Current Issue: #312 | February 2010

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Photograph by Jeremy & Claire Weiss
On The Cover: Wadada Leo Smith - Phil Freeman meets a free music cosmopolitan who has explored free space with Anthony Braxton, John Zorn, Spring Heel Jack and more. Plus Mark Ernestus, Mattin, Eliane Radigue's Invisible Jukebox, Raymond Dijkstra, Moon Wiring Club, David Grubbs in Cross Platform, Pangaea, Robert Ashley's Inner Sleeve, Billy Ray Martin, Nicolas Collins on Alvin Lucier and more

Alan Courtis T-Shirt

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The latest addition to our Limited Edition T-Shirt series is Alan Courtis's Freepcord Freever Freeng. Printed in black on a red shirt with The Wire url printed in black on the right sleeve. Limited edition of 100 shirts. Price (including postage and packing): £20 for UK, £22 elsewhere. Subscriber discount:... » Read more...
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Portal 08/02/2010: Machinefabriek De Jonge Jaren

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A free to download collection of 18 rare or previously unreleased tracks from "the old days" by the prolific Machinefabriek (aka Rutger Zuydervelt) during 2001 – 2004.

The ASDA mix - a Moon Wiring Club exclusive

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Download the ASDA mix, an exclusive mixtape by Moon Wiring Club complete with cassette style cover for the mix

Bob Blank: The Blank Generation MP3s

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Listen to two tracks from the Strut Records release...

New Subscriber Only CDs

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Free music for all subscribers in 2010 including Plymouth's Café Concrete (March issue #313), Wergo CD (May issue #315), plus the third in our Below The Radar download series (May issue #315). And you won't miss out on The Wire Tapper 23 CD (April issue #314). Subscribe now!

The Wire Primers: latest book on sale

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Our latest published book is now available to buy here!
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