The Wire Tapper – Tribute Mix by Mixsoup

The first Wire Tapper compilation came along with Issue 170 of The Wire magazine, in April 1998.

Since then, 40 Wire Tapper compilations have been released – Wire Tapper 40 is available to subscribers with The Wire magazine Issue 387 which is out today. I deciced a few weeks back to take the opportunity of the release of Wire Tapper 40 to put together a mix based on selection from Wire Tapper tracks.

It goes for me for The Wire Tapper compilations as for the Wire magazine itself: whenever I receive it, I hardly know 10% about what’s in it but that’s what’s it’s all about, right?:
allow us to make discoveries & getting us to hear about some new musical projects, labels, artists… 32 tracks & 70 minutes later, here is the result.

Thanks a lot to Shane Woolman (The Wire) & Lexis (Music is My Sanctuary) for giving me the chance to put this together, and to Annabel Werbrouck for the nice visual.

Enjoy!

Dj Mixsoup (Mixcloud Page / Facebook / Twitter)

TRACKLIST

1. Aleorta – “Chapter Twelve: Bride-Ship And Gulls”, from The Wire Tapper vol. 40
2. I’m Sore vs. Noise Camp – “The Best Of”, from The Wire Tapper vol. 5
3. Xela – “Drunk On Salt Water”, from The Wire Tapper vol. 16
4. Kim Hiorthøy – “Det Blev Fel”, from The Wire Tapper vol. 7
5. Gabriel Prokofiev And Peter Gregson – “Tuff Strum” (Louis D’Heudieres Remix), from The Wire Tapper vol. 29
6. Long Stone – “Kabuki [Edit]”, from The Wire Tapper vol.17
7. Deadbeat – “Organ In The Attic Sings The Blues”, from The Wire Tapper vol. 9
8. Eardrum – Untitled, from The Wire Tapper vol. 7
9. Richard J Valeo – “Monday Night”, from The Wire Tapper vol. 20
10. Jan Jelinek – “They, Them”, from The Wire Tapper vol. 6
11. Badun – “Fyrtårn”, from The Wire Tapper vol. 17
12. DJ Vadim – “Till Suns In Your Eye”, from The Wire Tapper vol. 9
13. Peanut Butter Wolf – “Run The Line”, from The Wire Tapper vol. 6
14. Lushlife – “Big Sur”, from The Wire Tapper vol. 29
15. Pink Skull – “U.G.UO. AAAAHHHHH”, from The Wire Tapper vol. 19
16. Badawi – “Final Warning”, from The Wire Tapper vol. 2
17. This Heat – “24 Track Loop”, from The Wire Tapper vol.14
18. The Slits – “Earthbeat”, from The Wire Tapper vol. 16
19. Dieuf-Dieul de Thies – “Nianky”, from The Wire Tapper vol. 39
20. Tomaga – “Days Like They Were Before”, from The Wire Tapper vol. 36
21. Windup – “Sevilla Una Maravilla”, from The Wire Tapper vol. 23
22. Herbert – “Movie Star”, from The Wire Tapper vol. 15
23. Solex – “One Louder Solex”, from The Wire Tapper vol. 1
24. Khan – “Broken English (How Do You Spell. . . ?)”, from The Wire Tapper vol. 3
25. Manekinekod – “Toy Factory” (Installation Excerpt), from The Wire Tapper vol. 25
26. Pulseprogramming – “To The Expert Eye Alone”, from The Wire Tapper vol. 7
27. Hanno Leichtmann – “Study Three”, from The Wire Tapper vol. 31
28. Icarus Colour Field V500 (Wire Tapper Edit), from The Wire Tapper vol. 29
29. Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid – “Soul Oscillations” (Excerpt), from The Wire Tapper vol. 14
30. Keyboard Choir – “Tokyo At Night”, from The Wire Tapper vol. 22
31. Michaela Melian – “Brautlied” (Edit), from The Wire Tapper vol. 12
32. Andy Moor & Yannis Kyriakides – “Vamvakaris” (Edit), from The Wire Tapper vol.15

DJ Mixsoup

Music fan for ages via Best & les Inrocks mags a.o. plus les Nocturnes (with George Lang), Rock à Gogo & "100 Minutes par delà" (Radio 21 back then - respectively with Jacques Depierpont and Tyanne), then Mixmag followed by The Wire Magazine (from which I remain a fan these days, although I still hardly know 10% of what I read in each issue but maybe that's the point), after a stay in London which broadened my musical tastes towards electronic music.

Jazz came next via some wide advice of a work collegue who introduced me to Jazz & Jazzman mag.

The missing link was Radio Nova, which is to radio what I try to apply to my mixes: remain as open as possible in terms of genres, as opposed to specialized programs and/or radios. Online music (soundcloud, mixcloud, NPR, various blogs) help me as well to try to keep up to what's new & exciting in music these days.