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The Wire Tapper 25 Your track by track guide to this month’s free CD

 

01Hana

“Tate”Wire Tapper  exclusive (Granny Records)

The Greek duo Hana consists of Thanasis

Papadopoulos and Thanos Bantis, formerly

of the group Good Luck Mr Gorsky, who play

a variety of analogue synthesizers, samplers

and sequencers. Formed in Thessaloniki in

summer 2010, Hana will release their debut

album this spring.

02

Artifact Shore

“Instruments Of The Devil”From Instruments Of The Devil  (Artifact Shore)

Based in Brooklyn, New York City, Artifact

Shore’s influences include Noise, Prog and

post-rock, jazz and shoegaze. They are

concerned with, in their own words, “grace

and fear, optimism and nihilism, clarity and

distortion”.

 

03

K-Branding

“Driller” (excerpt)From Alliance (Humpty Dumpty)

Formed in 2004 in Brussels, this Belgian trio

began as an experimental chaos-rock outfit

whose debut Facial  mixed free jazz and

hypnotic Industrial noise. Alliance is colder

and darker, with a discernible 80s influence.

 

04

Nicholas Szczepanik

“Please Stop Loving Me” (excerpt)From Please Stop Loving Me (Streamline)

This native of Maryland began his musical

activities with location recordings made on

a thriftstore tape recorder. Nowadays, as

a student of sound in Chicago, he explores

emotion and memory on such releases asThe Chiasmus,Dear Dad  and this latest

intimate work.

 

05

Obsil

“Snow Days In March”From Vicino (Psychonavigation)

Field recordings interwined with classical

composition form the backbone of the work

of Obsil, aka Giulio Aldinucci. Vicino is the

third of his albums, following his earlier

Points and Distances releases. The name

means Ob(serving) sil(ence).

 

06

Socrates That Practiçes Music

“Judged By The Left Eye”

From Further Conclusions Against An ItalianVersion (BAT) (Junior Aspirin)

Andy Cooke and Alex Ellerington formed

their drums/electronics duo in 2002 and

have been associated all along with the

Junior Aspirin label. The pair will perform the

album in full at London’s ICA in May.

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Manekinekod“Toy Factory” (installation excerpt)From Data (Brigade Music)

Greek artist Eleni Adamopoulou began her

studies in classical music at the age of 12

and has since played piano, flute and

keyboards in a variety of different contexts,

including jazz, classical and indie rock. As

well as completing her studies as a music

teacher, she has produced radio

programmes for Tripradio in her hometown

of Athens. Manekinekod – one of three

aliases she has used – is a “factory ofrhythms” with lyrics exploring “a world of

non-existence”.

08

Tchicai/Hurley/Sanders/Coxon

“Jomajomi Tchucosa (Live @ Midlands Art

Centre 26/11/10)” (edit)

Wire Tapper  exclusive (Treader)This piece was taken from a free music

meeting, late last year, between veteran

Danish saxophonist John Tchicai and

English improvisors Mark Sanders (drums),

Mike Hurley (piano) and Spring Heel Jack’s

John Coxon (guitar).

 

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Melmac

“Accident” (edit)From Le Désert Avance (Ronda)

French brothers Luc and Nicolas Reverter

created Le Désert Avance (The Desert

Creeps Closer ) from openended ‘instant

composing’ sessions in a Krautrock style.

“Blind cinema” is how they refer to their

hallucinatory, abstract, angst-ridden

soundworld.

10

Bohm & Cooper-Marquardt Duo

“Ruf Der Apostel (Apostles Calling)”Wire Tapper  exclusive (Avachorda)

Inspired by “an artistic quest to not refer to

a particular sound, but to particular ideals”,this is the work of Sean Derrick Cooper-

Marquardt, a Chicago-born American living

in Berlin, and Lind Bohm, who create their

electroacoustic sound from combinations of

computers, machines and real instruments.

 

11

Sheik Anorak/Weasel Walter/Mario

Rechtern

“Wotizup?”Wire Tapper  exclusive (Gaffer)

A three-way collaboration between a French

guitarist, an American drummer and an

Austrian reeds player, “Wotizup?” is firmlyin the bracket of hard-edged, loud and

fiery improvisation honed with the intensity

of rock. Following their two previous

albums on Gaffer and Savage Land, a new

studio recording is imminent from this well

travelled trio.

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Christian Skjødt

“Innocent Square” (Wire Tapper  exclusiveedit)From a forthcoming Tonometer Music release

Christian Skjødt can sometimes be found

playing drums in various dub, hiphop, Improv

and Noise outfits, but here the Danish

improvisor and sound artist investigates

the properties of a homemade non-linear

analogue synthesizer. Skjødt himself runs

the vinyl-only Tonometer imprint.

 

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Stearica

“Warp Lag” (Wire Tapper  edit)

From Stearica Invade Acid Mothers Temple(Homeopathic/Robot Elephant)

A trio from Turin, Italy, Stearica have existed

for the past 14 years. Their debut album

Oltro featured special guests Dälek MC and

Amy Denio, among others. This release

follows several tours with Japanese

psychedelic rockers Acid Mothers Temple

during 2010.

16

Philippe Petit & Friends

“Succumbed To Gravity”Wire Tapper  exclusive (Aagoo)

The French electronica producer usescymbalom, electric psalterion, turntables,

computer and synths to build up layers and

process acoustic and field recordings, as

well as contributions from friends Alison

Chesley (cello) and Mark Cunningham,

formerly of Mars (trumpet).

12

Mark Hanslip & Javier Carmona

“Preambolo” (Wire Tapper  edit)From DosadoS (Babel)

Tenor saxophonist Mark Hanslip began on

Birmingham’s jazz and Improv scene before

moving to London. His regular partner is

Barcelona based drummer/percussionist

Javier Carmona, whose roots are in rock

and punk, and this is the first fruit of theirongoing free music collaboration.

 

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Luciano Maggiore & Francesco fuzz

Brasini

“Chàsm’ Achanès (Huge Abyss)” (Wire

Tapper  edit)From Chàsm’ Achanès (Boring Machines)

Sicilian electroacoustic tape composer

Maggiore is joined here by guitarist andsound researcher Francesco Brasini for

an electro-drone which, in their words,

“generates a circular temporality in

which the listener is invited to remember

what the past is and to anticipate what

could happen”.

 

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Nicolas Salomon

“Zoom”Wire Tapper  exclusive

Influenced by a variety of genres, including

rock, electro and turntablism, French

composer and producer Salomon creates

a distinctive electronic sound that melds

digital and acoustic, clarity and blurriness,

complexity and minimalism.

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HHY & The Macumbas

“Legba In Dub”From Legba/Houmfort Remixes (Soopa)

HHY & The Macumbas emerge from the

SOOPA collective, based in Porto, Portugal,who explore “chaos rock, skull-cave

dub, spectral choirs and marching band

improvisation”. This percussion-heavy

voodoo dub track is part of a remix album

which includes remixes by Badawi

and others.

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My Cat Is An Alien

“The Antigravitational Sense Of

Nothingness” (Wire Tapper  alternate edit)From What Space Is Made For  (Elliptical Noise)

Italian brothers Maurizio and Roberto Opalio

work in a “secret base in the Western Alps”,

where they have been making instant

compositions, electronic music and audio-

visual art since 1997. This track comes from

their latest magnum opus, a triple box set.

 

20

Telebossa

“Século Do Progresso”From Telebossa (Staubgold)

Working together as Telebossa, Brazilian

composer Chico Mello and Nicholas

Bussmann of Austrian experimental rock

outfit Kapital Band 1 explore a new take on

samba, electronica, jazz and chamber music.

“Século Do Progresso” is a version of

Brazilian songwriter Noel Rosa’s 1934 song

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