Dennis Johnson's newly recorded piece November, which inspired La Monte Young's The Well Tuned Piano, rewrites the history of minimalism. Clive Bell talks to the elusive mathematician.
In his first column for The Wire online, Philip Clark looks at unhinged egos, unanswered emails and other occupational hazards of life as a working composer – and musicians who don't want to be noticed.
Little Annie Bandez spreads the word about her top websites. Annie is in The Wire 349 featured in an Invisible Jukebox, tested by Dave Mandl.
Jazz organist, improviser and interlocutor Alexander Hawkins takes us on a web journey through the work of Henry Threadgill and his Zooid group.
The historian and radio broadcaster talks about the power of eavesdropping and the roar of the crowd, as heard in Noise: A Human History, his new 30 part series for BBC Radio 4. By Nathan Budzinski.
As musicians at the forefront of the Athenian music scene, Coti K, Ilios and Nikos Veliotis triangulate drones, strings and oscillations. Sophia Ignatidou interviews the trio.
Alex Neilson, author of The Wire 349 Collateral Damage article on the connections between folk music and the future promised by digital culture, chooses five highlights from the newly digitised Topic label.
Abi Bliss takes a look at the recent plethora of live soundtracking and the Sturm und Drang that kicks off when musician meets movie.
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.