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The Wire - # 501

Claire Rousay: The Texas raised composer finds an uneasy balance between melancholy and wonder with her interweavings of soundscapes and spoken word confessions. By Lucy Thraves
Rafael Toral: The Portuguese experimentalist injects the harmonic innovations of swing-era jazz into guitar drone. By Peter Margasak
Once Upon a Time in New York: The late John Giorno’s Giorno Poetry Systems operation hotwired the Beat generation’s literary crossover with New York no wave, Los Angeles punk, sound art and beyond. By Alan Licht
Yusuf Mumin: Black Unity Trio’s founding member revisits his archive of spiritual and philosophical jazz. By Phil Freeman
Susu Laroche: The Egyptian/French musician and film maker conjures otherworlds from a fog of electronics. By Misha Farrant
Invisible Jukebox: Lord Spikeheart: Can Kenya’s premier metal producer and vocalist crack The Wire’s mystery record selection? Tested by Claire Biddles
Kinlaw & Franco Franco: Cybernetic industrial rap from Bristol. By Alastair Shuttleworth
Alister Spence: Sydney keyboardist probes the guts of his instrument. By Derek Walmsley
Chupame El Dedo: Colombia’s tongue in cheek Satanic metal cult. By Juan San Cristóbal Lizama
Global Ear: Warsaw club Chmury offers a haven for the marginalised. By Aleksandra Bieniewska
Unlimited Editions: steel tipped dove’s hiphop label Fused Arrow. By Tim Fish
The Inner Sleeve: Chino Amobi on Ryuichi Sakamoto’s async
Against The Grain: Hauntology doesn’t account for Black creative practices, argues Robin James
Epiphanies: Two chance encounters revolutionise UK-Iranian composer Pouya Ehsaei’s music
Soundcheck: Sophie Agnel; Chino Amobi; Fred Armisen; Ata Kak; Authentically Plastic; Author & Punisher; Bergsonist; Lea Bertucci; Bitchin Bajas; Black Eyes; Andy Blade; Blizaro; Patricia Brennan; Ciel; Kara-Lis Coverdale; Cultic; Deafkids & Test; Endlings + VNM; Brian Eno & Beatie Wolfe; feeo; Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (Exit) Knarr; Lamin Fofana; John Francis; Karl Frog; Steve Gunn; Tim Hodgkinson & Atsuko Kamura; Joseph Hammer; Sven-Åke Johansson with Pierre Borel, Seymour Wright & Joel Grip; Klein; Morris Kolontyrsky; Microcorps; Mivos Quartet; Mozart Estate; Nine Inch Nails; NVST & Nicola Kazimir; Efa O’Neill; The Orb; OvO; Phenomenal World; pôt-pot; Pulse Emitter; Sanguisugabogg; Adrian Sherwood; Camilla Sparksss; Paul St Hilaire; Nobukazu Takemura; Pat Thomas; Today Is The Day; Rafael Toral; Tortoise; Rian Treanor & Cara Tolmie; We Contain Multitudes; Yea Big & Greg Saunier; Yowie; ZULI; Various The Downward Spiral (Redux)
The Boomerang: the black Albumen; The Dream Syndicate; Rockers Hi Fi; Ø; Polygon Window; Rain Parade; Squarepusher; Horace Silver; Various The Alien Territory Archives: A Collection Of Radical, Experimental & Irrelevant Music From 1970s San Diego; Various Latin Fire!: Cumbia – Salsa – Afro-Funk: Tropical Dance Music From Discos Fuentes, Colombia 1956–83; Various When The 2000s Clashed: Machine Music For A New Millennium
The Columns: Avant Rock by Joseph Stannard; Dub & Reggae by Steve Barker; Electronics by Emily Bick; Global by Francis Gooding; Jazz & Improv by Bill Meyer; Noise, Industrial & Beyond by Emily Pothast; Size Matters by Byron Coley
Print Run: Balkan Beats: An Oral History by Robert Šoko & Robert Rigney; Why Sound Matters by Damon Krukowski; Giant Steps: My Improbable Journey From Stage Lights To Executive Heights by Derek Shulman with Jon Wiederhorn; Scene Loser: The True Story Of The Grunge Underground by Ned Hayden; Transatlantic Drift: The Ebb And Flow Of Dance Music by Kate Milestone & Simon A Morrison; Better Do It Now Before You Die Later by Sonny Simmons with Marc Chaloin