wire: november 2019

Attached to the cover of every copy of the November issue will be a CD of the latest in our ongoing series of underground music anthologies, featuring 20 new tracks by Hieroglyphic Being, The Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Stephen Mallinder, Verb T & Pitch 92, Rizan Said, Black String, Melaine Dalibert, WaqWaq Kingdom, Richard Skelton, and more. On the cover... Kevin Martin & Stephen O'Malley: Two heavyweights of extreme music go head to head as The Bug's beatmaker and Sunn 0)))'s guitarist discuss the enduring appeal of volume and their many decades at the sharp edge of heavy sound with Mike Barnes. Meanwhile, Francis Gooding delves into the esoteric sounds of O'Malley's groundbreaking Ideologic Organ label, and Joe Muggs talks to Martin's many MC collaborators including Flow Dan, Miss Red, and more. Also inside the issue? Jöelle Léandre: The French free music colossus talks to Louise Gray about playing bass for Giacinto Scelsi, her forthcoming residency at London's Cafe Oto, and 40 years in the European experimental vanguard; Hanna Hartman: The Swedish sound artist uses recordings, radio and raw materials to take modern composition out of the concert hall setting. By Philip Clark; Invisible Jukebox Giant Sand's Howe Gelb; Global Ear Musica Sanae festival sets up residence at a sanatorium in Sokołowsko, Poland; Epiphanies George Xylouris finds the rhythm of life in the up and down stroke of a lute. Plus interviews with Apprentice Destroyer, Joe, and J Pavone String Ensemble.