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The Wire 468 | February 2023

Reviews

Features

43 Reviews Index

44 Soundcheck

New vinyl, CDs, downloads and streams, plus reissues and specialist columns, including:

45 Ryuichi Sakamoto

Semiperfect numbers. By Claire Biddles

53 Ishmael Reed

Grace notes. By Emily Pothast

67 Grupo Um

Point pleasant. By Phil Freeman

70 Print Run

New music books, including:

70 Assembling A Black Counter Culture

DeForrest Brown, Jr ’s analysis of techno as Black-led folk music for an industrial society. By Joe Muggs

73 On Screen

New films and DVDs: Tim Mackenzie-Smith’s Getting It Back: The Story Of Cymande; Michelle Heighway’s Energy: A Documentary About Damo Suzuki
On Location Recent festivals, gigs and clubs, including:

75 X100

Iannis Xenakis’s centenary celebrated at Berlin’s Kraftwerk. By Derek Walmsley

81 On Site

Recent art events: Shinro Ohtake; The Horror Show! A Twisted Tale Of Modern Britain

8 Unlimited Editions

Fox & His Friends

8 Unofficial Channels

The Bristol Germ

10 Mark Jenkin

The Enys Men director explores Cornwall’s hidden reverse. By Spenser Tomson

12 Zaliva-D

Explosive electronics from the Beijing duo. By James Gui

14 Territorial Gobbing

Leeds noisenik Theo Gowans cobbles it together. By Abi Bliss

16 Jacqueline Nova

Opening the Colombian composer’s archive. By Louise Gray

Global Ear

18 Kansai

Fantasy and future unite in southern central Japan. By Miranda Remington

69 The Inner Sleeve

Audrey Chen on Nakatani-Chen Duo’s LIMN

98 Epiphanies

Gina Birch on a pivotal encounter with The Slits

Invisible Jukebox

20 aya

Will The Wire’s mystery record selection be poetry to the ears of the UK DJ, producer and vocal artist? Tested by Meg Woof

24 Barbara Dane

The US folk/blues/jazz musician and activist details eight decades of anticapitalist agitation in a new memoir. By Emily Pothast

30 Ocen James

The Ugandan Acholi fiddler talks electronic collaborations and riotous wedding jams. By Daniel Spicer

34 Meredith Monk

In the wake of a career-spanning box set the multidisciplinary artist discusses a lifetime of connection and communication. By Emily Bick

4 Masthead

6 Letters

42 Charts

The Office Ambience and other playlists

91 Out There

Festivals, concerts, gigs and club listings

96 Subscribe

Print, digital, downloads and CDs

Cover: Meredith Monk by Amber Mahoney