Wire #499
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On the cover: Cabaret Voltaire: The surviving members of the Sheffield industrialists, Stephen Mallinder and Chris Watson, mark half a century of surveillance and subversion. By Abi Bliss; Cabaret Voltaire Remixed: Wire contributors sift through the debris of the Cabs’ 50 year career. By Dan Barrow, Antonio Poscic, Ken Hollings,... Read More
On the cover: Cabaret Voltaire: The surviving members of the Sheffield industrialists, Stephen Mallinder and Chris Watson, mark half a century of surveillance and subversion. By Abi Bliss; Cabaret Voltaire Remixed: Wire contributors sift through the debris of the Cabs’ 50 year career. By Dan Barrow, Antonio Poscic, Ken Hollings, Joe Muggs and Derek Walmsley; Earshot: The sonic investigations organisation employ audio skills to interrogate the nature of evidence. By Anton Spice; SANAM: Breaking down barriers with Beirut’s psychedelic ensemble. By Daniel Spicer; Chris Burn: The pianist, trumpeter, improvisor, composer, arranger and ensemble leader looks back on a life of (dis)organised sound. By Seymour Wright; Invisible Jukebox: DJ Haram: Will The Wire’s mystery record selection leave the Brooklyn based producer beside herself? Tested by Mosi Reeves; Ho99o9: Black punk/hiphop fusion. By John Morrison; Cerpintxt: Funerary rites for lost souls. By Daryl Worthington; Andy Boay: Melancholic pop wonder. By Ryan Meehan; Global Ear: Sonic Belligeranza in Bologna. By Jamila Squire & Seth Wheeler; Unlimited Editions: Tokyo improv label, shop and event space Ftarri. By Derek Walmsley; The Inner Sleeve: Aidan Baker on Isao Tomita’s Snowflakes Are Dancing; Against The Grain: Moreskinsound’s David Toop and Ania Psenitsnikova search for other definitions of music and dance; Epiphanies: Loré Lixenberg on Cathy Berberian. Plus 35 pages of reviews including: Michael Hurley: Last words, by Byron Coley; Linda May Han Oh: Immigrant stories. By Stewart Smith; Dance Or Die: A History Of Hardcore: Life on the razor’s edge. By Hannah Pezzack; Anthony Braxton: 50+ Years Of Creative Music: Tri-Centric foundations. By Kurt Gottschalk; A Warp Happening: Multimedia extravaganza. By Chal Ravens; Subset Festival 2025: Future musics in ancient Athens. By Lucy Thraves; Be Ever Out: The Music Of Henry Threadgill: The maestro’s former ensembles pay tribute. By Kurt Gottschalk; and more.
The Wire is an independent, monthly music magazine covering a wide range of alternative, underground and non-mainstream musics. The Wire celebrates and interrogates the most visionary and inspiring, subversive and radical, marginalised and undervalued musicians on the planet, past and present, in the realms of avant rock, electronica, hiphop, new jazz, modern composition, traditional musics and beyond. Passionate, intelligent and provocative