Wire – Chairs Missing [LP] Folk / Blues / Ethnographic These tracks show the breadth

These tracks show the breadth of his output

lament and dance were recorded near the Sudan border

his work has explored the implications of his claim that field recording should be seen as ‘depiction’ rather than ‘documentation’

Mukai is an important (and underdocumented) figure in the Japanese underground whose work goes back to her time as a student under Takahisa Kosugi in the late '70s which resulted in her participation in the legendary East Bionic Symphonia album

moved to Rio de Janeiro and established himself in Salvador where he was invited to research the northeastern music of Bahia

Wire – Chairs Missing [LP] Folk / Blues / Ethnographic These tracks show the breadth"Wires first three albums need no introduction. They are the three classic albums on which Wires reputation is based. Moreover, they are the recordings that minted the post punk form. This was adopted by other bands, but Wire were there first. It has been a number of years since these albums were readily available. The aim with these new vinyl and CD releases is to approximate the original statements as closely as possible, but with remastered audio.