Current Issue: #312 | February 2010

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Photograph by Jeremy & Claire Weiss
On The Cover: Wadada Leo Smith - Phil Freeman meets a free music cosmopolitan who has explored free space with Anthony Braxton, John Zorn, Spring Heel Jack and more. Plus Mark Ernestus, Mattin, Eliane Radigue's Invisible Jukebox, Raymond Dijkstra, Moon Wiring Club, David Grubbs in Cross Platform, Pangaea, Robert Ashley's Inner Sleeve, Billy Ray Martin, Nicolas Collins on Alvin Lucier and more

Alan Courtis T-Shirt

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The latest addition to our Limited Edition T-Shirt series is Alan Courtis's Freepcord Freever Freeng. Printed in black on a red shirt with The Wire url printed in black on the right sleeve. Limited edition of 100 shirts. Price (including postage and packing): £20 for UK, £22 elsewhere. Subscriber discount:... » Read more...
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Wadada Leo Smith - uncut

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Read Phil Freeman's unedited transcript of his interview with the avant jazz giant

View excerpts from Phill Niblock's Six Films 1966-1969

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See selected clips from the Phill Niblock DVD reviewed in the February issue #312

Portal 09/02/2010: FACT mix 122 – Autechre

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"...Rob and Sean have declined to talk about the mix itself, telling us that “it’s just some tunes [they] like”. No tracklist either, so spotters, please do you worst. What we can tell you is that the mix is an unpredictable, kaleidoscopic affair, rooted in sinuous leftfield hip-hop but with... » Read more...

New Subscriber Only CDs

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Free music for all subscribers in 2010 including Plymouth's Café Concrete (March issue #313), Wergo CD (May issue #315), plus the third in our Below The Radar download series (May issue #315). And you won't miss out on The Wire Tapper 23 CD (April issue #314). Subscribe now!

The Wire Primers: latest book on sale

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Our latest published book is now available to buy here!
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