Wire Magazine

Wire Magazine

Profile:
The Wire is an independent print and online music magazine, founded in 1982 covering a wide range of alternative, underground and non-mainstream musics. The Wire celebrates and interrogates the most visionary and inspiring, subversive and radical, marginalised and undervalued musicians on the planet, past and present, in the realms of avant rock, electronica, hiphop, new jazz, modern composition, traditional musics and beyond. Passionate, intelligent and provocative, The Wire wages war on the mundane and the mediocre. Its office is based in London, but it serves an international readership.

The Wire magazine issues compilation CD & download 'The Wire Tapper' on card sleeve, 3 times a year given-away free with the magazine monthly edition and
'Below The Radar' - download 4 times a year
Sublabels
Contact Info:
The Wire
William Pitt Room, Somerset House Studios.
Somerset House, New Wing, West Service Yard,
Victoria Embankment, London WC2R 1LA
Tel: 44 (0)20 7422 5010 Fax: Tel: 44 (0)20 7422 5011
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Label

Releases

Status Catalog Number  Image Artist Title ( Format) Label Catalog Number  Country Year Actions
0724354388323 Various - The Wire 20 Years 1982-2002: Audio Issue Various The Wire 20 Years 1982-2002: Audio Issue(3xCD, Comp + Box) Mute, Wire Magazine 0724354388323 Europe 2002 Sell This Version
BBCDR1 Evan Parker - High Tide Evan Parker High Tide(CD-ROM) Wire Magazine BBCDR1 UK 2000 Sell This Version
BFFP165CD Pan Sonic - X Pan Sonic X(CD, Comp, Ltd) Blast First BFFP165CD UK 1999 Sell This Version
BIM 1 Bim Sherman - Extracts From The Album Miracle Bim Sherman Extracts From The Album Miracle(CD, Promo, Smplr) Mantra Recordings BIM 1 UK 1996 Sell This Version
Candid 0 Various - Candid World Of Jazz Various Candid World Of Jazz(CD, Comp) Wire Magazine Candid 0 UK 1992 Sell This Version
CGFCD101 Various - Exploratory Music From Portugal Various Exploratory Music From Portugal(CD, Comp, Promo) Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Wire Magazine CGFCD101 UK 2001 Sell This Version
CGFCD104 Various - Exploratory Music From Portugal 04 Various Exploratory Music From Portugal 04(CD, Comp, Promo) Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Wire Magazine CGFCD104 UK 2004 Sell This Version
CGFCD106-2 Various - Atlantic Waves 2006 (The Wire Sampler) Various Atlantic Waves 2006 (The Wire Sampler)(2xCD, Smplr) Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Wire Magazine CGFCD106-2 UK 2006 Sell This Version
CGFCD107-2 Various - Atlantic Waves 2007 Festival Sampler Various Atlantic Waves 2007 Festival Sampler(2xCD, Comp, Promo, Smplr) Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Wire Magazine CGFCD107-2 UK 2007 Sell This Version
CTM001 Various - Club Transmediale 03 Various Club Transmediale 03(CD, Comp) Wire Magazine CTM001 UK 2003 Sell This Version
DiN10 Various - iNDEX01 Various iNDEX01(CD, Comp, Mixed, Smplr) DiN (2), Wire Magazine DiN10 UK 2001 Sell This Version
DOTW001 Various - Domino On The Wire Various Domino On The Wire(CD, Promo, Smplr) Domino, Wire Magazine DOTW001 UK 1999 Sell This Version
EECD001 Various - Estonian Music Now 2011 - Exploratory Music From Estonia Various Estonian Music Now 2011 - Exploratory Music From Estonia(CD, Comp, Promo) Estonian Ministry Of Culture, Wire Magazine EECD001 UK 2011 Sell This Version
FJORDFOCUS 01 Various - Fjord Focus (A Norwegian Sampler) Various Fjord Focus (A Norwegian Sampler)(CD, Comp, Smplr) Wire Magazine FJORDFOCUS 01 UK 2002 Sell This Version
GD-2017 Various - Meta Gesture Music Various Meta Gesture Music(CD, Comp) Wire Magazine GD-2017 UK 2017 Sell This Version
HFTSA001 Various - Sample This Various Sample This(CD, Comp, Promo) Hefty Records, Wire Magazine HFTSA001 US 2002 Sell This Version
Issue 104 Various - New Directions From London Various New Directions From London Issue 104 UK 1992 Sell This Version
Issue 140 Various - 180° - A Mute Records Compilation Various 180° - A Mute Records Compilation(CD, Comp) Mute, Mute, Wire Magazine Issue 140 UK 1995 Sell This Version
Issue 148 Various - Miaow! (....Cats What I Call Music) Various Miaow! (....Cats What I Call Music)(CD, Comp, Promo) Big Cat, Arc Of Light, Wire Magazine Issue 148 UK 1996 Sell This Version
Issue 190 Various - New Music From Central And Eastern Europe Tamizdat Comp Vol.1 Various New Music From Central And Eastern Europe Tamizdat Comp Vol.1(CD, Comp) Wire Magazine Issue 190 UK 1999 Sell This Version
Issue 193 Various - The Wire Tapper 5 Various The Wire Tapper 5 (Comp) Issue 193 UK 2000 Sell This Version
Issue 198 Various - Elektrotehnika Slavenika Various Elektrotehnika Slavenika(CD, Comp, Promo) Wire Magazine Issue 198 UK 2000 Sell This Version
Issue 200 Various - The Wire Tapper 6 Various The Wire Tapper 6(2xCD, Comp, Promo, S/Edition) Wire Magazine Issue 200 UK 2000 Sell This Version
Issue 201 Various - Brain In The Wire - Disc A Various Brain In The Wire - Disc A (Comp) Issue 201 UK 2000 Sell This Version
Issue 206 Various - Draw Me A Riot Various Draw Me A Riot(CD, Comp, Promo) Matador, Wire Magazine Issue 206 Europe 2001 Sell This Version
Issue 207 Various - The Wire Tapper 07 Various The Wire Tapper 07 (Comp) Issue 207 UK 2001 Sell This Version
Issue 213 Various - Staubgold Various Staubgold(CD, Comp, Enh, Smplr) Staubgold, Wire Magazine Issue 213 Germany 2001 Sell This Version
Issue 215 Various - The Wire Tapper 08 Various The Wire Tapper 08(CD, Comp) Wire Magazine Issue 215 UK 2002 Sell This Version
Issue 217 Various - Domino 02 - A Snapshot From The 2002 Domino Ten-Day Various Domino 02 - A Snapshot From The 2002 Domino Ten-Day(CD, Comp, Promo) Wire Magazine, Flanders Music Centre, Ancienne Belgique Issue 217 UK 2002 Sell This Version
Issue 219 Various - Brain In The Wire - Disc B Various Brain In The Wire - Disc B(CD, Comp) Wire Magazine, Brainwashed Recordings Issue 219 UK 2002 Sell This Version
Issue 220 Various - And The Beat Goes Off! Various And The Beat Goes Off! (Comp) Issue 220 UK 2002 Sell This Version
Issue 221 Various - Faith & Power Various Faith & Power(CD, Comp) ESP Disk, Wire Magazine Issue 221 UK 2002 Sell This Version
Issue 222 Various - First Steps Various First Steps(CD, Comp, Promo) Klangbad, Wire Magazine Issue 222 Germany 2002 Sell This Version
Issue 225 Various - The Wire Tapper 09 Various The Wire Tapper 09(2xCD, Comp, Promo, S/Edition) Wire Magazine Issue 225 UK 2002 Sell This Version
Issue 229 Various - Domino 03 (A Snapshot From The 2003 Domino Festival) Various Domino 03 (A Snapshot From The 2003 Domino Festival) (Comp) Issue 229 UK 2003 Sell This Version
Issue 236 Various - The Wire Tapper 10 Various The Wire Tapper 10(2xCD, Comp) Wire Magazine Issue 236 UK 2003 Sell This Version
Issue 237 Various - Ocean Club Presents Marke B 03 Berlin Labels Various Ocean Club Presents Marke B 03 Berlin Labels(CD, Comp, Promo) Wire Magazine, De:Bug Magazine Issue 237 Germany 2003 Sell This Version
Issue 238 Various - A1. Raster-Noton. Archiv 1 Various A1. Raster-Noton. Archiv 1(CD, Comp, Promo) Wire Magazine, Raster-Noton Issue 238 UK 2003 Sell This Version
Issue 241 Various - Domino 04 (A Snapshot From The 2004 Domino Ten-Day) Various Domino 04 (A Snapshot From The 2004 Domino Ten-Day)(CD, Comp, Promo) Wire Magazine, Ancienne Belgique Issue 241 UK 2004 Sell This Version
Issue 244 Various - The Wire Tapper 11 Various The Wire Tapper 11(CD, Comp, Promo) Wire Magazine Issue 244 UK 2004 Sell This Version
Issue 245 Various - Seeing The Unseen (D.O.R Almanac 2004) Various Seeing The Unseen (D.O.R Almanac 2004)(CD, Comp, Enh, Promo) Wire Magazine, D.O.R. Issue 245 UK 2004 Sell This Version
Issue 250 Various - The Wire Tapper 12 Various The Wire Tapper 12(2xCD, Comp) Wire Magazine Issue 250 UK 2004 Sell This Version
Issue 253 Various - Domino 05 - A Snapshot From The 2005 Domino Ten-Day Various Domino 05 - A Snapshot From The 2005 Domino Ten-Day(CD, Comp, Promo) Wire Magazine, Ancienne Belgique Issue 253 UK 2005 Sell This Version
Issue 255 Various - Ocean Club Presents Marke B 05 Berlin Labels Various Ocean Club Presents Marke B 05 Berlin Labels(CD, Comp, Promo) Wire Magazine, De:Bug Magazine, Moabit Musik Issue 255 Germany 2005 Sell This Version
Issue 256 Various - The Wire Tapper 13 Various The Wire Tapper 13 (Comp) Issue 256 UK 2005 Sell This Version
Issue 257 Various - Liquid Architecture - Festival Of Sound Arts Various Liquid Architecture - Festival Of Sound Arts(CD, Comp, Promo) Wire Magazine Issue 257 UK 2005 Sell This Version
Issue 261 Various - Exploratory Music From Portugal 05 Various Exploratory Music From Portugal 05(CD, Comp, Promo) Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Wire Magazine Issue 261 UK 2005 Sell This Version
Issue 262 Various - The Wire Tapper 14 Various The Wire Tapper 14 (Comp) Issue 262 UK 2005 Sell This Version
Issue 264 Various - SonicActsXI - The Anthology Of Computer Art Various SonicActsXI - The Anthology Of Computer Art Issue 264 UK 2006 Sell This Version
Issue 265 Various - Domino 06 (A Snapshot Of The 2006 Domino Ten-Day) Various Domino 06 (A Snapshot Of The 2006 Domino Ten-Day)(CD, Comp, Promo) Wire Magazine Issue 265 UK 2006 Sell This Version
Issue 266 Various - Evening At Room40 Various Evening At Room40(CD, Comp, Promo) Wire Magazine, Room40 Issue 266 UK 2006 Sell This Version
Issue 268 Various - The Wire Tapper 15 Various The Wire Tapper 15(CD, Comp, Promo) Wire Magazine Issue 268 UK 2006 Sell This Version
Issue 270 Various - Eco E Narciso (Presenze Sonore) Various Eco E Narciso (Presenze Sonore)(CD, Promo) Wire Magazine Issue 270 UK 2006 Sell This Version
Issue 272 Various - PowerShovelAudio Various PowerShovelAudio(CD, Comp, Promo) Wire Magazine, Powershovel Audio Issue 272 UK 2006 Sell This Version
Issue 274 Various - The Wire Tapper 16 Various The Wire Tapper 16(CD, Comp) Wire Magazine Issue 274 UK 2006 Sell This Version
Issue 277 Various - D 07 (A Snapshot From Domino 2007) Various D 07 (A Snapshot From Domino 2007)(CD, Comp, Promo) Wire Magazine, Ancienne Belgique Issue 277 UK 2007 Sell This Version
Issue 279 Various - The Wire Tapper 17 Various The Wire Tapper 17(CD, Comp, Promo) Wire Magazine Issue 279 UK 2007 Sell This Version
Issue 284 Various - The Wire Tapper 18 Various The Wire Tapper 18(CD, Comp, Promo) Wire Magazine Issue 284 UK 2007 Sell This Version
Issue 286 Various - Whispers From The Forests, Screams From The Mountains: New Suggestions For The Swedish Flora And Fauna Various Whispers From The Forests, Screams From The Mountains: New Suggestions For The Swedish Flora And Fauna(CD, Promo, Smplr) Häpna, iDEAL Recordings, Kning Disk, Wire Magazine Issue 286 Europe 2007 Sell This Version
Issue 286 Phonorama (2) - Phonorama Phonorama (2) Phonorama(CD, Promo) Wire Magazine, Xing Issue 286 UK 2008 Sell This Version
Issue 290 Various - The Wire Tapper 19 Various The Wire Tapper 19(CD, Comp, Promo) Wire Magazine Issue 290 UK 2008 Sell This Version
Issue 295 Jad Fair Happiness Is Our Fame / Stay And Stay / Big Boots(3xFile, MP3, 128) Wire Magazine Issue 295 UK 2008
Issue 296 Various - The Wire Tapper 20 Various The Wire Tapper 20(CD, Comp, Promo) Wire Magazine Issue 296 UK 2008 Sell This Version
Issue 301 Philippe Petit & Friends - (Reciprocess: +/VS.) - Documenting The Process Of Musical Reciprocality Between Philippe Petit & Friends Philippe Petit & Friends (Reciprocess: +/VS.) - Documenting The Process Of Musical Reciprocality Between Philippe Petit & Friends(CD, Comp, Promo) BiP_HOp, Wire Magazine Issue 301 France 2009 Sell This Version
Issue 302 Various - The Wire Tapper 21 Various The Wire Tapper 21(CD, Comp, Promo) Wire Magazine Issue 302 UK 2009 Sell This Version
Issue 303 Various Sublime Frequencies Mix(File, MP3, Comp, 128) Wire Magazine Issue 303 UK 2009
Issue 304 Various - EMFP01 (Exploratory Music From Poland 01) Various EMFP01 (Exploratory Music From Poland 01)(CD, Comp, Promo) AudioTONG, Wire Magazine Issue 304 UK 2009 Sell This Version
Issue 307 Various - Below The Radar 01 Various Below The Radar 01(18xFile, MP3, Comp, 320) Wire Magazine Issue 307 UK 2009
Issue 308 Various - The Wire Tapper 22 Various The Wire Tapper 22(CD, Comp, Promo) Wire Magazine Issue 308 UK 2009 Sell This Version
Issue 311 Jad Fair Quest(File, MP3, 128) Wire Magazine Issue 311 UK 2010
Issue 311 Various - Below The Radar 02 Various Below The Radar 02(13xFile, MP3, Comp, 320) Wire Magazine Issue 311 UK 2010
Issue 312 Moon Wiring Club - A Field Full Of Sunken Horses Moon Wiring Club A Field Full Of Sunken Horses(4xFile, MP3, EP, Ltd, Promo, 160) Wire Magazine Issue 312 UK 2010
Issue 313 Cafe Concrete - CCPCP - Cafe Concrete Plymouth City Project Cafe Concrete CCPCP - Cafe Concrete Plymouth City Project(CD, Comp, Promo) Cafe Concrete, Wire Magazine Issue 313 UK 2010 Sell This Version
Issue 314 Various - The Wire Tapper 23 Various The Wire Tapper 23(CD, Comp, Promo) Wire Magazine Issue 314 UK 2010 Sell This Version
Issue 315 Various - Below The Radar 03 Various Below The Radar 03(16xFile, MP3, Comp, 320) Wire Magazine Issue 315 UK 2010
Issue 317 Various - Exploratory Music From Poland Vol. 2 Various Exploratory Music From Poland Vol. 2(CD, Comp, Promo) AudioTONG, Wire Magazine Issue 317 Poland 2010 Sell This Version
Issue 317 Various - Below The Radar Special Edition: Staubgold Various Below The Radar Special Edition: Staubgold(15xFile, MP3, Comp, 320) Wire Magazine, Staubgold Issue 317 UK 2010
Issue 319 Various - 10 Various 10(CD, Comp, P/Mixed, Promo) Room40, Wire Magazine Issue 319 Australia 2010 Sell This Version
Issue 319 Various - Below The Radar 04 Various Below The Radar 04(14xFile, MP3, Comp, 320) Wire Magazine Issue 319 UK 2010
Issue 320 Various - The Wire Tapper 24 Various The Wire Tapper 24(CD, Comp, Promo) Wire Magazine Issue 320 UK 2010 Sell This Version
Issue 321 Various - Below The Radar Special Edition: Melting Pot - Free Improvised Music From Istanbul Various Below The Radar Special Edition: Melting Pot - Free Improvised Music From Istanbul(7xFile, MP3, Comp, 320) Wire Magazine Issue 321 UK 2010
Issue 323 Various - Below The Radar 05 Various Below The Radar 05(14xFile, MP3, Comp, 320) Wire Magazine Issue 323 UK 2010
Issue 325 Rolf Julius - Black (Inside) Rolf Julius Black (Inside)(Flexi, 7", Tra) Western Vinyl, Wire Magazine Issue 325 UK & US 2011 Sell This Version
Issue 326 Various - The Wire Tapper 25 Various The Wire Tapper 25(CD, Comp, Promo) Wire Magazine Issue 326 UK 2011 Sell This Version
Issue 327 Friedrich Goldmann - Late Works Friedrich Goldmann Late Works(CD, Album) Macro, Wire Magazine Issue 327 UK 2011 Sell This Version
Issue 328 Various - Below The Radar 06 Various Below The Radar 06(16xFile, MP3, Comp, 320) Wire Magazine Issue 328 UK 2011
Issue 330 Various - The Wire Tapper 26 Various The Wire Tapper 26(CD, Comp) Wire Magazine Issue 330 UK 2011 Sell This Version
Issue 331 Various - Below The Radar Telephone Music Various Below The Radar Telephone Music(10xFile, MP3, Comp, 320) Wire Magazine Issue 331 UK 2011
Issue 333 Various - The Wire Tapper 27 Various The Wire Tapper 27(CD, Comp) Wire Magazine Issue 333 UK 2011 Sell This Version
Issue 334 Various - Below The Radar 07 Various Below The Radar 07(12xFile, MP3, Comp, 320) Wire Magazine Issue 334 UK 2011
Issue 334 Various - Below The Radar ...A Quiet Position Edition Two Various Below The Radar ...A Quiet Position Edition Two(18xFile, MP3, Comp, 320) Wire Magazine Issue 334 UK 2011
Issue 337 Various - Below The Radar 08 Various Below The Radar 08(13xFile, MP3, Comp, 320) Wire Magazine Issue 337 UK 2012
Issue 338 Various - The Wire Tapper 28 Various The Wire Tapper 28(CD, Comp) Wire Magazine Issue 338 UK 2012 Sell This Version
Issue 340 Various - Below The Radar 09 Various Below The Radar 09(12xFile, MP3, Comp, 320) Wire Magazine Issue 340 UK 2012
Issue 341 Various - The Wire Tapper 29 Various The Wire Tapper 29(CD, Comp) Wire Magazine Issue 341 UK 2012 Sell This Version
Issue 343 Various - Below The Radar 10 Various Below The Radar 10(14xFile, MP3, Comp, 320) Wire Magazine Issue 343 UK 2012
Issue 344 Various - The Wire Tapper 30 Various The Wire Tapper 30(CD, Comp) Wire Magazine Issue 344 UK 2012 Sell This Version
Issue 346 Various - Below The Radar 11 Various Below The Radar 11(14xFile, MP3, Comp, 320) Wire Magazine Issue 346 UK 2012
Issue 349 Various - Below The Radar 12 Various Below The Radar 12(15xFile, MP3, Comp, 320) Wire Magazine Issue 349 UK 2013
Issue 350 Various - The Wire Tapper 31 Various The Wire Tapper 31(CD, Comp) Wire Magazine Issue 350 UK 2013 Sell This Version