The Wire (magazine)
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| description | Music and pop culture magazine |
| Area of Expertise | subculture |
| language | English |
| publishing company | The Wire Magazine Ltd. |
| First edition | 1982 |
| Frequency of publication | per month |
| Editor-in-chief | Tony Herrington |
| Web link | thewire.co.uk |
| ISSN (print) | 0952-0686 |
The Wire is a British avant-garde music magazine.
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The music magazine was founded in 1982 by jazz promoter Anthony Wood and journalist Chrissie Murray. The magazine initially focused on modern jazz and improv , but expanded to include various types of experimental music in the early 1990s. Since then, the magazine has also reported on hip-hop , new music , free improvisation, post rock and various forms of electronic music .
Richard Cook followed Anthony Wood as editor-in-chief and was then replaced again by Mark Sinker in June 1992. After Sinker was fired in 1994 (although he continued to work as a freelancer for several years) the magazine was directed by Tony Herrington, Rob Young and Chris Bohn. Bohn also writes under the pseudonym Biba Kopf.
A series of compilation CDs called The Wire Tapper have been added as an extra to the monthly issues of the magazine since 1997. The magazine uses the slogan "Adventures in Modern Music" (Eng .: adventures of modern music ) since 1994. The Tapper CDs subscribers receive the magazine also Labelsampler as well as themed CDs across countries and festivals.
In 1998, The Wire's 175th issue of The Wire's "100 Records That Set the World on Fire (While No One Was Listening)" published a highly acclaimed list of the best music albums.
Apart from the numerous monthly album reviews, the magazine is also known for article series like The Invisible Jukebox , an interview in which an artist is played tracks unknown to him. The Primer delves into a genre or artist. In addition, the magazine covers the experimental music scene of a particular city or region monthly in each issue. In addition to concentrating on music, the magazine also reports on album covers and various art movements.
Until 2001 the magazine appeared in the Namara Group of the publisher Naim Attallah. But then it was bought by six editors and has appeared independently ever since.
Since January 2003 , The Wire has also presented a weekly radio program on the London radio station Resonance FM . It is moderated by Wire employees.
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Individual evidence
- ^ Steve Jones: Pop Music and the Press . Temple University Press, 2002, p. 58.