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The Loudness Wars Are Over. The Quiet Wars Have Begun.

The Loudness Wars Are Over. The Quiet Wars Have Begun.

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Streaming normalisation ended the fight over volume. It did not end the fight. Three Wire writers spent a month with the mastering engineers, playlist editors and bar owners now deciding what a record has to survive.

Mara Voss Theo Anand June Okafor
Velvet Static's 'Half Light' Is Shoegaze for the Server Room

Velvet Static's 'Half Light' Is Shoegaze for the Server Room

Theo Anand
'I Record Everything at 4 A.M.': A Conversation With Vera Lune

'I Record Everything at 4 A.M.': A Conversation With Vera Lune

Mara Voss

Live Session: Vera Lune Performs 'Glasshouse' on Our Roof

Ada Kwon
Scene Report: Tbilisi's Basement Techno Renaissance

Scene Report: Tbilisi's Basement Techno Renaissance

Silas Reyes

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Velvet Static's 'Half Light' Is Shoegaze for the Server Room

Velvet Static's 'Half Light' Is Shoegaze for the Server Room

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Recorded over eleven days in a decommissioned data hall with the cooling still running, 'Half Light' is the most detailed headphone record of the year and completely useless on a motorway. Both facts come from the same decision.

Theo Anand
Low Ceiling's Debut Makes Small Rooms Sound Infinite

Low Ceiling's Debut Makes Small Rooms Sound Infinite

Theo Anand
Kilo Nova's 'Attenuation' Turns Club Music Inside Out

Kilo Nova's 'Attenuation' Turns Club Music Inside Out

Theo Anand
'Brutalist Lullabies' Is Exactly What It Says It Is

'Brutalist Lullabies' Is Exactly What It Says It Is

June Okafor
Moth Choir's 'Cathedral of Small Sounds' Is the Quietest Loud Album of the Year

Moth Choir's 'Cathedral of Small Sounds' Is the Quietest Loud Album of the Year

Dario Fontaine

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Long conversations with the people shaping how music sounds.

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Machines We Love

Synths, mics, tape and the folklore around them.

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Short, sharp opinions from the Wire desk.

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