The Wire 426. August 2019

Inside this issue: Oren Ambarchi: Shifting between detourned classic rock and hypnotic minimalism, lulling ambient and excoriating noise, the Australian polymath has become a major player in contemporary music. By Bruce Russell Julie & Keith Tippett: Their 50 years together as partners and collaborators have seen them through jazz, R&B, free improv and progressive rock, with more to come. By Mike Barnes Rangers: Alchemising mundanity into magic via the crucible of the home studio, the lo-fi road rock of Dallas musician Joe Knight exudes the charm of the highway strip. By Joseph Stannard Peter Laughner: Record store clerk, journalist and musician – Pere Ubu’s founding guitarist was a self-appointed catalyst for Cleveland, Ohio’s 1970s scene. A new box set surveys his talents. By Tony Rettman Invisible Jukebox: Pierre Bastien: Will the composer and instrument maker identify all the parts of The Wire’s mystery record selection? Tested by Richard Foster Unlimited Editions: Hasana Editions Unofficial Channels: Feminist Zines Saint Abdullah: Iranian brothers push Middle Eastern music into the red. By Tristan Bath Hannah Catherine Jones: The Artist Also Known As Foxy Moron interrogates the black British experience. By Stephanie Phillips Jacob Wick: The Mexico based trumpeter subverts the macho language of improv. By Bill Meyer 33EMYBW & Gooooose: Shanghai times and digital disruption with the cyberpunk duo. By Josh Feola Global Ear: Budapest: DIY gangsta rap proves a formidable opponent to an oppressive government regime. By Lorraine Mallinder The Inner Sleeve: Sarah Angliss on Bulletin Of The Atomic Scientists Epiphanies: David Toop salutes the studio voodoo of the late Dr John’s Gris-Gris Soundcheck: Paul Abbott, Abysmal Growls Of Despair, Oren Ambarchi, Oren Ambarchi + Martin Ng featuring Ensemble Offspring, Baby Blue, Philip Bailey, Harry Bertoia, Natalia Beylis, Biosphere, Burial, Eugene Chadbourne & Henry Kaiser, Cristopher Cichocki, Crown Shyness, Sarah Davachi, Sarah Davachi & Ariel Kalma, Whit Dickey Tao Quartets, Giovanni Di Domenico, Michael Donnelly, Dragoon, Ekin Fil, Ensemble neoN, E-Saggila, Flowdan, The Future Eve featuring Robert Wyatt, DJ Haram, Jim Haynes, C Joynes & The Furlong Bray, Junkie Flamingos, K-X-P 57 Jacob Kirkegaard, Lady Lykez, DJ Lag & Okzharp, LaBrecque/Barakat, Anthony Laguerre, Lena Andersson, LINGUA IGNOTA, Jason Lescalleet, Minus Equals Plus, Music In The Barns, Nérija, Sam Newsome, North Sea Radio Orchestra, John Greaves & Annie Barbazza, Object Collection, Tim Parkinson, Purple Mountains, Resavoir, Rutger Hauser, Saint Abdullah, Elliott Sharp, Mike Shiflet, Siggi String Quartet, James Tenney, Urban Exploration, Jennifer Walshe, Wa?ste, Wormed, Woven Skull, XT, Nate Young, Various Taxi Sampler 01: Rhythms & Vibes From The Spirit Of Young Africa, Various Vision & Revision: The First 80 Years Of Topic Records The Boomerang: Beaver & Krause, June Chikuma, The Deviants, His Name Is Alive, Patrick Moraz, Sam Rivers Trio, Stardust, Suicide, Masayuki Takayanagi New Direction, Unit, Keith Tippett, Toshiya Tsunoda, Venom Print Run: Nightingales In Berlin: Searching For The Perfect Sound by David Rothenberg; Womens Work edited by Alison Knowles & Annea Lockwood; Notes On Other Music edited by John Chantler; Radio Revolten: 30 Days Of Radio Art edited by Knut Aufermann, Helen Hahmann, Sarah Washington & Ralf Wendt; Begin The Begin: REM’s Early Years by Robert Dean Lurie; Revenge Of The She-Punks: A Feminist Music History From Poly Styrene To Pussy Riot by Vivien Goldman On Screen: Johana Ožvold The Sound Is Innocent On Location: Cybotron, London UK; Donaufestival, Krems, Austria; Tomorrow Festival, Shenzhen, China; Flipper with David Yow + The Derelicts + Thee Deception, Seattle, US; Only Connect, Stavanger, Norway; Open Ear 2019, Sherkin Island, Ireland; Maryanne Amacher: GLIA, London, UK; Obey Convention, Halifax, Canada; Hyperreality, Vienna, Austria On Site: Get Up, Stand Up Now: Generations Of Black Creative Pioneers, London, UK; Sophie Jung The Bigger Sleep – rehush (hush) London, UK