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The Wire Tapper 49 Your track by track guide to this month’s free CD 1 Efdemin “Temple” From New Atlantis (Ostgut Ton) Born in 1974 in Kassel, Berlin based German DJ/producer Efdemin aka Phillip Sollmann recently turned toward microtonal composition. His Harry Partch-inspired Monophonie (2017) was performed at the Ruhrtriennale and Berlin Volksbühne. His 2019 album New Atlantis was inspired by Francis Bacon’s unfinished 17th century novel about a fictional island devoted to social progress. phillipsollmann.de, ostgut.de/ton/record/234 2 Good Moon Deer “Aloner” Forthcoming release (Unfiled) Icelander Guðmundur Úlfarsson aka Good Moon Deer first tried his hand at DJing while studying graphic design in Amsterdam. His his early releases were inspired by his night-long digital four-deck looping experiments. Underscored by a sinister mood and barely-there negative space grooves, his music is shot through with the possibility of everything falling apart. goodmoondeer.com, unfiled.online 3 Paper Dollhouse “Glass Tower” From Empty Rave (MoonDome) Paper Dollhouse is the project alias of musician and artist Astrud Steehouder. It’s both a solo and group project, frequently collaborating with artist and photographer Nina Bosnic and Asher Levitas (Planet Mu/Old Apparatus), who produced the album The Sky Looks Different Here (2018). “Glass Tower” is lifted from Empty Rave on Astrud’s MoonDome label. Stripping back early 1990s rave to its core ambience, “Glass Tower” is “the echo of jungle tekno as heard resonating across a cold North London night”. instagram.com/ paperdollhouses, moondomerecords. bandcamp.com 4 Qasim Naqvi “No Tongue” From Teenages (Erased Tapes) On his first Erased Tapes album Teenages, released in May, Pakistani-American composer Qasim Naqvi summons all his sounds on an analogue modular synthesizer. Variously tonal, textural and rhythmic, the music evolves and grows over the album’s six pieces, shifting from micro-sonics into something bigger, brighter and anthemic. Naqvi previously established himself as a composer for dance, theatre, film and installation based art. He also drums in the trio Dawn Of Midi. qasim-naqvi.com, erasedtapes.com 5 Ricardo Donoso “Disconnected Visions” From Calibrate (Denovali) Composer, percussionist and electronic musician Ricardo Donoso is from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He studied composition in the US at Berklee College of Music and New England Conservatory, and he now lives in Boston. His activities range from drumming in avant metal group Ehnahre to soundtracking films like Homegrown: The Counter Terror Dilemma (2016) and Casimiro Effect. His music “is most concerned with building and manipulating an immersive sound world that blurs the line between light and dark, hope and despair, past and future”. denovali.com/ricardodonoso, ricardodonoso.com since 2010. In 2011 he formed the trio One Circle with Lorenzo Senni and A:RA. In 2017 he dropped his Vaghe Stelle moniker to release an EP called Creature under his own surname. This track is taken from Mana’s Hyperdub debut album Seven Steps Behind, out this month. mana1.bandcamp.com, hyperdub.net 6 LI YILEI “0:00” From 0:00 (Ferric:Flux) Described as “the manifestation of an inquiry into tropes of phenomena, existence, power dynamics, and the politics of sound and listening”, London based artist LI YILEI’s works span sound, performance, multimedia installations and moving image. On 0:00, LI YILEI deploys radio signals from Venus, Uranus, Neptune, Mars and Saturn as accompaniment to synthesizers, guitars and a backdrop of terrestrial field recordings. yileili.com, focusedsilence.com 7 IQ+1 “House” From Conversaphone Plus (Mappa Editions) The current line-up of all star Czech improv band IQ+1 – George Bagdasarov, Veronika Hladká, Jaroslav Tarnovski, Petr Vrba and Michal Zbořil – adheres to the philosophy of total improvisation, mixing acoustic violin, trumpet, Indian harmonium with analogue synths, bubbling electronics and field recordings “from the far edge of the galaxy”. mappaeditions.com, mappa.bandcamp.com 8 Mana “Symphony Of Regulation” From Seven Steps Behind (Hyperdub) Mana is composer and producer Daniele Mana from Turin, Italy, who previously worked under the alias Vaghe Stelle, releasing numerous EPs and two albums 9 Anthony Laguerre “V” From Myotis (Vand’Oeuvre) France based musician, composer and sound engineer Anthony Laguerre is schooled in improvisation, drumming and sound recording. His various projects include the psychedelic noise band FiliaMotSa and the free rock group Praag. Founded in 2007, FiliaMotSa (also Filiamotsa Soufflant Rhodes) featured himself on drums and Emilie Weber on amplified violin, among others, and ex-The Ex vocalist GW Sok guested on their 2015 album Like It Is. Laguerre produced Chair’s 2016 album Carnation, on which he also contributed drums and synthesizer. anthonylaguerre.com, centremalraux.com/ soundtracks (10) ling la Eh (9); Thek Martin (8); Arnaud 10 Achim Zepezauer & Slotmachine Guests “Kuhzunft (Special Wire Tapper Mix)” Unreleased (gruenrekorder) Dortmund based electronic musician and drummer Zepezauer’s URL lists a wide range of his activities, from dadaist improvising trio Hampelstern-Terzett and the more groove based Das Behälter to performing solo concerts with prepared cassettes, films, broadcasts, and more – not forgetting his website Slotmachine project – all gathered under the loose umbrella of Kuhzunft, his tongue in cheek neologism based on the German word for future (Zukunft) that he coined as an art school student. slotmachine.kuhzunft. com, kuhzunft.com Christian Werner (1); Smriti Keshari (4); Anna Baštýřová (7); Andrea C ossu 4 | The Wire | The Wire Tapper 49
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11 Pas Musique “The Phoenix” From The Phoenix (Alrealon Musique) Pas Musique have gone through various iterations since emerging from Brooklyn in 1995 as the solo project of founder Robert L Pepper. In 2018 Pas Musique played out as a four piece electronics group with krautrock undertones consisting of Jon V Worthley, Michael Durek, Jesse Fairbairn and Pepper. Their collaborators include Faust, Rapoon, z’ev, Philippe Petit, Polish duo HATI, Chester Hawkins, Jim Tuite and more. pasmusique.net, alrealon.com 14 Daniel Carter/Tobias Wilner/Djibril Toure/Federico Ughi “Canal Street (Wire Mix)” From New York United (577 Records) Bringing together New York downtown free jazz saxophonist, clarinettist and flautist Daniel Carter, Tobias Wilner from Danish electronic band Blue Foundation, Wu-Tang Clan bass player Djibril Toure and longtime Carter associate, Italian drummer Federico Ughi, this stellar international quartet have combined the classic sound of the New York avant garde (John Coltrane, Albert Ayler, etc) with electronic manipulation and production on their debut album. Live, they have already played a number of concerts in New York, including the Forward Festival in 2016 and 2018. 577records.com, 577records.bandcamp.com (17); Fabrice Bourgelle (20) ilippon Ph in ilner (14); Roma ias W Rebetez (13); Tob Chris C arlone (11); Augustin 12 Milena Glowacka “Try Out On You (edit)” From Radiance (FALK) Polish born producer and performer Milena Glowacka is based in Reykjavík, Iceland. Since 2013 she’s played at clubs across Europe, including Berlin’s Tresor and London’s Corsica Studios, making music that falls somewhere between ambient, experimental and a hazy techno aesthetic. Her debut album Substance was released by Vanity Pill Tapes in 2017, and her new album Radiance is out this month, when she’s also scheduled to appear at SONAR Reykjavik festival. facebook.com/ MilenGlowacka, falkworld.bandcamp.com 13 Mess Noir “Fdbck Trpsm #4” Forthcoming release (Vandalizm) With a name meant to “evoke chaos and black mass”, Mess Noir is the experimental drone project of Swiss bassist Lionel Gafner, who in 2016 produced the limited edition cassette EP Vox Abysso (Vandalizm). Gafner has also performed with free improvisors (na)PALMT(h)REE, doom metal group The Ocean, jazz outfit Sha’s Feckel and dark ambient rockers The Fawn. soundcloud.com/mess-noir, vandalizmrecords.com 15 Deaf Center “Red Glow” From Low Distance (Sonic Pieces) Norwegian duo Deaf Center are Erik K Skodvin and Otto A Totland, who started out “as both friends and enemies at the age of ten in the small town of Langesund”. So far they have made three albums: Pale Ravine (2005) and Owl Splinters (2011) on Type, and this year’s Low Distance on Sonic Pieces. Outside Deaf Center, Totland has released two solo piano albums, and Skodvin has performed under his own name, as Svarte Greiner and in various collaborative projects. He also runs Miasmah Recordings. sonicpieces.com 16 Josiah Steinbrick “Fo Barro” From Fragments Du Monde Flottant (Bongo Joe) Los Angeles based producer/composer Josiah Steinbrick’s “hyper-obsession with rhythm as sculpture began with the formation of his BANANA ensemble in 2014”. There followed a series of collaborations with Luis Pérez Ixoneztli, violinist Sudan Archives and Philadelphia free jazz fixture Elliott Levin, which preceded his first collection of solo works – a “nine-part exploration of concrete wilderness for percussion and electronics” titled Meeting Of Waters. Elsewhere he has produced and recorded with Cate Le Bon, Devendra Banhart, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Gruff Rhys, and more. Most recently he has been focusing on his pending duo release with polyphonic saxophonist Sam Gendel. bongojoe.ch 17 Labelle “Playing At The End Of The Universe” From Orchestre Univers (InFiné Music) Jérémy Labelle was born in Rennes, France, to a father from the Indian Ocean island of La Réunion, and a Metropolitan French mother. Through his family roots, Labelle discovered the politicised music of maloya, which dates back to the days of French colonisation and slavery. While training as a mixer, he began making parallels between Underground Resistance and issues raised by Réunionnais musicians. He has since moved to La Réunion. Recorded on a three date tour of the island, his third live album Orchestre Univers is released this month. labelle.re, infine-music.com 18 Rev Magnetic “Sunny Windy Winter Morning (Rainbows Spanning The Valley)” From Versus Universe (Rock Action) The Glasgow based band Rev Magnetic revolve around the core of guitarist, vocalist and performer Luke Sutherland, whose CV stretches back over 25 years of work with, among others, Mogwai, Long Fin Killie, Bows, Music AM and Jomi Massage. In 2018 Rev Magnetic released the single “Like No Girl That Ever Was” via Imminent Joy/Bandcamp. Rev Magnetic also feature Gift Horse’s Audrey Bizouerne on bass, vocals, sampler and guitar, Gregor Emond on guitar and Sam Leighton on drums. revmagnetic.com, rockaction.co.uk 19 Aidan Baker & N “230316 Wuppertal (Wire Tapper edit)” From Doppellive (Midira) Guitarists Aidan Baker and Hellmut Neidhardt aka N’s duo collaboration began when they decided to tour together in 2016. Individually, they had started their respective careers in different parts of the world around the turn of the millennium. N has amassed a discography pushing 40 solo and collaborative releases. Musician and writer Baker regularly played in and around Toronto, Chicago, New York and elsewhere across North America, and is now based in Berlin. Doppellive features two sets recorded in Hamburg and Wuppertal. midirarecords.bigcartel.com, midirarecords.com/md-047-aidan-bakern-doppellive 20 James Heather “Ruqia (Echo Collective Rework)” From Reworks (Ahead Of Our Time) As a child in Southampton, Heather was taught composition and piano string tuning by his grandad on the one side of the family, while his granny on the other dabbled in piano improvisation. Heather himself started releasing music in 2017 via Ninja Tune founders Coldcut’s resurrected label Ahead Of Our Time. This album contains tracks from Modulations: EP 1 and Stories From Far Away On Piano (both 2017), including his own additional string quartet versions and reworks by DJ Seinfeld, Mary Lattimore and Sarah Davachi. jamesheather.com, coldcut.net/ahead The Wire Tapper 49 is given away with all copies of The Wire 422 (April 2019). If your copy of the CD is missing or damaged, either return the magazine to where you bought it to get a replacement, or contact The Wire: +44 (0)20 7422 5022, subs@ thewire.co.uk The Wire Tapper 49 | The Wire | 5

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11 Pas Musique “The Phoenix” From The Phoenix (Alrealon Musique) Pas Musique have gone through various iterations since emerging from Brooklyn in 1995 as the solo project of founder Robert L Pepper. In 2018 Pas Musique played out as a four piece electronics group with krautrock undertones consisting of Jon V Worthley, Michael Durek, Jesse Fairbairn and Pepper. Their collaborators include Faust, Rapoon, z’ev, Philippe Petit, Polish duo HATI, Chester Hawkins, Jim Tuite and more. pasmusique.net, alrealon.com

14 Daniel Carter/Tobias Wilner/Djibril Toure/Federico Ughi “Canal Street (Wire Mix)” From New York United (577 Records) Bringing together New York downtown free jazz saxophonist, clarinettist and flautist Daniel Carter, Tobias Wilner from Danish electronic band Blue Foundation, Wu-Tang Clan bass player Djibril Toure and longtime Carter associate, Italian drummer Federico Ughi, this stellar international quartet have combined the classic sound of the New York avant garde (John Coltrane, Albert Ayler, etc) with electronic manipulation and production on their debut album. Live, they have already played a number of concerts in New York, including the Forward Festival in 2016 and 2018. 577records.com, 577records.bandcamp.com

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12 Milena Glowacka “Try Out On You (edit)” From Radiance (FALK) Polish born producer and performer Milena Glowacka is based in Reykjavík, Iceland. Since 2013 she’s played at clubs across Europe, including Berlin’s Tresor and London’s Corsica Studios, making music that falls somewhere between ambient, experimental and a hazy techno aesthetic. Her debut album Substance was released by Vanity Pill Tapes in 2017, and her new album Radiance is out this month, when she’s also scheduled to appear at SONAR Reykjavik festival. facebook.com/ MilenGlowacka, falkworld.bandcamp.com

13 Mess Noir “Fdbck Trpsm #4” Forthcoming release (Vandalizm) With a name meant to “evoke chaos and black mass”, Mess Noir is the experimental drone project of Swiss bassist Lionel Gafner, who in 2016 produced the limited edition cassette EP Vox Abysso (Vandalizm). Gafner has also performed with free improvisors (na)PALMT(h)REE, doom metal group The Ocean, jazz outfit Sha’s Feckel and dark ambient rockers The Fawn. soundcloud.com/mess-noir, vandalizmrecords.com

15 Deaf Center “Red Glow” From Low Distance (Sonic Pieces) Norwegian duo Deaf Center are Erik K Skodvin and Otto A Totland, who started out “as both friends and enemies at the age of ten in the small town of Langesund”. So far they have made three albums: Pale Ravine (2005) and Owl Splinters (2011) on Type, and this year’s Low Distance on Sonic Pieces. Outside Deaf Center, Totland has released two solo piano albums, and Skodvin has performed under his own name, as Svarte Greiner and in various collaborative projects. He also runs Miasmah Recordings. sonicpieces.com

16 Josiah Steinbrick “Fo Barro” From Fragments Du Monde Flottant (Bongo Joe) Los Angeles based producer/composer Josiah Steinbrick’s “hyper-obsession with rhythm as sculpture began with the formation of his BANANA ensemble in 2014”. There followed a series of collaborations with Luis Pérez Ixoneztli, violinist Sudan Archives and Philadelphia free jazz fixture Elliott Levin, which preceded his first collection of solo works – a “nine-part exploration of concrete wilderness for percussion and electronics” titled Meeting Of Waters. Elsewhere he has produced and recorded with Cate Le Bon, Devendra Banhart, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Gruff Rhys, and more. Most recently he has been focusing on his pending duo release with polyphonic saxophonist Sam Gendel. bongojoe.ch

17 Labelle “Playing At The End Of The Universe” From Orchestre Univers (InFiné Music) Jérémy Labelle was born in Rennes, France, to a father from the Indian Ocean island of La Réunion, and a Metropolitan French mother. Through his family roots, Labelle discovered the politicised music of maloya, which dates back to the days of French colonisation and slavery. While training as a mixer, he began making parallels between Underground Resistance and issues raised by Réunionnais musicians. He has since moved to La Réunion. Recorded on a three date tour of the island, his third live album Orchestre Univers is released this month. labelle.re, infine-music.com

18 Rev Magnetic “Sunny Windy Winter Morning (Rainbows Spanning The Valley)” From Versus Universe (Rock Action) The Glasgow based band Rev Magnetic revolve around the core of guitarist, vocalist and performer Luke Sutherland, whose CV stretches back over 25 years of work with, among others, Mogwai, Long Fin Killie, Bows, Music AM and Jomi Massage. In 2018 Rev Magnetic released the single “Like No Girl That Ever Was” via Imminent Joy/Bandcamp. Rev Magnetic also feature Gift Horse’s Audrey Bizouerne on bass, vocals, sampler and guitar, Gregor Emond on guitar and Sam Leighton on drums. revmagnetic.com, rockaction.co.uk

19 Aidan Baker & N “230316 Wuppertal (Wire Tapper edit)” From Doppellive (Midira) Guitarists Aidan Baker and Hellmut Neidhardt aka N’s duo collaboration began when they decided to tour together in 2016. Individually, they had started their respective careers in different parts of the world around the turn of the millennium. N has amassed a discography pushing 40 solo and collaborative releases. Musician and writer Baker regularly played in and around Toronto, Chicago, New York and elsewhere across North America, and is now based in Berlin. Doppellive features two sets recorded in Hamburg and Wuppertal. midirarecords.bigcartel.com, midirarecords.com/md-047-aidan-bakern-doppellive

20 James Heather “Ruqia (Echo Collective Rework)” From Reworks (Ahead Of Our Time) As a child in Southampton, Heather was taught composition and piano string tuning by his grandad on the one side of the family, while his granny on the other dabbled in piano improvisation. Heather himself started releasing music in 2017 via Ninja Tune founders Coldcut’s resurrected label Ahead Of Our Time. This album contains tracks from Modulations: EP 1 and Stories From Far Away On Piano (both 2017), including his own additional string quartet versions and reworks by DJ Seinfeld, Mary Lattimore and Sarah Davachi. jamesheather.com, coldcut.net/ahead

The Wire Tapper 49 is given away with all copies of The Wire 422 (April 2019). If your copy of the CD is missing or damaged, either return the magazine to where you bought it to get a replacement, or contact The Wire: +44 (0)20 7422 5022, subs@ thewire.co.uk

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