Masthead
The writers, editors and correspondents behind Wire.
Seven people in six cities, plus the contributors who file from everywhere else. Each name opens that writer's archive and the address you should use for pitches, corrections, and arguments about the Ambient Hundred.
Ada Kwon
Staff writer. Compiles the Wire Mix series and writes The Waveform every Friday. Collects field recordings of empty transit stations.
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Mara Voss
Editor-in-chief. Writes about club culture, modular synths and the economics of staying open. Started Wire from a shared flat in 2019.
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Silas Reyes
Scenes correspondent. Files from basements, warehouses and the last bus home. Keeps a list of every door policy he has argued with.
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Tbilisi's Substation Club Reopens After Two-Year Silence
Scene Report: Tbilisi's Basement Techno Renaissance
At the Fjord Festival, the Weather Is the Headliner
Postcards From the Reykjavik DIY Circuit
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The date was picked by a forecast. Barometric provisionally
Live Session: Barometric Turn a Storm Into a Set
The Warehouse Kids of Sao Paulo Are Building Their Own Grid
Dario Fontaine
Culture critic and author of the Liner Notes column. Writes about film, games and the internet as places where music happens.
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Petra Lindqvist
Gear columnist. Tests everything until it breaks, then explains why it broke. Owns more cables than records.
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Minidisc Sales Just Outpaced CDs for the First Time Since 1998
The $80 Mic That Refuses to Die
Hands On With the Grain Mk II, a Sampler the Size of a Passport
Building a Studio in a Van, One Rattle at a Time
Why Musicians Are Falling Back in Love With Minidisc
The Return of Tape: Ferric's 'Oxide Dreams' Reviewed
Theo Anand
Senior editor, reviews desk. Believes a record should be argued with, not scored. Fifteen years of listening on the wrong speakers on purpose.
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The Loudness Wars Are Over. The Quiet Wars Have Begun.
Velvet Static's 'Half Light' Is Shoegaze for the Server Room
Low Ceiling's Debut Makes Small Rooms Sound Infinite
Kilo Nova's 'Attenuation' Turns Club Music Inside Out
'Field Notes From a Dying Mall' Finds Ambient Gold in Dead Retail
Mixing Desk Confessions: Sam Okereke on the Loudness Wars
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