The Wire
Editor-in-Chief	Tony Herrington
Categories	Music magazine
Frequency	Monthly
Publisher	The Wire Magazine Ltd.
First Issue	1982
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Website	www.thewire.co.uk
ISSN	0952-0686

The Wire is a British avant garde music magazine. It was founded in 1982 by jazz promoter Anthony Wood and journalist Chrissie Murray, and concentrated on contemporary jazz and improvised music. From about 1990 it branched out into covering left-field rock and "post-rock" (a term coined by Simon Reynolds in the pages of The Wire), hip hop, modern classical, free improvisation and various forms of electronic music. It continues to cover all of these and other forms of experimental music. The following are music magazines from around the globe: Rolling Stone Blender Paste Famoso Magazine Categories: | ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... ISSN, or International Standard Serial Number, is the unique eight-digit number applied to a periodical publication including electronic serials. ... Experimental music is any music that challenges the commonly accepted notions of what music is. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... The term post-rock was coined by Simon Reynolds in issue 123 of The Wire (May 1994) to describe a sort of music using rock instrumentation for non-rock purposes, using guitars as facilitators of timbres and textures rather than riffs and powerchords. ... Simon Reynolds (born 1963 in London), is an influential British music critic who is well-known for his writings on electronic dance music and for coining the term post-rock. ... Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... 20th century classical music was extremely diverse, ranging from the late Romantic style of Sergei Rachmaninoff to the complete serialism of Pierre Boulez, and from the simple triadic harmonies of minimalist composers such as Philip Glass to the musique concrète of Pierre Schaeffer and the microtonal music adopted by... Free improvisation or free music is improvised music without any rules beyond the taste or inclination of the musician(s) involved; in many cases the musicians make an active effort to avoiding overt references to recognizable musical genres. ... It has been suggested that Electronica be merged into this article or section. ... For experimental rock music, see experimental rock. ...

Richard Cook succeeded Anthony Wood as editor, and was himself succeeded in June 1992 by Mark Sinker. After Sinker was sacked in early 1994 (though he continued as a contributor for some years), the magazine has been edited successively by Tony Herrington, Rob Young and Biba Kopf (formerly known as Chris Bohn). Richard Cook (born 1957) is a British jazz writer, magazine editor and former record company executive. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Mark Sinker (born 7 June 1960) is a British writer (educated at Shrewsbury School and New College, Oxford). ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar). ... Rob Young is an author, journalist and is currently editor-at-large of The Wire, a British based experimental music magazine. ...

A series of new music compilation CDs called The Wire Tapper has been given away with the magazine since 1997. The magazine has used the strapline "Adventures in Modern Music" since 1994. In addition to the Tapper CDs subscribers also receive label, country and festival samplers. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar). ...

Apart from the numerous album reviews every month the magazine is known for features such as The Invisible Jukebox, an interview conducted by way of unknown tracks being played to an artist and The Primer, an indepth article on a genre or act. It also features the avant music scene of a particular city every issue. In addition to its musical focus, the magazine also likes to investigate cover art and mixed media artistic works.

Owned for many years by Naim Attallah's Namara Group, it was bought out by its six full-time members of staff in 2001 and is now published independently. Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...

Since January 2003 The Wire has been presenting a weekly radio programme on the London community radio station Resonance FM which uses the magazine's strapline as its title and is hosted in turns by members of The Wire's staff. Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 2003 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Community radio is a type of radio service that caters to the interests of a certain area, broadcasting material that is popular to a local audience but is overlooked by more powerful broadcast groups. ... logo Resonance 104. ...

The Wire contributors

Hua Hsu (b. ... David Keenan is a Scottish music journalist and musician. ... Categories: Templates for deletion | Articles which may be biased | People stubs | Music critics ... Tom Perchard (born 1976, Canterbury, United Kingdom) is a writer and musicologist. ... Savage Pencil is a comics artist, and is the nom de plume of English music journalist Edwin Pouncey (b. ... Simon Reynolds (born 1963 in London), is an influential British music critic who is well-known for his writings on electronic dance music and for coining the term post-rock. ... Peter Shapiro is a freelance music journalist, he has written for Spin, Urb, Music Week, Uncut, Vibe, The Wire and The Times (London). ... David Stubbs is a British journalist. ... David Toop (born 1949) is a musician, author, and as of 2001 was visiting Research Fellow at the London Media School. ... Rob Young is an author, journalist and is currently editor-at-large of The Wire, a British based experimental music magazine. ...

External links

• Official site
• Resonance FM
• Swen's Weblog - A MP3 weblog focused on THE WIRE
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