wire: june 2023

On the cover: Totally Wire-d! A special 20-page feature that takes a sideways look at the still expanding world of Mark E Smith's unclubbable rock unit The Fall. Centered around an extensive interview with post-Fall group House Of All by Excavate! editor Tessa Norton, the feature will also include interviews with collaborators Grant Showbiz and Elena Poulou, essays on The Fall's landmark performances in New Zealand and beyond, an interview with female Fall karaoke unit The Fallen Women, investigations of the group's adventures in theatre and contemporary dance, plus think pieces on its rhythm section, stage presence, studio work, idiosyncratic connection with glam(our), and more. Inside the issue...Global Ear: How California's Bay Area is playing out an ongoing struggle between underground and DIY creatives and encroaching Silicon Valley fueled gentrification. By Colin Smith; Unlimited Editions: Low key Berlin modern composition label Editions Telemark operates strictly under the radar. By Peter Margasak; Unofficial Channels: The Deep Ark takes the art of the DJ mix into an ambitious multimedia sphere spanning images, poems and autobiography. By Michaelangelo Matos; Epiphanies: New York writer, performer and former Contortions member Adele Bertei on the power of Patti Smith's 'Gloria'. Invisible Jukebox DIY electro-punk No Home surveys our mystery music selection. Plus, full page interviews with Andy Akiho, Kristen Roos, Natalia Beylis and Nondi_.