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Le T~greIn New York photographed by Jake Walters
Regulars Bitstream/ Death Row 12 Notes from the undergroundl John Cale's last requests
Global Ear 20 Akiko Hada chills out to sonic eruptions in Reykjavik
Epiphanies 106 Jim Haynes ascends Coil's anal staircase
Editor's Idea 6 Letters 8 Charts 50 Out There 91 Label Directory 96 Back Issues 98 Subscribe 100 Reviews Index 51 Soundcheck 52 Avant Rock 69 Critical Beats 70 Dub 71 Electronics 72 Global 73 HipHop 74 Jazz & lmprov 75 Modern Composition 76
Print Run 78 Ether Talk 82 On Location 84
TheWireTapper 8 4 Your track by track guide to this month's FREE 17 track:^
Badawi 22 Deploying desert musics, Middle Eastern trance, dub and turntablism, Raz Mesinai's Badawi project shadows the violent forces that have shaped global history. By Marcus Boon
Cabaret Voltaire 28 In the wake of their pioneering Industrial cut-ups of the late 70s, Sheffield's post-punk outfit slimmed to a duo, signed to Virgin and tuned into the vibrations emanating from Chicago and Detroit. By Ken Hollings
LeTigre 34 W~ t hroots in Riot Grrrl but advancing into electropunk, IDM and interventionist art, Kathleen Hanna, Johanna Fateman and JD Sampson's trio are agitating at ground zero of a female music explosion. By Joy Press
The Wire's survey of the past 12 months in music and beyond: charting the best releases of 2001 in all genres; plus musicians and writers deliver their verdicts on a turbulent year
InvisibleJukebox 22 Don Letts Everyone's favourite West London punk rude boy, video artist and DJ tries to identify tracks by Big Youth, Angelic Upstarts, Bad Brains, Vivien Goldman, Rhythm & Sound, DJ Scud and more. Tested by Ben Watson
Bites No-NeckBluesBand 14 Sand 16