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It was published in the UK and distributed for sale across Frequency 1988–1991: quarterly
Britain, much of Europe, metropolitan areas of the US and 1992–2007: pentannual
Japan. Claiming to be the first magazine to be designed and 2017–present: annually
laid out exclusively on Apple Mac computers, the first few Circulation Volumes 1 & 2: 10–20,000
issues were designed by Ian "Swifty" Swift at Neville Later volume: unknown (limited
Brody's studio where he worked as assistant designer of edition)
influential culture magazine, The Face. Starting out as a Publisher Paul Bradshaw
quarterly, the team then moved to 43B Coronet Street,
Founder Paul Bradshaw, Neil Spencer, Kathryn
Shoreditch, London, N1 6HD. It moved to pent annually (5
Willgress
times) a year from 1992, however the actual number of Year founded June 1988
issues released would fluctuate year on year and it didn't First issue Volume 1: 1988
have a regular release date, so regular purchasers of the Volume 2: 1998
magazine often had to keep an eye out for its release when Later volume: 2017
it happened.[2] It also had a slightly differing version that
Final issue Volume 1: 1998
was published and distributed for sale separately in Japan.
Volume 2: 2007
Occasionally a covermount CD or tape was also included
Later volume: 2018
with the magazine, sometimes either only for a limited
number of copies or for its initial print run for that issue, Country United Kingdom
but other times only for sale on the Japanese edition. Based in London
Website http://chimurengalibrary.co.za/straight-
Tenth year anniversary no-chaser
In July 1998, to celebrate the magazine's tenth birthday, Paul Bradshaw gathered all of the current contributors for a photograph
with photographer Peter Williams. In tribute to Art Kane's famous 1958 group portrait of New York jazz players, A Great Day in
Harlem, the photo was named A Great Day in Hoxton.[3] Alongside prominent music business faces such as Gilles Peterson and
James Lavelle were many talented designers, fashion professionals, writers, dancers, and fellow photographers.[3]
Slogans
The Magazine Tuned to the Freedom Principle
The Magazine of World Jazz Jive
Interplanetary Sounds: Ancient To Future
The magazine was often compared with the US magazine publication Wax Poetics which came along later, and could be argued
copied Straight No Chaser's style in some design and content ways.
Editions
The original magazine had 92 issues, released across two volumes of 46 issues in each: the first volume from 1988 to 1998, the
second from 1998 to the last edition in 2007. In 2017, a new volume of the magazine was released, with two issues being released
so far.
1 (1998, Summer): Talvin Singh (included covermount CD, a Palm Pictures label sampler)
2 (1998, Autumn): Busi Mhlongo
3 (1998, Winter): Alison David
4 (1999, Spring): Femi Kuti
5 (1999, Summer): Underground Resistance
6 (1999, Summer): Nitin Sawhney
7 (1999, Autumn): Rahsaan Roland Kirk
8 (1999, Winter): Nikki Yeoh
9 (2000, Spring): Joseph Jarman (Art Ensemble of Chicago)
10 (2000, Spring-Summer): Fabio
11 (2000, Summer): Doze Green
12 (2000, Autumn): Wookie
13 (2000, Winter): Roni Size+Reprazent
14 (2001, Spring): Skitz
15 (2001, Spring-Summer): Spacek
16 (2001, Summer): Osunlade
17 (2001, Autumn): Ursula Rucker
18 (2001, Winter): 4hero
19 (2002, Spring): Seu Jorge
20 (2002, Spring-Summer): Cinematic Orchestra
21 (2002, Summer): DJ Jazzy Jeff
22 (2002, Autumn): Madlib
23 (2002, Winter): Donnie (née Donnie Johnson)
24 (2003, Spring): Jeff Mills
25 (2003, Summer): Amp Fiddler
26 (2003, Summer): Roy Hargrove
27 (2003, Autumn): Two Banks of Four
28 (2003, Winter): no one (two illustrated dancers, in relation to Puerto Rico's Candela Art and Music Festival
article)
29 (2004, Spring): Dani Siciliano
30 (2004, Spring-Summer): Afoxé Filhos De Gandhi (Brasil 04 issue)
31 (2004, Summer): Theo Parrish
32 (2004, Autumn): Björk
33 (2004, Winter): Sa-Ra Creative Partners
34 (2005, Spring): Róisín Murphy
35 (2005, Spring-Summer): Saul Williams
36 (2005, Summer): Dwight Trible & Life Force
37 (2005, Autumn): Meshell Ndegeocello
38 (2005, Winter): Soil & "Pimp" Sessions
39 (2006, Spring): Jhelisa
40 (2006, Spring-Summer): Marc Mac
41 (2006, Summer): Gilles Peterson, Milton Nascimento
42 (2006, Autumn): Rza
43 (2006, Winter): Georgia Anne Muldrow
44 (2007, Spring): Cinematic Orchestra
45 (2007, Spring-Summer): Tawiah
46 (2007, Summer): no one (titled: The Final Issue: Tuned To The Freedom Principle – Life, Love & Unity)
Original ending
For various reasons, not least the spread of the internet and declining magazine sales, plus the changing affects in the general
music culture from vinyl and CD collecting to more digital downloading, Bradshaw decided to shut the original magazine down
in 2007 with the last issue being number 46 from volume 2, the Summer edition released around August that year.[7][8]
No digital versions (pdf, ePub, or similar, format) of the magazine were ever released, and there have so far been no plans to
reissue them as such.
Limited relaunch
In January 2017, a relaunch was announced[9] with sales of the first issue (strangely sold as "issue 98") going live online on 1
September 2017,[10] with a second issue (sold as "issue 99") released in September 2018.[11]
See also
Wax Poetics
Shook
References
1. "Straight No Chaser – First issue, Issue 1 Vol 1, released in March 1988" (http://www.straightnochaser.co.uk/issu
es.php?id=27). March 1988.
2. "List of most Straight No Chaser issues, with month of release dates" (http://www.straightnochaser.co.uk/backiss
ues.php).
3. Rayner, Alex (14 March 2018). "Gentrification's ground zero: the rise and fall of Hoxton Square" (https://www.theg
uardian.com/cities/2018/mar/14/hoxton-square-london-shoreditch-aviva-gentrification-yba-damien-hirst). The
Guardian. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
4. "Peterson / Bradshaw podcast feature" (http://www.straightnochaser.co.uk/featuredetail.php?id=127). Straight No
Chaser.
5. "Sidewinder vol.3: South Africa '95 – Collisions & Collusions" (http://www.vividaudio.ch/images/docs/sidewinder-
web.pdf) (PDF). Straight No Chaser. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
6. "Outernational Meltdown – "South Africa Outernational Meltdown" – 3 × Vinyl, LP, Album at Discogs" (http://www.
discogs.com/Outernational-Meltdown-South-Africa-Outernational-Meltdown/release/1223004). discogs. 1995.
Retrieved 16 January 2015.
7. "Post subject: The end of Straight No Chaser Mag" (http://www.beyondjazz.net/viewtopic.php?p=41666). Beyond
Jazz music forums. 22 June 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2007.
8. "The Final Issue, Issue 46 Vol 2" (http://www.straightnochaser.co.uk/issues.php?id=current). Straight No Chaser.
August 2007. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
9. "Cult music magazine Straight No Chaser set to relaunch as limited edition" (https://thevinylfactory.com/news/mu
sic-magazine-straight-no-chaser-relaunch). thevinylfactory.com. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
10. "Straight No Chaser – #SNC98" (http://straightnochaser.bigcartel.com/product/snc-98). Straight No Chaser.
Retrieved 5 September 2017.
11. "Straight No Chaser – #SNC99" (http://straightnochaser.bigcartel.com/product/snc-99). Straight No Chaser.
Retrieved 7 November 2018.
External links
Straight No Chaser (http://straightnochaser.bigcartel.com) – official site (2017 volume onwards)
Straight No Chaser (http://www.straightnochaser.co.uk) – the original British edition's site, (with new reviews,
features, and radio show) (archive)
Straight No Chaser (http://www.straightnochaser.co.jp) – the original Japanese edition's site (archive)
Straight No Chaser (https://magpile.com/straight-no-chaser) at Magpile
Ancient To Future (http://ancienttofuture.com) – site of SNC editor Paul Bradshaw
Paul Bradshaw (https://www.discogs.com/artist/Paul+Bradshaw) discography at Discogs
Swifty (https://www.discogs.com/artist/Swifty+%283%29) discography at Discogs
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