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On Air

Derek Walmsley presents Adventures In Sound And Music

February 2023

The 28 February edition of The Wire’s weekly show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra focussed on independent tape and digital microlabels in Greece, featuring music from Dasa Tapes, Granny Tapes, Rekem, Thalmos, Coherent States, moremars and other contemporary imprints

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Office Ambience 469

February 2023

Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our March 2023 issue

On Air

Meg Woof presents Adventures In Sound And Music

February 2023

The 9 February edition of The Wire's weekly show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Širom, James Brandon Lewis, aya, Cleo Reed, Matthew Shipp & Ivo Perelman, Tony Buck & Gianni Gebbia, and more

Mix

Wire mix: Gamut Inc

February 2023

The retro-futuristic Berlin duo compile a mix of music that has influenced their own hi-tech sound experiments

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Unlimited Editions: Fox & His Friends

January 2023

Croatian archive specialist Fox & His Friends issues forgotten curios that flowered in the cracks of communist Yugoslavia. Antonio Poscic creates a playlist of standout tracks from the label's back catalogue.

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Unlimited Editions: BLTNM

January 2023

As the independent Palestinian hiphop label readies itself for another live show in London, Nihal ElAasar runs us through standout tracks from BLTNM's back catalogue to accompany her report on the collective in The Wire 465

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An audio introduction to Kraus

January 2023

New Zealand instrument builder and psychedelicist Pat Kraus compiles tracks from a selection of his albums released between 2003–2022

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Wire playlist: Sonic Pranksters

January 2023

To accompany his essay in The Wire 467 on the ongoing tradition of absurdist humour in UK experimental and improvised music, Stewart Smith compiles tracks by a selection of notable contemporary sonic pranksters

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Office Ambience 468

January 2023

Stream a selection of tracks from some the releases we listened to during the making of our February 2023 issue

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The Wire's Releases Of The Year 2022

December 2022

Listen to a selection of tracks from this year's Top 50 Releases Of The Year, as voted for by The Wire's contributors. You can read more about the albums featured in our chart, as well as those featured in the Top 50 Archive Releases Of The Year, in The Wire 467