
Issue 180
February 1999
Bites
Green Velvet Greening Techno Martin
Tetreault Avant turntablism Eliane
Radigue Analogue Elegist Volcano The Bear
East midlands uprising Supersilent Noisy
Norsemen
Terre Thaemlitz
When the self-described Trans(gendered) Am(erican) femme machine
says "Let's get physical", he means crosswiring Electronica with
body politics to create new queer zones and tones. Rob Young
Global Ear: Buenos Aires
Riley Reinhold hears how the Argentine capital's youthful
Electronica scene might never have happened if it wasn't for the
Falklands War ban on British music
Michael Finnissy
Unpicking the complicated myths of the New Complexity with one of
England's most important composers, who makes his advances through
traditional instruments, not the latest hardware. By Ben Watson
Undercurrents 2
A series of articles uncovering the hidden wiring of contemporary
music. This month, Mark Sinker sifts the rubble of history to
access the impact of the Futurists' Art of Noises on the shape of
music to come
David S Ware
On a journey into the heart and soul of post-Coltrane ecstatic jazz
, David Keenan discovers that New Jersey's quicksilver saxophone
messenger drives as fast as his quartet plays
Invisible Jukebox: Autechre
The Sheffield Electronica duo apply their warped intelligence to
selections by Just Ice, Bernard Parmegiani, Coil, Unique 3, David
Tudor, Dick Raaijmakers, Cluster and LFO
Will Oldham
Changing his alias with every release, the former Palace brother
now trades as Bonnie 'Prince' Billy. But his Appalachian influenced
lo-fi spirituals still haunt new Americana. By Louise Gray