The Wire Tapper
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The Wire Tapper is a long running series of CD compilations issued with editions of The Wire Magazine
The Wire (magazine)
The Wire is a British avant garde music magazine, founded in 1982 by jazz promoter Anthony Wood and journalist Chrissie Murray. The magazine initially concentrated on contemporary jazz and improvised music, but branched out in the early 1990s to various types of experimental music...

. The compilation is not always released with newsagent
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 copies of the magazine; subscribers receive the compilation on a much more frequent basis.

The Wire Tapper

  1. Alan Vega
    Alan Vega
    Alan Vega For several years other sources stated that he was born in 1948 – see 'Myth' section is an American vocalist, primarily known for his work with electronic protopunk duo, Suicide...

      & Panasonic
    Pan sonic
    Pan Sonic was a Finnish experimental electronic music duo consisting of Mika Vainio and Ilpo Väisänen.-Music:...

    : "Medal" - 5:28
  2. Mass: "Depth" - 5:34
  3. Mix Master Mike
    Mix Master Mike
    Mix Master Mike is an American turntablist and contributing member of the Beastie Boys.-Life and career:Born Michael Schwartz in San Francisco, California, Mix Master Mike is of German and Filipino descent. He first came to prominence upon winning the 1992 New Music Seminar/Supermen Inc...

    : "Can Of Ass Kicks" - 2:12
  4. Si-{cut}.db vs. Scanner
    Robin Rimbaud
    Robin Rimbaud is an electronic musician who works under the name Scanner due to his use of cell phone and police scanners in live performance...

    : "Bovine Revolver" - 5:00
  5. Scala: "Remember How To Breathe" - 3:52
  6. Cornelius
    Cornelius (musician)
    Cornelius is a Japanese recording artist and producer.-Career:Oyamada's first claim to fame was as a member of the pop duo Flipper's Guitar, one of the key groups of the Tokyo Shibuya-kei scene...

    : "Mic Check" - 3:00
  7. Roedelius: "Deep Blue" - 3:38
  8. Nassim Maalouf
    Nassim Maalouf
    Nassim Maalouf is a classical trumpet soloist particularly known for his adaptation of the trumpet to Arabic music....

    : "Tarab (Rast)" - 7:34
  9. Solex
    Solex (band)
    Solex is the solo performing name of Elisabeth Esselink, born in Delft, but based in Amsterdam. Her music is a light-hearted amalgamation of pop music, electronica and sampling.-Overview:...

    : "One Louder Solex" - 3:27
  10. Kreidler
    Kreidler
    Kreidler was a German manufacturer of small motorcycles and mopeds, based in Kornwestheim, between Ludwigsburg and Stuttgart. The company was founded in 1903 as "Kreidlers Metall- und Drahtwerke" by Anton Kreidler and started to build motorcycles in 1951. In 1959 one third of all German...

    : "She Woke Up And The World Had Changed" - 5:10
  11. David Byrne
    David Byrne (musician)
    David Byrne is a musician and artist, best known as a founding member and principal songwriter of the American new wave band Talking Heads, which was active between 1975 and 1991. Since then, Byrne has released his own solo recordings and worked with various media including film, photography,...

     vs. DJ Food
    DJ Food
    Originally produced by Coldcut on the Ninja Tune independent record label, the DJ Food project started in 1990 on the premise of providing metaphorical "food for DJs". DJ Food released the Jazz Brakes series, with Jazz Brakes Volume 3 being the most successful...

    : "Fuzzy Freaky (Via Joe)" - 6:53
  12. Arto Lindsay
    Arto Lindsay
    Arthur Morgan Lindsay is an American guitarist, singer, record producer and experimental composer. He is a 1974 graduate of Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida....

    : "Blue Eye Shadow" - 3:28
  13. Schneider TM
    Schneider TM
    Schneider TM is the name used for the solo electronic music projects of Dirk Dresselhaus, a former member of several German indie rock bands, most notably Hip Young Things and Locust Fudge. He released his first single under this name in 1997, but his most notable piece to date was a track named...

    : "Eiweiss" - 4:41
  14. Porter Ricks: "Redundance (Version)" - 4:13
  15. Midnight Funk Association: "When Will It End" - 5:32
  16. Mimi
    Mimi Goese
    Mimi Goese is the former vocalist for college rock band Hugo Largo. Two collaborations with Moby, Into the Blue and When It's Cold I'd Like to Die appear on the latter's album Everything Is Wrong...

    : "Piece Of Cake" - 4:52
  17. 2nd Gen: "Malady Made Simple (Pre-Interventionist Version)" - 3:59

The Wire Tapper 2

  1. Slicker: "Prader"
  2. Rhys Chatham
    Rhys Chatham
    Rhys Chatham is an American composer, guitarist, and trumpet player, primarily active in avant-garde and minimalist music. He is best known for his "guitar orchestra" compositions...

    : "Hard Edge"
  3. Angela Jaeger, David Cunningham: "Wood And Glass"
  4. Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft: "Alles Ist Gut"
  5. Tom Zé
    Tom Zé
    Tom Zé is a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer who was influential in the Tropicália movement of 1960s Brazil. After the peak of the Tropicália period, Zé went into relative obscurity: it was only in the 1990s, when the musician and label head David Byrne discovered an album recorded...

    : "Defect 2: Curiosidade"
  6. Meridiem: "Interference"
  7. Terre Thaemlitz
    Terre Thaemlitz
    Terre Thaemlitz is a musician, public speaker, and owner of the record label. His work critically combines themes of identity politics - including gender, sexuality, class, linguistics, ethnicity and race - with an ongoing critique of the socio-economics of commercial media production...

     + Jane Dowe: "03/DTD/05:56"
  8. Tarwater
    Tarwater
    Tarwater is a German music duo comprising Bernd Jestram and Ronald Lippok. Tarwater have recorded several albums of mostly instrumental music usually tagged as post-rock.-History:...

    : "V: At"
  9. Powerfield: "Block"
  10. Sam Prekop
    Sam Prekop
    Sam Prekop is a rock/pop musician in the band The Sea and Cake. He also has released three solo albums. Prekop first gained recognition in the band Shrimp Boat from 1988 to 1993. Many artists have performed in the Sam Prekop band, such as Chad Taylor, Josh Abrams, Jim O'Rourke, and Archer Prewitt...

    : "Showrooms"
  11. Puppy: "Hot Juice"
  12. Jad Fair
    Jad Fair
    Jad Fair is an American singer, guitarist and graphic artist, most famous for being a founding member of lo-fi alternative rock group Half Japanese.-Biography:In 1974, with his brother David, Jad Fair founded the lo-fi group Half Japanese...

    , Yo La Tengo
    Yo La Tengo
    Yo La Tengo, sometimes abbreviated as YLT, is an American alternative rock band formed in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1984. Since 1992, the lineup has consisted of Ira Kaplan , Georgia Hubley , and James McNew .Despite achieving limited mainstream success, Yo La Tengo has been called "the quintessential...

    : "Minnesota Man Claims Monkey Bowled Perfect Game"
  13. The Pastels
    The Pastels
    The Pastels are a group from Glasgow, Scotland, UK.Their early records for labels like Whaam!, Creation, Rough Trade, and Glass Records, had a raw and immediate sound, melodic and amateur, which seemed at odds with the time...

     - "Leaving This Island (Jim O'Rourke
    Jim O'Rourke (musician)
    Jim O'Rourke is an Irish-American musician and record producer. He was long associated with the Chicago experimental and improv scene...

     Remix)"
  14. Badawi
    Raz Mesinai
    Raz Mesinai is a New York City-based composer, producer, musician, writer and visual artist...

     - "Final Warning"
  15. Labradford
    Labradford
    Labradford is a U.S. post-rock musical group from Richmond, Virginia, founded in 1991. They have released six full albums from 1993 to 2001. Though not officially disbanded, its members have since been active with separate projects.-Biography:...

     - "V (Harold Budd Remix)"

The Wire Tapper 3

  1. Supersilent
    Supersilent
    Supersilent is a Norwegian avant-garde/improvisational music group formed in Bergen in 1997 and signed on Rune Grammofon. They are known for making only improvised music and for the distinctive uniformity of their album covers....

    : "4.1" - 6:17
  2. High Rise
    High Rise
    High Rise is a 1975 novel by J. G. Ballard. It takes place in an ultra-modern, luxury high-rise building.-Plot summary:The building seems to give its well-established tenants all the conveniences and commodities that modern life has to offer: swimming pools, its own school, a supermarket,...

    : "Sadame" - 4:27
  3. Rothko
    Rothko (band)
    Rothko were a London-based instrumental ambient group. The group mainly used bass guitars and keyboards to create their soundscapes. They derived their name from the painter Mark Rothko...

    : "For Danny" - 2:37
  4. We™: "Hielo" - 4:10
  5. Gas
    Gas (musician)
    Gas is a project of Cologne, Germany-based electronic musician Wolfgang Voigt. Voigt cites his youthful LSD experiences in the Königsforst, a German forest situated near his hometown of Köln, as the inspiration behind the project...

    : "Untitled" - 6:32
  6. To Rococo Rot
    To Rococo Rot
    To Rococo Rot is a Berlin-based trio who combine electronic and acoustic elements to create instrumental post-rock and electronic music. The group is composed of bassist Stefan Schneider and brothers Robert and Ronald Lippok . Ronald Lippok has also gained praise for his work in Tarwater...

    : "She Loves Animals" - 4:11
  7. Evan Parker
    Evan Parker
    Evan Shaw Parker is a British free-improvising saxophone player from the European free jazz scene.Recording and performing prolifically with many collaborators, Parker was a pivotal figure in the development of European free jazz and free improvisation, and has pioneered or substantially expanded...

    /Thurston Moore
    Thurston Moore
    Thurston Joseph Moore is an American musician best known as a singer, songwriter and guitarist of Sonic Youth. He has also participated in many solo and group collaborations outside of Sonic Youth, as well as running the Ecstatic Peace! record label...

    /Walter Prati: "Children" - 5:09
  8. Model 500
    Juan Atkins
    Juan Atkins is an American musician. He is widely credited as the originator of techno music, specifically Detroit techno along with Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson...

    : "In And Out" - 5:44
  9. Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma: "Teen Taal" - 5:52
  10. Khan: "Broken English (How Do You Spell…?)" - 4:44
  11. Hood
    Hood (band)
    Hood is a UK-based band from Leeds, that formed in 1991. The band consists of brothers Chris and Richard Adams, and friends .- History :...

    : "In Iron Light" - 3:37
  12. Paul Panhuysen
    Paul Panhuysen
    Paul Panhuysen is a Dutch composer, visual and sound artist. He founded and directed Het Apollohuis, an art space that functioned during the 80's and 90's having artists doing sound installations, sound sculptures, and concerts about free improvisation, experimental music, and electronic...

    : "Partita For 16 Long Strings Proportionally Tuned (Extract)" - 5:03
  13. Robert Ashley
    Robert Ashley
    Robert Ashley , is a contemporary American composer, best known for his operas and other theatrical works, many of which incorporate electronics and extended techniques. Along with Gordon Mumma, Ashley was also a major pioneer of audio synthesis.Ashley was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan...

    : "Your Money My Life Goodbye (Extract)" - 6:44
  14. Sheila Chandra
    Sheila Chandra
    Sheila Chandra is an English pop singer of Indian descent.-Indian-Western pop fusion period:Sheila Chandra first came to public attention as an actress, playing Sudhamani Patel in the BBC school drama Grange Hill from 1979 to 1981.As a teenager she formed the band Monsoon with Steve Coe , and...

    : "Shehnai Song" - 2:05
  15. Void: "X-Factor" - 6:09
  16. Rhys Chatham
    Rhys Chatham
    Rhys Chatham is an American composer, guitarist, and trumpet player, primarily active in avant-garde and minimalist music. He is best known for his "guitar orchestra" compositions...

    /Gary Smith
    Gary Smith (record producer)
    Gary Smith is an entrepreneur, record producer, and artist's manager known for his work recording albums by alternative rock musicians since the mid-1980s at Fort Apache Studios...

    /Pat Thomas With Apache 61: "Live At Now Ninety8" - 6:19

The Wire Tapper 4

  1. F.X. Randomiz: "Displatz"
  2. Pierre Bastien
    Pierre Bastien
    Pierre Bastien is a French musician, composer, and experimental musical instrument builder. He began building mechanical-based musical instruments at an early age, using items such as metronomes, cymbals, and pulleys. In 1977 he began collaborating with Pascal Comelade and composing music for...

    : "Odovinil"
  3. snd: "02"
  4. BJ Cole, Pan•American: "Untitled"
  5. Vandermark 5: "Vent (For Glenn Spearman)"
  6. SS + D: "Elements Of"
  7. Alog
    Alog
    -Musical duo:The musical duo Alog was formed in Tromsoe in Troms county, Norway in 1997. Alog has been among Norway's performers of experimental electronic music....

    : "Drifting West"
  8. Powerfield: "Steady State"
  9. Low Res: "Minty"
  10. Chief Baonoko And His Budu Men: "Yando"
  11. Clive Graham: "One End Of The Time Pad"
  12. Do Make Say Think
    Do Make Say Think
    Do Make Say Think is a Canadian instrumental post-rock band from Toronto, Ontario. Their music combines jazz style drums, distorted guitars and wind instruments, as well as a prominent use of the bass guitar.-Biography:...

    : "Dr. Hooch"
  13. Warren Defever
    Warren Defever
    Warren Defever is a musician and producer from Livonia, Michigan. He is most known for his chameleonic project His Name Is Alive, though he is active in numerous other circles...

    : "Train"
  14. Signal
    Signal (band)
    -Members:*Yordan Karadzhov - vocals, bass guitar*Vladimir Zahariev - drums*Alexander Marinovsky - guitar*Georgi Yanakiev - bass guitar-Discography:...

    : "Ondulop"
  15. Klangstabil: "Pronto Luigi"
  16. Unit: "Ring*worm"
  17. Daniel Figgis: "Alison Creaking"

The Wire Tapper 5

  1. Labradford
    Labradford
    Labradford is a U.S. post-rock musical group from Richmond, Virginia, founded in 1991. They have released six full albums from 1993 to 2001. Though not officially disbanded, its members have since been active with separate projects.-Biography:...

    : "So (Matmos Remix)"
  2. Stephen Vitiello
    Stephen Vitiello
    Stephen Vitiello is a visual and sound artist. Originally a punk guitarist he is influenced by video artist Nam June Paik who he worked with after meeting in 1991...

    : "Nine Out Of Ten"
  3. VVE: "Herz"
  4. Kimmo Pohjonen
    Kimmo Pohjonen
    Kimmo Pohjonen is a Finnish accordionist who is involved in a number of projects.- Uniko :Kluster meets Kronos Quartet in the Uniko project featuring music composed by Pohjonen and Samuli Kosminen, commissioned by Kronos. Concerts in Helsinki, Moscow and Molde Jazz Festival were major successes...

    : "Anastaja"
  5. Wire: "Pink Flag/2"
  6. Stylus: "Last Seaweed Collecting Hut At Freshwater West. Part 1: Angle"
  7. John Wall
    John Wall (electronic composer)
    John Wall is an autodidact electronic composer whose contribution to the field is widely noted by critics of new music. His work has moved from early plunderphonic compositions - where he brought together unlikely combinations of musical genres to create fantastical new works – to large scale...

    : "Construction 1 Stat/Unt/Dist (Extract)"
  8. Curd Duca
    Curd Duca
    Curd Duca is an Austrian musician, composer and producer of electronic music.-Life and Work:He has played in the experimental groups “Auch wenn es seltsam kingen mag / even though it may sound strange)“,“8 ODER 9 / 8 OR 9“ and “Skin“...

    : "Quiet Nights Intro/Quiet Nights"
  9. Fennesz/Jim O'Rourke
    Jim O'Rourke (musician)
    Jim O'Rourke is an Irish-American musician and record producer. He was long associated with the Chicago experimental and improv scene...

    /Peter Rehberg
    Peter Rehberg
    Peter Rehberg is an author of electronic audio works.He has collaborated with: Jim O'Rourke, Christian Fennesz, Dennis Cooper, Gisèle Vienne, Stephen O'Malley , Tina Frank, Matmos, Tujiko Noriko, Kevin Drumm, Marcus Schmickler, Michaela Schwentner , Matt "Skitz" Sanders, Russell Haswell, Florian...

    : "Gürtel Zwei"
  10. I'm Sore & Noise Camp: "The Best Of"
  11. Daniel Givens: "Viaduct"
  12. Arne Nordheim
    Arne Nordheim
    Arne Nordheim was a Norwegian composer who had since 1982 been living in the Norwegian State's honorary residence, Grotten, next to the Royal Palace in Oslo. Nordheim received numerous prizes for his compositions, and was elected an honorary member of the International Society for Contemporary...

    : "Fonofonier"
  13. Yo La Tengo
    Yo La Tengo
    Yo La Tengo, sometimes abbreviated as YLT, is an American alternative rock band formed in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1984. Since 1992, the lineup has consisted of Ira Kaplan , Georgia Hubley , and James McNew .Despite achieving limited mainstream success, Yo La Tengo has been called "the quintessential...

    : "Our Way To Fall"
  14. Vert
    Vert (music)
    Vert is an electronic music producer who has been active since 1996. His music incorporates elements from various electronic genres , as well as other genres, such as jazz and hip hop.His first album, The Köln Konzert, was a remix cover mash-up of Keith Jarrett's original album, The...

    : "Part 4"
  15. Aesop Quartet: "Egyptian Knights"
  16. Mira Calix
    Mira Calix
    Mira Calix, real name Chantal Passamonte, is an artist signed to Warp Records, specialising in mixing her intimate vocals with jittering beats and experimental electronic textures...

    : "Skin With Me"
  17. Fushitsusha
    Fushitsusha
    Fushitsusha is a Japanese rock band specialising in the psychedelic rock, space rock and noise rock genres. The band consists of electric guitarist and singer Keiji Haino, and a shifting cast of complementary musicians. The group released the majority of its material in the 1990s.-History:Haino...

    : "Don't Be Afraid. Even If Your Nerves Snap, You Can Tie Them To A Fragment Of The Universe..."

Disc 1

  1. The Fall: "Dr. Buck's Letter"
  2. Flanger
    Flanger (music)
    The Flanger project was founded in 1997 by Uwe Schmidt and Bernd Friedmann , who have both been active in the music business since the early 1990s. The two musicians met up to program their first album Templates at Mira Musica, Santiago de Chile in 1997...

    : "Bosco's Disposable Driver"
  3. Susumu Yokota
    Susumu Yokota
    Susumu Yokota is a prolific Japanese composer.Yokota is well known in the English-speaking independent music scene for his albums of experimental ambient music...

    : "Kodomotachi"
  4. Ran Blake
    Ran Blake
    Ran Blake is an American pianist and composer from Springfield, Massachusetts. In a career that spans five decades, Blake has created a unique niche in improvised music as an artist and educator...

    : "Nica's Dream"
  5. Christian Marclay
    Christian Marclay
    Christian Marclay is a Swiss-American visual artist and composer.Marclay's work explores connections between sound, noise, photography, video, and film...

     & Otomo Yoshihide: "Hyoushi"
  6. Sensational: "Paper Chase"
  7. General Magic
    General Magic
    General Magic was a company co-founded by Bill Atkinson, Andy Hertzfeld and Marc Porat that developed a new kind of handheld communications device they called a "personal intelligent communicator", which was a PDA precursor that stressed communications....

    : "Rechenexe"
  8. Pan Sonic
    Pan sonic
    Pan Sonic was a Finnish experimental electronic music duo consisting of Mika Vainio and Ilpo Väisänen.-Music:...

    : "Kierto"
  9. Jan Jelinek
    Jan Jelinek
    Jan Jelinek is a German electronic musician who also operates under the names of Farben, Gramm and The Exposures. His music is usually categorized as minimal techno, glitch or microhouse, and is characterized by deep basslines, extensive use of samples from earlier jazz and rock recordings, and...

    : "They, Them"
  10. Poire z
    Poire z
    poire_z was an electronic free improvisation music group formed in 1998. The group's members all have long careers in improvised music; critic Fred Grand of Avant calls poire_z a "post-AMM supergroup."-Band history:...

    : "Hairless_handle"
  11. HiM
    HiM (band)
    HiM is a dub influenced post-rock group formed in 1995 by Doug Scharin, drummer for the bands Codeine, Rex and June of 44. Their first album, Egg, was their most dub-based effort. Each successive album has gone more in a quasi-world music direction...

    : "Untitled, Live At The Empty Bottle, Chicago"
  12. David Grubbs
    David Grubbs
    David Grubbs , guitarist, pianist, and vocalist, was a founding member of Squirrel Bait, Bastro, and Gastr del Sol. He has also played in Codeine, The Red Krayola, Bitch Magnet and The Wingdale Community Singers....

    : "Stanwell Perpetual"
  13. Trio Hurricane +1: "Initiation (Excerpt)"
  14. Angus MacLise
    Angus MacLise
    Angus MacLise was an American percussionist, composer, poet, occultist and calligrapher probably best known as the first drummer for the Velvet Underground.-Biography:...

    : "Universal Mutant #3"
  15. Glass Cage: "Box Crushed Flat"

Disc 2

  1. Nurse With Wound
    Nurse with Wound
    Nurse with Wound is the main recording name for British musician Steven Stapleton. Nurse with Wound was originally a band, formed in 1978 by Stapleton, John Fothergill and Heman Pathak...

    : "P.F.L (Deambulation Mix)"
  2. Faust
    Faust (band)
    Faust are a German krautrock band. Formed in 1971 in Wümme, the group was originally composed of Werner "Zappi" Diermaier, Hans Joachim Irmler, Arnulf Meifert, Jean-Hervé Péron, Rudolf Sosna and Gunther Wüsthoff, working with record producer Uwe Nettelbeck and engineer Kurt Graupner.-History:Faust...

    : "So Far (Alternate)"
  3. John Fahey
    John Fahey (musician)
    John Fahey was an American fingerstyle guitarist and composer who pioneered the steel-string acoustic guitar as a solo instrument. His style has been greatly influential and has been described as the foundation of American Primitivism, a term borrowed from painting and referring mainly to the...

    : "Dream Of The Origin Of The French Broad River"
  4. Nils Økland
    Nils Økland
    Nils Andreas Økland was a Norwegian Esperantist and teacher in Stord , Norway. His father Matthias Larsen Økland was also a school teacher and a church chorister; his mother was Signi Nilsdatter from Eidsvåg...

    : "Straum"
  5. Coil
    Coil (band)
    Coil were an English cross-genre, experimental music group formed in 1982 by John Balance—later credited as "Jhonn Balance"—and his partner Peter Christopherson, aka "Sleazy". The duo worked together on a series of releases before Balance chose the name Coil, which he claimed to be...

    : "A Cold Cell"
  6. Janek Schaefer
    Janek Schaefer
    Janek Schaefer is a London-based sound artist, musician, and composer born in England to Polish and Canadian parents in 1970. He is known for his innovative work with sound and installation art...

    : "Accident Assistant"
  7. Current 93
    Current 93
    Current 93 is an eclectic British experimental music group, working since the early 1980s in folk-based musical forms. The band was founded in 1982 by David Tibet .-Background:Tibet has been the only constant in the group, though Steven Stapleton has appeared on...

    : "Red Hawthorn Tree"
  8. Djivan Gasparyan
    Djivan Gasparyan
    Djivan Gasparyan is an Armenian musician and composer. He plays the duduk, a double reed woodwind instrument related to the orchestral oboe. Gasparyan is known as the Master of the duduk.-Biography:...

    : "Nazani"
  9. Peanut Butter Wolf
    Peanut Butter Wolf
    Chris Manak, aka Peanut Butter Wolf, is a DJ, hip-hop producer and the founder of hip-hop label Stones Throw Records.A native of San Jose, California, He took on the name Peanut Butter Wolf in the late-80s when he realized that a girlfriend’s youngest brother feared the “peanut butter wolf monster”...

    : "Run The Line"
  10. I-Sound: "Folded"
  11. BitTonic/Si-{cut}.db: "Recycled 200"
  12. C-Schulz & Hajsch: "6"
  13. Tom Recchion: "Gentlewomanly Grace"
  14. Pluramon: "Self Remix"
  15. Hermann Nitsch
    Hermann Nitsch
    Hermann Nitsch is an Austrian artist who works in experimental and multimedia modes.Born in Vienna, Nitsch received training in painting during the time he studied at the Wiener Graphische Lehr-und Versuchanstalt. He is called an "actionist" or a performance artist...

    : "Night Music (String Quintett) Day 5 August 8, 1998 1:30 A.M/ Day of Dionysus: Imperative Excess (Day 3) (Extract) August 5, 1998 3:00 P.M"

The Wire Tapper 7

  1. Four Tet
    Four Tet
    Kieran Hebden is a post-rock and electronic musician. Hebden first came to prominence as a member of the band Fridge before establishing himself as a solo artist under the moniker of Four Tet....

    : "Glue Of The World"
  2. Pulseprogramming
    Pulseprogramming
    Pulseprogramming was born and concepted as an experimental, expressive studio based project by Marc Hellner and former member Joel Kriske in Portland, Oregon in 1998...

    : "To The Expert Eye Alone"
  3. Daniel Figgis: "Drool’s Holdings / Mudder / The Light Again"
  4. Jin Hi Kim
    Jin Hi Kim
    Kim Jin-Hi is a geomungo player and composer.She is known for introducing the geomungo to the wider world through her contemporary chamber and orchestral compositions and large-scale multimedia pieces, as well as her extensive work in avant-garde and cross-cultural free...

    : "EK For JC (Excerpt)"
  5. Kim Hiorthøy
    Kim Hiorthøy
    Kim Hiorthøy is a Norwegian electronic musician, graphic designer, illustrator, filmmaker and writer.-Biography:Hiorthøy was born and raised in Trondheim, Norway, and studied at the Trondheim Academy of Fine Art as well as the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen...

    : "Det Blev Fel"
  6. Antibalas: "Uprising"
  7. Bigg Jus
    Bigg Jus
    Bigg Jus is an American hip hop artist from New York City, formerly a member of Company Flow along with Mr. Len and El-P. After the late-1990s breakup of Company Flow, Bigg Jus formed the now defunct Sub Verse Music and began to pursue his solo career...

    : Gaffeling Whips"
  8. Nolte: "21st Century Schizoid Man
    21st Century Schizoid Man
    "21st Century Schizoid Man" is a song by progressive rock band King Crimson from their debut album In the Court of the Crimson King.-Personnel:* Greg Lake – Vocals, bass guitar* Ian McDonald – saxophone* Robert Fripp – guitars* Michael Giles – drums...

     Or How To Lose Your Head Baby"
  9. Steinbrüchel: "Lost Things We Found Borrowed At The End Of Last Week"
  10. Mice Parade
    Mice Parade
    Mice Parade is an indie/shoegaze band from New York City led by percussionist Adam Pierce. Mice Parade's albums were all initially released on Pierce's record label, Bubble Core Records and Fat Cat Records...

    : "Into The Freedom Part 3"
  11. Illusion Of Safety: "Stillpoint"
  12. Monks Of The Monastery Of Gyuto
    Gyuto Order
    Gyuto Tantric University is one of the great monastic institutions of the Gelug Order.-History:Gyuto was founded in 1475 by Jetsun Kunga Dhondup and is one of the main tantric colleges of the Gelug tradition...

    , Tibet
    Tibet
    Tibet is a plateau region in Asia, north-east of the Himalayas. It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people as well as some other ethnic groups such as Monpas, Qiang, and Lhobas, and is now also inhabited by considerable numbers of Han and Hui people...

    : "Le Grand Noir (Mahakala) (Excerpt)"
  13. Eardrum: "Untitled"
  14. Lasse Marhaug
    Lasse Marhaug
    Lasse Marhaug is a Norwegian musician who primarily works in the field of noise music but frequently drifts into other areas such as improvisation, jazz, rock and extreme metal. Marhaug has also been involved in creating music for theatre, dance, art installations and video art...

    : "Polar"
  15. Edward Gorey
    Edward Gorey
    Edward St. John Gorey was an American writer and artist noted for his macabre illustrated books.-Early life:...

     & Max Nagl: "The Disrespectful Summons"

The Wire Tapper 8

  1. 23 Skidoo: Kundalini
  2. Jah Wobble
    Jah Wobble
    Jah Wobble is an English bass guitarist, singer, poet and composer. He became known to a wider audience as the original bass player in Public Image Ltd in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but left the band after two albums...

     Temple Of Sound: Shout At The Devil
  3. Cornelius
    Cornelius (musician)
    Cornelius is a Japanese recording artist and producer.-Career:Oyamada's first claim to fame was as a member of the pop duo Flipper's Guitar, one of the key groups of the Tokyo Shibuya-kei scene...

    : Point Of View Point
  4. Fog
    Fog (band)
    Fog is a band fronted by Andrew Broder, which includes members Mark Erickson and Tim Glenn. For most of their existence, material released by Fog had been produced largely by Broder alone, combining both traditionally performed instruments and turntable-derived samples, until the switch to a...

    : Pneumonia
  5. Goodheart Allen Powell Trio: Hard Count
  6. Chas Smith
    Chas Smith
    Chas Smith was an author, musician, radio personality, and a Cleveland State University music professor.-Biography:Smith taught and explored the cultural aspects of American Roots music for over twenty years...

    : Gate
  7. Michael Jon Fink: Echo
  8. Murcof
    Murcof
    Murcof is the performing and recording name of Mexican electronica artist Fernando Corona.Corona was born in 1970 in Tijuana, Mexico and raised in Ensenada. He was for a time a member of the Tijuana-based Nortec Collective of electronic musicians under the Terrestre project name...

    : M.O.
  9. Electrelane
    Electrelane
    Electrelane are a British all-female indie rock band, formed in Brighton in 1998 by Verity Susman and Emma Gaze. The band comprised Susman, Gaze, Mia Clarke, and Ros Murray. Their music draws from wide range of influences including Neu!, Stereolab, Sonic Youth, and The Velvet Underground...

    : Gabriel
  10. No-Neck Blues Band
    No-Neck Blues Band
    The No-Neck Blues Band, also known as NNCK, is a seven-member free-form improvisational musical collective from New York City. Formed in 1992, the original band was of eight members , and has practiced weekly in a space in Harlem since...

    : The Natural Bridge
  11. Set Fire To Flames
    Set Fire to Flames
    Set Fire to Flames is a post-rock band of thirteen musicians from Montreal, Canada, who have released two albums on Alien8 Recordings, FatCat Records....

    : Omaha
  12. Workshop: Fuer wen ?
  13. Small Rocks: Clodhopper
  14. The Rip-Off Artist: Stuffing Box
  15. Noxagt
    Noxagt
    Noxagt is a Norwegian rock band. It started as a Kjetil Brandsdal solo project in 1999, but was expanded to a power trio in 2002, with Brandsdal on bass, Nils Erga on viola and Jan Christian L. Kyvik on drums...

    : Powerchild
  16. Helvitis: Symphony No. 1 For 13 Guitarists (Excerpt)
  17. Xinlisupreme
    Xinlisupreme
    Xinlisupreme is a Japanese Musician from Kumamoto, Japan. Xinlisupreme’s first release 7” single "All You Need Is Love Was Not True" in December 2001. Their debut album, "Tomorrow Never Comes", was released in early 2002...

    : Kyoro

Disc 1

  1. Liars
    Liars (band)
    Liars is a three-piece band formed in 2000 consisting of Angus Andrew , Aaron Hemphill , and Julian Gross...

    : "Grown Men Don't Fall in the River Just Like That"
  2. Themselves
    Themselves
    Themselves is an Oakland-based hip hop group, made up of rapper Doseone and producer Jel . Dax Pierson, from the affiliated group Subtle, has played keyboards for the group, though he is not considered an official member. To date, the group has released three full-length albums and two singles...

    : "Hat in the Wind"
  3. Tarwater
    Tarwater
    Tarwater is a German music duo comprising Bernd Jestram and Ronald Lippok. Tarwater have recorded several albums of mostly instrumental music usually tagged as post-rock.-History:...

    : "70 Rupies to Paradise Road"
  4. múm
    Múm
    múm are an experimental Icelandic musical group whose music is characterized by soft vocals, electronic glitch beats and effects, and a variety of traditional and unconventional instruments.- History :...

    : "We Have a Map of the Piano"
  5. Badawi
    Raz Mesinai
    Raz Mesinai is a New York City-based composer, producer, musician, writer and visual artist...

    : "Evocation"
  6. Suicide
    Suicide (band)
    Suicide is an American electronic protopunk musical duo, intermittently active since 1970 and composed of vocalist Alan Vega and Martin Rev on synthesizers and drum machines. They are an early synthesizer/vocal musical duo....

    : "Swearin' to the Flag"
  7. Supersilent
    Supersilent
    Supersilent is a Norwegian avant-garde/improvisational music group formed in Bergen in 1997 and signed on Rune Grammofon. They are known for making only improvised music and for the distinctive uniformity of their album covers....

    : "C-4.1"
  8. Polwechsel
    Polwechsel
    Polwechsel is a musical group founded in Vienna, Austria in 1993.Their music has mostly straddled a line between contemporary music and free improvisation, and is characterized by quiet volume, sustained drones, and slowly-developing structures....

    /Fennesz: "Framing X (Reconstructed by Patrick Pulsinger)"
  9. Wazahugy: "Untitled"
  10. Asa-Chang & Junray
    Asa-Chang & Junray
    Asa Chang & Junray is the band of the Japanese percussionist Asa Chang, who was the founder and original bandmaster of Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra. After leaving that group in 1993, he formed Asa Chang & Junray in 1998 with programmer and guitarist Hidehiko Urayama. They were joined in 2000 by...

    : "Tsuginepu to Ittemita"
  11. Deadbeat: "Organ in the Attic Sings the Blues"
  12. DJ Vadim
    DJ Vadim
    DJ Vadim is a prolific DJ and producer, born in Leningrad, USSR , raised in London and currently residing in both New York and Berlin, whose music combines hip hop, soul, reggae and electronica...

    : "Till Suns in Your Eye"
  13. OXES
    OXES
    OXES are an instrumental rock band from Baltimore, Maryland. Their music has been called math rock or post-punk.OXES are part of what is known as "The Baltimore Rowdy Collective" which stages practical jokes, usually involving a confrontational and outlandish racket in public places...

    : "Horses R OK (Prison and I Were in a 5 Way mix by Cex
    Cex
    Cex is a musical project run by Rjyan Claybrook Kidwell and started in 1998 at the age of 16. Although Cex and Kidwell are frequently used interchangeably, Cex occasionally expands to several people at sporadic points, such as particular tours or albums...

    )"
  14. Sagan: "JabPunPlusOne"
  15. Leafcutter John
    Leafcutter John
    Leafcutter John is the recording name of John Burton, a UK-based musician and artist. He makes frequent use of Max/MSP in his compositions. Much of Burton's style is based in computer music and use of samples of everyday sounds. However, he also has roots as a folk musician, and this influence...

    : "Mandolin Work (Edit)"
  16. Sun: "Reach for the Sky (Pluramon Remix)"

Disc 2

  1. Max Tundra
    Max Tundra
    Ben Jacobs, more commonly known by the stage name Max Tundra, is an English multi-instrumental musician, singer and music producer. His work is predominantly electronic music but incorporates non-electronic styles and instruments...

    : "Mastered By Guy At The Exchange"
  2. Wire
    Wire (band)
    Wire are an English rock band, formed in London in October 1976 by Colin Newman , Graham Lewis , Bruce Gilbert , and Robert Gotobed...

    : "Spent"
  3. Sonic Youth
    Sonic Youth
    Sonic Youth is an American alternative rock band from New York City, formed in 1981. The current lineup consists of Thurston Moore , Kim Gordon , Lee Ranaldo , Steve Shelley , and Mark Ibold .In their early career, Sonic Youth was associated with the No Wave art and music scene in New York City...

    /ICP
    ICP
    -Business:* International Comfort Products Corporation, a company that manufactures and markets central air conditioning systems, gas and oil furnaces* Indonesian Crude Price...

    /The Ex: "III"
  4. Sigur Rós
    Sigur Rós
    Sigur Rós is an Icelandic post-rock band with classicaland minimalist elements. The band is known for its ethereal sound, and frontman Jónsi Birgisson's falsetto vocals and use of bowed guitar. In January 2010, the band announced that they will be on hiatus. Since then, it has since been announced...

    : "Untitled"
  5. John Fahey
    John Fahey (musician)
    John Fahey was an American fingerstyle guitarist and composer who pioneered the steel-string acoustic guitar as a solo instrument. His style has been greatly influential and has been described as the foundation of American Primitivism, a term borrowed from painting and referring mainly to the...

    : "Red Cross, Disciple Of Christ Today (For Guitar Roberts)"
  6. A Small Good Thing
    A Small Good Thing
    A Small Good ThingA Small Good Thing, Bocephus King's second album was released by New West Records in 1998. The album was marketed as country.Sure, argues Perry, there's a smattering of that within A Small Good Thing, but not enough to ghettoize him within that one genre. "It got great reviews,"...

    : "A Mighty Stillness (Remix)"
  7. The Sea and Cake
    The Sea and Cake
    The Sea and Cake is an indie rock band with a pronounced jazz influence, which formed in the mid-1990s in Chicago out of the ashes of local bands The Coctails and Shrimp Boat. The group's name came from a willful reinterpretation of "The C in Cake", a song by Gastr del Sol...

    : "Left Side Clouded"
  8. Masha Qrella: "I Want You To Know"
  9. Dictaphone: "The E. Song"
  10. Pulseprogramming
    Pulseprogramming
    Pulseprogramming was born and concepted as an experimental, expressive studio based project by Marc Hellner and former member Joel Kriske in Portland, Oregon in 1998...

    : "Blooms Eventually"
  11. Electrelane
    Electrelane
    Electrelane are a British all-female indie rock band, formed in Brighton in 1998 by Verity Susman and Emma Gaze. The band comprised Susman, Gaze, Mia Clarke, and Ros Murray. Their music draws from wide range of influences including Neu!, Stereolab, Sonic Youth, and The Velvet Underground...

    : "This Deed"
  12. Ellery Eskelin
    Ellery Eskelin
    Ellery Eskelin American tenor saxophonist. Born in Wichita, Kansas, raised in Baltimore, Maryland from the age of two. His parents, Rodd Keith and Bobbie Lee, were also musicians. Rodd Keith died in 1974 in Los Angeles, California and became a cult figure after his death in the little known...

     with Andrea Parkins
    Andrea Parkins
    Andrea Parkins is an American composer, sound artist, performer and improviser.Andrea Parkins has improvised with musicians such as Nels Cline, Jim Black, Ellery Eskelin, Guenter Muller, David Watson, David Fenech, etc.- External links :* *...

     & Jim Black
    Jim Black
    Jim Black is a jazz drummer who has performed with Tim Berne and Dave Douglas, among others. He attended Berklee College of Music....

    : "43 RPM"
  13. Jimmy Lyons Trio: "Jump Up"
  14. Amon Tobin
    Amon Tobin
    Amon Adonai Santos de Araújo Tobin , known as Amon Tobin, is a Brazilian musician, composer and producer of electronic music. He is described as a virtuoso sound designer and is considered to be one of the most influential electronic music artists in the world...

    : "El Wraith"
  15. D'Arcangelo: "All That J"

Disc 1

  1. Guido Möbius: "Nelles" - 3:16
  2. Alias
    Alias (band)
    Alias was a Canadian album-oriented rock/hard rock supergroup band, formed in 1988 by vocalist Freddy Curci and guitarist Steve DeMarchi of the Canadian arena rock band Sheriff , along with Heart founding members Roger Fisher, Steve Fossen, and Mike DeRosier.The band released its self-titled debut...

    : "Beginagain" - 4:32
  3. Animal Collective
    Animal Collective
    Animal Collective is an experimental psychedelic band originally from Baltimore, Maryland, currently based in New York City. Animal Collective consists of Avey Tare , Panda Bear , Deakin , and Geologist...

    : "Bat You'll Fly" - 5:02
  4. Maher Shalal Hash Baz
    Maher Shalal Hash Baz
    Maher Shalal Hash Baz is the artistic alter ego of Tori Kudo, a Japanese naivist composer and musician. The name is taken from Maher-shalal-hash-baz in the Book of Isaiah verses 8:1 and 8:3, and translates roughly as "Hurrying to the spoil, he has made haste to the plunder." Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz...

    : "Post Office" - 1:48
  5. Sketch Show: "Chronograph" - 5:09
  6. Kim Hiorthøy
    Kim Hiorthøy
    Kim Hiorthøy is a Norwegian electronic musician, graphic designer, illustrator, filmmaker and writer.-Biography:Hiorthøy was born and raised in Trondheim, Norway, and studied at the Trondheim Academy of Fine Art as well as the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen...

    : "Track 5" - 3:24
  7. Mice Parade
    Mice Parade
    Mice Parade is an indie/shoegaze band from New York City led by percussionist Adam Pierce. Mice Parade's albums were all initially released on Pierce's record label, Bubble Core Records and Fat Cat Records...

    : "Focus On The Roller Coaster" - 4:59
  8. Colleen: "Everyone Alive Wants Answers" - 3:30
  9. Themselves
    Themselves
    Themselves is an Oakland-based hip hop group, made up of rapper Doseone and producer Jel . Dax Pierson, from the affiliated group Subtle, has played keyboards for the group, though he is not considered an official member. To date, the group has released three full-length albums and two singles...

    : "Good People Check (Hvratski Remix)" - 5:02
  10. David Grubbs
    David Grubbs
    David Grubbs , guitarist, pianist, and vocalist, was a founding member of Squirrel Bait, Bastro, and Gastr del Sol. He has also played in Codeine, The Red Krayola, Bitch Magnet and The Wingdale Community Singers....

     & Loren Mazzacane Connors
    Loren Mazzacane Connors
    Loren MazzaCane Connors is an American experimental musician who has recorded and performed under several different names: Guitar Roberts, Loren Mazzacane, Loren Mattei, and currently Loren Connors...

    : "Blossom Time" - 4:26
  11. Polmo Polpo: "Like Hearts Swelling (Edit)" - 4:42
  12. Dälek
    Dälek
    dälek is an American experimental hip hop duo from Newark, New Jersey. The group is composed of MC dälek and the Oktopus...

     & Faust
    Faust (band)
    Faust are a German krautrock band. Formed in 1971 in Wümme, the group was originally composed of Werner "Zappi" Diermaier, Hans Joachim Irmler, Arnulf Meifert, Jean-Hervé Péron, Rudolf Sosna and Gunther Wüsthoff, working with record producer Uwe Nettelbeck and engineer Kurt Graupner.-History:Faust...

    : "T-electronique" - 4:10
  13. Four Tet
    Four Tet
    Kieran Hebden is a post-rock and electronic musician. Hebden first came to prominence as a member of the band Fridge before establishing himself as a solo artist under the moniker of Four Tet....

    : "Spirit Fingers" - 3:22
  14. Rob Ellis: "Music For The Home No 4 - Church Opposite" - 2:00
  15. David Sylvian
    David Sylvian
    David Sylvian is an English singer-songwriter and musician who came to prominence in the late 1970s as the lead vocalist and main songwriter in the group Japan...

    : "A Fire In The Forest" - 4:08

Disc 2

  1. Heat Sensor: "Gravy" - 4:51
  2. Günter Müller
    Günter Müller
    Günter Müller is an Swiss composer, improviser and visual artist based in Lupsingen, Switzerland.Günter Müller is a German sound artist that originally performed as a percussionist and drummer active primarily in free improvisation....

     & Toshimaru Nakamura
    Toshimaru Nakamura
    Toshimaru Nakamura is a Japanese musician, active in free improvisation and Japanese onkyo.He began his career playing rock and roll guitar, but gradually explored other types of music, even abandoning guitar and started working on circuit bending...

    : ".Tint" - 4:50
  3. Stafrænn Hákon
    Stafrænn Hákon
    Stafrænn Hákon is the stage name used by Icelandic musician Ólafur Josephsson. Ólafur has been making music at his home studio since 1999. Stafrænn has self released 3 albums in Iceland. Later 2 of the albums were re-released on Resonant in the UK and the debut on Secret Eye in the U.S. ...

    : "Tálkn" - 5:25
  4. Schlammpeitziger: "Prä-digitaler Volksstuhlhänger" - 6:14
  5. Jah Wobble
    Jah Wobble
    Jah Wobble is an English bass guitarist, singer, poet and composer. He became known to a wider audience as the original bass player in Public Image Ltd in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but left the band after two albums...

    : "Just Me And Phil" - 4:50
  6. Laibach
    Laibach (band)
    Laibach is a Slovenian avant-garde music group associated with industrial, martial, and neo-classical musical styles. Laibach formed June 1, 1980 in Trbovlje, Slovenia . Laibach represents the music wing of the Neue Slowenische Kunst art collective, of which it was a founding member in 1984...

    : "Wat" - 5:23
  7. Lumen
    Lumen (band)
    Lumen is a Russian rock band from Ufa first formed by a young boy named Michael, known as the "Man". They combine punk rock with traditional Russian rock. The band considers February 12, 1998 as their birthday...

    : "Stranded" - 5:00
  8. Satoru Wono: "Overture" - 3:32
  9. Ui
    Ui (band)
    Ui is an American post-rock/funk band based in New York City, which started in 1990. The group was started by Sasha Frere-Jones and Clem Waldmann. Wilbo Wright joined the group in 1993. The group's songs are often described as "bass-heavy", as the band frequently uses two bass guitars. Other...

    : "Back Up" - 2:27
  10. Erik Friedlander
    Erik Friedlander
    Erik Friedlander is an American cellist and composer based in New York City.A veteran of NYC's experimental downtown scene, Friedlander has worked in many contexts, but is perhaps best known for his frequent collaborations with saxophonist/composer John Zorn...

    : "May It Please Heaven" - 3:24
  11. Susanna and the Magical Orchestra
    Susanna and the Magical Orchestra
    Susanna and the Magical Orchestra is the moniker of singer Susanna Karolina Wallumrød , and keyboard player Morten Qvenild . Their style of music can be described as quiet, slow pop mixed with elements from electronica and jazz...

    : "Believer" - 3:17
  12. Clogs
    Clogs (band)
    Clogs are a mostly instrumental project led by Bryce Dessner and Australia's Padma Newsome. Their existence predates Dessner's other band The National...

    : "Who's Down Now" - 5:38
  13. Sagor & Swing
    Sagor & Swing
    Sagor & Swing were a Swedish instrumental duo that fused disparate musical genres such as jazz, electronic music, and Scandinavian folk music. The band consisted of Eric Malmberg , and Ulf Möller . The band's sound was defined by Malmberg's distinctive organ playing...

    : "Alla Sagor Har Ett Slut" - 4:57
  14. Satanicpornocultshop
    Satanicpornocultshop
    Satanicpornocultshop is a Japanese experimental music group known for assemblage-style compositions that incorporate a variety of musical styles and techniques...

    : "Anorexia Gas Balloon (Reprise)" - 5:12
  15. David Grubbs
    David Grubbs
    David Grubbs , guitarist, pianist, and vocalist, was a founding member of Squirrel Bait, Bastro, and Gastr del Sol. He has also played in Codeine, The Red Krayola, Bitch Magnet and The Wingdale Community Singers....

    : "The Name Of Ecstasy" - 4:49

The Wire Tapper 11

  1. To Rococo Rot
    To Rococo Rot
    To Rococo Rot is a Berlin-based trio who combine electronic and acoustic elements to create instrumental post-rock and electronic music. The group is composed of bassist Stefan Schneider and brothers Robert and Ronald Lippok . Ronald Lippok has also gained praise for his work in Tarwater...

    : "Miss You"
  2. Icarus
    Icarus (band)
    Icarus are a band from London, England, who specialise in a kind of electronic drum and bass with elements of experimental jazz and rich instrumentation. Formed in 1993 by Ollie Bown and Sam Britton, the band's music has been described by Kieran Hebden as "really beautiful and also quite kind of...

    : "Antz Nez (Edit)"
  3. Juana Molina
    Juana Molina
    Juana Molina is a singer-songwriter and an actress.-Biography:Following the 1976 Argentine coup d'état, her mother fled the country and lived in exile in Paris for five years...

    : "Martín Fierro"
  4. Wibutee
    Wibutee
    Wibutee is a jazz band from Norway, mixing influences from electronic music and improvisation.Members are:*Håkon Kornstad...

    : "1-800-Skauen"
  5. Philip Clemo
    Philip Clemo
    Philip Clemo is a British musician, composer, record producer, sound artist and film-maker.-Background:Philip James Clemo was born on 3 August 1964 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He moved to London in 1982, where he has lived ever since apart from a year in Sydney, Australia in the mid-1990s...

    : "Depth (Edit)"
  6. Albert Ayler
    Albert Ayler
    Albert Ayler was an American avant-garde jazz saxophonist, singer and composer.Ayler was among the most primal of the free jazz musicians of the 1960s; critic John Litweiler wrote that "never before or since has there been such naked aggression in jazz" He possessed a deep blistering tone—achieved...

    : "Untitled Blues"
  7. Chris McGregor's Brotherhood Of Breath: "The Bridge (Edit)"
  8. Matthew Dear
    Matthew Dear
    Matthew Dear is an American music producer, DJ and electronic avant-pop artist.-History:Texas- born Dear moved to Michigan as a teenager, where he was inspired by the sound of Detroit Techno...

    : "Tide"
  9. Jah Wobble
    Jah Wobble
    Jah Wobble is an English bass guitarist, singer, poet and composer. He became known to a wider audience as the original bass player in Public Image Ltd in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but left the band after two albums...

    : "Elevator Music 3"
  10. Arthur Russell: "You Have Did The Right Thing When You Put That Skylight In"
  11. Henrik Rylander: "Forced Laugh"
  12. Green Milk from the Planet Orange
    Green Milk from the Planet Orange
    Green Milk from the Planet Orange are a band from Tokyo formed in 2001 after the breakup of the band No rest for the dead. Their music combines elements of psychedelic rock, prog-rock and punk....

    : "Sweet 5 AM (Edit)"
  13. Mountains: "Mountains (Edit)"
  14. Slowblow
    Slowblow
    Slowblow is an Icelandic musical duo consisting of Orri Jónsson and Dagur Kári Pétursson. Their music is an aesthetic of home-made, lo-fi analog tinkerings, which often slips into both electronic and folksy terrain. They began recording in the mid 1990s and have made several albums together...

    : "Carboard Box"
  15. Un Caddie Renversé Dans L'herbe: "Www.nonphilo.org"
  16. Poire z
    Poire z
    poire_z was an electronic free improvisation music group formed in 1998. The group's members all have long careers in improvised music; critic Fred Grand of Avant calls poire_z a "post-AMM supergroup."-Band history:...

    : "Q Oder Z"

Disc 1

  1. Daniel Biro
    Daniel Biro
    Daniel Biro is a French musician and composer of electronic, instrumental, and multimedia works. His music draws upon diverse roots in jazz, rock, classical, and electronic music. As an improvisor, Biro specializes in exploring the sonic depths of the Fender Rhodes electric piano, with which he...

     & Rob Palmer: "The Long Journey Home Part 2 (Extract)" - 4:00
  2. Githead
    Githead
    Githead is a musical collaboration that includes Wire's Colin Newman as well as electronic musician Robin Rimbaud alongside ex-Minimal Compact members Malka Spigel and Max Franken.- Biography :...

    : "To Have And To Hold" - 3:55
  3. Bark Psychosis
    Bark Psychosis
    Bark Psychosis are an English post-rock band/musical project from east London formed in 1986. They were one of the bands that Simon Reynolds cited when coining "post-rock" as a musical style in 1994, and are thus considered one of the key bands defining the genre...

    : "From What Is Said To When It's Read (Edit)" - 4:23
  4. Ateleia & David Daniell
    David Daniell (musician)
    David Daniell is an American guitarist and composer active in experimental music, improvisation and electroacoustic composition.He has been active with the trio San Agustin since 1996...

    : "FTP" - 3:22
  5. Andy Moor
    Andy Moor (The Ex)
    Andy Moor is an experimental musician, best known as the guitarist of the UK band Dog Faced Hermans and the Dutch punk collective The Ex. He was also a founding member of Kletka Red and along with Isabelle Vigier and Yannis Kyriakides created the experimental music label Unsounds.Moor was born in...

     & Yannis Kyriakides: "3 Lobed 1" - 3:42
  6. Burnt Friedman & The Nu Dub Players: "Fuck Back (3:56 Version)" - 3:58
  7. Aesop Rock
    Aesop Rock
    Ian Matthias Bavitz , better known by his stage name Aesop Rock, is an American hip hop artist and producer. He was at the forefront of the new wave of underground and alternative hip hop acts that emerged during the late 1990s and early 2000s. He was signed to El-P's Definitive Jux label until it...

    : "Fast Cars, Danger, Fire And Knives" - 4:37
  8. Pita
    Peter Rehberg
    Peter Rehberg is an author of electronic audio works.He has collaborated with: Jim O'Rourke, Christian Fennesz, Dennis Cooper, Gisèle Vienne, Stephen O'Malley , Tina Frank, Matmos, Tujiko Noriko, Kevin Drumm, Marcus Schmickler, Michaela Schwentner , Matt "Skitz" Sanders, Russell Haswell, Florian...

    : "Resog 45" - 4:20
  9. Violet: "Priznak Aluminium" - 3:56
  10. Michaela Melián: "Brautlied (Edit)" - 4:04
  11. Chas Smith
    Chas Smith
    Chas Smith was an author, musician, radio personality, and a Cleveland State University music professor.-Biography:Smith taught and explored the cultural aspects of American Roots music for over twenty years...

    : "False Security Of Numbers" - 3:56
  12. Martin Archer: "It Don't Bother Me/Where's Mike?" - 4:21
  13. Henry Grimes Trio: "Flowers For Albert" - 4:02
  14. The Necks
    The Necks
    The Necks are an experimental jazz trio from Sydney, Australia, comprising Chris Abrahams on piano and Hammond organ, Tony Buck on drums, percussion and electric guitar and Lloyd Swanton on bass guitar and double bass...

    : "Mosquito (Excerpt)" - 4:02
  15. @c: "INT 10/34" - 4:02
  16. Ascoltare: "Crucible Process" - 2:13
  17. Matthew Burtner
    Matthew Burtner
    Dr. Matthew Burtner is a contemporary American composer.Taking from his own website, Matthew Burtner "explores environmental systems , technological embodiment, and extended polyrhythmic and noise-based musical systems...

    : "D2 (Edit)" - 4:01
  18. Stéphane Rives: "Ebranlement 2" - 2:53
  19. Ergo Phizmiz: "Sticky White Glue (Extract): Rectify" - 4:14
  20. The Fall: "Blindness" - 3:26

Disc 2

  1. Cul de Sac/Damo Suzuki
    Damo Suzuki
    , universally known as Damo Suzuki , is a singer best known for his membership in the German krautrock group Can.-Biography:As a teenager, Suzuki spent the late 1960s wandering around Europe, often busking....

    : "Berlin 6" - 3:52
  2. Meadow House
    Meadow House
    Meadow House is the nom de plume of English musician, instrument builder and composer, Dan Wilson. Meadow House came to prominence after airplay on London's radio station, Resonance FM. His debut album was released on the Alcohol Records record label in 2006. He was the winner of the 2007 ...

    : "Tit For Tat" - 4:16
  3. Milky Globe: "The Warp And The Woof" - 3:51
  4. Staalplaat Sound System: "No Time For Space" - 4:07
  5. Jason Kahn & Günter Müller
    Günter Müller
    Günter Müller is an Swiss composer, improviser and visual artist based in Lupsingen, Switzerland.Günter Müller is a German sound artist that originally performed as a percussionist and drummer active primarily in free improvisation....

    : "Tenth Blink" - 3:45
  6. Andrew Pekler: "Wait" - 3:55
  7. Carter Tutti: "Unreality (Edit)" - 4:10
  8. DJ /rupture
    DJ /rupture
    DJ /rupture is the pseudonym of Jace Clayton, a New York-based American DJ and producer. He used to play in the drum and bass collective Toneburst, and DJ'ed in Boston during the late 1990s...

    : "Little More Oil" - 4:17
  9. Burnt Sugar
    Burnt Sugar
    Burnt Sugar, also known as Burnt Sugar, The Arkestra Chamber, is an American improvisational band. The band's music combines the influences of funk, jazz, rock, reggae, soul, hip hop, heavy metal, and 20th century classical music. It has been described by one critic as a...

     vs The Dominatrix: "Dominata (Remix By Qasim Naqvi & Keith Witty)" - 3:58
  10. AM/PM: "The Ends (13)" - 4:03
  11. David Grubbs
    David Grubbs
    David Grubbs , guitarist, pianist, and vocalist, was a founding member of Squirrel Bait, Bastro, and Gastr del Sol. He has also played in Codeine, The Red Krayola, Bitch Magnet and The Wingdale Community Singers....

     & Nikos Veliotis: "The Harmless Dust (Excerpt)" - 4:00
  12. Gary Lucas
    Gary Lucas
    Gary Lucas is an American guitarist, a Grammy-nominated songwriter, a soundtrack composer for film and television, and an international recording artist with over a dozen solo albums to date. He has been described as "one of the best and most original guitarists in America" ; a "legendary leftfield...

     & Jozef Van Wissem
    Jozef van Wissem
    Jozef van Wissem is a Dutch minimalist composer and lute player.Composer and lutenist Jozef van Wissem is devoted to what he terms “The Liberation of the Lute”...

    : "A Hawk From Handsaw" - 4:00
  13. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
    Will Oldham
    Will Oldham , better known by the stage name Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, is an American singer-songwriter and actor. From 1993 to 1997, he performed and recorded under variations of the Palace name, including the Palace Brothers, Palace Songs, and Palace Music...

     & Matt Sweeney
    Matt Sweeney
    Matt Sweeney is a guitarist, vocalist, and producer who has worked with various musicians and groups.-Biography:Sweeney's high school band Skunk released two albums on Twin/Tone records...

    : "Bed Is For Sleeping" - 2:56
  14. Damon & Naomi: "Beautiful Close Double" - 4:37
  15. Fax & Alex Ayuli: "Spellbound" - 4:02
  16. Ana Da Silva
    Ana da Silva
    Ana da Silva is a founding member of The Raincoats. In approximately 1984 she provided backing vocals on The Go-Betweens' "Bachelor Kisses". In February 2005, she released a solo album The Lighthouse on Chicks on Speed Records. Stuart Moxham of the Young Marble Giants collaborated on one of the...

    : "The Lighthouse" - 3:27
  17. Christian Renou: "Ex-voto (Wire-FM Mix)" - 4:04
  18. Enigma Device: "Reunified" - 3:36
  19. Shining:
    Shining (Norwegian band)
    Shining is a Norwegian band that started out as an acoustic jazz quartet in 1999. Their sound has since become more experimental and extreme, incorporating elements from metal and progressive rock as well as 19th and 20th century classical music....

     "Goretex Weather Report" - 3:59
  20. M. Bentley: "Piano Ship (Alternative Mix)" - 4:00

The Wire Tapper 13

  1. Hanne Hukkelberg
    Hanne Hukkelberg
    Hanne Hukkelberg is a singer-songwriter from Kongsberg, Norway.Hukkelberg started singing and playing instruments at the age of 3...

    : "Ease" - 4:10
  2. Mandarin Movie: "The Green Giraffe" - 4:59
  3. Alexander Hacke
    Alexander Hacke
    Alexander Hacke is a guitarist, bass guitarist, singer, experimental / industrial / electronic musician from Germany....

    : "Sonntag" - 3:30
  4. Matt Elliott: "What's Wrong" - 4:10
  5. Juana Molina
    Juana Molina
    Juana Molina is a singer-songwriter and an actress.-Biography:Following the 1976 Argentine coup d'état, her mother fled the country and lived in exile in Paris for five years...

    : "Salvese Quien Pueda: Juana's Epic Re-Version (Edit)" - 3:32
  6. Picastro
    Picastro
    Picastro is a sleep rock band from Toronto.Currently members include guitarist/vocalist Liz Hysen, cellist Nick Storring and drummer Brandon Valdivia...

    : "Tow Truck" - 1:35
  7. Deviationists: "Sweetest Charms" - 5:19
  8. Kid606
    Kid606
    Kid606 is the stage name of Miguel Trost De Pedro, an electronic musician who was born 1979 July in Caracas, Venezuela, raised in San Diego and later moved to San Francisco...

    : "Phoenix Riddim" - 4:39
  9. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti: "Jule Lost His Jewels" - 3:51
  10. John Surman
    John Surman
    John Douglas Surman is an English jazz saxophone, bass clarinet and synthesizer player, and composer of free jazz and modal jazz, often using themes from folk music as a basis...

    : "Way Back When Part 4" - 3:43
  11. Nick Castro
    Nick Castro
    Nick Castro is a folk, psych folk, traditional and experimental musician and member of the Young Elders.-Overview:Nick Castro was raised in San Diego, CA. His musical training started early although much of his accomplishment was self taught. His musical influences were varied. With an extended...

    : "Sun Song" - 4:09
  12. Junkboy: "Shadow And Act" - 4:05
  13. Akinori: "Red Field" - 3:30
  14. Currituck Co.: "Sleepwalking 1" - 2:40
  15. Bombay 1: "More Than Everything" - 4:02
  16. Pajo
    David Pajo
    David Pajo is an American alternative rock musician. He has played a wide variety of music, loosely fitting into several other genres: hardcore, math-rock, post-rock, electronica, folk and indie-pop...

    : "War Is Dead" - 4:16
  17. Crimetime Orchestra: "Life Is A Beautiful Monster Part 1" - 3:54
  18. Port-Royal
    Port-Royal (band)
    port-royal is a Genoa, Italy-based electronica and post-rock band formed in the year 2000 by Attilio Bruzzone and Ettore Di Roberto...

    : "Flares Part 3" - 5:55
  19. Fovea Hex: "Don't These Windows Open? (True Interval Offering)" - 3:24
  20. Tu M': "What You Say?" - 3:43

The Wire Tapper 14

  1. Oren Marshall: "6 (Edit)" - 4:02
  2. Dirty Projectors
    Dirty Projectors
    The Dirty Projectors aka David Longstreth includes Amber Coffman , Angel Deradoorian , Brian McOmber , Nat Baldwin , and Haley Dekle during live performances...

    : "I Will Truck (Edit)" - 3:58
  3. Secret Mommy
    Secret Mommy
    Andy Dixon is a Canadian musician and graphic designer, who gained notoriety as a member of the North Vancouver punk rock band d.b.s. He founded the record label Ache Records, and later played in The Red Light Sting...

    : "Dance Studio (Edit)" - 4:23
  4. Cage: "Good Morning" - 3:50
  5. Ray Russell
    Ray Russell
    Ray Russell was an American writer of short stories, novels, and screenplays. In 1991 he received the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement....

    : "Goodbye Svengali (Edit)" - 4:26
  6. Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid
    Steve Reid
    Steve Reid was an American jazz drummer who played with a wide range of artists including Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, James Brown, Fela Kuti and Sun Ra, and as a session drummer for Motown.- Biography :...

    : "Soul Oscillations (Excerpt)" - 5:02
  7. Black To Comm: "Laccifer Lacca" - 3:34
  8. Cobra Killer
    Cobra Killer
    The Cobra Killer duo of Gina V. D'Orio and Annika Trost began as part of Alec Empire's Digital hardcore movement. Both were part of other bands signed to Empire's Digital Hardcore Recordings label—Gina was in EC8OR, and Annika was in Shizuo...

    : "High Is The Pine" - 4:01
  9. Gerry Mitchell & Little Sparta
    Little Sparta
    Little Sparta is a garden at Dunsyre in the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh, created by artist and poet Ian Hamilton Finlay and his wife Sue Finlay....

    : "Feasting On My Heart" - 3:59
  10. XXL: "Paw Paw Paw Paw Paw Paw Paw" - 4:26
  11. Merz
    Merz (musician)
    Merz is an English multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter. He has released three albums.-Early life:Born Conrad Ewart Lambert in Dorset, England, he grew up in Wakefield & Huddersfield, Yorkshire. He moved to London in 1992.-Career:...

    : "Warm Cigarette Room" - 4:19
  12. Hans Fjellestad
    Hans Fjellestad
    Hans Jorgen Fjellestad is a musician and filmmaker based in Los Angeles. Fjellestad co-founded the Trummerflora Collective, and has worked as a curator/producer for the international art initiative, inSite 05. A classically trained pianist, he studied music composition and improvisation at...

    : "Wriggling Call" - 4:23
  13. Nels Cline
    Nels Cline
    Nels Cline is an American guitarist and composer, currently the lead guitarist of alternative rock band Wilco. David Carr of the New York Times describes Cline as "one of the best guitarists in any genre."-Career:...

    /Wally Shoup
    Wally Shoup
    Wally Shoup is an American jazz alto saxophonist and painter. Based in Seattle, Washington since 1985, Shoup is a mainstay of that city's improvised music scene...

    /Chris Corsano
    Chris Corsano
    Chris Corsano is a drummer from New England, USA. He often performs in an improvisation duo with saxophonist Paul Flaherty. He has also recorded material with artists such as Evan Parker, Dredd Foole, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Six Organs of Admittance, Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Matt Valentine,...

    : "Lake Of Fire Memories" - 2:31
  14. Andrey Kiritchenko
    Andrey Kiritchenko
    Andrey Kiritchenko is a person known among experimental music fans as author and contributor of various critically acclaimed projects, founder of Nexsound records, producer who has contributed his significant share into the development of electronic music scene in Ukraine and already considered as...

    : "Scope Of My Perception (Edit)" - 4:03
  15. This Heat
    This Heat
    This Heat were a British experimental music group formed in early 1976 in Camberwell, London by multi-instrumentalists Charles Bullen , Charles Hayward and Gareth Williams .This Heat were active in the ascendancy of British progressive rock and punk rock, but stood apart...

    : "24 Track Loop" - 5:56
  16. MoHa!: "(C5)" - 4:16

The Wire Tapper 15

  1. Humcrush: "Hornswoggle"
  2. Leafcutter John
    Leafcutter John
    Leafcutter John is the recording name of John Burton, a UK-based musician and artist. He makes frequent use of Max/MSP in his compositions. Much of Burton's style is based in computer music and use of samples of everyday sounds. However, he also has roots as a folk musician, and this influence...

    : "Let It Begin (Edit)"
  3. Machinefabriek
    Machinefabriek
    Machinefabriek is the musical nom de plume of Rutger Zuyderveldt from The Netherlands. As Machinefabriek, Zuyderveldt makes electronic music influenced by drone, classical ambient and noise, ranging from very silent work to loud, noisy soundscapes Machinefabriek is the musical nom de plume of...

    : "Somerset"
  4. Reverbaphon: "Nothing Beyond The Zero"
  5. Yannis Kyriakides & Andy Moor
    Andy Moor (The Ex)
    Andy Moor is an experimental musician, best known as the guitarist of the UK band Dog Faced Hermans and the Dutch punk collective The Ex. He was also a founding member of Kletka Red and along with Isabelle Vigier and Yannis Kyriakides created the experimental music label Unsounds.Moor was born in...

    : "Vamvararis (Edit)"
  6. Jozef Van Wissem
    Jozef van Wissem
    Jozef van Wissem is a Dutch minimalist composer and lute player.Composer and lutenist Jozef van Wissem is devoted to what he terms “The Liberation of the Lute”...

    : "Catoptromancy"
  7. Hwyl Nofio
    Hwyl Nofio
    Hwyl Nofio is an experimental music group whose only permanent member is Steve Parry. Steve Parry was Hwyl Nofio (from Welsh meaning ‘emotional swimmers’) is an experimental music group whose only permanent member is Steve Parry. Steve Parry was Hwyl Nofio (from Welsh meaning ‘emotional swimmers’)...

    : "Broken Again"
  8. Giuseppe Ielasi: "Untitled Track 4"
  9. Gerritt & John Wiese
    John Wiese
    -Biography:Born April 18, 1977, John Wiese is an artist and composer residing in Los Angeles, California. In the late 1990s, Wiese moved from St. Louis, Missouri to the west coast in order to study graphic design at the California Institute of the Arts...

    : "The Disappearing Act"
  10. Dub Trio
    Dub Trio
    Dub Trio is a dub/rock cross-over band from Brooklyn, New York.-Biography:Dub Trio is DP - Dave Holmes Stu Brooks and Joe Tomino...

    : "Illegal Dub"
  11. Izu: "Get UR Fleece On"
  12. Mekon: "GSE"
  13. Lawrence English
    Lawrence English
    Lawrence English is a composer, media artist and curator living in Brisbane, Australia. For over a decade he has been an increasingly active force in Australian sound art and experimental music - both as a creator and curator.- Sound works :...

     & Ai Yamamoto: "A Silent Kouta (Edit)"
  14. Herbert: "Movie Star"
  15. Sol Seppy: "1 2"
  16. Trevor Watts
    Trevor Watts
    Trevor Charles Watts is an English jazz and free-improvising alto and soprano saxophonist. He is largely self-taught, having taken up the cornet at age 12 then switched to saxophone at 18. While stationed in Germany with the RAF , he encountered the drummer John Stevens and trombonist Paul...

    : "Solarsonic"
  17. Gricer: "Land"
  18. Spooncurve: "She Doesn't Know (Edit)"
  19. Isnaj Dui: "Catoctin (Edit)"
  20. Det Gamla Landet: "Kiruna"

The Wire Tapper 16

  1. Drone: "Spiderhead (Green Man)" - 4:09
  2. Dave Phillips: "Justice Is An Artefact Of Custom (Wire Edit)" - 4:02
  3. Alan Vega
    Alan Vega
    Alan Vega For several years other sources stated that he was born in 1948 – see 'Myth' section is an American vocalist, primarily known for his work with electronic protopunk duo, Suicide...

    : "13 Crosses, 16 Blazin' Skulls (Edit)" - 3:40
  4. Phillip Bimstein
    Phillip Bimstein
    Phillip Bimstein is an American alternative classical music composer and politician.-History:After majoring in music theory and composition at the Chicago Conservatory of Music, in the 1980s Bimstein led the new wave band Phil 'n' the Blanks, whose three albums and six videos were featured on...

    : "EatDrinkGambleSex" - 3:06
  5. Carter Tutti: "So Slow The Knife (Excerpt)" - 3:54
  6. Radicalfashion: "Shousetsu" - 3:48
  7. Walter & Sabrina: "Rimble Man" - 3:17
  8. Xela: "Drunk On Salt Water" - 4:25
  9. Kotra & Zavoloka
    Zavoloka
    Zavoloka is a contemporary experimental music and electronic music composer, sound artist, improviser, performer and graphic designer from Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. She was born in 1981....

    : "Cool Eyes" - 2:42
  10. Pan Sonic
    Pan sonic
    Pan Sonic was a Finnish experimental electronic music duo consisting of Mika Vainio and Ilpo Väisänen.-Music:...

    : "Machinist" - 2:49
  11. Huntsville: "The Appearance Of A Wise Child" - 4:23
  12. Fluorescent Grey: "A Peruvian Shaman Sits Down To Make IDM On His Laptop" - 3:20
  13. Derek Bailey: "Play 4" - 3:25
  14. Tulipomania: "Same Old Song" - 4:01
  15. Dave Swain: "Media Monkey" - 3:08
  16. aMute: "Hit My Computer (Edit)" - 3:59
  17. Califone
    Califone
    Califone is an experimental rock band from Chicago. The band is named after Califone International, an audio equipment manufacturer. Their work has been critically acclaimed....

    : "The Orchids" - 2:57
  18. Inch-time: "Take Care, O Pilgrim (Edit)" - 4:10
  19. White Magic
    White Magic (band)
    White Magic is a psychedelic folk rock group based in Brooklyn, N.Y., led by singer/guitarist/pianist Mira Billotte.-History:White Magic's original lineup was Mira Billotte on vocals and piano, drummer/bassist Miggy Littleton and guitarist/drummer Andy Macleod...

    : "The Light" - 3:28
  20. The Slits
    The Slits
    The Slits were a British punk rock band. The quartet was formed in 1976 by members of the bands The Flowers of Romance and The Castrators. The members were Ari Up , who died of cancer in October 2010, and Palmolive , with Viv Albertine and Tessa Pollitt replacing founding members, Kate Korus and...

    : "Earthbeat" - 3:50
  21. Anthony Kelly & David Stalling: "Sometimes You See A Tree" - 3:06

The Wire Tapper 17

  1. Englantine Gouzy: "Cuckoo" - 1:53
  2. Longstone
    Longstone
    Longstone is a suburb of Edinburgh in Scotland. It borders Saughton, Wester Hailes, Slateford, Kingsknowe and Parkhead.Longstone's most dramatic features are the Slateford Aqueduct carrying the Union Canal and the adjacent railway viaduct . Underneath these runs the Water of Leith, and the canal...

    : "Kabuki (Edit)" - 3:31
  3. A Hawk And A Hacksaw And The Hun Hangár Ensemble: "Zozobra" - 4:01
  4. Jonquil: "Sudden Sun" - 4:02
  5. Kammerflimmer Kollektief
    Kammerflimmer Kollektief
    Kammerflimmer Kollektief is a German musical group, founded by Thomas Weber, consisting of Heike Aumüller, Johannes Frisch, Christopher Brunner, Heike Wendelin, and D. Wurm. They play a mixture of jazz, noise, electronic music, free jazz and experimental music...

    : "Live At The Cactus Tree Motel - 4:11
  6. Badun: "Fytarn" - 3:59
  7. Von Südenfed
    Von Südenfed
    Von Südenfed is a collaboration between Andi Toma and Jan St. Werner , and Mark E. Smith, leader and vocalist of The Fall.-History:...

    : "Family Feud" - 4:27
  8. Pomassl: "Tandem Distiller (Wire Tapper Edit)" - 3:59
  9. Throbbing Gristle
    Throbbing Gristle
    Throbbing Gristle were an English industrial, avant-garde music and visual arts group that evolved from the performance art group COUM Transmissions...

    : "How Do You Deal (Exclusive Wire Tapper Edit)" - 3:20
  10. Alfred 23 Harth: "Pearl" - 4:02
  11. Fred Anderson
    Fred Anderson (musician)
    Fred Anderson was an American jazz tenor saxophonist who was based in Chicago, Illinois. With a distinctive forward-bent playing posture, Anderson's playing was rooted in the swing music and hard bop idioms, but also incorporated innovations from free jazz, rendering him, as critics Ron Wynn and...

     & Harrison Bankhead: "The Strut" - 4:13
  12. Fridge
    Fridge (band)
    Fridge are an English post-rock band, comprising school friends Kieran Hebden, Adem Ilhan, and Sam Jeffers. Initially Hebden played guitar, Ilhan bass, and Jeffers drums, but Hebden and Ilhan soon adopted a variety of other instruments, and by 1999's Eph the sampler was playing an increasingly...

    : "Our Place In This" - 4:17
  13. Jack Rose
    Jack Rose (guitarist)
    Jack Rose was an American guitarist originally from Virginia and later based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Rose is best known for his solo acoustic guitar work. He was also a member of the noise/drone band Pelt....

     & Glenn Jones: "Linden Avenue Stomp" - 3:28
  14. Husky Rescue
    Husky Rescue
    -History:The band was formed by Marko Nyberg, who began composing under the name in 2002, wanting to create cinematic music influenced by film, photography and painting. When recording the debut album Country Falls, Nyberg recorded around 20 musicians and singers for use on the album—each of...

    : "My Home Ghost" - 3:09
  15. Simon Bookish
    Simon Bookish
    Simon Bookish is the stage name of Leo Chadburn, an experimental musician and classical composer from Coalville, Leicestershire. He trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama from 1997 to 2001....

    : "A Deception (Municipal Mix)" - 3:44
  16. Venus Bogardus: "Motorman" - 2:25
  17. Tonesucker
    Terry Burrows
    Terence Ashley Burrows is an English multi-instrumental musician and author based in London. Best known as a performer under the pseudonym Yukio Yung, Burrows is also a prolific author of books relating to music tuition, technology, business, popular psychology and history - including KISS Guide...

    : "Splatterstrum
  18. stimulus: "Pylons (Wire version)" - 4:01
  19. Zelienople: "Moss Man (Edit)" - 4:02
  20. Ken Ikeda: "Iconography" - 3:31

The Wire Tapper 18

  1. Automated Acoustics: "The Universal Proportion" - 4:13
  2. Strings of Consciousness
    Strings of Consciousness
    Strings of Consciousness is an eleven-piece band hailing from cities such as London, Chicago and Paris. Their debut album, Our Moon is Full , was released on Barry Adamson's Central Control label and features guest vocalists such as Barry Adamson , J.G...

    : "Asphodel" - 3:59
  3. John Luther Adams
    John Luther Adams
    John Luther Adams is a composer whose music is inspired by nature, especially the landscapes of Alaska where he has lived since 1978.-Biography:...

    : "Among Red Mtns [Excerpt]" - 2:36
  4. hamaYôko: "Furies" - 4:12
  5. The Focus Group
    The Focus Group
    The Focus Group is a project of experimental electronic musician and graphic designer Julian House. His releases are on his own label, Ghost Box Music...

    : "Soho St. Ives Tangier" - 4:02
  6. Cath & Phil Tyler: "Farewell My Friends" - 3:34
  7. The Ex & Getachew Mekurya & Guests: "Ethiopia Hagere" - 4:38
  8. Modified Toy Orchestra
    Modified Toy Orchestra
    The Modified Toy Orchestra is an experimental music group from Birmingham, England. Brian Duffy, the main member and creator of the orchestra makes the group's instruments by circuit bending sound making devices, such as toy keyboards, and educational spelling toys.- Members :*Brian Duffy*Darren...

    : "Black Star" - 4:01
  9. Heribert Friedl: "Back [Excerpt]" - 4:12
  10. The Fun Years: "Electricity Is A Scarce Commodity" - 4:00
  11. Damon and Naomi
    Damon and Naomi
    Damon & Naomi are an American dream pop/folk-rock duo formed in 1991 by Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang, formerly of Galaxie 500.-History:After Galaxie 500 completed a tour of the US supporting The Cocteau Twins, guitarist and vocalist Dean Wareham quit the band, forcing the cancellation of an...

    : "The Turnaround" - 3:14
  12. Goodiepal
    Goodiepal
    Goodiepal or Gæoudjiparl van den Dobbelsteen, whose real name is Parl Kristian Bjørn Vester, is a controversial Danish/Faroese musician/composer wanted by the Danish police authorities for an unsolved theft from the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus...

    : "2004 Igen Med Ralkf Christensen Ved Roret" - 2:30
  13. Icarus
    Icarus (band)
    Icarus are a band from London, England, who specialise in a kind of electronic drum and bass with elements of experimental jazz and rich instrumentation. Formed in 1993 by Ollie Bown and Sam Britton, the band's music has been described by Kieran Hebden as "really beautiful and also quite kind of...

    : "Selfautoparent" - 2:45
  14. Tarentel
    Tarentel (band)
    Tarentel is a band based in San Francisco, California, which formed in 1995. Initially, the band consisted of Danny Grody and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma...

    : "A Crystal The Size Of Our Moon In The Heart Of A Pulsating White Dwarf" - 4:24
  15. Babils: "Dent Se Sagesse [Extraction]" - 4:00
  16. Luciano Cilio: "Della Conoscenza [Originale Versione Inedita]" - 3:43
  17. Hulk: "The Moon Versus The Sea" - 2:17
  18. Goodiepal
    Goodiepal
    Goodiepal or Gæoudjiparl van den Dobbelsteen, whose real name is Parl Kristian Bjørn Vester, is a controversial Danish/Faroese musician/composer wanted by the Danish police authorities for an unsolved theft from the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus...

    : "The Martian Chronicles" - 4:42
  19. Mordant Music: "Den On VeluMM [Wire Tapper Exclusive]" - 3:30

The Wire Tapper 19

  1. Our Sleepless Forest: "Nomads" - 4:07
  2. Snorkel: "The Conversation (edit)" - 4:03
  3. Nico Muhly
    Nico Muhly
    Nico Muhly is a contemporary classical music composer, who has worked and recorded with classical and pop/rock musicians. He currently lives in the Lower East Side section of Manhattan in New York City.-Early years:...

    : "Mothertongue - Section 2" - 3:57
  4. G.F. Fitz - Gerald & Lol Coxhill: "Echoes of Duneden" - 3:46
  5. X.A. Cute feat. Mike Ladd
    Mike Ladd
    Mike Ladd is a hip-hop MC and producer. As an MC, he practices spoken-word and is known for his poetic lyrics. As a producer, he is known as the owner of the Likemadd label.-Biography:...

    : "Survival of the Vinyl" - 4:33
  6. Daniel Figgis via Somadrone: "40 Shades of Figgis" - 3:04
  7. Fluorescent Grey: "Molten Ghost (edit)" - 4:02
  8. Kaffe Matthew: "Men Being Butterflies (extract)" - 4:37
  9. Alexei Borisov
    Alexei Borisov
    Making music on the fringe since the underground movement ignited in Russia in the beginning 80s, Alexei Borisov has developed an impressively diverse body of work as a member of NIGHT PROSPEKT, F.R.U.I.T.S. and VOLGA, among many other projects....

     & Anton Nikkil: "Engineer Strepetov's Curve" - 4:01
  10. Talvin Singh
    Talvin Singh
    Talvin Singh Matharoo , is a producer and composer and tabla player, known for creating an innovative fusion of Indian classical music and drum and bass...

    : "Piya Milan (radio edit)" - 4:45
  11. Illusion of Safety: "Wherewithall (for Lauren)" - 3:58
  12. The Master Musicians of Hop-Frog: "Song of the South" - 4:20
  13. Phog Masheen: "Survey of Brutality" - 3:01
  14. Setsubun Bean Unit: "Gujo Ondo" - 4:15
  15. Pink Skull: "U.G.UO.AAAAHHHHH" - 3:29
  16. LowDynamicOrchestra with Stefano Scodanibbio: "Improvisation 1" - 3:39
  17. Lars Akerlund: "Volt (extract)" - 4:00
  18. Tangtype: "Black Lackluster Eyes. . . Data Takes Over (The Wire edit)" - 4:08
  19. Yello6: "You Can't Be Everywhere He Said (Edit)" - 4:02
  20. Never Enough Hope: "Des Moines" - 3:59
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