Tony Herrington
Essay
White out! Tony Herrington calls time on the monoculture that is the experimental sound and music industry
July 2020
The Wire publisher asks: What is wrong with this industry? Why is it such a monoculture? What is wrong with the white people who run it, work in it, report on it, study in it?
On Air
Below The Radar: The Wire Clear Spots
March 2020
Hear the specially commissioned Below The Radar live studio sessions first broadcast February 2006
Issue 427
September 2019
Essay
Three seconds in the world of Cecil Taylor. By Tony Herrington
April 2018
The Wire’s publisher zooms in on one bad riff as a way of entering the late pianist’s musical universe
Essay
Revolutionary designs: the visual aesthetics of Zero and Unkant
April 2014
Tony Herrington decodes the covers of two radical political book publishers with musical roots
Issue 362
April 2014
+ The Wire Tapper 34
Columns
Tony Herrington: Turn that Noise down!
March 2014
Tony Herrington crashes Noise of Art's bogus celebration of 100 years of electronic music.
Essay
Collateral Damage: Tony Herrington on the soul of electronic dance music
March 2014
Reasserting the roots of Kraftwerk’s sound in African-American R&B and jazz reveals how the soul of electronic dance music is being throttled by the dead hand of the culture industry. By Tony Herrington
Essay
Global Communication + The Black Dog + Bedouin Ascent + Sähkö: New Complexity Techno
October 2011
The combination of digital technology and the easy accessibility of samplers and computers have irrevocably changed the way sound is produced and perceived. As electronic music moves further away from the conventions of the club culture that spawned it to become a profound means of expression in its own right, a new breed of musician is emerging to forge new directions in Ambient and Techno with the parallel sciences of multimedia and electronic networking. Here we profile four such acts: Global Communication, The Black Dog, Bedouin Ascent and the Sähkö collective. This article originally appeared in The Wire 131 (January 1995).
On Air
Adventures In Modern Music 10 June 2010
June 2010
Hosted by Tony Herrington. With a special guest mix by Kamran of Harappian Night Recordings
Issue 316
June 2010
+ 75: Edition Contemporary Music CD
On Air
Adventures In Modern Music 20 May 2010
May 2010
This show was a repeat
In Conversation
The Wire Salon: Revenant Forms: The Meaning of Hauntology
April 2010
Hear the panel discussion at the first Wire Salon
On Air
Adventures In Modern Music 25 March 2010
March 2010
Hosted by Tony Herrington
Issue 312
February 2010
News
The Wire on Stack
The Wire on Stack
You can now buy The Wire as part of a bundle of independent magazines from Stack...
On Air
Adventures In Modern Music 01 October 2009
October 2009
Hosted by Tony Herrington. With a special broadcast of Anne Hilde Neset's interview with Faust recorded live at Numusic, Stavanger, Norway
News
Savage Pencil Speaks
Savage Pencil Speaks
The Wire’s editor-in-chief Tony Herrington is to host a gallery discussion with The Wire’s resident cartoonist and illustrator Savage Pencil this Friday
On Air
The Clear Spot: Adventures In Modern Music 2006
February 2007
Hear highlights from The Wire's Adventures In Modern Music Festival held September 2006 in Chicago
Issue 251
January 2005
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September 2003
Issue 229
March 2003
Issue 208
June 2001
Issue 184
June 1999
