Tommy McCutchon of Unseen Worlds expands on his recent Unlimited Editions article with an annotated playlist

Black Unity Trio saxophonist Yusuf Mumin discusses his music and inspirations, with an accompanying playlist including a Black Unity Trio composition newly remastered for the reissue of their legendary 1969 Al-Fatihah album, released on 27 November 2020 by Gotta Groove Records. By Yusuf Mumin, edited by Pierre Crépon.

The dystopian metal band's drummer and resident artist selects some of his standout designs

The Bristol based artist discusses how rock music elements seep into his drum ’n' bass productions

Julian Cowley pays tribute to the Romanian avant garde composer

The 19 November edition of The Wire's weekly broadcast on Resonance FM featured tracks by Luke Stewart, Lamin Fofana, Farida Amadou, Hyph11E, and more, plus a guest mix by Chicago based audiovisual artist and producer Timecop

The New York composer selects tracks from his vast discography

Veteran spinner and host Raj Chaudhuri remembers the many DJ booths where he has taken to the airwaves

Big Ears festival shares exclusive footage of performances by members of its Guitar Assembly

The Manchester and Berlin based electronic duo premiere Untitled (To Describe You), a new film created with film maker Tibyan Mahawah Sanoh, at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival

The 12 November edition of The Wire's weekly show on Resonance FM explores the music of Australian sound art label Room40 as it celebrates its 20th anniversary, with music from Rafael Toral, Akio Suzuki, Ellen Fullman, Ueno Takashi, Julia Reidy, and label boss Lawrence English

The Cleveland, Ohio based vocalist and musician will release her new album Nothing via Austin label (iN) Sect

Jo Hutton talks to Caroline Catz about her Radiophonic Workshop pioneer biopic, and collaborating with Cosey Fanni Tutti

If you can’t find the magazine in a shop near you, there are many ways to buy it online.

“Drop out” Japanese punk group are about to drop their debut record – 20 years after they formed. By Biba Kopf

The Berlin based artist and producer shares a new work as part of his exploration of ambient environments based on Black experience and radical thinking

Two radio operas by the composer will be released on vinyl via New York’s Fridman Gallery

The former Blue Öyster Cult drummer and solo artist talks to Edwin Pouncey about the esoteric origins of his long awaited new solo album

The 5 November edition of The Wire's weekly broadcast on Resonance FM featured tracks by Susan Alcorn Quintet, David First, Dirar Kalash, Farhot, and more

Electro showman and mic provocateur shares an unreleased sound piece created from recordings of state funded orchestras

“Ray is a reflection of summer months in lockdown with its extreme highs and lows,” says the UK based multi-instrumentalist and vocalist

The US trumpeter shares a selection of tracks from her discography, as well as a new video explaining her latest album Supersense

Hear Raed Yassin and Paed Conca lead their collective through a live performance in Sharjah, UAE

The 29 October edition of The Wire's weekly show includes tracks by Floorplan, Jasmine Guffond & Erik K Skodvin, William Basinski, and more

Drew McDowall speaks to Chloé Lula about new solo album Agalma and the reissue of Coil’s 1999 opus Musick To Play In The Dark

The Wire contributor Noel Meek selects tracks from the New Zealand label's back catalogue

Compiled from the playlists of working at home Wire staff during the making of our November 2020 issue

The Chicago drummer remembers his Die Like A Dog bandmate and close collaborator

Exclusive first listen to a new solo piano work by the Sydney based improvisor

Kate Carr shares tracks from brand new and forthcoming releases to mark her imprint’s first century

The 22 October edition of The Wire's weekly show on Resonance FM featured tracks by Homeboy Sandman, Masma Dream World, Sun Ra Arkestra, Boris, and more

The artist and scientist tells Emily Pothast about creating a sonic oasis in the city

Roy Ayers and Fela Kuti each explored Pan-Africanism and diasporic solidarity their own way before their meeting in 1979, which represented a crystallisation of ideas. By John Morrison

Watch a video of the anarchic Czech inventor and musician at play

The 16 October edition of The Wire's weekly show on Resonance FM featured tracks by Pharoah Sanders, Robert Wyatt, Tori Kudo, PRAED Orchestra!, and more

The UK multimedia performer compiles a playlist of tracks that explore the idea of vices, a prominent theme of her forthcoming EP Drone

The late producer's biographer Noel Hawks writes an appreciation

The South African jazz collective will release UPRIZE! via Mushroom Hour Half Hour

As the albums of anarcho punk legends Crass receive a new reissue, their visual mastermind talks to artist and Wire contributor Savage Pencil aka Edwin Pouncey

The Wire 440 cover stars share a track from their forthcoming album Swirling

The 9 October edition of The Wire's weekly show on Resonance FM features new music by AMANI + KING VISION ULTRA, Raven Chacon, Julia Reidy, Tomoko Sauvage, and more, as well as a guest mix by visual artist and experimental writer Roy Claire Potter

Amar Ediriwira speaks to New York based artist Eartheater about her new album Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin

The New York based composer-performer collective will officially release the specially commissioned work in 2021

Ahead of Arts For Art's 2020 edition of their annual New York jazz festival, organisers William Parker and Patricia Nicholson Parker share recordings from past editions

The 1 October edition of The Wire's weekly show on Resonance FM includes new music by Carl Stone, Black Burst Sound Generator and INFX, as well as a special guest mix by Vicki Bennett aka People Like Us

Lost And Found is the second release by the quartet led by violist Jessica Pavone

Dorji and writer Bill Meyer discuss a selection of pieces ranging from the avant guitarist's early days to his new album Stateless and beyond

The longrunning Chicago based ensemble share a track from a forthcoming compilation of previously unreleased material

The composer's latest album Fischgeist was recorded in a former water tank in Berlin

Compiled from the playlists of working at home Wire staff during the making of our October 2020 issue

The 24 September edition of The Wire's weekly show on Resonance FM included tracks by Moor Mother, Edith Lettner & Dafna Napthali, The Green Child, Oliver Coates, and more

After an introduction by poet and former bass player Mutawaf A Shaheed, Pierre Crépon explores self-released jazz in the 1970s

Writer Kurt Buttigieg selects tracks from the back catalogue of the Belgian imprint

The Wire’s Japanese flute specialist finds himself improvising on the soundtracks to two video game blockbusters

The founding member of AMM explores the radical potential of jazz and free improvisation in a new polemical memoir, Uncommon Music For The Common Man

Japanese producer Toru Iioka presents a mix featuring music by Fis, Container, Ursula Bogner, and more. Plus: stream an exclusive track taken the artist's forthcoming album

Multi-disciplinary artist Devi Mambouka presents Play At Night

The 17 September edition of The Wire's weekly show on Resonance FM featured tracks by Angel Bat Dawid, Mikrokosmos, No Home, AFALFL, Fire Party and more

Minor Planets completes a trilogy of releases by the cosmically influenced improvising trio

Hear the new album by the Tunisian producer and multi-instrumentalist

Listen to a musical homage to the late poet curated by Centre d’Art Contemporain Geneva, featuring Kassel Jaeger, Angel Bat Dawid, and more

The musician and curator forges connections between experimental music scenes in Asia, Africa and the Middle East

Avatars of the underground, figureheads of the free festival scene and heralds of punk, Hawkwind were a one-band revolution in the 1970s. This is an edited extract from Hawkwind: Days Of The Underground – Radical Escapism In The Age Of Paranoia by Joe Banks, published by Strange Attractor Press

The 10 September edition of The Wire's weekly show on Resonance FM featured tracks by Alligator Gozaimasu, Moor Mother, Mamer, Sarah Haras, Kanako Horiuchi, and more

To mark the digital re-release of the Japanese musician's first ever cassette, Room40 share some exclusive archival footage of the experimental instrument builder

Members of the Cleveland collective reflect on the ongoing resonance of some of their favourite compositions

Preston Wendel and William Basinski share an ode to Los Angeles

The 3 September edition of The Wire's weekly show on Resonance FM with Mary Halvorson's Code Girl, Lafawndah, I Kadek Anggara Dwianta, Spaza, AMMAR 808, and more

Writer Ray Philp selects tracks from the back catalogue of the Barcelona based imprint

In 1971 Cecil Taylor joined the University of Wisconsin to lecture on Black music history and lead its student jazz ensemble. Budding photographer and student Paul Ruppa shares his photos and memories of Taylor at work and play in Wisconsin and New York

The UK artist appears on three tracks on the US guitarist’s second Code Girl release

The tape loop composer presents her latest album via Morphine Records

Compiled from the playlists of working at home Wire staff during the making of our September 2020 issue

The Japanese free jazz trumpeter and instrument builder died on 25 August. Alan Cummings documents his journey from key player in Tokyo's free jazz scene to his entry into the world of European improv via Alan Silva

The Wire's weekly show on Resonance FM. This edition was broadcast on 27 August and featured music from Bill Nace, Actress, Kevin Drumm, Maggie Payne, Sadnoise, and more

The ongoing multidisciplinary platform IN·​FLO·R​ES·C​ENCE presents compositions and conversations about sound and art to an online audience

Central to this year’s programme is the Intermission book and album featuring Dave Tompkins, Deforrest Brown Jr, Jennifer Lucy Allan, Moor Mother, and more

Unbegrenzt is part of an ongoing series of unheard music by the Swedish composer co-released by Blank Forms Editions and Empty Editions

London based electronicist and booking agent died aged 42 of stomach cancer

“This uneasy interface between Alan Lomax and the record team is also where some errors crept into Voyager’s liner notes, many of which would last for decades”

Earlier this year Strange Attractor published a retrospective scrapbook documenting the life and works of The Wire contributor and resident artist Edwin Pouncey aka Savage Pencil. Read part of an interview featured within its pages

The resurgent Philadelphia born singer-songwriter shares a video ahead of two new releases

The post-minimalist composer and conductor is set to release a new record via 99chants

The turntablist and drummer duo present an album of live improvised sessions

The Wire's weekly show on Resonance FM. This edition was broadcast on 21 August and featured music from Jyoti, Junko Beat, Little Richard, The Meters, Mourning [A] BLKstar, and more

London based DIY experimental artist Charlotte Valentine shares a playlist of tracks spanning their releases so far

The New York based saxophonist presents the long-awaited follow-up to 1975’s Valley Of Search

Helsinki Festival and Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma’s exhibition showcases the electronic pioneer’s sound installations and music

Nashville based synthesizer composer shares a video from her new album

Hear a track from a forthcoming release by the Japanese electronics improvisor

With funding now secured, Glasgow's pop up radio station is back on the airwaves

More labels announce fundraising initiatives in the aftermath of the explosion on 4 August

“Freelance performers are in danger of being left behind as the £1.57bn for the arts sector appears to be mothballing the industry until at least Spring 2021,” says Managing Director Phil Meadows

The writer and critic sets out to challenge misconceptions regarding Black music with a digital library of books, articles, zines, documentaries and more