The Wire 237. November 2003

Aphex Twin David Stubbs meets Richard James and his Rephlex partners on the eve of the label's 12th birthday tour Invisible Jukebox: Christian Marclay The turntablist listens to Rhys Chatham, Philip Jeck, Yasunao Tone et al. Tested by Rob Young and Anne Hilde Neset Taku Sugimoto The Tokyo guitarist continues to reconfigure silence in his quest for new ways of hearing the world. By Clive Bell Primer: Spectral Music Andy Hamilton steps into the altered harmonic dimensions and numinous sonorities of European spectralism Gloria Coates Philip Clark meets the expatriate American composer whose glissandi defy 12 tone orthodoxy Burning Man Mark Pilkington investigates strange rumblings at the annual Techno trance out in the Nevada desert Earth Marc Masters gets to grips with the gravitational pull of the Seattle monolith. Erik Friedlander Steve Smith talks to the New York cellist about improv, French poetry and going solo. Tim Hecker Marcus Boon drops a line for some fish stories from Montréal's electronic musician. Global Ear Daniel Bird on the sound of ancient Greece being reinvented in Gardzienice, Poland Epiphanies How Run DMC taught Norwegian teenager Anne Hilde Neset to walk her own way Print Run Stagolee Shot Billy, by Cecil Brown; Da Capo Best Music Writing 2003, Matt Groening (Guest Editor) & Paul Bresnick (Series Editor); Postmodern Music/ Postmodern Thought, edited by Judy Lochhead & Joseph Auner; Who Takes a Feather, Tara Jane O'Neil; Boulez On Conducting: Conversations With Cecil Gilly, by Pierre Boulez Cross Platform Artist, composer and improvisor Will Menter sculpts wood, water and slate in harmony with forests and caves. By Clive Bell Plus: Reviews of Brion Gysin: Tuning Into the Multimedia Age; Jandek on Corwood; Rechenzentrum; Sampler 3: Radical Album Cover Art; And Jon Wozencroft's Inner Sleeve featuring AC Marias On Location Adventures in Modern Music Festival, Chicago Empty Bottle; London Musician's Collective 12th Annual Festival, London The Place; High Zero Festival, Baltimore Theater Project; Phill Niblock's 70th Birthday Party, New York Tonic; Red Krayola + Maher Shalal Hash Baz + The Curtains, Silverlake Spaceland, USA; Les Musiciens Du Son, Paris Glaz'Art; Hecker/ Haswell/ Pita/ Hiaz, Birmingham Custard Factory