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In Conversation

Oral Histories: Wadada Leo Smith

April 2014

Trumpeter and composer Wadada Leo Smith traces the development of his Ankhrasmastion language, from the first time he picked up a trumpet age 12, through to the present day.

On Air

Adventures In Sound And Music 17 April 2014

April 2014

Hosted by Chris Bohn, this week’s broadcast is devoted to The Compiler feature in The Wire 363 about collections and collecting. Featuring tracks from the anthologies, a-chronologies, mixtapes and lists covered in the magazine.

Tracks

Office Ambience #363

April 2014

Listen to a selection of music played in The Wire HQ during the production of our May 2014 issue.

On Air

Adventures In Sound And Music 10 April 2014

April 2014

Our Thursday evening show on Resonance FM, this week hosted by Jennifer Lucy Allan. New releases from Circle (ex-Falcon), Jon Collin and Officer!, vintage Bollywood disco from Asha Bhosle and Bappi Lahiri, plus Susan Cadogan, Witch and more.

Below The Radar 16

Volume 16 features tracks from Karen Gwyer, Shit And Shine, Visionist, Ziz, and more.

On Air

Rewired 10 April 2014

April 2014

Daisy Hyde and Shane Woolman take over the decks for this week's show on NTS Radio. Top picks include tracks from recent Alice Coltrane reissues along with the usual selection of bass heavy beats and electronic explorations.

On Air

Adventures In Sound And Music 3 April 2014

April 2014

Daisy Hyde hosts this week's edition of our Thursday evening show on Resonance FM. New tracks from Yair Elazar Glotman, Karen Gwyer, H, along with extracts from the forthcoming K Leimer reissue, and some Malian Balani Show music.

On Air

Rewired 27 March 2014

March 2014

Katie Gibbons and Shane Woolman host this edition of The Wire's bi-weekly radio show on NTS Radio. Tracks by Vangelis Katsoulis, Kyoka, Freddie Gibbs & Madlib and more. Plus a special guest mix from The Tapeworm label

On Air

Adventures In Sound And Music 20 March 2014

March 2014

This week's show on Resonance FM sees Derek Walmsley go deep into new modern composition. Works and performances by Peter Ablinger, Klaus Lang, Antoine Beuger & Michael Pisaro, Martin Iddon, Helmut Lachenmann and more.

Tracks

Listen: Colundi Sequence tracks

March 2014

Stream two tracks from Aleksi Perälä's forthcoming release using Perälä and Grant Wilson-Claridge's custom musical scale, the Colundi Sequence.

In Conversation

CTM 2014: Rodion GA

March 2014

Mark Pilkington talks to Romanian musician Rodion GA and Ion Dumitrescu about the rediscovery of his music, DIY tape maniuplations and recording techniques.

On Air

Adventures In Sound And Music 13 March 2014

March 2014

Frances Morgan hosts another instalment of cassette-only sounds on The Wire's regular Thursday evening slot on Resonance FM. Tracks by Tashi Dorji, Cooper Bowman, LA County Morgue, and a selection of work released on Important Records' sublabel devoted to all things tape and cassette, Cassauna.

On Air

Rewired 13 March 2014

March 2014

The Wire's Daisy Hyde and Shane Woolman host our regular bi-weekly slot on NTS Radio. Track by Sugoi Knight, Subactive featuring Marina P, Ishan Sound, Fatima Al Qadiri and more.