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Unlimited Editions: Faitiche

September 2022

To accompany her article on Berlin based platform Faitiche in The Wire 464, Leah Kardos selects tracks that demonstrate the diversity and playfulness of the label's back catalogue

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Wire mix: Marionette

August 2022

To mark the release of experimental label Marionette's 20th edition, its founder Ali Safi shares a mix of past and future releases including exclusive previews of tracks by Roxane Métayer, Delphine Dora and MinaeMinae

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Back to earth: rediscovering Doris Dennison

August 2022

Tom Welsh introduces a new recording of an unknown work by a composer who was a key member of John Cage’s pioneering US percussion group in the 1930s but whose name has since fallen out of history

Below The Radar 40

Volume 40 includes tracks by FOQL, Anna Butterss, NikNak, aircode, Mars89, Manja Ristić, Tran Uy Duc, and more

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Wire mix: Cheri Knight

August 2022

The US minimalist post-punk composer selects tracks that have influenced her own work and ways of listening

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Office Ambience 462

July 2022

Stream a selection of tracks we listened to during the making of our August 2022 issue

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Phil England presents Adventures In Sound And Music

July 2022

The 30 June edition of The Wire's weekly broadcast on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks from artists involved with The Wire 40 @ The Cube events in Bristol, including People Like Us, Scratch Orchestra and Saul Williams, plus new releases by Marisa Anderson, Ellen Arkbro, Kyle Kidd, Lucrecia Dalt, and more

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The Wire 40 playlist

July 2022

Stream a playlist of tracks by artists involved in The Wire's 40th birthday celebrations in London, Glasgow, Manchester, Bristol, Brighton and online from Chicago

On Air

Meg Woof presents Adventures In Sound And Music

June 2022

The 23 June edition of The Wire's weekly show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Elucid, Silvia Tarozzi & Deborah Walker, Coby Sey, Amirtha Kidambi & Luke Stewart, Carlos Niño & Thandi Ntuli, and more