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| Publisher | W.P.Media B.V |
|---|---|
| First issue | December 2001 |
| Company | Wax Poetics |
| Country | Global |
| Language | English, Japanese |
| Website | waxpoetics.com |
| ISSN | 1537-8241 |
Wax Poetics is a global music platform for music collectors, with its roots as a music magazine dedicated to vintage and contemporary jazz, funk, soul, Latin, hip-hop, reggae, blues, and R&B in the crate-digger tradition; the name of the magazine is itself an allusion to vinyl records. Its first incarnation was in regular circulation between 2001 and 2017.
Since the first issue of Wax Poetics was published in December 2001, the magazine expanded its operations to include apparel sales, a record label, and book publishing imprint.
In November 2008, Wax Poetics, Inc. unveiled Wax Poetics Japan.
In 2021, Wax Poetics was relaunched through a Kickstarter campaign, becoming a membership platform focused on long-form music journalism.