The Wire 208. June 2001

Company Flow and beyond New York's finest HipHop outfit may have ceased trading, but board members El-P, Bigg Jus and Mr Len have already laid separate plans for anti-corporate action via labels such as Def Jux and Sub Verse. By Mosi Reeves Neu! Now that the CD reissue of the Krautrock duo's early 70s motorik trilogy is official, Klaus Dinger and Michael Rother bury the hatchet to recall when German rock shifted gears and accelerated into the future. By Biba Kopf Primer: Fire Music Ignited by John Coltrane and Albert Ayler, the torch of 1960s black free jazz has been passed down via Cecil Taylor and Rashied Ali to William Parker, David S Ware and more. David Keenan provides a user's guide Invisible Jukebox: Fred Frith The itinerant avant guitarist, composer and improvisor tries to identify tracks by Derek Bailey, John Cage, Ikue Mori, Pole, Terry Riley, The Shadows, Wha Ha Ha and more. Tested by Richard Henderson John Duncan Jim Haynes makes a case for the defence of the Industrial artcore veteran whose CV includes mock shootings, subjecting spectators to sensory deprivation, and sonic pulverisation Electrelane The Brighton grrls are taking control with their epic avant rock. By Anne Hilde Neset Caroline Kraabel Phil England speaks to the London-based American Honkie skronk saxophonist. Frank Pahl The American composer lets his self-made automatons make the music for him. By Dave Mandl Prix Ars Electronica Tony Herrington reports from the jury room of the world's premier Digital Music competition Global Ear Lee Gardner reports from the 'sonic Galapagos' of Maryland's main city, home to a swelling experimental scene Epiphanies Simon Reynolds swoons to the sound of Scritti Politti's seditious soul music Print Run Yes Yoko Ono, by Alexandra Munroe with Jon Hendricks; Here To Go: Brion Gysin, by Terry Wilson & Brion Gysin; Cucamonga, by Rudy Vanderlans; Wild Years: The Music And Myth Of Tom Waits, by Jay S Jacobs; Reggae Explosion - The Story Of Jamaican Music, Chris Salewicz & Adrian Boot Ether Talk Invisible London, exhibited at the Sonar Festival, goes beyond the A-Z to map the city's hidden creative forces. Words: Rob Young Plus: Christoph Cox peeks and pokes around Bitstreams at NYC's Whitney Museum On Location Current 93 + Antony & The Johnsons + Pantaleimon + Backworld, London Bloomsbury Theatre, UK; Empty Bottle Festival, Chicago Empty Bottle, USA; San Francisco Electronic Music Festival, San Francisco 7Hz/ Cellspace, USA; Company, New York Tonic, USA; Other Minds Festival, San Francisco Cowell Theater, USA; Luc Ferrari & DJ Olive, Paris Théâtre Silvia Monfort, France