Wire Magazine 482 - April 2024 - Darius Jones

Darius Jones: The New York based composer and saxophonist draws connections between Fluxus and US avant jazz. By John Morrison

Steve Roach: Synthesizer worship with the Arizona ambient musician. By Ned Raggett; [Ahmed]: Revolutionary grooves from the radically minded Anglo-Swedish-French quartet. By Stewart Smith

Clarissa Connelly: The Scottish born, Denmark based multi-instrumentalist meditates on myth, memory and modernity via her singular songcraft. By Leah Kardos

Shovel Dance Collective: The London avant folk ensemble balance the trad and the weird. By Lucy Thraves

Invisible Jukebox: Ka Baird: Will the New York based artist lose their Bearings when faced by The Wire’s mystery record selection? Tested by Ryan Meehan

Unlimited Editions: Industrial Coast

Unofficial Channels: The Rest

Arushi Jain: The India born synthesist humanises electronics. By Vanessa Ague

Kulku: Berlin no-age ensemble prepare rare record release. By Oli Warwick

Harmony Holiday: Backstage with the pioneers of Black music. By Kehinde Alonge

Richie Culver: Outsider art and working class electronics. By Spenser Tomson

The Inner Sleeve: Raji Rags on D’Angelo’s Voodoo

Global Ear: Dublin DIY strategies against economic constraints. By Daniel Baker

Epiphanies: Aura Satz heeds the siren’s song

The Wire Tapper 64: A track-by-track guide to this issue’s free CD

Print Run: Radio Cologne Sound: Das Studio Für Elektronische Musik Des WDR by Harry Vogt & Martina Seeber; Material Wealth: Mining The Personal Archive Of Allen Ginsberg by Pat Thomas; Revolutionary Spirit: A Post-Punk Exorcism by Paul Simpson; Bitter Crop: The Heartache And Triumph Of Billie Holiday’s Last Year by Paul Alexander; A Walk Across Dirty Water And Straight Into Murderer’s Row by Eugene S Robinson

On Location: 33 + NWAKKE, London, UK; Boundaries Festival, Sunderland, UK; Deep Time, Edinburgh, UK; hcmf 2023, Huddersfield, UK; Oren Ambarchi’s Carpe Diem, London, UK; purge.xxx Residency, London, UK; Shabaka Hutchings Presents John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme, London, UK; Shelley Hirsch, New York, US; Jan St Werner/David Grubbs/Jules Reidy, London, UK; Wet Ink Ensemble, New York, US; All Ears Festival, Oslo, Norway

On Site: Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller Ambient Jukebox, San Francisco, US; Jay Bernard, Far From The Start, London, UK; Yoko Ono Music Of The Mind, London, UK

On Screen: Aaron Trinder Free Party: A Folk History; Puloma Basu & Rob Hatch-Miller Other Music; Johan Grimonprez Soundtrack To A Coup D’Etat

Soundcheck: A Lily, Ka Baird, Bégayer, BIG|BRAVE, Billy Bultheel, John Butcher & Eddie Prévost, Laura Cannell, Marjolaine Charbin & Eddie Prévost, Madeleine Cocolas, Karen Constance, Mike Cooper & Friends, The Dead C, Dejing, Morton Feldman/Christian Wolff/Wendy Eisenberg, Fire!, Ben Frost, Furze, Philip Glass, Greymouth, Maya Hardinge & David Zuckerman, Maria W Horn, Concepción Huerta, Vijay Iyer Trio, Edward Ka-Spel, Amirtha Kidambi’s Elder Ones, Zygmunt Krauze/Ann Cleare/František Chaloupka/Ian Davis, Joëlle Léandre & Pascal Contet, Mattin, Francisco Mela & Zoh Amba, Robert Millis, Kelly Moran, nehan, New Mexican Stargazers, Charlemagne Palestine, Points Of Friction, Red Largo, claire rousay, Adam Rudolph & Tyshawn Sorey, Saicobab, seht, Shabaka, Lord Spikeheart, Squarepusher, Stemeseder Lillinger, Sunset Temples, Swanox, Teen Haters, Thee Righteous Yeah, Tongue Depressor, Rafael Toral, Torn Hawk, Viner, Ian Wellman, Various A Bright Nowhere Vols 1–4, Various Calibre 3, Various A Celebration Of Keith Tippett, Various TIE006

The Boomerang: Jack Bruce, Don Byas, Robert Cahen, Can, Alice Coltrane, Creation Rebel, Dead Moon, Ghost, Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, The Haxan Cloak, I Monster, Rafael Anton Irisarri, NoMeansNo, Lou Reed, Sonic Youth, Soundtracks And Head, Horacio Vaggione