Inside this issue:

Oren Ambarchi: Shifting between detourned classic rock and hypnotic minimalism, lulling ambient and excoriating noise, the Australian polymath has become a major player in contemporary music. By Bruce Russell

Julie & Keith Tippett: Their 50 years together as partners and collaborators have seen them through jazz, R&B, free improv and progressive rock, with more to come. By Mike Barnes

Rangers: Alchemising mundanity into magic via the crucible of the home studio, the lo-fi road rock of Dallas musician Joe Knight exudes the charm of the highway strip. By Joseph Stannard

Peter Laughner: Record store clerk, journalist and musician – Pere Ubu’s founding guitarist was a self-appointed catalyst for Cleveland, Ohio’s 1970s scene. A new box set surveys his talents. By Tony Rettman

Invisible Jukebox: Pierre Bastien: Will the composer and instrument maker identify all the parts of The Wire’s mystery record selection? Tested by Richard Foster

Unlimited Editions: Hasana Editions

Unofficial Channels: Feminist Zines

Saint Abdullah: Iranian brothers push Middle Eastern music into the red. By Tristan Bath

Hannah Catherine Jones: The Artist Also Known As Foxy Moron interrogates the black British experience. By Stephanie Phillips

Jacob Wick: The Mexico based trumpeter subverts the macho language of improv. By Bill Meyer

33EMYBW & Gooooose: Shanghai times and digital disruption with the cyberpunk duo. By Josh Feola

Global Ear: Budapest: DIY gangsta rap proves a formidable opponent to an oppressive government regime. By Lorraine Mallinder

The Inner Sleeve: Sarah Angliss on Bulletin Of The Atomic Scientists

Epiphanies: David Toop salutes the studio voodoo of the late Dr John’s Gris-Gris

Soundcheck: Paul Abbott, Abysmal Growls Of Despair, Oren Ambarchi, Oren Ambarchi + Martin Ng featuring Ensemble Offspring, Baby Blue, Philip Bailey, Harry Bertoia, Natalia Beylis, Biosphere, Burial, Eugene Chadbourne & Henry Kaiser, Cristopher Cichocki, Crown Shyness, Sarah Davachi, Sarah Davachi & Ariel Kalma, Whit Dickey Tao Quartets, Giovanni Di Domenico, Michael Donnelly, Dragoon, Ekin Fil, Ensemble neoN, E-Saggila, Flowdan, The Future Eve featuring Robert Wyatt, DJ Haram, Jim Haynes, C Joynes & The Furlong Bray, Junkie Flamingos, K-X-P 57 Jacob Kirkegaard, Lady Lykez, DJ Lag & Okzharp, LaBrecque/Barakat, Anthony Laguerre, Lena Andersson, LINGUA IGNOTA, Jason Lescalleet, Minus Equals Plus, Music In The Barns, Nérija, Sam Newsome, North Sea Radio Orchestra, John Greaves & Annie Barbazza, Object Collection, Tim Parkinson, Purple Mountains, Resavoir, Rutger Hauser, Saint Abdullah, Elliott Sharp, Mike Shiflet, Siggi String Quartet, James Tenney, Urban Exploration, Jennifer Walshe, Wa?ste, Wormed, Woven Skull, XT, Nate Young, Various Taxi Sampler 01: Rhythms & Vibes From The Spirit Of Young Africa, Various Vision & Revision: The First 80 Years Of Topic Records

The Boomerang: Beaver & Krause, June Chikuma, The Deviants, His Name Is Alive, Patrick Moraz, Sam Rivers Trio, Stardust, Suicide, Masayuki Takayanagi New Direction Unit, Keith Tippett, Toshiya Tsunoda, Venom

Print Run: Nightingales In Berlin: Searching For The Perfect Sound by David Rothenberg; Womens Work edited by Alison Knowles & Annea Lockwood; Notes On Other Music edited by John Chantler; Radio Revolten: 30 Days Of Radio Art edited by Knut Aufermann, Helen Hahmann, Sarah Washington & Ralf Wendt; Begin The Begin: REM’s Early Years by Robert Dean Lurie; Revenge Of The She-Punks: A Feminist Music History From Poly Styrene To Pussy Riot by Vivien Goldman

On Screen: Johana Ožvold The Sound Is Innocent

On Location: Cybotron, London UK; Donaufestival, Krems, Austria; Tomorrow Festival, Shenzhen, China; Flipper with David Yow + The Derelicts + Thee Deception, Seattle, US; Only Connect, Stavanger, Norway; Open Ear 2019, Sherkin Island, Ireland; Maryanne Amacher: GLIA, London, UK; Obey Convention, Halifax, Canada; Hyperreality, Vienna, Austria

On Site: Get Up, Stand Up Now: Generations Of Black Creative Pioneers, London, UK; Sophie Jung The Bigger Sleep – rehush (hush) London, UK

The Wire Tapper 50 free double CD

CD1: The Nest, Carl Stone, Lealani, Minyo Crusaders, Dog Bless You featuring Mr Bios, Michael Donnelly, Headboggle, Pipeline 8, Adam Bohman, Leo Svirsky, Spectral Bazaar, Jim Haynes, Širom, Algebra Suicide, Angelina Yershova, Stubbleman, MoE, Rimarimba, Panos Ghikas & Alex Ward, Félicia Atkinson, SSSS, Tarkamt

CD2: Guapo, Matthewdavid, Merzouga, HHY & The Macumbas, Tirudel Zenebe, Arthur Russell, Lixo, Teho Teardo, John 3:16, Orchestra Of The Upper Atmosphere, rarescale, The Astroboy, Ammar 808 featuring Cheb Hassen Tej, Rhys Chatham, The Master Musicians Of Hop-Frog, Lophorina, Cédric Stevens, Giulio Aldinucci