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Artists:

Autechre, Baby Dee, Michael Hurley, Stephen Malkmus, Brendan Murray, Jed Speare, Valet, Andrew WK

Contributors:

Clive Bell, Nick Cain, Philip Clark, Byron Coley, Jon Dale, Marc Masters, Keith Moliné, David Stubbs, Dan Warburton

Contents summary | Full print contents

On The Cover: John Butcher. This key player in the second wave of British Improv reinvents the saxophone via digital transformation, acoustic science and a heightened sense of space.

Plus interviews with Michael Hurley, Autechre, Valet, Brendan Murray, Baby Dee, with Andrew WK's Invisible Jukebox and Stephen Malkmus's Inner Sleeve. Jed Speare features in Cross Platform while Jon Dale heads to Queensland for Global Ear. And more!

Available online:

• Andrew WK Unedited Transcript (In Writing)
• Inner Sleeve: Stephen Malkmus (Inner Sleeve)
• Hear Baby Dee track (MP3 Specials)
• Valet download (MP3 Specials)
• John Butcher live concert recordings (MP3 Specials)
• Jed Speare: At The Falls (MP3 Specials)
• Global Ear: Brisbane (MP3 Specials)
• Wire only Michael Hurley track (MP3 Specials)
• Exclusive Andrew WK track (MP3 Specials)
• New Limited Edition T-Shirt (News)
• Office Ambience #289 (Office Ambience)
• Jed Speare: Works (Picture Gallery)