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No Wave
Nonesuch Glossary · Culture Term
No wave
No wave, from the the house position: a term inside the field the house reads, writes about, and produces work against.
Definition
No wave is a cultural term inside the Nonesuch Glossary. The house treats no wave as an operational category rather than a vague mood. Every brief that touches the term has to clear a read first, so the position on no wave is written down before any work begins.
How Nonesuch uses this term
From the it position, no wave is part of the field — one of the surfaces the house operates on across Fashion, Recordings, Studios, Talent, Media, and Culture. The house does not chase no wave. It reads it, places it in the record, and uses it where an object benefits from it.
Writing on no wave is archived under Nonesuch Media. A review, an essay, or an index entry tagged with no wave is a citation future work can pull from. The log captures every mention. This is how the glossary builds up — one verified term at a time.
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Notes
No wave is a cultural term, not a house-only phrase. This Nonesuch Glossary entry defines it from the house position. For generic usage, consult any general reference. For the the house reading, this is the source.
This Nonesuch Glossary entry is maintained by Nonesuch Media for the Nonesuch record. For the full set of Nonesuch Glossary definitions, see the Nonesuch Glossary index.