WIRE, THE - #486 August 2024

"On the cover: David Lynch & Chrystabell. Since performing on the soundtrack to 2006's Inland Empire, Texas-born Chrysta Bell Zucht, aka Chrystabell, has had an enduring creative partnership with film director David Lynch. But after countless in-studio and on-screen collaborations, the new album Cellophane Memories, out soon via Sacred Bones, will be their first fully co-credited album. In a wide-ranging exclusive interview, the duo talk to The Wire about cinema, music and more. By Britt Brown. Inside the issue: The sound world of David Lynch. Expanding on the issue's cover feature, Wire writers contribute a series of essays on the sonic and audio components of director David Lynch's idiosyncratic worldview. Topics range from fandom and karaoke, the sonic semiotics of wind and the influence of Twin Peaks on rave music to reinterpretations of songs from the Lynchian repertoire by artists like Onoand Backxwash. Invisible Jukebox: Dhangsha. The composer and educator formerly known as Dr Das of Asian Dub Foundation takes on The Wire's mystery listening challenge. Tested by Daryl Worthington. Plus one page profiles of Copper Sounds, Miaux, and Feeo & Caius Williams, and regular sections and columns including Epiphanies, Unlimited Editions, Global Ear, and The Inner Sleeve." - The Wire.