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Matthew Shipp, Edward George, Gigi Massin, Prepared piano now, Tears|Ov, Nick Nicely, Tiiva, Bruno Silva, Invisible Jukebox: Grouper, Secret History of Film Music: Ludwig Göransson’s Odyssey and Tenet soundtracks, The Inner Sleeve: Brigitte Fontaine on Serge Gainsbourg’s Confidential, Unlimited Editions: Concentric Group, Global Ear: Tilburg and Breda, Against The Grain: the tarnished state of metal, Epiphanies: Mona Mur on A Clockwork Orange and Blade Runner, and in the reviews sections: Faust, The Bug and friends, Reggie Workman / Andrew Cyrille / David Virelles, Ray Russell, round ups of the Psychic Sounds and Bumpy labels, CM Ensemble, 40,000 years of music technology, Robert Christgau on film, Burroughs in the London interzone, Chicago’s Sound & Gravity festival, and more.

Also this month, all subscribers can download The Wire Tapper 72 featuring 16 new tracks by Aksak Maboul, The Bathroom Producers, Bow and Arrow, Century Long Journey, Cornelius featuring Sean Ono Lennon, Oleg Gotskosik Quintet, MADTEO featuring SENSATIONAL, Nickolas Mohanna, Finn Loxbo, Maurizio Ravalico / Isambard Khroustaliov, Noh Age, Nanaco Sato, Yanik Soland, La Tène, Urbanfailure, and Viragezero. Get it here: www.thewire.co.uk/audio/the-wire-tapper/