The Wire Salon in February – The Way Of The Hacker – brought together contemporary experimental musicians to discuss the practice of designing and building new audio interfaces. Here, two of the panelists, Tom Bugs and Sam Underwood spread online knowledge for hackers in training.
Swedish power jazz dynamo and vinyl-addict Mats Gustafsson shares his six essential links for the burgeoning "discaholic". Gustafsson is on the cover of The Wire 349 in an article by Daniel Spicer.
Ergo Phizmiz's choice links of the web. The rogue collagist and radio artist is featured in an interview with Clive Bell for The Wire issue 349.
Simon Reynolds introduces a series of seven essays on his idea of a Hardcore Continuum. The essays all originally appeared in past issues of The Wire.
Originally published as "Technical Ecstasy" in The Wire #105 November 1992.
Originally published as "Above The Treeline" in The Wire #127 September 1994.
Originally published as "Sounds Of Blackness" in The Wire #136 June 1995.
Originally published as "Slipping Into Darkness" The Wire #148, June 1996.
Originally published as "2 Steps Back" in The Wire #166, December 1997.
Originally published as "Adult Hardcore" in The Wire #182 April 1999.
Originally published as "The Primer: Grime " in The Wire #254, April 2005.
A previously unpublished essay by NYC's own Alan Licht, specially commissioned to mark the magazine's 300th issue.
A previously unpublished essay by David Stubbs, on Paul Smith's Blast First label and Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon's Sonic Youth.
A previously unpublished artlcle commissioned especially for The Wire 300 online season.
Previously unpublished essay commissioned for The Wire's online 300th issue celebrations
Previously unpublished essay commissioned for The Wire's online 300th issue celebrations
Previously unpublished essay commissioned to celebrate The Wire's 300th issue
Previously unpublished essay commissioned to celebrate The Wire's 300th issue
Previously unpublished essay commissioned to celebrate The Wire's 300th issue
Previously unpublished essay commissioned to celebrate The Wire's 300th issue