#312 | Wadada Leo Smith | February 2010
Photograph by Jeremy & Claire WeissArtists:
Raymond Dijkstra, Mark Ernestus, David Grubbs, Mattin, Moon Wiring Club, Pangaea, Eliane Radigue, Wadada Leo SmithContributors:
Nick Cain, Phil Freeman, Tony Herrington, David Keenan, Joe Muggs, Joseph Stannard, David Stubbs, Derek Walmsley, Dan WarburtonContents summary | Full print contents
Wadada Leo SmithPhil Freeman meets a free music cosmopolitan who has explored free space with Anthony Braxton, John Zorn, Spring Heel Jack and more
Mark Ernestus
Celebrating 20 years of pacemaking Europe's electronic heartbeat with the Basic Channel producer and Hard Wax store founder. By Derek Walmsley
Mattin
Improv, post-punk with Billy Bao and radical dialectics are all fuel to the Basque provocateur's war on Capital. By David Keenan
Invisible Jukebox: Eliane Radigue
The Parisian pioneer of the hypnotic drone meditates over The Wire's mystery record selection. Tested by Dan Warburton
Raymond Dijkstra
The Dutch Noise maker converts himself into a ‘portal of energy' via automated techniques. By Nick Cain
Moon Wiring Club
Ian Hodgson's imagined village takes in British audio ephemera and hiphop beats. By Joseph Stannard
Cross Platform: David Grubbs
The former Gastr Del Sol member has extended his output into film and installations, plus work with poet Susan Howe. By David Stubbs
Pangaea
Joe Muggs locks on to the Hessle Audio founder's experimental and emotional dubstep sound
Global Ear: Madeira
Tony Herrington reports from the Canary Island's annual DiG festival of digital music and art
Epiphanies
Participating in Alvin Lucier's Vespers helped composer Nicolas Collins to find himself
Bites
Mika Vainio, Billy Ray Martin, Groupshow, Tapeworm cassettes and more
The Inner Sleeve
Robert Ashley on his album Automatic Writing
Print Run
Galactic Ramble edited by Richard Morton Jack
The Resistible Demise Of Michael Jackson edited by Mark Fisher
In The Blink Of An Ear: Toward A Non-Cochlear Sonic Art by Seth Kim-Cohen
Brian Eno's Another Green World by Geeta Dayal
On Screen
Phill Niblock: Six Films (DVD)
You Weren't There: A History Of Chicago Punk 1977–1984 (DVD + LP)
Privilege (DVD)
On Site
Bob And Roberta Smith Factory Outlet London, UK
On Location
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Huddersfield, UK
Calling Out Of Context, London, UK
Tortoise & Cluster, London, UK
Alvin Lucier, Berlin, Germany
Yoshi Wada, New York City, USA
Soundcheck A–Z
Afternoon Saints
Tetuzi Akiyama & Toshimaru Nakamura
Tetuzi Akiyama/Erik Carlsson/Toshimaru
Nakamura/Henrik Olsson
Animal Collective
Duck Baker
Paul Baran
Richard Barrett
William Basinski
Bass Clef
Bird Show Band
Lowell Brams
Chris Burn/Philip Thomas/Simon H Fell
Lucio Capece & Lee Patterson
Roberto Carlos Lange
Tony Conrad & Genesis Breyer
P-Orridge
Stephen Cornford & Samuel Rodgers
Moniek Darge
Derakushi
Bill Dixon/Aaron Siegel/Ben Hall
Eleh
Eleh/Nana April Jun
Embassadors
Faux Amis
Lee Gamble
Gonjasufi
Robin Hayward
Hellvete
High Wolf
Iibiis Rooge
Ilk
Jaga Jazzist
C Joynes
Kommissar Hjuler & Mama Baer
Alan Licht & Loren Connors
Lula Côrtes
Magda Mayas
Yuuki Matthews
Monolake
The Necks
BJ Nilsen
The One Ensemble & Sarah Kenchington
Evan Parker
Part Wild Horses Mane On Both Sides
Andrew Pekler
Pere Ubu
Josef Anton Riedl
Jack Rose
Sachiko
Irmin Schmidt Inner Space Production
Salvatore Sciarrino
The Sealed Knot
Anthony 'Shake' Shakir
Skullflower
Soft Machine
Sone Institute
Burkhard Stangl & Kai Fagaschinski
The Stooges
Sunburned
Janne Tuomi
John Tilbury & Sebastian Lexer
Various Alan Lomax In Haiti 1936–1937: Recordings For The Library Of Congress
Various Bob Blank: The Blank Generation
Various Black Man's Cry: The Inspiration Of Fela Kuti
Various Dancehall: The Rise Of Jamaican Dancehall Culture Part Two
Various Nigeria Special Volume 2: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds & Nigerian Blues 1970–6
Various Nigeria Afrobeat Special: The New Explosive Sound In 1970s Nigeria
Various North/South/East/West
Various Pop Ambient 2010
Various Rough Trade Shops: Counter Culture 09
Various Treader Duos
The Whitefield Brothers
Christian Wolff
Richard Youngs & Andrew Paine
Available online:
- Wadada Leo Smith - uncut (In Writing)
- The Inner Sleeve: Robert Ashley (Inner Sleeve)
- Mattin exclusive (MP3 Specials)
- Mattin MP3 (MP3 Specials)
- Raymond Dijkstra MP3 (MP3 Specials)
- The ASDA mix - a Moon Wiring Club exclusive (MP3 Specials)
- Moon Wiring Club MP3 EP (MP3 Specials)
- David Grubbs Exclusive (MP3 Specials)
- Office Ambience #312 (Office Ambience)
- See Devil's Music in performance (On Camera)
- Nicolas Collins: Live At Café Oto (On Camera)
- Exclusive Bob and Roberta Smith video (On Camera)
- View excerpts from Phill Niblock's Six Films 1966-1969 (On Camera)
- Wadada Leo Smith live (On Camera)
- Exclusive Moon Wiring Club artwork (Picture Gallery)
- Bob and Roberta Smith Gallery (Picture Gallery)
- Bob & Roberta Smith's Portal 25/01/2010: Make Your Own Damn Music (The Portal)
- Bob & Roberta Smith's Portal 26/01/2010: The Official Bob & Roberta Smith Video Collection (The Portal)
- Bob & Roberta Smith's Portal 27/01/2010: The Ding Dong Twist Club (The Portal)
- Bob & Roberta Smith Portal 28/01/2010: Archiving with Bob & Roberta Smith (The Portal)
- Bob & Roberta Smith Portal 01/02/2010: Pierogi Gallery & The Boiler (The Portal)
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