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Sustainable festival Terraforma announce first round of artists

Laurie Anderson, Mica Levi and Caterina Barbieri to perform
Laurie Anderson, Mica Levi and Caterina Barbieri to perform
Cooly G's belongings were destroyed by fire in a Croydon self-storage warehouse
Roger Robinson and Kevin Martin share and discuss their new album, a meditation on loss and loneliness
Line up features Sam Kidel, Sculpture, Sofia Jernberg and more
Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of the March 2019 issue
The Wire's weekly show on Resonance FM. This edition took place 7 February and featured music by Terry Allen And The Panhandle Mystery Band, Lafawndah, Maurice Louca, and more
Greh Holger is joined in first two episodes by Mike Connelly of Hair Police and William Hutson of Clipping.
The Palestinian hiphop outfit share new single “Emta Njawzak Yamma”
Norwegian Grammy Awards nominate the soundwalk companion for the Tono's Composer Award
Actress joins Max Richter, Clark and Will Gregory on Decca
Featuring tracks by Dexplicit, Ignorants, J Beatz, Proc Fiskal and JT The Goon
Counter Culture Chronicles captures a reading at the Millennium Poetry and Multimedia Performance in New York City, three years before his death
To accompany Neil Kulkarni's Fashion Records article in The Wire 421, reggae writer and historian Noel Hawks selects some key releases
The event brings Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids, Gary Bartz, Theo Parrish, Sons Of Kemet, Nubya Garcia and Kojey Radical to Cambridgeshire in August
The inaugural edition in new series features contributions from François Bayle, Drew Daniel, Brunhild Ferrari, Eliane Radigue, Chris Watson and others
The new festival brings two weeks of Anatolian jazz and roots culture to London
Mike Pendegast chronicles rave promos in Flying Over England
The Wire's weekly show on Resonance FM. This edition took place on 31 January and featured music from AGF, Cosey Fanni Tutti, FFT, and more
The German composer has made an online composition randomiser inspired by his Dortmund based concert series and slot machines
Palenque Records founder Lucas Silva selects some of his favourite tracks from the Afro-Colombian sound of champeta
This March Andrea Belfi & sound artist Jessica Ekomane, Demdike Stare, and Schneider TM will present interpretations of works by graphic artists
The clarinettist, composer and vocalist presents a spiritual jazz cassette made from phone recordings
The quartet release Ironside on 5 April and announce tour dates
Can singer announces new biography co-written by Paul Woods
Triple LP set documents the first ten years of the annual free music workshops in West Berlin
Special events and auction intend to raise £100,000 for the broadcaster to relocate
The Wire's weekly broadcast on Resonance FM. This edition took place on 24 January and featured new music by Linda Ayupuka, Angel Bat Dawid, Slikback, and more
Now-duo release Solitude on Valentine's Day on Cosmo Rhythmatic
“I will tell you my secret: It is my way of psychoanalyzing myself by embracing everything.” Alan Licht pays tribute to the avant garde film maker and chronicler whose indomitable spirit animated the New York underground over the past six decades
London composer, sound artist and DJ extends her sonic autobiography with a new mix
His new Star Searchers release beats Hollywood to it in a speculative take on the long awaited Avatar 2 film
The US noise musician collates a selection of tracks from her numerous projects
Her Ngbaduma series will explore the psycho-acoustic properties of rhythm
The Art Ensemble Of Chicago frontman died on 9 January. Howard Mandel recalls several encounters with the musician, and a gig cancellation that had him dodging the collective for several years
The ex-Pavement guitarist shares new track from his forthcoming electronic album
Translated by Kentaro Goi as わが人生の幽霊たち:うつ病、憑在論、失われた未来, it’s published by P-Vine/Ele-king Books
Japanese archive specialists digitalise Die Tödliche Doris’s early records
Stream a selection of tracks we listened to during the making of our February 2019 issue
After reuniting under their modified name three years ago, This Heat’s two surviving members will play their final show together in South London
The Wire's weekly show on Resonance FM. This edition took place 17 January and featured an exclusive mix by producer Michul Kuun aka NAH
Their unusual duo was brought together by the Trestle label’s ongoing project focusing on ad hoc improvising set-ups
The Argentinian cult group are the subject of a new 52 track overview called Minecxio Emanation 1993–2018
Founded by former members of the New River studio’s now defunct 199 Radio, the new station will operate out of a venue called The Cause
The Wire’s February cover star met the UK saxophonist for a special one-off at James Magee’s monumental artwork The Hill
Copenhagen's Loke Rahbek shares three pop-leaning tracks from his forthcoming release
Online retailer opens record shop and performance space
Listen to an unearthed live recording of the Crass vocalist's jazz accompanied reading
Agora is Christian Fennesz’s first solo release since Mahler Remixed and Bécs in 2014
The Afrofuturist flautist has been named as the William S Dietrich II Endowed Chair in Jazz Studies, taking up the post from July 2019
The London duo share a full stream of their latest psychedelic offering and answer some questions
The jazz label marks its birthday with a new record, documentary and special live events
In her memoir of the great US jazz drummer, educator and pharmacist, Val Wilmer recalls her visit to Alvin Fielder’s hometown of Meridian, Mississippi, where he introduced her to leading Civil Rights activists for her project to photograph the lives of black women
35 years after PIAB’s inception producer Adrian Sherwood releases Volume 7
The Wire's weekly adventure into new and experimental music, broadcast on Resonance FM. This edition took place on 10 January and featured tracks by Fatou Seidi Ghali & Alamnou Akrouni, Joe McPhee, Dennis Young, and more
Exclusive first listen to the producer DJ's debut LP, inspired by Bantu-Kongo cosmology
The self proclaimed 'sound scavenger' selects ten tracks from his back catalogue to best illustrate his work
In What's Missing, Is Where Love Has Gone mangles audio from Nicholas Roeg’s film and other projects by Petit
Respects have been paid to the American percussionist who worked with Sun Ra Arkestra, Muhal Richard Abrams and Kidd Jordan
The artist whose recent works have focused on war memorials and ultrasound looks to louche house parties for inspiration
The record will be their first album of new songs since 2000's Pound For Pound
Wire editor Derek Walmsley presents another show looking back on the best record labels out there right now with 90 minutes on Brazilian specialist Far Out
Writer and musician Phil Jones compiles a playlist to accompany his recent report on the Brazilian capital
Intimate weekend affair with 350 capacity
The play will be performed between 8 February and 30 March at central London theatre Donmar Warehouse
This January we'll be hosting a selection of events at the Dalston record shop. Featuring Steven Rutter, Shabaka Hutchings, The Rolling Calf trio, Nkisi and others
Inspiring La Monte Young's The Well-Tuned Piano, November was written for solo piano in 1959
The new composition was commissioned for Creative Fusion: Composers Series at Cleveland Museum of Art
The US label’s travelling show addresses the history of recorded music
The series goes live on FM and online from Glasgow from 13–26 May
The Wire's releases of the year for 2018 were compiled from the individual votes of the magazine's staff and contributors – here are those votes in full.
Stream tracks from The Wire's top releases of the year. Full details of all our end of year charts can be found in The Wire 419
Extracts from Mark Sinker’s introduction to A Hidden Landscape Once A Week: The Unruly Curiosity Of The UK Music Press In The 1960s-80s, In The Words Of Those Who Were There
Early Bird tickets are on sale now
New CD pays tribute to the late pianist
The Wire's weekly show on Resonance FM. This edition was broadcast on 13 December and featured tracks by Low, Geneva Skeen, Shabaka & The Ancestors, and more
Exclusive stream of one of three new releases by the experimental musician from the Scottish Borders
“Why did this gentleman blow up our speaker, mom?” “It’s sound art, dear.”
The musician and poet sounds out the meaning of his life in art
US clarinettist and composer passed away on 2 December
The Wire’s weekly show on Resonance FM. This edition took place on 6 December and featured tracks from B12, Dale Cornish, Steven Julien, Nazar, and more
Her limited edition Selects/Dissects mixtape is released on 14 December
roygbiv&b documents her contribution to MoMA’s Instructions Lab exhibition
The lead vocalist of black feminist punk band Big Joanie selects 14 tracks showcasing the best of the current UK punk scene
On the first anniversary of Murray’s death, Pierre Crépon pays tribute to the pioneering free drummer by documenting his early years as a leader on the international scene
Nkisi, Derek Jarman and Cooly G are among the featured artists
The Wire's weekly broadcast on Resonance FM featuring tracks from The Wire contributor Steve Barker’s Chinese underground music archive, plus AGF, Gudrun Gut, Heather Leigh, Laura Ortman, and more
Sound, Heterogeneous Art and Performance in Europe network announces list of artists on its 2019 roster