WIRE, THE - Issue 498

"On the cover: Bill Orcutt: The late blooming career of the former Harry Pussy guitarist is impossible to second guess. By Tony Rettman; Vanessa Rossetto: The Staten Island field recordist tells poignant and incongruous stories with loops and samples. By Ilia Rogatchevski; Slikback: Pushing beat-making software to the limits, the Poland based Kenyan producer conjures a world of posthuman rave music. By Hannah Pezzack; Michael Ranta: From Partch to Plank, the octogenarian percussionist and composer on a lifetime learning from the 20th century avant garde. By Derek Walmsley; Youth Code: Industrial shock unit. By Joseph Stannard; Fredrik Rasten: Not just intonation. By Peter Margasak; Nourished By Time: 808s and heartbreak. By Misha Farrant; Invisible Jukebox: Gina Birch: Will the Raincoat weather The Wire's mystery record collection? Tested by Mike Barnes; Global Ear: NØNRANDØM events in Philippine capital Manila. By Simon Coates; Unlimited Editions: Building the fifth world with Italian tape label Artetetra. By Milo? Hroch; The Inner Sleeve: Adam Wiltzie of Stars Of The Lid on Jóhann Jóhannsson's Virðulegu Forsetar; Against The Grain: Spotify is distorting the histories of UK Black musics, argues Derek Walmsley; Epiphanies: Post retirement, Larry Stabbins falls in love all over again with the saxophone. Plus 40 pages of reviews including Pharaoh Overlord: Welcome to the machine. By Emily Pothast; Dave Liebman/Billy Hart/Adam Rudolph: Other worldly goods. By Daniel Spicer; The Sabres Of Paradise: First cuts are the deepest. By Ken Hollings; Take No Prisoners: The Desert Storm Sound System Story: Reclaim the beats. By Derek Walmsley; MOR: Going underground in authoritarian Russia. By Xenia Benivolski; ECOCIDE: Climate summit. By Hannah Pezzack; Mehfil-e-Rose Hill: Ragas with rasa. By Daniel Spicer; and much, much more." - The Wire