Wire Magazine 486 - August 2024

Inside our brand new issue:

David Lynch & Chrystabell: As their new album Cellophane Memories marks the culmination of 20-plus years of collaboration, the director and singer unpack their dream-like songs over a damn fine cup of coffee. By Britt Brown

The Sound World Of David Lynch: The Wire’s writers decode the strange audio messages embedded in the work of the visionary film director, with essays by Philip Brophy, Joe Muggs, Ned Raggett, Xenia Benivolski, Marc Weidenbaum, JR Moores, Lucy Thraves, Bill Meyer, Kurt Gottschalk, Emily Pothast, Claire Biddles, Ryan Meehan and Derek Walmsley, plus ONO’s travis

Invisible Jukebox: Dhangsha: Will Asian Dub Foundation’s founder member screw his face up at The Wire’s mystery record collection? Tested by Daryl Worthington

Unlimited Editions: Gothenburg’s Discreet Music label and distro reps DIY values in their international roster

The Inner Sleeve: Mabe Fratti on Pescado Rabioso’s Artaud

Global Ear: Monterrey is the melting pot for cumbia sound system styles from Mexico and beyond. By Juan San Cristóbal Lizama

Copper Sounds: Bristol’s instrument inventors ring the changes from bells to ceramics. By Louis Pattison

Miaux: Retro synths provide a happy ending for the Belgium based musician and sountrack composer. By Leah Kardos

Theodora Laird & Caius Williams: The London improvising duo are back in the room with their site-specific jams. By Lucy Thraves

Epiphanies: Lonnie Holley goes to church and finds himself in the recording studio

The Wire Tapper 65: A track-by-track guide to this issue’s free CD

Soundcheck: Ernie Althoff, A Song For You, Black Decelerant, Nathan Bowles Trio, Brique, Kim Cass, Clevelode, FIN, Alec Goldfarb, Haunted Plasma, Alexander Hawkins & Sofia Jernberg, Takashi Inagaki, Vijay Iyer, KMRU, Iztok Koren, Ana Kravanja, Samo Kutin, Landless, Lankum, Eve Libertine, LoSO, Ian Lynch, Drew McDowall, Joe McPhee with Ken Vandermark, Microcorps, more eaze/pardo/glass, Neil Luck, Antonina Nowacka, Oneida, Pale Spring, Tristan Perich & Ensemble, Pseudotouriste, Psychic Graveyard, Laila Sakini, Sawn Half, Scientist, Senyawa, Shark In A Bathtub, ShrapKnel, Wadada Leo Smith, Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myers, Sote, Vince Staples, Tegh & Adel Poursamadi, JG Thirlwell, Pat Thomas/Dominic Lash/Tony Orrell, Thuluth, Laurie Tompkins & Max Syedtollan, Wave Generators, Weird Weather, Yokel, Patricia Wolf, Xylitol, Loula Yorke, ZULI

The Boomerang: Steve Beresford, Elaine Brown, Faust, Fingers, Jorga Mesfin, Louis Moholo-Moholo, Purl, Sparks, Noël, Martin Rev, Alan Vega, Ween

Print Run: Futuromania: Electronic Dreams, Desiring Machines And Tomorrow’s Music Today by Simon Reynolds; Rebel Girl: My Life As A Feminist Punk by Kathleen Hanna; Neu Klang: The Definitive History Of Krautrock by Christoph Dallach; Living Space: John Coltrane, Miles Davis And Free Jazz, From Analog To Digital by Michael Veal; The World Got Away: A Memoir by Mikel Rouse

On Screen: Matt Stephenson & Alan Jones Burning Bridges: The Story Of Paul Burwell

On Location: Badhead Festival, Shenzhen, China; Roadburn, Tilburg, Netherlands; Elaine Mitchener, London, UK; Robert Ashley’s Foreign Experiences, New York, US; Moers Festival, Moers, Germany; Long Play Festival, New York, US; Blurt, London, UK; Chicago Jazz String Summit 2024, Chicago, US; Bristol New Music, Bristol, UK; Long Play: Sam Prekop & John McEntire + Kate NV + The Soft Pink Truth, New York, US; Lanark Artefax, London, UK

On Site: brecht fragments, London, UK