From the official newsletter:

ON THE COVER: Lightning Bolt: Alan Licht meets the Rhode Island duo who are reconfiguring US Hardcore with their breakneck drum and bass thrash

FEATURES: Ken Hyder, Vashti Bunyan, Invisible Jukebox: Ray Russell, Primer: Jamaican Deejays, Tujiko Noriko, Susanne Brokesch, Kang Tae Hwan

REVIEWS:

SOUNDCHECK: A Handful Of Dust, Akercocke, Tetuzi Akiyama & Jason Kahn, Angel Corpus Christi, The Luke Barlow Band, Black Sun Productions, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Books On Tape, Hélène Breschand & Jean-François Pauvros, Bertrand Burgalat, Burning Star Core, John Cage, Vinicius Cantuária, Bill Carrothers, The Caution Curves, Chiesa/Guionnet/Marchetti/Noetinger, John Coltrane, Greg Davis & Sebastien Roux, Guy De Bièvre, Deerhoof, Deflag Haemorrhage/Haien Kontra, Frank Denyer, Dirty Three, Tod Dockstader, Dooley-O, Arthur Doyle, Ephel Duath, Es, Excepter, 4G, Fovea Hex, Free Base, Growing, Hanna Hartman, Richie Hawtin, Susan Howe & David Grubbs, The Howling Hex, Jackie-O Motherfucker, Joseph Klein/William Kleinsasser, Hans Koller, Miya Masaoka/Joan Jeanreneaud, Sean Meehan, Mr Dorgon, MX-80, NMS, Luigi Nono, 1-Speed Bike, Francis Plagne, Schlippenbach/Dunmall/Rogers/Bianco, Yoko Solo, Stevan Kovacs Tickmayer, Birgit Ulher/Lou Mallozzi/Michael Zerang, Birgit Ulher & Gino Robair, Various: The Invisible Pyramid: Elegy Box, John Wall, Alex Ward, Ward/Barlow/Fell/Noble, Windy & Carl and more...

PRINT RUN: Soft Machine: Out-Bloody-Rageous, by Graham Bennett; Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia, by Richard Cook; Body And Soul: Jazz And Blues In American Film, 1927-63, by Peter Stanfield; The Velvet Lounge: On Late Chicago Jazz, by Gerald Majer

CROSS PLATFORM: Rodney Graham: Pablo Lafuente investigates rock's role in the Canadian artist's work. Reviews: Woyzeck in London, Nuit Blanche in Paris and Cameron Jamie in Venice; Crossing The Bridge and Dave Markey on film; Einstürzende Neubauten and So Wrong They're Right on DVD; The Music Library in print. Plus, The Inner Sleeve: Phill Niblock on Duke Ellington's Black, Brown And Beige; and Go To: Our monthly Net trawl

ON LOCATION: Instal 05, Glasgow, UK; Xenakis, London, UK; Kronos Quartet, London, UK; Karlheinz Stockhausen, London, UK; Terry Riley, Los Angeles, USA; Erstquake, New York, USA

PLUS: Epiphanies: Andy Hamilton on saxophonist Lee Konitz; Global Ear: Sydney; Savage Pencil's Trip Or Squeek and more Link

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VIEW an exclusive video clip from Rune Grammofon's latest signings Moha recording the song "(C5)" which is included on this month's Wire Tapper 14 CD. Link

HEAR tracks featuring percussionist Ken Hyder (interviewed in the new December issue by Will Montgomery), including an unreleased track from K-Space's forthcoming CD on Ad Hoc Records. Link

VIEW live footage of Kim Gordon, Jutta Koether and Jenny Hoyston filmed at the Her Noise exhibition launch event on 9 November 2005 at the South London Gallery. The exhibition, curated by The Wire's Anne Hilde Neset and Lina Dzuverovic and produced by Electra in association with Forma, continues until 18 December 2005. Link

VIEW a selection of photos taken at the Her Noise launch Link HEAR an exclusive mix by Tujiko Noriko and Lawrence English produced specially for The Wire. Link

VIEW a selection of 'segments' taken from work by painter Paula Brooks, who collaborated with Susanne Brokesch on her Disko B album Emerald Stars. Link

HEAR a track taken from Susanne Brokesch's Emerald Stars. Link

LISTEN to a streamed selection of tracks included in Brian Marley's Primer on Jamaica's greatest talkover deejays. Link