A very English voice combines with wholly
un-English sentiments in the idiosyncratic songs of Robert Wyatt,
who is about to break a six year silence with a brilliant new
album. This article was originally published in The Wire
163 (September 1997).
The musicians behind Germany's mysterious
Basic Channel label are Techno-archaeologists, anonymous
electricians inhabiting the wired-up cities of Berlin and Detroit.
Biba Kopf tracks down the invisible men of electronic music. This
article originally appeared in The Wire 150 (August
1996).
The unedited transcript of Biba Kopf's
interview with Robert Wyatt. A feature based on this interview
appeared in issue #163 of The Wire
Of all the Japanese musicians now coming to prominence in the West, Keiji Haino is the most extraordinary: his music, shrouded in mystery, describes a personal quest of withering complexity and intensity. Biba Kopf talks to Haino in Tokyo. This article originally appeared in The Wire 151 (September 1996).
Unedited Klaus Dinger interview by Biba Kopf
in early 2001 for the Neu! article that appeared in The Wire
208
Interview with Michael Rother by Biba Kopf in
early 2001 for the Neu! article that appeared in The Wire 208.