Inside The Wire 311 | January 2010
2009 Rewind photographed by Thomas Adank
The Masthead 4
Letters 6
Bitstream 8 News and more from under the radar
Trip Or Squeek 9 Cartoon strip by Savage Pencil
Bites 10 Jad Fair, The Ex & Brass Unbound, John ‘Drumbo’ French and more
Charts 50
Out There 90 Festivals, concerts, gigs and club listings
Below The Radar + The Wire Tapper 96 Free downloads and CDs
Subscriptions 97
Reviews Index 51
Soundcheck 52 This month’s selected CDs, vinyl and downloads, including Richard Skelton, Vindicatrix, Grind Madness At The BBC, PiL and more. Plus avant rock, critical beats, dub, electronica, global, hiphop, jazz & Improv, outer limits, unusual formats and reissues
The Inner Sleeve 73 Graham Dolphin on Sonic Youth’s Daydream Nation
Print Run 74 New music books: Steve Goodman’s Sonic Warfare, a compendium of graphic scores, a collection of Krautrock writings and more
On Screen 76 Sunny Murray, Isaac Julien’s Young Soul Rebels and audio-visual works from Optofonica on DVD
On Site 77 Gallery and mixed media events, with Susan Philipsz and a homage to Åke Hodell
On Location 78 Festival and concert reviews including Colour Out Of Space in the UK, Poland’s Unsound, Incus Festival in New York City and more
Position Normal 12 English eccentric and audio collagist Chris Bailiff puts David Stubbs under heavy manners
The Village Orchestra 14 Glaswegian producer Ruaridh Law feels the force of soft Techno and hard Ambient with Lisa Blanning
Yan Jun 16 The sound artist, writer and unofficial godfather to the Chinese underground talks drinking games with Clive Bell
Global Ear Leipzig 18 Biba Kopf reports from the German city’s musical front line
Cross Platform Paul Rooney 20 Audio ephemera and the spoken word unlock hidden social histories for the London multimedia artist. By Julian Cowley
Invisible Jukebox Josephine Foster 22 The Colorado born, Spain based singer and songwriter gathers round the gramophone to sample The Wire’s mystery record selection. Tested by Rob Young
Janek Schaefer 26 The architect turned turntablist discusses his sound art and pre-school discos with Chris Sharp
Monolake 30 Groove designer, software evangelist and sound fetishist Robert Henke talks circuitry with Derek Walmsley
2009 Rewind 36 The Wire’s essential review of the year’s best music, including Top 50 Records of the Year, writers’ and musicians’ reflections, and discussions of the state of the art in sound
Epiphanies 98 Cathi Unsworth navigates the noirish streets of London with Gallon Drunk as her map
