Wire #497

Inside this issue:

Haruomi Hosono: The exotica explorer and YMO founder has found his voice in a late career renaissance. By James Hadfield.
Plus: Japanese exotica: A user’s guide by David Toop

Bromp Treb: Film maker and musician Neil ‘Cloaca’ Young has learned from the possibility of failure. By Matt Krefting

Christer Bothén: The Swedish multi-instrumentalist and onetime Don Cherry associate has continued along his own path. By Clive Bell

Crystabel Efemena Riley: The close listening of free improvisation offers vital moments of human connection for the London percussionist. By Abi Bliss

Blackhaine: Stockport’s industrial hiphop head is making waves on the world stage with his choreography collaborations. By Hugh Morris

KASAI: Footwork folk. By Daryl Worthington

And much more...