The Wire Tapper
The Wire Tapper is a long running series of CD compilations issued with editions of The Wire Magazine. The compilation is not always released with newsagent copies of the magazine; subscribers receive the compilation on a much more frequent basis.
The Wire Tapper
- Alan Vega & Panasonic: "Medal" - 5:28
- Mass: "Depth" - 5:34
- Mix Master Mike: "Can Of Ass Kicks" - 2:12
- Si-{cut}.db vs. Scanner: "Bovine Revolver" - 5:00
- Scala: "Remember How To Breathe" - 3:52
- Cornelius: "Mic Check" - 3:00
- Roedelius: "Deep Blue" - 3:38
- Nassim Maalouf: "Tarab (Rast)" - 7:34
- Solex: "One Louder Solex" - 3:27
- Kreidler: "She Woke Up And The World Had Changed" - 5:10
- David Byrne vs. DJ Food: "Fuzzy Freaky (Via Joe)" - 6:53
- Arto Lindsay: "Blue Eye Shadow" - 3:28
- Schneider TM: "Eiweiss" - 4:41
- Porter Ricks: "Redundance (Version)" - 4:13
- Midnight Funk Association: "When Will It End" - 5:32
- Mimi: "Piece Of Cake" - 4:52
- 2nd Gen: "Malady Made Simple (Pre-Interventionist Version)" - 3:59
The Wire Tapper 2
- Slicker: "Prader"
- Rhys Chatham: "Hard Edge"
- Angela Jaeger, David Cunningham: "Wood And Glass"
- Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft: "Alles Ist Gut"
- Tom Zé: "Defect 2: Curiosidade"
- Meridiem: "Interference"
- Terre Thaemlitz + Jane Dowe: "03/DTD/05:56"
- Tarwater: "V: At"
- Powerfield: "Block"
- Sam Prekop: "Showrooms"
- Puppy: "Hot Juice"
- Jad Fair, Yo La Tengo: "Minnesota Man Claims Monkey Bowled Perfect Game"
- The Pastels - "Leaving This Island (Jim O'Rourke Remix)"
- Badawi - "Final Warning"
- Labradford - "V (Harold Budd Remix)"
The Wire Tapper 3
- Supersilent: "4.1" - 6:17
- High Rise: "Sadame" - 4:27
- Rothko: "For Danny" - 2:37
- We™: "Hielo" - 4:10
- Gas: "Untitled" - 6:32
- To Rococo Rot: "She Loves Animals" - 4:11
- Evan Parker/Thurston Moore/Walter Prati: "Children" - 5:09
- Model 500: "In And Out" - 5:44
- Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma: "Teen Taal" - 5:52
- Khan: "Broken English (How Do You Spell…?)" - 4:44
- Hood: "In Iron Light" - 3:37
- Paul Panhuysen: "Partita For 16 Long Strings Proportionally Tuned (Extract)" - 5:03
- Robert Ashley: "Your Money My Life Goodbye (Extract)" - 6:44
- Sheila Chandra: "Shehnai Song" - 2:05
- Void: "X-Factor" - 6:09
- Rhys Chatham/Gary Smith/Pat Thomas With Apache 61: "Live At Now Ninety8" - 6:19
The Wire Tapper 4
- F.X. Randomiz: "Displatz"
- Pierre Bastien: "Odovinil"
- snd: "02"
- BJ Cole, Pan•American: "Untitled"
- Vandermark 5: "Vent (For Glenn Spearman)"
- SS + D: "Elements Of"
- Alog: "Drifting West"
- Powerfield: "Steady State"
- Low Res: "Minty"
- Chief Baonoko And His Budu Men: "Yando"
- Clive Graham: "One End Of The Time Pad"
- Do Make Say Think: "Dr. Hooch"
- Warren Defever: "Train"
- Signal: "Ondulop"
- Klangstabil: "Pronto Luigi"
- Unit: "Ring*worm"
- Daniel Figgis: "Alison Creaking"
The Wire Tapper 5
- Labradford: "So (Matmos Remix)"
- Stephen Vitiello: "Nine Out Of Ten"
- VVE: "Herz"
- Kimmo Pohjonen: "Anastaja"
- Wire: "Pink Flag/2"
- Stylus: "Last Seaweed Collecting Hut At Freshwater West. Part 1: Angle"
- John Wall: "Construction 1 Stat/Unt/Dist (Extract)"
- Curd Duca: "Quiet Nights Intro/Quiet Nights"
- Fennesz/Jim O'Rourke/Peter Rehberg: "Gürtel Zwei"
- I'm Sore & Noise Camp: "The Best Of"
- Daniel Givens: "Viaduct"
- Arne Nordheim: "Fonofonier"
- Yo La Tengo: "Our Way To Fall"
- Vert: "Part 4"
- Aesop Quartet: "Egyptian Knights"
- Mira Calix: "Skin With Me"
- Fushitsusha: "Don't Be Afraid. Even If Your Nerves Snap, You Can Tie Them To A Fragment Of The Universe..."
The Wire Tapper 6
Disc 1
- The Fall: "Dr. Buck's Letter"
- Flanger: "Bosco's Disposable Driver"
- Susumu Yokota: "Kodomotachi"
- Ran Blake: "Nica's Dream"
- Christian Marclay & Otomo Yoshihide: "Hyoushi"
- Sensational: "Paper Chase"
- General Magic: "Rechenexe"
- Pan Sonic: "Kierto"
- Jan Jelinek: "They, Them"
- Poire z: "Hairless_handle"
- HiM: "Untitled, Live At The Empty Bottle, Chicago"
- David Grubbs: "Stanwell Perpetual"
- Trio Hurricane +1: "Initiation (Excerpt)"
- Angus MacLise: "Universal Mutant #3"
- Glass Cage: "Box Crushed Flat"
Disc 2
- Nurse With Wound: "P.F.L (Deambulation Mix)"
- Faust: "So Far (Alternate)"
- John Fahey: "Dream Of The Origin Of The French Broad River"
- Nils Økland: "Straum"
- Coil: "A Cold Cell"
- Janek Schaefer: "Accident Assistant"
- Current 93: "Red Hawthorn Tree"
- Djivan Gasparyan: "Nazani"
- Peanut Butter Wolf: "Run The Line"
- I-Sound: "Folded"
- BitTonic/Si-{cut}.db: "Recycled 200"
- C-Schulz & Hajsch: "6"
- Tom Recchion: "Gentlewomanly Grace"
- Pluramon: "Self Remix"
- Hermann Nitsch: "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
- Four Tet: "Glue Of The World"
- Pulseprogramming: "To The Expert Eye Alone"
- Daniel Figgis: "Drool’s Holdings / Mudder / The Light Again"
- Jin Hi Kim: "EK For JC (Excerpt)"
- Kim Hiorthøy: "Det Blev Fel"
- Antibalas: "Uprising"
- Bigg Jus: Gaffeling Whips"
- Nolte: "21st Century Schizoid Man Or How To Lose Your Head Baby"
- Steinbrüchel: "Lost Things We Found Borrowed At The End Of Last Week"
- Mice Parade: "Into The Freedom Part 3"
- Illusion Of Safety: "Stillpoint"
- Monks Of The Monastery Of Gyuto, Tibet: "Le Grand Noir (Mahakala) (Excerpt)"
- Eardrum: "Untitled"
- Lasse Marhaug: "Polar"
- Edward Gorey & Max Nagl: "The Disrespectful Summons"
The Wire Tapper 8
- 23 Skidoo: Kundalini
- Jah Wobble Temple Of Sound: Shout At The Devil
- Cornelius: Point Of View Point
- Fog: Pneumonia
- Goodheart Allen Powell Trio: Hard Count
- Chas Smith: Gate
- Michael Jon Fink: Echo
- Murcof: M.O.
- Electrelane: Gabriel
- No-Neck Blues Band: The Natural Bridge
- Set Fire To Flames: Omaha
- Workshop: Fuer wen ?
- Small Rocks: Clodhopper
- The Rip-Off Artist: Stuffing Box
- Noxagt: Powerchild
- Helvitis: Symphony No. 1 For 13 Guitarists (Excerpt)
- Xinlisupreme: Kyoro
The Wire Tapper 9
Disc 1
- Liars: "Grown Men Don't Fall in the River Just Like That"
- Themselves: "Hat in the Wind"
- Tarwater: "70 Rupies to Paradise Road"
- múm: "We Have a Map of the Piano"
- Badawi: "Evocation"
- Suicide: "Swearin' to the Flag"
- Supersilent: "C-4.1"
- Polwechsel/Fennesz: "Framing X (Reconstructed by Patrick Pulsinger)"
- Wazahugy: "Untitled"
- Asa-Chang & Junray: "Tsuginepu to Ittemita"
- Deadbeat: "Organ in the Attic Sings the Blues"
- DJ Vadim: "Till Suns in Your Eye"
- OXES: "Horses R OK (Prison and I Were in a 5 Way mix by Cex)"
- Sagan: "JabPunPlusOne"
- Leafcutter John: "Mandolin Work (Edit)"
- Sun: "Reach for the Sky (Pluramon Remix)"
Disc 2
- Max Tundra: "Mastered By Guy At The Exchange"
- Wire: "Spent"
- Sonic Youth/ICP/The Ex: "III"
- Sigur Rós: "Untitled"
- John Fahey: "Red Cross, Disciple Of Christ Today (For Guitar Roberts)"
- A Small Good Thing: "A Mighty Stillness (Remix)"
- The Sea and Cake: "Left Side Clouded"
- Masha Qrella: "I Want You To Know"
- Dictaphone: "The E. Song"
- Pulseprogramming: "Blooms Eventually"
- Electrelane: "This Deed"
- Ellery Eskelin with Andrea Parkins & Jim Black: "43 RPM"
- Jimmy Lyons Trio: "Jump Up"
- Amon Tobin: "El Wraith"
- D'Arcangelo: "All That J"
The Wire Tapper 10
Disc 1
- Guido Möbius: "Nelles" - 3:16
- Alias: "Beginagain" - 4:32
- Animal Collective: "Bat You'll Fly" - 5:02
- Maher Shalal Hash Baz: "Post Office" - 1:48
- Sketch Show: "Chronograph" - 5:09
- Kim Hiorthøy: "Track 5" - 3:24
- Mice Parade: "Focus On The Roller Coaster" - 4:59
- Colleen: "Everyone Alive Wants Answers" - 3:30
- Themselves: "Good People Check (Hvratski Remix)" - 5:02
- David Grubbs & Loren Mazzacane Connors: "Blossom Time" - 4:26
- Polmo Polpo: "Like Hearts Swelling (Edit)" - 4:42
- Dälek & Faust: "T-electronique" - 4:10
- Four Tet: "Spirit Fingers" - 3:22
- Rob Ellis: "Music For The Home No 4 - Church Opposite" - 2:00
- David Sylvian: "A Fire In The Forest" - 4:08
Disc 2
- Heat Sensor: "Gravy" - 4:51
- Günter Müller & Toshimaru Nakamura: ".Tint" - 4:50
- Stafrænn Hákon: "Tálkn" - 5:25
- Schlammpeitziger: "Prä-digitaler Volksstuhlhänger" - 6:14
- Jah Wobble: "Just Me And Phil" - 4:50
- Laibach: "Wat" - 5:23
- Lumen: "Stranded" - 5:00
- Satoru Wono: "Overture" - 3:32
- Ui: "Back Up" - 2:27
- Erik Friedlander: "May It Please Heaven" - 3:24
- Susanna and the Magical Orchestra: "Believer" - 3:17
- Clogs: "Who's Down Now" - 5:38
- Sagor & Swing: "Alla Sagor Har Ett Slut" - 4:57
- Satanicpornocultshop: "Anorexia Gas Balloon (Reprise)" - 5:12
- David Grubbs: "The Name Of Ecstasy" - 4:49
The Wire Tapper 11
- To Rococo Rot: "Miss You"
- Icarus: "Antz Nez (Edit)"
- Juana Molina: "Martín Fierro"
- Wibutee: "1-800-Skauen"
- Philip Clemo: "Depth (Edit)"
- Albert Ayler: "Untitled Blues"
- Chris McGregor's Brotherhood Of Breath: "The Bridge (Edit)"
- Matthew Dear: "Tide"
- Jah Wobble: "Elevator Music 3"
- Arthur Russell: "You Have Did The Right Thing When You Put That Skylight In"
- Henrik Rylander: "Forced Laugh"
- Green Milk from the Planet Orange: "Sweet 5 AM (Edit)"
- Mountains: "Mountains (Edit)"
- Slowblow: "Carboard Box"
- Un Caddie Renversé Dans L'herbe: "Www.nonphilo.org"
- Poire z: "Q Oder Z"
The Wire Tapper 12
Disc 1
- Daniel Biro & Rob Palmer: "The Long Journey Home Part 2 (Extract)" - 4:00
- Githead: "To Have And To Hold" - 3:55
- Bark Psychosis: "From What Is Said To When It's Read (Edit)" - 4:23
- Ateleia & David Daniell: "FTP" - 3:22
- Andy Moor & Yannis Kyriakides: "3 Lobed 1" - 3:42
- Burnt Friedman & The Nu Dub Players: "Fuck Back (3:56 Version)" - 3:58
- Aesop Rock: "Fast Cars, Danger, Fire And Knives" - 4:37
- Pita: "Resog 45" - 4:20
- Violet: "Priznak Aluminium" - 3:56
- Michaela Melián: "Brautlied (Edit)" - 4:04
- Chas Smith: "False Security Of Numbers" - 3:56
- Martin Archer: "It Don't Bother Me/Where's Mike?" - 4:21
- Henry Grimes Trio: "Flowers For Albert" - 4:02
- The Necks: "Mosquito (Excerpt)" - 4:02
- @c: "INT 10/34" - 4:02
- Ascoltare: "Crucible Process" - 2:13
- Matthew Burtner: "D2 (Edit)" - 4:01
- Stéphane Rives: "Ebranlement 2" - 2:53
- Ergo Phizmiz: "Sticky White Glue (Extract): Rectify" - 4:14
- The Fall: "Blindness" - 3:26
Disc 2
- Cul de Sac/Damo Suzuki: "Berlin 6" - 3:52
- Meadow House: "Tit For Tat" - 4:16
- Milky Globe: "The Warp And The Woof" - 3:51
- Staalplaat Sound System: "No Time For Space" - 4:07
- Jason Kahn & Günter Müller: "Tenth Blink" - 3:45
- Andrew Pekler: "Wait" - 3:55
- Carter Tutti: "Unreality (Edit)" - 4:10
- DJ /rupture: "Little More Oil" - 4:17
- Burnt Sugar vs The Dominatrix: "Dominata (Remix By Qasim Naqvi & Keith Witty)" - 3:58
- AM/PM: "The Ends (13)" - 4:03
- David Grubbs & Nikos Veliotis: "The Harmless Dust (Excerpt)" - 4:00
- Gary Lucas & Jozef Van Wissem: "A Hawk From Handsaw" - 4:00
- Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & Matt Sweeney: "Bed Is For Sleeping" - 2:56
- Damon & Naomi: "Beautiful Close Double" - 4:37
- Fax & Alex Ayuli: "Spellbound" - 4:02
- Ana Da Silva: "The Lighthouse" - 3:27
- Christian Renou: "Ex-voto (Wire-FM Mix)" - 4:04
- Enigma Device: "Reunified" - 3:36
- Shining: "Goretex Weather Report" - 3:59
- M. Bentley: "Piano Ship (Alternative Mix)" - 4:00
The Wire Tapper 13
- Hanne Hukkelberg: "Ease" - 4:10
- Mandarin Movie: "The Green Giraffe" - 4:59
- Alexander Hacke: "Sonntag" - 3:30
- Matt Elliott: "What's Wrong" - 4:10
- Juana Molina: "Salvese Quien Pueda: Juana's Epic Re-Version (Edit)" - 3:32
- Picastro: "Tow Truck" - 1:35
- Deviationists: "Sweetest Charms" - 5:19
- Kid606: "Phoenix Riddim" - 4:39
- Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti: "Jule Lost His Jewels" - 3:51
- John Surman: "Way Back When Part 4" - 3:43
- Nick Castro: "Sun Song" - 4:09
- Junkboy: "Shadow And Act" - 4:05
- Akinori: "Red Field" - 3:30
- Currituck Co.: "Sleepwalking 1" - 2:40
- Bombay 1: "More Than Everything" - 4:02
- Pajo: "War Is Dead" - 4:16
- Crimetime Orchestra: "Life Is A Beautiful Monster Part 1" - 3:54
- Port-Royal: "Flares Part 3" - 5:55
- Fovea Hex: "Don't These Windows Open? (True Interval Offering)" - 3:24
- Tu M': "What You Say?" - 3:43
The Wire Tapper 14
- Oren Marshall: "6 (Edit)" - 4:02
- Dirty Projectors: "I Will Truck (Edit)" - 3:58
- Secret Mommy: "Dance Studio (Edit)" - 4:23
- Cage: "Good Morning" - 3:50
- Ray Russell: "Goodbye Svengali (Edit)" - 4:26
- Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid: "Soul Oscillations (Excerpt)" - 5:02
- Black To Comm: "Laccifer Lacca" - 3:34
- Cobra Killer: "High Is The Pine" - 4:01
- Gerry Mitchell & Little Sparta: "Feasting On My Heart" - 3:59
- XXL: "Paw Paw Paw Paw Paw Paw Paw" - 4:26
- Merz: "Warm Cigarette Room" - 4:19
- Hans Fjellestad: "Wriggling Call" - 4:23
- Nels Cline/Wally Shoup/Chris Corsano: "Lake Of Fire Memories" - 2:31
- Andrey Kiritchenko: "Scope Of My Perception (Edit)" - 4:03
- This Heat: "24 Track Loop" - 5:56
- MoHa!: "(C5)" - 4:16
The Wire Tapper 15
- Humcrush: "Hornswoggle"
- Leafcutter John: "Let It Begin (Edit)"
- Machinefabriek: "Somerset"
- Reverbaphon: "Nothing Beyond The Zero"
- Yannis Kyriakides & Andy Moor: "Vamvararis (Edit)"
- Jozef Van Wissem: "Catoptromancy"
- Hwyl Nofio: "Broken Again"
- Giuseppe Ielasi: "Untitled Track 4"
- Gerritt & John Wiese: "The Disappearing Act"
- Dub Trio: "Illegal Dub"
- Izu: "Get UR Fleece On"
- Mekon: "GSE"
- Lawrence English & Ai Yamamoto: "A Silent Kouta (Edit)"
- Herbert: "Movie Star"
- Sol Seppy: "1 2"
- Trevor Watts: "Solarsonic"
- Gricer: "Land"
- Spooncurve: "She Doesn't Know (Edit)"
- Isnaj Dui: "Catoctin (Edit)"
- Det Gamla Landet: "Kiruna"
The Wire Tapper 16
- Drone: "Spiderhead (Green Man)" - 4:09
- Dave Phillips: "Justice Is An Artefact Of Custom (Wire Edit)" - 4:02
- Alan Vega: "13 Crosses, 16 Blazin' Skulls (Edit)" - 3:40
- Phillip Bimstein: "EatDrinkGambleSex" - 3:06
- Carter Tutti: "So Slow The Knife (Excerpt)" - 3:54
- Radicalfashion: "Shousetsu" - 3:48
- Walter & Sabrina: "Rimble Man" - 3:17
- Xela: "Drunk On Salt Water" - 4:25
- Kotra & Zavoloka: "Cool Eyes" - 2:42
- Pan Sonic: "Machinist" - 2:49
- Huntsville: "The Appearance Of A Wise Child" - 4:23
- Fluorescent Grey: "A Peruvian Shaman Sits Down To Make IDM On His Laptop" - 3:20
- Derek Bailey: "Play 4" - 3:25
- Tulipomania: "Same Old Song" - 4:01
- Dave Swain: "Media Monkey" - 3:08
- aMute: "Hit My Computer (Edit)" - 3:59
- Califone: "The Orchids" - 2:57
- Inch-time: "Take Care, O Pilgrim (Edit)" - 4:10
- White Magic: "The Light" - 3:28
- The Slits: "Earthbeat" - 3:50
- Anthony Kelly & David Stalling: "Sometimes You See A Tree" - 3:06
The Wire Tapper 17
- Englantine Gouzy: "Cuckoo" - 1:53
- Longstone: "Kabuki (Edit)" - 3:31
- A Hawk And A Hacksaw And The Hun Hangár Ensemble: "Zozobra" - 4:01
- Jonquil: "Sudden Sun" - 4:02
- Kammerflimmer Kollektief: "Live At The Cactus Tree Motel - 4:11
- Badun: "Fytarn" - 3:59
- Von Südenfed: "Family Feud" - 4:27
- Pomassl: "Tandem Distiller (Wire Tapper Edit)" - 3:59
- Throbbing Gristle: "How Do You Deal (Exclusive Wire Tapper Edit)" - 3:20
- Alfred 23 Harth: "Pearl" - 4:02
- Fred Anderson & Harrison Bankhead: "The Strut" - 4:13
- Fridge: "Our Place In This" - 4:17
- Jack Rose & Glenn Jones: "Linden Avenue Stomp" - 3:28
- Husky Rescue: "My Home Ghost" - 3:09
- Simon Bookish: "A Deception (Municipal Mix)" - 3:44
- Venus Bogardus: "Motorman" - 2:25
- Tonesucker: "Splatterstrum
- stimulus: "Pylons (Wire version)" - 4:01
- Zelienople: "Moss Man (Edit)" - 4:02
- Ken Ikeda: "Iconography" - 3:31
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- Automated Acoustics: "The Universal Proportion" - 4:13
- Strings of Consciousness: "Asphodel" - 3:59
- John Luther Adams: "Among Red Mtns [Excerpt]" - 2:36
- hamaYôko: "Furies" - 4:12
- The Focus Group: "Soho St. Ives Tangier" - 4:02
- Cath & Phil Tyler: "Farewell My Friends" - 3:34
- The Ex & Getachew Mekurya & Guests: "Ethiopia Hagere" - 4:38
- Modified Toy Orchestra: "Black Star" - 4:01
- Heribert Friedl: "Back [Excerpt]" - 4:12
- The Fun Years: "Electricity Is A Scarce Commodity" - 4:00
- Damon and Naomi: "The Turnaround" - 3:14
- Goodiepal: "2004 Igen Med Ralkf Christensen Ved Roret" - 2:30
- Icarus: "Selfautoparent" - 2:45
- Tarentel: "A Crystal The Size Of Our Moon In The Heart Of A Pulsating White Dwarf" - 4:24
- Babils: "Dent Se Sagesse [Extraction]" - 4:00
- Luciano Cilio: "Della Conoscenza [Originale Versione Inedita]" - 3:43
- Hulk: "The Moon Versus The Sea" - 2:17
- Goodiepal: "The Martian Chronicles" - 4:42
- Mordant Music: "Den On VeluMM [Wire Tapper Exclusive]" - 3:30
The Wire Tapper 19
- Our Sleepless Forest: "Nomads" - 4:07
- Snorkel: "The Conversation (edit)" - 4:03
- Nico Muhly: "Mothertongue - Section 2" - 3:57
- G.F. Fitz - Gerald & Lol Coxhill: "Echoes of Duneden" - 3:46
- X.A. Cute feat. Mike Ladd: "Survival of the Vinyl" - 4:33
- Daniel Figgis via Somadrone: "40 Shades of Figgis" - 3:04
- Fluorescent Grey: "Molten Ghost (edit)" - 4:02
- Kaffe Matthew: "Men Being Butterflies (extract)" - 4:37
- Alexei Borisov & Anton Nikkil: "Engineer Strepetov's Curve" - 4:01
- Talvin Singh: "Piya Milan (radio edit)" - 4:45
- Illusion of Safety: "Wherewithall (for Lauren)" - 3:58
- The Master Musicians of Hop-Frog: "Song of the South" - 4:20
- Phog Masheen: "Survey of Brutality" - 3:01
- Setsubun Bean Unit: "Gujo Ondo" - 4:15
- Pink Skull: "U.G.UO.AAAAHHHHH" - 3:29
- LowDynamicOrchestra with Stefano Scodanibbio: "Improvisation 1" - 3:39
- Lars Akerlund: "Volt (extract)" - 4:00
- Tangtype: "Black Lackluster Eyes. . . Data Takes Over (The Wire edit)" - 4:08
- Yello6: "You Can't Be Everywhere He Said (Edit)" - 4:02
- Never Enough Hope: "Des Moines" - 3:59