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Listen: crate digging in Kuala Lumpur

March 2014

Listen to a selection of tracks compiled by Chris Menist and DJ Maft Sai during a crate digging stint at a weekly Sunday fleamarket in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

In Conversation

CTM 2014: Yasunao Tone

March 2014

Japanese artist and musician Yasunao Tone in conversation with The Wire's Jennifer Lucy Allan, recorded at the 2014 CTM festival in Berlin.

Tracks

Listen: Exclusive MV&EE tracks

March 2014

Listen to two tracks by Matt Valentine and Erika Elder – a special mix of a track from a new release, and a recording of a recent live performance

On Air

Adventures In Sound And Music 6 March 2014

March 2014

Listen to the latest edition of The Wire's regular Thursday evening broadcast on London's Resonance FM, this week hosted by Jennifer Lucy Allan. Tracks by William Onyeabor, Fatima Al Qadiri, Christian Clozier, Eric Holm and others

On Air

Rewired 27 February 2014

March 2014

Listen to the latest edition of The Wire's bi-weekly show on NTS Radio, this week hosted by Katie Gibbons and Shane Woolman. Includes tracks by Aril Brikha, Rivet, Kassem Mosse, Benjamin Zephaniah and more, plus a special sneek preview from the forthcoming The Wire Tapper 34

Below The Radar Special Edition: Tunnels

An exclusive anthology of new experimental and electronic music put together for The Wire by Krakow’s Unsound festival.

Featuring Oren Ambarchi, Wilhelm Bras, Sean Canty, Suzanne Ciani, copeland657, Evol, Kapital, Andrzej Korzyński, Piętnastka, Robert Piotrowicz, Stara Rzeka, Ben Vida, Andy Votel, and Hubert Zemler.

On Air

Adventures In Sound And Music 27 February 2014

February 2014

Daisy Hyde hosts the late February instalment of The Wire's regular Thursday evening show on Resonance FM. Featuring tracks from Tunnels a new CD with music by artists set to perform at Unsound's forthcoming New York edition, available to Wire subscribers. Plus tracks from Synek, Piri Piri and Sally Crumb, Lakker, Alice Coltrane, Lionel Marchetti, Mungo's Hi Fi and more.

On Air

Rewired 13 February 2014

February 2014

Wire staffers Daisy Hyde and Katie Gibbons host our bi-weekly Rewired show on NTS Radio. Tracks by Beneath, Ekoplekz, Killing Sound, Sunn O))) and more

On Air

Adventures In Sound And Music 13 February 2014

February 2014

Chris Bohn hosts the latest emanation of The Wire's regular Thursday evening broadcast on Resonance FM, playing tracks by Hatsune-Kaidan, Albert Ayler, Collectress, ’Abd Al-Hayy Hilmi, The Grateful Dead and many more.

On Air

Adventures In Sound And Music 6 February 2014

February 2014

Derek Walmsley hosts this edition of The Wire's weekly broadcast on Resonance FM, playing all new music currently rocking The Wire office. Tracks from Gnod, Russell Haswell, Sculpture, Killing Sound, Cyclobe, Actress, Matthew Philip Hopkins, Tom James Scott & Andrew Chalk and more.

On Air

Adventures In Sound And Music 30 January 2014

February 2014

Jennifer Lucy Allan hosts this edition of our weekly Resonance FM show, with a 30 minute mix of tracks and sound recordings made during the Multimadeira festival, featured in this month's Global Ear.

On Air

Rewired 30 January 2014

January 2014

Our bi-weekly Thursday evening show on NTS Radio, this edition hosted by The Wire's Daisy Hyde and Shane Woolman. Featuring a special guest mix from Jahtari label founder and producer, Disrupt as well as the usual selection of new and current releases.

On Air

Adventures In Sound And Music 23 January 2014

January 2014

Frances Morgan hosts another cassette-only show on our regular Thursday evening slot on Resonance FM. With new releases from labels including The Tapeworm, Singing Knives, Sacred Phrases and more.

Tracks

Listen: Ken Hyder music

January 2014

Listen to two tracks featuring percussionist and drummer Ken Hyder. Hyder wrote the Epiphanies article in The Wire 360.

On Air

Rewired 16 January 2014

January 2014

Listen again to our bi-weekly Thursday evening show live from the NTS studios in Dalston, London. This week hosted by Katie Gibbons and Shane Woolman, with tracks by Shackleton, Mr Carmack, AnD, Hound Scales, ESHU, John Chantler, Owiny Sigoma Band and more.