The Wire
Editor-in-Chief	Tony Herrington
Categories	Music magazine
Frequency	Monthly
Publisher	The Wire Magazine Ltd. A music magazine is a Magazine dedicated to Music and Music culture.
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, founded in 1982 by jazz promoter Anthony Wood and journalist Chrissie Murray. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States An International Standard Serial Number ( ISSN) is a unique eight-digit number used to identify a print or electronic Periodical publication. Avant-garde music is a subjective term that can be used in different ways Magazines, periodicals or serials are Publications generally published on a regular schedule containing a variety of articles, generally Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) The magazine initially concentrated on contemporary jazz and improvised music, but branched out in the early 1990s to various types of experimental music. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Experimental music is a term introduced by composer John Cage in 1955 ^[1] Since then it has covered "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. Post-rock is a genre of Alternative rock characterized by the use of Musical instruments commonly associated with Rock music, but using Rhythms Simon Reynolds (born 1963 in London, England; raised in Hertfordshire) is an English Music critic who is well-known for his writings on Hip hop music, also referred to as rap music, is a Music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rap which is accompanied with At the turn of the 20th century classical music was characteristically late Romantic in style while at the same time the Impressionist movement spearheaded by Claude Debussy 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 Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production

Richard Cook succeeded Anthony Wood as editor, and was himself succeeded in June 1992 by Mark Sinker. Richard David Cook ( 7 February 1957 &ndash 25 August 2007) was 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) 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 Chris Bohn, who also writes under the name Biba Kopf. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Rob Young is an British music Author, Journalist and current Editor -at-large of The Wire, a British based Experimental

A series of new music compilation CDs called The Wire Tapper has been given away with the magazine since 1997. The Wire Tapper is a long running series of CD compilations issued with editions of The Wire Magazine. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar The magazine has used the strapline "Adventures in Modern Music" since 1994. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) In addition to the Tapper CDs subscribers also receive label, country and festival samplers.

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. Naim Attallah is a businessman and writer He was born in Palestine in 1931 and is the publisher of Quartet Books and backer of the Literary Review and Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the 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 of the Gregorian calendar. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in 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 Resonance 1044 FM is a London based non-profit community radio station run by the London Musicians' Collective (LMC with a licence to cover "practising

The Wire contributors

Steve Barker Mike Barnes Clive Bell Chris Blackford Marcus Boon Ben Borthwick Philip Clark Mia Clarke Julian Cowley Christoph Cox Alan Cummings Lina Dzuverovic - Russell Phil England Kodwo Eshun Paul Gilroy Louise Gray Jim Haynes Richard Henderson

Tony Herrington Ken Hollings Hua Hsu David Keenan Rhama Khazam Biba Kopf Alan Licht Dave Mandl Brian Marley Marc Masters Jerome Manusell Keith Moline Will Montgomery Brian Morton John Mulvey Anne Hilde Neset

Ian Penman Tom Perchard Edwin Pouncey Mosi Reeves Simon Reynolds Tom Ridge Stephen Robinson Peter Shapiro Chris Sharp Philip Sherburne Nick Southgate David Stubbs David Toop Dan Warburton Ben Watson Philip Watson Rob Young

References

External links

• Official site
• Resonance FM
• Swen's Weblog - A MP3 weblog focused on THE WIRE
• 1994 Rewind
• 1995 Rewind
• 1996 Rewind
• 1997 Rewind
• 1998 Rewind
• 1999 Rewind
• 2000 Rewind
• 2001 Rewind
• 2002 Rewind
• 2003 Rewind
• 2004 Rewind
• 2005 Rewind
• 2006 Rewind

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