The US cult musician and comic book writer was 58 years old

Pierre Crépon talks to author John Gray about amassing and processing the 12,000 references making up his jazz bibliographies Fire Music and Creative Improvised Music

Four releases include his 2007 Blank Tapes debut album

hcmf// includes open call for young curators with its line-up announcement

OUT.RA's research project documenting experimental and underground music in pre-1989 Eastern Europe takes to the road this autumn

James Ferraro and Mr Mitch among those added to the line-up

Teklife co-founder returns with Da Life EP

The four month long festival brings together electronic composition and traditional mountain music

The Croatian born French composer and conductor was 94 years old

Hokkaido Tobiu Art Festival hosts special event Art With/out Small Children with Li Jianhong, Wei Wei and Yao Chunyang

Sharing over four hours of music, the UK improvising saxophonist and composer talks us through significant audio moments in his ongoing career

Ahead of her forthcoming London appearances, the Buchla pioneer shares a new Ciani mix selected from four decades of music

An audio accompaniment to our latest themed issue exploring music's love affair with excess, overload, lavishness and volume

Tenderbooks and Bad Taste Press publish second book of review poems

The week-long Rio event confirms appearances by Lawrence English and Oren Ambarchi, plus Enrico Malatesta performing Éliane Radigue's Occam Ocean – Occam XXVI

Jandek, The Rolling Calf, Magma and Eleh will perform at this year's event

“You know when you feel like you’ve just been figuring things out? I’ve been doing that – figuring things out in front of everyone,” confesses Klein

The two prolific percussionists collaborate on Sulla Pelle

Selected works will be exhibited at South London venue Iklectik in October

Rare collectables out again on vinyl with bonus live tracks

Mastered from the original analogue tapes, it’s released on 27 September

The music industry network for women celebrates five years with a female first global gathering in Portugal

As used on their recent album Life Metal!

In an essay to accompany our Excess All Areas feature in The Wire 427, Daniel Neofetou dissects the psychological and musical overload of Kanye West

On 1 September a day of listening launches a month-long run of sound walks

Bristol’s Knowle West boy shares his story in new book

Justin Broadrick and Kevin Martin’s duo collaborate with Moor Mother on new album

Apartment House’s Anton Lukoszevieze sets the scene for a rediscovered Mingus composition that the ensemble will perform with Elaine Mitchener at September’s Totally Thames Festival

Ambarchi’s label marks the occasion by sharing the video for the track “In The Past Only Geniuses Were Capable Of Staging The Perfect Crime (Also Known As A Revolution) Today Anybody Can Accomplish Their Aims With The Push Of The Button Part 2”

No Home Record is released by Matador on 11 October

“Two bangin’ XWORM concerts in London town…” promises the cassette tape label

Listen to a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our September 2019 issue

Stones: Dreams includes one piece performed by Philip Corner

John Pietaro catches up with Ronnie Burrage to discuss his musical influences, St Louis's Black Artists Group, community outreach work and his most recent album Dance Of The Great Spirit

Shanghai based producer Han Han aka Gooooose shares a handmade Max for Live device titled GRIDLESS

Dub enthusiast Opland has compiled a mix featuring exclusive unreleased tracks from his own label and more

Oramics collective and New York Haunted label boss Drvg Cvltvre present 113 track consciousness-raising album

Two Moondog interpreters revisit the late composer’s more concise works

Eli Keszler, Rashad Becker and Ellen Arkbro are among the chosen

Following their first live performance with a full line-up since 2003, the Argentine trio of Alan Courtis, Rob Conlazo and Miguel Tomasín tell Hernan Muleiro about their latest CD box set, how they met Pauline Oliveros, and what they want for Christmas

The Wire writer Daniel Spicer recently went to Jajouka in Northern Morocco to attend their annual Sufi trance festival. This mix presents some of what he heard

Film maker Cathy Soreny shares an exclusive nine minute clip from her intimate new documentary following South London based musician and visual artist Adam Bohman

Saxophonist and educator Rigby worked with Milford Graves, Don Pullen and Arthur Doyle, among other projects

Washed By The Moon documents Albanian musicians who continue to fly the traditional folk flag, six of whom will be touring the UK for the first time

The duo’s sight and sound installation is declared Best of Philly: Best Public Art

Kayn’s daughter curates box set Scanning

This edition of The Wire's weekly show on Resonance FM explored Unseen Worlds, the New York label headed by Tommy McCutchon. The broadcast took place on 18 July and featured tracks by Laurie Spiegel, Carl Stone, Elodie Lauten, and more

Much loved producer on the Los Angeles beats scene has died at the age of 39

See a chart of the best selling titles in our online shop

Berlin based festival runs from 28 August – 1 September

Interdisciplinary artist Yatta shares an exclusive stream of their second album WAHALA and takes part in a Q&A with Stephanie Phillips

UK sound system Reggae Roast tracks mark the sub-label’s launch

Smithsonian Folkways share a track from Songs From The Bardo

The funk songwriter and vocalist breaks her 40 year silence with “A Little Bit Hot Tonight”

US composer at the forefront of microtonality died on 21 July, aged 93

The artist borrowed his title from Reggae George's 1981 track

Featuring over 50 artists, STUMM433 is the latest in the Mute 4.0 (1978 > Tomorrow) series

The Wire Sound System to play tunes, host talks and present a lecture titled Songs In The Key Of Strife

Noisemakers are being used as guinea pigs to test new art spaces. It won’t last, predicts musician, artist and Wire contributor Yan Jun after a poorly attended gig in the capital of southwestern China’s Sichuan province

Listen to a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of The Wire August 2019 issue

Programme of music, performance, spoken word, talks, workshops and an installation curated by Camae Ayewa and Rasheedah Phillips

The Wire's weekly show on Resonance FM. This edition was originally broadcast on 11 July and featured tracks by Barf, Drab Majesty, Specto Caligo and more

Rophnan, Queen Sheeba, Santi, WZN, Infrapa, Slikback, Duke & MCZO, Sisso, Jay Mitta, MC Yallah all performing at the fifth edition

Cambridge arts centre teams up with London’s Somerset House for its tenth annual music festival

Recorded in Buffalo’s Silo City, the saxophonist’s latest record is an ode to vulnerability in the face of vastness

Called Bandiera Di Carta, it’ll be released in September by Nicolás Jaar’s Other People label

Programme includes performances from Jan St Werner, Atau Tanaka and Mazen Kerbaj

New edition of Sound Art: Beyond Music, Between Categories offers a more concise history of his subject

The Wire's weekly broadcast on Resonance FM. This edition took place on 4 July and featured music from China, Poland, Decolonise Festival 2019, and more

Released in August, the three albums are available for pre-order now

Five discs comprise piano compositions performed by longtime interpreter Philip Thomas

Year-long arts programme explores Waltham Forest's relationship to Epping Forest

The US trumpeter shares a selection of collaborations and a 20 minute recording from his latest solo release

The Practice Of Love is released on 13 September by Sacred Bones

A collection of the sounds of space remixed and presented in an online interactive exhibition

Performances span works by Alvin Lucier, Dieter Schnebel and Emahoy Tsegue Mariam Guebrou, plus a night of improvised music with Yoni Silver and Tom White

Australian musician and label head celebrates his first decade of releases

Gospel from the American South offered up in Willie Scott & The Birmingham Spirituals’ The Time For Peace Is Now

Band share “Freestyle Dumpling” outtake from the Emperor Tomato Ketchup sessions

Tenth edition of the festival takes place between 9–11 August

Pierre Crépon marks 50 years since the jazz pianist’s arrival in France with a career-spanning playlist

Blume, declare Nérija, aims to channel the feel of Columbia-era Miles Davis recordings

The Wire's weekly show on Resonance FM. This edition took place on 27 June and featured tracks by Rutget Hauser, Senay & Steven Julien, Alexander Tucker, and more

Milan Records release Midsommar OST in July

Following up their 2018 album Across The Meridian, Birmingham outfit hit the road

Full performing programme announced for the Braga festival’s ninth edition in October

Following a year hiatus, the intimate festival returns to Braziers Park in August

Duets 1992 is a hand-numbered limited edition double LP of 665 copies

Label boss Rabih Beaini shares one track from each release

It's After The End Of The World features the work of UK photographer Gerald Jenkins

The Swim was recorded during a week long stay in a community hall in Streymoy, Faroe Islands

The Wire's weekly show on Resonance FM. This 20 June edition features tracks by Biota, Bantou Mentale, Alexandra Spence, and more