The Wire 170. April 1998

The Wire Tapper Your cut out and keep track by track guide to this month's free cover mount CD Death Songs Biba Kopf hears the dying of the light in the music of Albert Ayler, Nick Cave, Diamanda Galas and more Global Ear: Siberia Ken Hyder and Tim Hodgkinson encounter music and magic on the Tuvan Steppes Tony Conrad Without the Buffalo violinist there would have been no Velvet Underground. Richard Henderson meets the Minimalist drone king who discovered a whole new musical universe in one note Jan Kopinski Ten years ago the Nottingham saxophonist was committing jazz-punk slaughter with his group Pinski Zoo. Now he is haunted by the sound of digital mood music. By Ben Watson Phuture Q: What's the most influential record of the last ten years? A: "Acid Trax", the 1987 single that launched Acid House. Mike Shallcross flashbacks through the history of Chicago House's finest trio The Creators On the trading floor of the international beat exchange, this Surrey-based duo are blue chip brokers, trading old vinyl stock with America's leading HipHop producers. By Peter Shapiro Invisible Jukebox: David Thomas The Pere Ubumeister enters our mysterious listening booth and tries to identify tracks by the Beach Boys, Iggy & The Stooges, The Electric EEls, Roxy Music and more. Tested by Biba Kopf The Primer: Captain Beefheart Mike Barnes dons his trout mask for a surrealist journey through the recorded legacy of the spotlight kid Loren Mazzacane Connors Long before anyone was listening, America's most self-effacing guitarist was forging new music out of the country blues and the canons of Bach and Chopin. Now he makes the cover of Billboard. By AC Lee The Secret History Of Film Music The films of Italy's Dario Argento are blood weddings between the symphonic Prog rock of Goblin and Grand Guignol horror. Philip Brophy screams his approval