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Wire 455 January 2022
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Inside this issue:
Rewind 2021: The year in sound and music:
Releases Of The Year: We asked our contributors to nominate their top ten records, CDs, downloads and streams of the year, then we added up the votes.
Critics’ Reflections: Our contributors reflect on where we are now via 2021’s cultural highs and lows.
Tunings: Not to scale. By Clive Bell.
Disability & Inclusion: Open systems. By Robyn Steward.
Formats: Vinyl frontiers. By Rob Turner.
Fourth Worlds: Rootless music. By Neil Kulkarni.
Columnists’ Charts: Our specialist critics select music that shook their corner of the subculture, from avant rock to noise.
Archive Releases Of The Year: Our contributors voted for their top ten archival records, CDs, downloads and streams, and we counted them all up.
Invisible Jukebox: Loré Lixenberg × Elaine Mitchener: The two experimental vocalists subject each other to a mystery record selection.
Saadet Türköz: Kazakh and Turkish traditions meet borderless creativity for the experimental vocalist. By Daniel Spicer
Klankvorm: New beginnings for the Netherlands multimedia duo. By Holly Dicker
Giant Claw: It’s a wobbly world for Orange Milk founder Keith Rankin. By Emily Bick
Matthias Muche: Trombone density from the Cologne based musician and composer. By Julian Cowley
Global Ear: Seoul: Flux and mutability in the South Korean capital. By James Gui
Unlimited Editions: smallest functional unit
Unofficial Channels: Contextual Dissemination
The Inner Sleeve: Reiko & Tori Kudo on Brigitte Fontaine’s Comme À La Radio
Epiphanies: A Florida residency teaches Haley Fohr aka Circuit Des Yeux the importance of environment
Print Run: New music books: rock ’n’ roll lightning, Arthur Russell’s bubblegum, the incomplete Steve Lacy, and more
On Screen: New films and DVDs: Caroline Kraabel London 26 And 28 March 2020: Imitation: Inversion; Klein Care
On Location: Recent festivals, gigs and clubs: Berlin Jazzfest, Alternating Current 2021, L’Rain, Plus-Minus Ensemble, and more
On Site: Recent art events: People Like Us Gone, Gone Beyond; Nina Thomas & Fern Thomas The Hidden Noise
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Author: Wire Year: 2021 ISBN: Pages: 114 Language: English Publisher: Wire Publisher's city: Publication date:
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