wire: march 2012

On the cover: Earth (Joseph Stannard finds out why the Seattle slow-rockers are away with the fairy folk and investigating the Old, Weird Albion); :zoviet*france (Phil England hears audio fog on the Tyne emanating from the veteran post-industrial duo's danceworks); Emptyset (The Bristol based Multiverse duo make shattered techno out of ruined buildings); Global Ear: Ethiopia (Terrie Ex & Andy Moor chronicle The Ex's pathfinding tours of the Horn of Africa, building relationships with local musicians and audiences); Cross Platform: Haroon Mirza (The UK based artist's latest installations are random acoustic sculptures forming resonant environments); Invisible Jukebox: Ghost Box (Belbury Poly's Jim Jupp and The Focus Group's Julian House are spooked by The Wire's uncanny record selection); Julia Holter (The Californian lo-fi goddess moulds Cageian aesthetics and classical mythology into her DIY sound forge); The Primer: King Tubby (A guide to Osbourne Ruddock's studio mutations and earth-shaking roots riddims, which transformed Jamaican music and beyond).