsession with the white light mysticism of Alice Bailey, and the mystery of Phantom's Divine Comedy is unravelled (rumored at the time to be the recently deceased Jim Morrison in disguise).

Plus, Part 2 of the story of Detroit proto-punkers the Dogs, and much more, including our popular review sections, covering all the latest vinyl and CD reissues, and rock 'n' roll-related books.

Notes: On the cover are the Petards, one of Germany's most creative and idiosyncratic bands of the late '60s and early '70s. Also, sunshine pop icon Sandy Salisbury, who talks about his '60s musical adventures with Curt Boettcher in the Ballroom and the Millennium. Mark Taylor talks about his adventures with seminal Australian punk rock 'n' roll animals the Psychosurgeons and the Lipstick Killers, and we reveal for the first time anywhere the remarkable saga of Charging Rhinoceros of Soul, Grande Ballroom regulars and soul brothers and sisters of the MC5 and the Stooges (Charging Rhino sax man Steve MacKay played on Funhouse). Also in this issue: Swedish '65 teenbeat pinups the Flippers, UK '70s DIY/punk renegade Auntie Pus, the Fifth Estate, the Inferno, Stourbridge Lion, an interview with Luis Rego of '60s French beat group Les Problemes, and the post-Jefferson Airplane exploits of bass player Bob Harvey. All this and more, including our acclaimed review sections, covering all the latest vinyl and CD reissues, and rock 'n' roll-related books. (144 pages)

Notes: The seventh issue of We Jazz Magazine, "Universal Beings" for Makaya McCraven. 128 pages 174 x 240 mm in size and printed on 140g Edixion paper with laminated 300g Invercote covers. All articles presented IN ENGLISH.

Stories include Makaya McCraven by Ayana Contreras, Sonny Rollins by Ashley Kahn, Peter Evans by Andrey Henkin, Amina Claudine Myers by Seymour Wright, Adolphe Sax by Harry Eddy, Ronald Snijders by Mike Bindraban, introducing our new columnist Mats Gustafsson, Puristamo Helsinki pressing plant photo essay by Mathias Foster, reviews, plus more.

Country of printing: Finland

Notes: Volume! The French journal of popular music studies is the only peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to the study of contemporary popular music.

It is published biannually by the Editions Melanie Seteun, a publishing association specialized in popular music. The journal is in French with some non-translated articles in English.

Volume! was established in 2002 under the title Copyright Volume! by Gerome Guibert, Marie-Pierre Bonniol and Samuel Etienne, and obtained its current name in 2008.

Notes: *148 Pages, Full Colour, Heavyweight Print *

Issue 5, Volume 2. Along with the cover stars of Pharoah Sanders and Anri, the issue features Ron Trent, Dexter Wansel, Carolyn Crawford, Hyldon, Linda Lewis, Lance Ferguson, Psychic Mirrors, Liv.e, Bernard Wright plus Re:Discoveries, Record Rundowns and more...

Notes: Weird Walk Zine Issue Six

48 page A5 zine

Printed on high quality recycled stock

Here we come a-wassailing
Among the leaves so green;
Here we come a-wand'ring
So fair to be seen.

Grab a mulled cider and join us as we honour the winter solstice, bid farewell to the old year and welcome in the new with the sixth issue of our zine.

Wander through the magical woodland of Savernake Forest, and explore Lundy, an island wreathed in myth. Come on a doom (metal) stroll with Archer Sanderson, and witness the collision of contemporary art and ancient megaliths with Jeremy Deller, a true weird walking inspiration if ever there was one.

Winter is upon us... may your hearth be warm and your Yule log bright.

Notes: Inside this issue:

Turntablists: Vinyl manipulators Maria Chavez, Mariam Rezaei and Victoria Shen prepare to hit the road (and the decks). By Emily Pothast

patten: Artist and musician Damien Roach confronts the future via AI generated samples. By Emily Bick

Dorothy Moskowitz: The former United States Of America vocalist returns with a bold new collaborative work. By Edwin Pouncey

Mihaly Vig: The Hungarian composer, actor and musician recalls his 40 year relationship with director Bela Tarr. By Ilia Rogatchevski

Invisible Jukebox: Tatsuya Yoshida: Will the drummer/vocalist be left in Ruins by The Wire's mystery record selection? Tested by James Hadfield

Unlimited Editions: Outlines

Unofficial Channels: Polar Sounds

Zoe Mc Pherson: Jungle beats and speculative futures. By Oli Warwick

Francisco Mela: 55 and free. By Daniel Spicer

Brighde Chaimbeul: Piping up. By Stewart Smith

Global Ear: Belfast. The underground thrives in Northern Ireland. By Brian Coney

The Inner Sleeve: :zoviet*france:'s Ben Ponton on The Damned's Damned Damned Damned

Epiphanies: Francisco Lopez heeds the call of the rainforest

The Wire Tapper 61: A track by track guide to this issue's free CD

Print Run: A Is For Anarchist: An ABC Book For Activists by billy woods & M Musgrove; A Licence To Rock And Pop: An Inventory Of Attitude by James Fry; Going Out: Walking, Listening, Soundmaking edited by Elena Biserna; On Minimalism: Documenting A Musical Movement edited by Kerry O'Brien & William Robin; The Names Of Minimalism: Authorship, Art Music, And Historiography In Dispute by Patrick Nickleson; I Feel Everything You Say, I Feel Everything You Hear edited by Jan Lankisch; Improvision: Orphic Art In The Age Of Jazz by Simon Shaw-Miller; Sound American No 29: The Roscoe Mitchell Issue edited by Nate Wooley; Time Come: Selected Prose 1975-2021 by Linton Kwesi Johnson
On Screen: Jeff Krulik, Joseph Pattisall & Joe Gross We Are Fugazi, From Washington DC; Sophie Robinson & Dunstan Bruce I Get Knocked Down

On Location: Michael Snow Memorial, Toronto, Canada; John Dikeman/Pat Thomas/John Edwards/Steve Noble, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK; Saidi Kanda & Mvula Mandondo, Brighton, UK; The Ephemeron Loop, London, UK; Numero Twenty, Los Angeles, US; Tears | OV + The Howling, London, UK; Pierre Bastien & Louis Laurain, Brighton, UK; Riot Ensemble: Sonic Illusions, London, UK; The Residents, Leeds, UK; Howl, London, UK; Adam Rudolph & Tyshawn Sorey, Brooklyn, US

On Site: Anne Imhof; Christian Marclay

Soundcheck: Astroturf Noise, King Ayisoba, B Cool-Aid, Gerald Cleaver/Brandon Lopez/Hprizm, Attila Csihar, Drew Daniel & John Wiese, Deerhoof, Dry Thrust, Marc Ducret, Dunn With Rutmanis, Debby Friday, Satoko Fujii & Otomo Yoshihide, Katie Gately, Tim Hecker, hepa.Titus, James Holden, James Ilgenfritz/Sandy Ewen/Michael Foster, Jan Jelinek, King Vision Ultra, Ingrid Laubrock, James Brandon Lewis, Liturgy, Liv.e, London Brew, Lily Guarneros Maase, Rob Mazurek & Exploding Star Orchestra, Moss Freed/Union Division, Natural Information Society, Bill Orcutt, patten, The Reds, Pinks & Purples, Alasdair Roberts, William Roper/Cassia Streb/Tim Feeney, Bruce Russell, Scatter, Sightless Pit, Sleaford Mods, Paul St Hilaire, Thomas Stone, Surgeon, Time Phase Trio, Time Trout, Keith & Julie Tippett: Couple In Spirit, Yves Tumor, Dan Weiss Trio, Alan Wilkinson/Steve Noble/John Edwards, Xiu Xiu, Various Tutto A Posto E Niente In Ordine, Various Utopia Or Oblivion

The Boomerang: Death, Felt, Harald Grosskopf, Francois Jeanneau, Siegfried Kessler/Gus Nemeth/Stu Martin, Maajun, The Muffins, Phauss, Phew, Andrew Poppy, Unwound, Various Blacklips Bar: Androgyns & Deviants - Industrial Romance For Bruised & Battered Angels 1992-1995

Notes: Inside this issue:

Meredith Monk: In the wake of a career-spanning box set the multidisciplinary artist discusses a lifetime of connection and communication. By Emily Bick.

Barbara Dane: The US folk/blues/jazz musician and activist details eight decades of anticapitalist agitation in a new memoir. By Emily Pothast.

Ocen James: The Ugandan Acholi fiddler talks electronic collaborations and riotous wedding jams. By Daniel Spicer.

Invisible Jukebox: aya: Will The Wire's mystery record selection be poetry to the ears of the UK DJ, producer and vocal artist? Tested by Meg Woof.

Unlimited Editions: Fox & His Friends. By Antonio Poscic.

Unofficial Channels: The Bristol Germ. By Noel Gardner.

Mark Jenkin: The Enys Men director explores Cornwall's hidden reverse. By Spenser Tomson.

Zaliva-D: Explosive electronics from the Beijing duo. By James Gui.

Territorial Gobbing: Leeds noisenik Theo Gowans cobbles it together. By Abi Bliss.

Jacqueline Nova: Opening the Colombian composer's archive. By Louise Gray.

Global Ear: Kansai: Fantasy and future unite in southern central Japan. By Miranda Remington

The Inner Sleeve: Audrey Chen on Nakatani-Chen Duo's LIMN

Epiphanies: The Raincoats' Gina Birch on a pivotal encounter with The Slits

Print Run: Assembling A Black Counter Culture by DeForrest Brown, Jr; From Scratch: Albanian Summer Picaresque edited by Pyke-Presje; The Williamsburg Avant-Garde: Experimental Music And Sound On The Brooklyn Waterfront by Cisco Bradley; dublab: Future Roots Radio edited by Mark 'Frosty' McNeill & Jeremiah Chiu; No Machos Or Pop Stars: When The Leeds Art Experiment Went Punk by Gavin Butt; The Bebop Scene In London's Soho, 1945-1950 by Ray Kinsella

On Screen: Tim Mackenzie-Smith Getting It Back: The Story Of Cymande; Michelle Heighway Energy: A Documentary About Damo Suzuki

On Location: X100, Berlin, Germany; Slanted! Enchanted! A Pavement Musical, New York, US; Eartheater, Los Angeles, US; Underground Institute Festival, Berlin, Germany; Maarja Nuut + ASUNA, Tokyo, Japan; UNFURL, Sydney, Australia; OORtreders, Neerpelt, Belgium; We Jazz Festival, Helsinki, Finland; HCMF, Huddersfield, UK; Decibel New Music Ensemble, London, UK; Valentina Magaletti Residency, London, UK; Wilbury Radio, Letchworth Garden City, UK

On Site: Shinro Ohtake; The Horror Show! A Twisted Tale Of Modern Britain

Soundcheck: Chris Abrahams, ACA, Algiers, Dewa Alit & Gamelan Salukat, Alvarezz, The Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Nick Ashwood, Backxwash, Meg Baird, Bardo Todol & Robert Millis, Jeb Bishop/Pandelis Karayorgis/Damon Smith, Patricia Brennan, John Cale, Calsutmoran, Christina Carter, Hannibal Chew III, Climax Golden Twins, Mike Cooper, Vladislav Delay, Delivery Health, Alliyah Enyo, Angelo M Farro, Avram Fefer/Marc Ribot/Eric Revis/Chad Taylor, Jurg Frey, GAHLMM, Ben LaMar Gay, Graham/Bishop/Karayorgis/McBride/Osgood, Kay Grant & Daniel Thompson, Keiji Haino/Jim O'Rourke/Oren Ambarchi, Hammered Hulls, Manga Saint Hilare, Martin Iddon, In Weather, Mark Jenkin, Pandelis Karayorgis/Nate McBride/Luther Gray, Uri Katzenstein, Kelela, Jussi Lehtisalo, Kali Malone featuring Stephen O'Malley & Lucy Railton, Lionel Marchetti & Decibel, Dan McCarthy, Joe McPhee & Tomeka Reid, The Necks, Negativland, Nighte, numun, Ivo Perelman, Ivo Perelman & Matthew Shipp, Ivo Perelman & Joe Morris, Richard Pinhas & Merzbow, Pole, Pulverize The Sound, Ruhail Qaisar, Reading Music, Ishmael Reed, Tomeka Reid & Fred Lonberg-Holm, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Rebecca Saunders, Shovel Dance Collective, John Smith, Snogg, Soulside, Suss, Tamarisk, Truemendous, Alexander Tucker & Keith Collins, Eli Wallace, Drew Wesely, Wolf Eyes, Christian Wolff & String Noise, Loula Yorke

The Boomerang: Beauty Pill, Butchamana & The Big Bang Brothers Band, Chris Capers & Joe Rigby, Joe Rigby & Chris Capers, Codeine, Grupo Um, Jill Kroesen, Laraaji, The Maglory Dengluch, People Like Us & Ergo Phizmiz, PG Six, The Pyramids, Rex, Jody Stecher & Krishna Bhatt, Marvin Tate's D-Settlement, White Heaven, Various The 12th Annual International Sound Poetry Festival, Various Instant This/Instant That: NY NY 1978-1985

Notes: Inside this issue:

2022 Rewind: the year in underground music

Releases Of The Year: We asked our contributors to nominate their top ten records, CDs, downloads and streams of the year, then we added up the votes

Critics' Reflections: Wire writers discuss their cultural highs and lows for 2022

The New Vaudeville: Funny games. By Stewart Smith

Turntablists: Spin cycles. By Rob Turner

Columnists' Charts: Our specialist critics excavate all crevices of the culture for this year's most exciting music, from hiphop to modern composition

Books, Films & Events: Emily Bick surveys the year in print, cinema, audiovisual arts and live performance

Climate: Burning issues. By Phil England

Healing Sounds: Good vibrations. By Emily Pothast

Archive Releases Of The Year: Our contributors voted for their top ten archival records, CDs, downloads and streams, and we counted them all up

Invisible Jukebox: Kali Malone: Our mystery record selection pulls out all the stops for the composer and organist. Tested by Derek Walmsley

Unlimited Editions: REC-on

Unofficial Channels: Xenwiki

Heith: The Milanese producer looks to magickal traditions. By Milos Hroch

Venus Ex Machina: Cybernetics meet mythology for the researcher and composer. By Meg Woof

Kraus: New Zealand psych wizard goes for a float. By Kiran Dass

Daniel Bachman: The American Primitive guitarist chronicles climate crisis. By Louis Pattison

Global Ear: Kadikoy: The Istanbul neighbourhood is the home for metal and underground music. By Robert Rigney

The Inner Sleeve: Gaye Su Akyol on Morphine's Good

Epiphanies: Meg Baird on Sheila Kay Adams and John Cohen

Soundcheck: Christine Abdelnour & Andy Moor, Theophilus Oluwafifehami Ajayi, Amefrican Grunges, Daniel Bachman, Big Joanie, Blood Rhythms, The Brother Moves On, Christeene, Circuit Des Yeux & Claire Rousay, Alvin Curran, The Dowling Poole, FaUSt featuring Keiji Haino, Ben Frost, Satoko Fujii, Ghoe0.95st, Melvin Gibbs, Hieroglyphic Being, Ryoji Ikeda, I Know I'm An Alien, Philip Jeck, Leslie Keffer, Leslie Keffer & R Stevie Moore, Kitten Pyramid, Klein, Low Res, Roc Marciano & The Alchemist, MoE/Bruxa Maria, MoE Y Escalantes, Anthony Moore, Mthunzi Mvubu, Je'ro^me Noetinger, No Home, Rascali Klepitoire, Julia Reidy & Morten, Joh Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn, Vanessa Rossetto, Claire Rousay, Claire Rousay & E Fishpool, Rubbish Music, Slumberland featuring Sainkho Namtchylak, Akai Solo, Tyshawn Sorey Trio + 1, Sourdure, Stabbing, Twinkle3 featuring David Sylvian & Kazuko Hohki, Urban Eden, Marc Urselli's SteppenDoom, Venus Ex Machina, Beau Wanzer & Hieroglyphic Being, Weyes Blood, billy woods x Messiah Musik, Yungmorpheus, Various Black Metal Rainbows Various Clap. An Anatomy Of Applause Various Dark Side Of The Sacred Star Various Fragility Of Sounds, Various Imaginary Landscapes Various Paroxysm: A Benefit Compilation For Leslie Keffer, Various Xtended Vox

The Boomerang: Alterations, Celtic Frost, Deicide, The Ex, The Fall, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Joyce with Mauricio Maestro, Meredith Monk, Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto, Les Rallizes De'nude's, Sidney Sager & The Ambrosian Singers, Topdown Dialectic, Markos Vamvakaris, Venom, Denis Wize

Print Run: Turn On, Tune In, Drift Off: Ambient Music's Psychedelic Past by Victor Szabo; Everything Keeps Dissolving: Conversations With Coil edited by Nick Soulsby; Junk Percussion: Notes For The Future by Roger Turner & Mari Kamada; For Zitka'la-S?a' by Raven Chacon; The Northern Silence: Journeys In Nordic Music & Culture by Andrew Mellor; Hungry Beat: The Scottish Independent Pop Underground Movement (1977-1984) by Douglas MacIntyre & Grant McPhee with Neil Cooper; Wetland Project: Explorations In Sound, Ecology And Post-Geographical Art edited by Brady Marks & Mark Timmings

On Screen: James Sharp The Jangling Man: The Martin Newell Story; Alexandra Cabral & Ian Svenonius The Lost Record

On Location: Semibreve, Braga, Portugal; Midwife, London, UK; Object Collection: Automatic Writing, NewYork, US; Cyborg Soloists, London, UK Akousma, Paris, France; Abdullah Ibrahim: EFG London Jazz Festival, London, UK; EFG London Jazz Festival: Henry Threadgill's Zooid + Anthony Braxton, London, UK; Come, London, UK; Zinc And Copper: Well Tuned Brass 2022, Berlin, Germany; Thumbscrew, London, UK

On Site: Carolee Schneemann Body Politics

Notes: On the cover: Phew: The Japanese punk survivor and intrepid vocalist/composer continues to build an impressive catalogue of collaborations, solo projects and band work in a career now spanning over 40 years. By Emily Pothast. Japanese punk primer: A round-up of notable outliers of Japanese punk and post-punk. By Alan Cummings

The Primer: Pauline Oliveros: A Deep Listening dive into the recordings (and cisterns) of the composer and accordionist who pioneered radical new ways of listening and living. By Louise Gray. Ione: The writer, playwright and director, and creative/life partner of Pauline Oliveros, continues their work to connect communities and listeners. By Vanessa Ague

Invisible Jukebox: Ava Mendoza: Will The Wire's mystery record selection shred the nerves of the virtuoso guitarist? Tested by George Grella

The Dream Syndicate: Since their 2012 reunion, the US psych trailblazers have let their freak flag fly across a run of trippy releases including new album Ultraviolet Battle Hymns & True Confessions. By Joseph Stannard

Unlimited Editions: Radio Art Zone

Unofficial Channels: Riddimguide

Black Glass Ensemble: Environmentalist chamber group follow the data. By Phil England

Deborah Walker & Silvia Tarozzi: Finest worksongs for the Italian cello and viola duo. By Peter Margasak

Julmud: The Palestinian producer and rapper collages industrial sounds from across the Middle East. By Milos Hroch

Floris Vanhoof: Transforming sound and vision is fair game for the Belgian artist and instrument builder. By Claire Biddles

Global Ear: Moscow: The invasion of Ukraine has pushed the Russian counterculture into retreat. By Arthur Kuzmin

The Inner Sleeve: billy woods on Bigg Jus's Black Mamba Serums v2.0

Epiphanies: Gary Lucas is enchanted by Third Ear Band's trancelike medievalism

Print Run: New music books: People Funny Boy: The Genius Of Lee 'Scratch' Perry by David Katz; Black Heart Fades Blue Vols 1-3 by Jerry A Lang; Free Music Production, FMP: The Living Music edited by Markus Muller; A-Z Record Shop Bags: 1940s To 1990s by Jonny Trunk; Sonic Urbanism: Listening To Non-Human Life edited by &beyond collective for Theatrum Mundi

On Screen: New films and DVDs: Eric Baudelaire When There Is No More Music To Write, And Other Roman Stories; Oeke Hoogendijk Licht

On Location: Recent live events and streams: Sonic Protest, Paris, France; Kontraklang: The Liz, Nugy n + Transitory, Berlin, Germany; MSCTT_ Studio x Carl Stone's Tokyo, mscty.space; Prolaps + Sarah Squirm + Dreamcrusher + Reagan Holiday + Quija, New York, US; Ragini Festival, New York, US 77 PAF Spring Olomouc, Czech Republic; Dorit Chrysler Vs Claudius, New York, US; Park Jiha, London, UK; Counterflows, Glasgow, UK; Borealis Festival, Bergen, Norway; Big Ears, Knoxville, US; Bill Frisell, London, UK; MaerzMusik, Berlin, Germany

On Site: Recent art shows: Lifes; A/B Smith ICU; Sanja Matkovic Stolen Childhoods

Soundcheck: 700 Bliss, Acid Mothers Reynols, Zoh Amba, Zoh Amba featuring William Parker & Francisco Mela, Oren Ambarchi, Oren Ambarchi/Johan Berthling/ Andreas Werliin, Kate Birch, Bob Vylan, Kjetil D Brandsdal & Thore Warland, Cave In, Eric Copeland, Dopplereffekt, Elementals' Orrery, Flaccid Mojo, Gaika, India Gailey, Gothenburg Sound Workshop, Mary Halvorson, Heroes Are Gang Leaders, Jaeho Hwang, Instruments Of Happiness, JARR, Zola Jesus, Kemper Norton, Kenosist, Klara Livet, KMRU, KMRU & Aho Ssan, Travis Laplante, Lay Llamas, Lettera 22, Mai Mai Mai, Matmos, My Cat Is An Alien, Nodosus, Pauline Oliveros & Reynols, Panstarrs, Pusha T, Steve Reich, Reynols, Louie Rice & Luciano Maggiore, John Scofield, Brandon Seabrook/Cooper-Moore/Gerald Cleaver, Sam Shalabi, Ches Smith, Dean Spunt & John Wiese, Carl Stone, Havadine Stone, Sudden Infant, Tarkamt, Martin Taxt, Test Card, Julie Tippetts & Martin Archer, Treasury Of Puppies, Ron Trent presents WARM, Tropa Macaca, Louie Vega, Cheb Wahida, Wardruna, Hildegard Westerkamp, Whatever The Weather, Wild Terrier Orchestra, Yokubari, Various The Assurance Compilation

The Boomerang: Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk, Don Cherry, Halicon, Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra, Jerry Hunt, Jim O'Rourke & Mats Gustafsson, Plankton Wat, Yasuaki Shimizu, Sparks, Sun Ra Arkestra, Masayuki Takayanagi, Vox Populi!, Various Irida Records: Hybrid Musics From Texas And Beyond 1979-1986

Notes: Inside this brand new issue:

Totally Wire-d: A 20 page special unpicking everything you wanted to know about Mark E Smith and The Fall by the totally Wire-d writers' squad: Claire Biddles, Graham Duff, Esi Eshun, Louise Gray, Michael Fenton, Jo Hutton, Leah Kardos, Stewart Lee, Craig Leon, Eugene S Robinson, Bruce Russell, Dave Segal, Richard Thomas, Spenser Tomson, Brian Turner and Kek-W

House Of All: Tessa Norton talks to the new band formed by ex-Fall members about life after Mark E Smith

Invisible Jukebox: No Home: Will The Wire's mystery record
selection raise Fucking Hell for the London DIY artist? Tested by Meg Woof

Nondi_: Pennsylvanian footworker reports from Flood City. By Neil Kulkarni

Kristen Roos: Vancouver synthesist embraces limitations. By Robert Barry

Natalia Beylis: Kyiv born sound artist makes water magic. By Brian Coney

Andy Akiho: Sculpted sounds from the US composer. By Kurt Gottschalk

Unlimited Editions: Edition Telemark. By Peter Margasak
Unofficial Channels: The Deep Ark. By Michaelangelo Matos

Global Ear: Oakland: Anti-gentrification in the East Bay. By Collin Smith

The Inner Sleeve: DJ Scotch Egg on Faust's You Know Faust

Epiphanies: Adele Bertei heeds the siren call of Patti Smith

Print Run: ESG's Come Away With ESG by Cheri Percy; Alien Territory: Radical, Experimental & Irrelevant Music In 1970s San Diego by Bill Perrine; Come My Fanatics: A Journey Into The World Of Electric Wizard by Dan Franklin; Season Of The Witch: The Book Of Goth by Cathi Unsworth; Neil Ardley: Kaleidoscopes And Rainbows by Vivian Ardley with John Coles & Dave Gelly; Empire Roller Disco: Photographs By Patrick D Pagnano by Sara Rosen & Patrick D Pagnano; The Future Of Rock And Roll: 97X WOXY And The Fight For True Independence by Robin James; Ain't But A Few Of Us: Black Music Writers Tell Their Story by Willard Jenkins (Editor)

On Screen: Jordan Albertsen Boom: A Film About The Sonics; Christina Batte WNYU: The World's Best Radio Station In The World

On Location: Bergamo Jazz Festival, Bergamo, Italy; aya x MFO, London, UK; Borealis, Bergen, Norway; Big Ears, Knoxville, US; Birds Of Paradise, Utrecht, Netherlands; Counterflows, Glasgow, UK; Claire Rousay, London, UK; The Philadelphia Orchestra, New York, US; Moin, London, UK; Fred Moten/Brandon Lopes/Gerald Cleaver, London, UK; Sixth Edition: Festival For Other Music, Stockholm, Sweden; Tremor, Sao Miguel, Portugal; Object Collection: HOUSECONCERT + Neil Luck & Mimi Doulton, London, UK; Sonic Protest, Paris, France; Rewire, The Hague, Netherlands

On Site: Season

Soundcheck: Nancy Andrews & Linda Smith, Martyna Basta, Andrea Belfi, DJ Brittle, Gerald Cleaver, Cold Comfort, Paul B Cutler, Mark Dresser, Paul Dunmall Ensemble, Fire! Orchestra, Fourth World Magazine III, Godflesh, Goodiepal & Bananskolen, Gunnar Gunnsteinsson, Heleen Van Haegenborgh, Alexander Hawkins Trio, IzangoMa, Rickie Lee Jones, Zubin Kanga, Marie Kruttli, Lucy Liyou, Dave Lombardo, Mandy, Indiana, Donny McCaslin, Metallica, Me:You, Modern Cosmology, MV & EE, Old Saw, Joaquin Orellana, Aruan Ortiz Trio, Massimo Pupillo/Malcolm McDowell/Gabriele Tinti, Taiko Saito, Marta Salogni & Tom Relleen, Brandon Seabrook, Skull Practitioners, Wadada Leo Smith & Orange Wave Electric, Sparks, Specime, Temps, Henry Threadgill Ensemble, Alan Wilkinson/Alex Ward/Jem Doulton, Venamoris, VHS Head, Jozef Van Wissem & Jim Jarmusch, Wobbly, billy woods & Kenny Segal, MC Yallah, Yetsuby, Various Music Perspective Vol 1

The Boomerang: Enhet For Fri Musik, Milford Graves with Arthur Doyle & Hugh Glover, Anna Homler & Richard Sanderson, Juju, Roland Kayn, Angus MacLise, Toshimaru Nakamura, Julien Ottavi, Joel Stern, Suicide, Lewis Taylor, Uboa, Alan Vega, Various Suburban Annihilation: The California Hardcore Explosion From The City To The Beach 1978-1983

Notes: On the cover: The Necks - For the last 25 years, the Australian trio have created a radical new open form for musical improvisation with hour-long performances that touch upon motorik rock, minimalist composition, drone and more. They talk to Daniel Spicer about their new album Travel.

Inside the issue...

Sirom - The Slovenian group reactivate archaic folk musics to create a new cosmic vision of Balkan sound through their longform performances. By Milo Hroch.

Marc Hollander - From fourth world 1980s art pop to creating a new hub for global music via the Crammed Discs label to a brand new album with Aksak Maboul, this Belgian polymath has created multiple visions of a better music world. By Julian Cowley

Invisible Jukebox: James Brandon Lewis - New York's hottest free and spiritual jazz reedsman takes Wire's mystery music test to celebrate his new album Eye Of I.

Global Ear - Giannis Kotsonis on the thriving experimental tape music scene in Athens; Unlimited Editions - Kehinde Alonge on essential East Coast jazz imprint 577 Records Unofficial Channels

Inner Sleeve - Mark Wastell on The Specials

Epiphanies - Pat Gubler aka PG Six is mesmerized by the possibilities contained in a single note of a piano

Plus full page interviews with Avalanche Kaito, Debby Friday, Gamut Inc, and El Khat. With this March issue Wire will be making a few changes to the magazine, including shapeshifting its format to A4, and introducing a new logo and design layout courtesy of new art director Guillaume Chuard

Notes: Reynols: For three decades the Argentinian psych travellers have surfed a cosmic sea of collaboration and communication. By Emily Pothast. Reynols on disc: A short guide to some of the outfit's most notable releases. By Kurt Gottschalk

Valentina Magaletti: From improv to dreampop to gamelan, the prolific London based drummer keeps her options open. By Ilia Rogatchevski

Ivo Perelman: The tireless Brazilian saxophonist harnesses the unrepeatable beauty of the moment across a broad collaborative career. By Phil Freeman

Invisible Jukebox: King Jammy: Will The Wire's mystery record selection send the pioneering Jamaican producer retreating under his sleng teng? Tested by Jordan Chung

Unlimited Editions: Fonolith Records

Unofficial Channels: Data Sonification Archive

Helms Alee: Seattle psych trio thrive in global crisis. By Neil Kulkarni

Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh: Adventurous violist craves the sound of metal. By Clive Bell

Blod: Back to church for the Swedish musician. By Louis Pattison

Oksana Linde: The Venezuelan-Ukrainian composer breaks surface. By Louise Gray

Global Ear: Kyiv: Underground survival in the Ukraine capital. By Ivan Shelekhov

The Inner Sleeve: Dennis Bovell on The Slits' Cut

Epiphanies: Edward Henderson finds illumination in a sweaty East London flat

Print Run: New music books: Harry Harrison's The DiY Soundsystem, Bob Stanley's The Birth Of Pop and more

On Screen: New films and DVDs: Cem Kaya's Love, Deutschmarks And Death, Giuseppe Tornatore's Ennio

On Location: Recent live events and streams: Deliaphonic, Sons d'hiver, and more

On Site: Recent art shows: Camille Norment

Soundcheck: Abhorrent Expanse, The All Golden, William Basinski & Janek Schaefer, Jam Baxter, Black Josh & Milkavelli, Bulbils, Sarah Cahill, Laura Cannell, crys cole, Congrotronics International, Clarissa Connelly, Andy Cowling, Cut A Lonely Figure, Delphine Dora, Axel Dorner & Mazen Kerbaj, Earthen Sea, Mark Ellestad, Roger Eno, Anne Gillis, Gultskra Artikler, Marcus H/Earstone, Helms Alee, HPrizm, JWords, Brian Jackson, Javon Jackson & Nikki Giovanni, Julmud, Kashaiof, Mazen Kerbaj, Laibach, Lauten Der Seele, Machinefabriek, Machinefabriek/Matt Wand/Nick Storring/Phil Maguire, Ben Marc, Benedicte Maurseth, Adela Mede, Myra Melford, Mona Evie, Alejandro Morse, Fred Moten/Brandon Lopez/Gerald Cleaver, Nadja/Aidan Baker, Nils Okland, Pan•American, Shelley Parker, Joanne Robertson & Sidsel, Meineche Hansen, Savage Republic, SNOGG, Soft Cell, Soundwalk Collective, Sports Pharmacy, Steamboat Switzerland, Steel Dangerous, G Steenkiste & U Schutte, Stinkin Slumrok, They Hate Change, billy woods, Richard Youngs, Rutger Zuydervelt & Bruno Duplant, Various Healing Together: A Compilation For Mental Health Recovery

The Boomerang: Albert Ayler, Ornette Coleman, Julius Eastman, Funkadelic, Fred Lane & His Hittite Hot Shots, Fred Lane with Ron 'Pate's Debonairs, Billy Mackenzie, Branko Mataja, Charles Mingus, Tony Oxley, Hamid El Shaeri, Jimmy Smack, Suicide, David Tudor, Yamash'ta & The Horizon, Frank Zappa & The Mothers, Various First Six Records

Notes: Inside our brand new issue:

Dave Lombardo: The former Slayer drummer and frequent collaborator unveils his solo drumming debut. By Phil Freeman

Invisible Jukebox: Laura Ortman:The White Mountain Apache violinist passes The Wire's mystery record test. Tested by Laina Dawes

Once Upon A Time In San Diego: At the dawn of the 1990s, an underdog punk scene stirred in southern California. By Tony Rettman

Paul Dunmall: Former hippy and ardent woodworker Paul Dunmall is the wildcard of UK free music. By Clive Bell

Luciano Maggiore: Everyday life provides inspiration for the Italian performance artist. By Edward Henderson

Unlimited Editions: WV Sorcerer Productions

Unofficial Channels: Doom & Gloom From The Tomb

Dwight Trible: US jazz vocalist aims low. By Brian Morton

Alison Cotton: Folk for freedom. By Abi Bliss

PoiL Ueda: Chants are a fine thing for the French-Japanese prog ensemble. By JR Moores

Global Ear: Ho Chi Minh City: Wild weekends in Vietnam's largest city. By Mike Steyels

The Inner Sleeve: Karl O'Connor aka Regis on The Wolfgang Press's Bird Wood Cage

Epiphanies: Verity Susman finds childhood solidarity with Woodcraft Folk's anti- apartheid protest songs

Print Run: Spectral Sounds: Unquiet Tales Of Acoustic Weird edited by Manon Burz-Labrande; Dance Your Way Home: A Journey Through The Dancefloor by Emma Warren; I Thought I Heard You Speak: Women At Factory Records by Audrey Golden; Easily Slip Into Another World: A Life In Music by Henry Threadgill & Brent Hayes Edwards; Ivor Cutler: A Life Outside The Sitting Room by Bruce Lindsay; The Listening Biennial Reader edited by Brandon LaBelle; The Art Of The Straight Line: My Tai Chi by Lou Reed; Linger On: The Velvet Underground by Ignacio Julia; Sonic Meditations by Pauline Oliveros; Sonorous Desert: What Deep Listening Taught Early Christian Monks - And What It Can Teach Us by Kim Haines-Eitzen; Listen: Jeph Jerman In Conversation With Aram Yardumian by Aram Yardumian, Steve Jansen & Jeph Jerman

On Screen: Takashi Makino The New Cosmos: Short Film Works

On Location: Eva-Maria Houben, London, UK; No Home + R.AGGS, London, UK; A Tribute To Derek Bailey, New York, US; Women From Space, Toronto, Canada Cyber Palace 3: New Order, Taipei, Taiwan; Dither Plays Laurie Spiegel's The Expanding Universe, New York, US; URLAND, Rotterdam, Netherlands; Wet Ink Ensemble Presents: Winter Chamber Concert, New York, US; Frequency Festival, Chicago, US; MaerzMusik, Berlin, Germany; John Bence + Tara Clerkin + Don Mandarin/Rastu And Om Shanti, Bristol, UK; Swordman Kitala + Soft-Bodied Humans, Brighton, UK

On Site: Eccentric 80s: Tabea Blumenschein, Hilka Nordhausen, Rabe perplexum And Contemporary Accomplices, Berlin, Germany; Massimo Bartolini, Prato, Italy; Not Necessarily In The Right Order, London, UK

Soundcheck: Adjunct Ensemble, Aksak Maboul, Ale Hop & Laura Robles, CEL, Buck Curran, Dez Dare, amby downs & Steve Gunn, Fire-Toolz, Josephine Foster, Steve Gunn & David Moore, Mats Gustafsson & Joachim Nordwall, JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown, Kaze & Ikue Mori, Brandon Lopez Trio, Annelies Monsere, Jason Moran, Drew Mulholland, Mat Muntz, Pascal Niggenkemper, Nondi_, Nosaj from New Kingdom & Steel Tipped Dove, Alva Noto, The Orb, Oval, Ozmotic | Fennesz, Alex Paxton, Proc Fiskal, The Purge Of Tomorrow, Fatima Al Qadiri, Lana Del Rabies, Nein Rodere, Saint Abdullah & Jason Nazary, Santa Muerte, Scotch Rolex & Shackleton, Colin Andrew Sheffield, Spirit Of Hamlet, The Storm Bugs, Sunburned Hand Of The Man, galen tipton, Penelope Trappes, Xylouris White, Various Solstice: A Tribute To Steffen Basho-Junghans

The Boomerang: Black Eyes, Adam Bohman, Joanna Brouk, Tony Conrad/Arnold Dreyblatt/Jim O'Rourke, Roxy Gordon, The Holy Modal Rounders, Jackie-O Motherfucker, Greg 'Stackhouse' Prevost, Pharoah Sanders Quartet, Robert Schroeder, Louis Stewart, The Stan Tracey Quartet, Various Quartz/Mirliton Cassettes: 1971-1979 Vols 1 & 2

Notes: Inside this issue:

Lucrecia Dalt: The Colombian composer, musician and vocalist explores eroticism, horror and beauty via soundtracks, collaborations and solo work. By Rob Turner.

Carl Stone: The Los Angeles born, Tokyo based composer reconfigures the rock/pop canon - and time itself - via dizzyingly detailed sample collages. By Emily Bick

Anthony Moore: With his solo output receiving the reissue treatment, the Slapp Happy founder reflects on his journey through avant pop, stadium rock, soundtracks and composition. By Julian Cowley. Plus: Joshua Minsoo Kim on Moore's experimental film music

Invisible Jukebox: Sarathy Korwar: Will the London based drummer and bandleader find himself beaten by The Wire's mystery record selection? Tested by Clive Bell.

Unlimited Editions: Faitiche Records

Unofficial Channels: Oresuus

Derek Piotr: Laptop folk from the Polish-American artist. By Louis Pattison

John McCowen: The US musician gets clever with the clarinet. By Peter Margasak

Dez Dare: Oz wizard seeks liberation through fuzz. By Claire Biddles

Global Ear: Richmond, Virginia: experimentation and anarchy in the South Eastern US. By Doug Nunnally

The Inner Sleeve: The Brother Moves On's Siyabonga Mthembu on Hugh Masekela's Introducing Hedzoleh Soundz

Epiphanies: Sarah Angliss recalls an unexpected schooling

Print Run: Breaks In The Air: The Birth Of Rap Radio In New York City by John Klaess; Musical Revolutions: How The Sounds Of The Western World Changed by Stuart Isacoff; Whatever Happened To The C86 Kids? An Indie Odyssey by Nige Tassell; The African Omnidevelopment Space Complex/We New by Ubadah McConner; The Cricket: Black Music In Evolution 1968-69 edited by Amiri Baraka, AB Spellman & Larry Neal

On Screen: Tayo Giwa & Cynthia Gordy Giwa The Sun Rises In The East; Scott Barber This Is Gwar

On Location: Heroines Of Sound, Berlin, Germany; Supernormal, Oxfordshire, UK; Bang On A Can Loud Weekend, North Adams, US; AMM, London, UK; Explore Ensemble: Enno Poppe + Cassandra Miller + James Dillon + Lawrence Dunn, London, UK; Creepy Teepee Festival, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic; Jazz Em Agosto, Lisbon, Portugal; Vision Festival 2022, New York, US; Lee Ranaldo & Michael Vallera + Andrew Bernstein Sextet, New York, US

On Site: Tresor 31; Alison Knowles by Alison Knowles: A Retrospective (1960-1922)

Soundcheck: Jessica Ackerley & Patrick Shiroishi, Al-Qasar, Oren Ambarchi, Angel-Ho, Ellen Arkbro & Johan Graden, Bastard Noise & Merzbow, Bitchin Bajas, BlackLab, Brood X Cycles, Peter Brotzmann/Keiji Haino Duo, Arthur Brown, Anna Butterss, The Comet Is Coming, Julian Cope, Deathprod, Discrepants, Dr John, Duch, Lamin Fofana, Dan Friel, Gammelsaeter & Marhaug, Geng PTP, Grey Wulf, Gabe Gurnsey, Keiji Haino & Sumac, Loraine James, Edyta Jarzab, Steve Lehman & Selebeyone, Logos, London Sound Survey, The Lord, The Lord & Petra Haden, Lasse Marhaug, Lasse Marhaug & Jerome Noetinger, MAW, Makaya McCraven, Rachel Musson/NO Moore/Ollie Brice/Eddie Prevost, Nadja, NikNak, Obituary, The Observatory & Koichi Shimizu, OFF!, Bill Orcutt, Alex Paxton, Petbrick, Eddie Prevost, Dave Rempis/Tomeka Reid/Joshua Abrams, Kristo Rodsevski, Shadowy Lines, Sigh, Wadada Leo Smith/Andrew Cyrille/ Qasim Naqvi, SSWAN, Wild Up, Otto Willberg, Saul Williams, Various Music From Saharan WhatsApp, Various Rental Yields Vol 1

The Columns

Boomerang: Dredd Foole & The Din, Paul McCartney, Pandit Pran Nath, Linda Smith, Tall Dwarfs, Hunter S Thompson, Voivod, Various Classic Black & White Jazz Sessions, Various Ghost Riders

Notes: Veteran Canadian metal experimentalists Voivod talk to Joseph Stannard about sci-fi theories, channelling Crimson, Floyd and Foetus, and working with brass on their recent The End Of Dormancy EP; pathbreaking pedal steel guitarist Susan Alcorn tells Peter Margasak about her latest quintet with Mary Halvorson and others; London rooted Japanese duo Keiko Yamamoto and Rie Nakajima aka O YAMA O take the Invisible Jukebox test, and much more TBA!

Notes: The next electro exploration from the infamous DMX Krew comes in the form of 'Blue Bob', which scours the genre's less bangerific backwaters. The four tracks on this new EP her for Further Electronix centre on everything from the weezy, to the gaseous, to the strange. 'Ambient Fog' does what it says on the tin, working as one of Krew's most minimal cuts to date; its noir synth strings and piquey melodic motifs sound like the soundtrack to a space-age murder mystery, as we try to decipher who killed Zog with what; a laser-blaster? a lightsaber? a photon torpedo? 'Clean The Stylus' and are 'Blue Blob' further sci-fi pleasantries, with icy blue notes and propulsive FM basses gluing it all together.

Notes: As the team behind Zweikommasieben takes its latest edition to ponder the essence of longevity, they arrive at several questions which they have worked through with their featured artists and writers. On the one hand, artistic traditions might be useful to lean on, to conjure an image and an accompanying gut feeling of a recent past. On the other hand, investing in the knowledge of traditions might allow to bend and twist them to explore ones own expression. Whether that is consciously incorporating sounds from the past to evoke historical resonances, as Courtesy did for her most recent album Violence of the Moodboard, or propelling the presentation of music forward into new traditions, such as in the work of Xzavier Stone who has recently started pairing scent with sound during his live performances. In a similar manner, Lateena Plummer proposes new traditions for a dancehall scene which finally makes space for marginalized identities and voices, a purpose directly derived from her experiences in the past, which she openly speaks about in conversation with Anna Froelicher.

When Beatriz de Rijke decided to work under the moniker Bea1991, she did this as a conscious anchoring in time, with the latter part of the name being a direct reference to her year of birth. One can imagine that a birthdate might be one of the only constants in life: one that will forever connect someone to a certain generation, and maybe even to a global cultural zeitgeist.

Zweikommasieben #27 includes

-Interviews with / portraits on Bea1991, Christian Marclay, Courtesy, Divide and Dissolve, DJ Loser, Lateena Plummer, Somatic Rituals, and Xzavier Stone
-essays on "New Moon" by Children of the Light for Darkside
- a column on Rike Scheffle's work
- a contribution by Lou Lou Sainsbury
All content in English; 92pages; 230x305mm

Zweikommasieben is a magazine that has been devoted to the documentation of contemporary music and sound since the summer of 2011. The magazine features artist interviews, essays, and columns as well as photography, illustration, and graphics.

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