Issue 495

May 2025

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Global Ear: Copenhagen

April 2025

Josh Feola compiles an annotated playlist to accompany his report on the Danish capital’s DIY underground in The Wire 495

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Unlimited Editions: bié Records

November 2023

To accompany his report on Meng Jinhui’s Beijing based label in The Wire 478, Josh Feola creates an annotated playlist of bié releases. Translation assistance by Emma Xiaoming Sun

Issue 476

October 2023

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Global Ear: Beijing

September 2023

After the body blows of the early 2020s, eclectic spaces in China’s capital are platforming a new generation of players and listeners. Josh Feola selects tracks by some of the musicians involved

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Unlimited Editions: WV Sorcerer Productions

April 2023

To accompany his profile on WV Sorcerer Productions featured in The Wire 471, Josh Feola selects standout tracks from the avant garde label based between China and France

Issue 453

November 2021

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Issue 448

June 2021

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Issue 444

February 2021

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Issue 439

September 2020

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Unlimited Editions: Yes No Wave Music

June 2020

Listen to deep cuts from the Indonesian net label building a post-capitalist alternative to music industry norms since 2007, selected by writer Josh Feola

Issue 435

May 2020

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Shanghai Community Radio models how to congregate during a crisis

April 2020

“There’s still a way to preserve a space even if there are no venues,” says SHCR's Katy Roseland, whose station is primed and ready for indoor parties