AMM
Issue 461
July 2022
Essay
Starting from Scratch: Cornelius Cardew’s democratic rites
June 2022
Former Scratch Orchestra member Stefan Szczelkun discusses the potential for mass music making contained in Cornelius Cardew’s Nature Study Notes and the Scratch Music book
Video
Watch: What Is Man And What Is Guitar?: Keith Rowe
June 2022
To mark The Wire's AMM cover story in issue 461, directors of the documentary exploring co-founding member Keith Rowe's relationship with sound through the guitar have made the film free to watch
Book Extract
Read an excerpt from Eddie Prévost's new book
September 2020
The founding member of AMM explores the radical potential of jazz and free improvisation in a new polemical memoir, Uncommon Music For The Common Man
Issue 416
October 2018
News
Long overdue Keith Rowe biography to be published next year
Long overdue Keith Rowe biography to be published next year
Brian Olewnick documents the guitarist’s life from his childhood through the mid-1960s experimental music scene to the present day
Issue 385
March 2016
Gallery
Gallery: Photos from the AMM archive
November 2015
Take a look at some of the photographs on display at the AMM archive exhibition taking place as part of this year's edition of Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
News
Huddersfield Contemporary Music festival this November
Huddersfield Contemporary Music festival this November
La Monte Young, George Lewis, John Zorn and a special AMM programme featured at Huddersfield Contemporary Music festival this November
Essay
Clive Bell: What’s so funny ’bout British improvising?
April 2015
"Is there some synergistic link between UK improv and comedy? To the headphone-clad listener deeply immersed in an AMM album, the answer might be no. To the audience chuckling at an Alan Tomlinson trombone solo, it’s clearly yes."
Issue 271
September 2006
Issue 132
February 1995
Issue 52
June 1988
Tracks
AMM
A very special and exclusive peek (via mp3 downloads) into the 40-year back catalogue of the Improv institution, accompanying this issue's (271, September 2006) Primer.