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Unlimited Editions: glint music

November 2025

To accompany her report on glint music in The Wire 502, Misha Farrant explores a playlist of releases from the enigmatic South London label

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Office Ambience 502

November 2025

Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our December 2025 issue

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Wire playlist: Alien Territory Archives

October 2025

Nyahh Records’ label runner Willie Stewart compiles a playlist to accompany new boxset The Alien Territory Archives: A Collection Of Radical, Experimental & Irrelevant Music From 1970s San Diego, a companion to Bill Perrine’s book of the same name

On Air

Shane Woolman presents Adventures In Sound And Music

October 2025

The 23 October edition of The Wire’s weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra included a special guest mix by Cairo-based DJ, producer and multidisciplinary artist El Kontessa, plus tracks by Alien Trackers, Sanaa Moussa and more

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Wire playlist: Sonny Simmons

October 2025

Pierre Crépon selects tracks from the catalogue of US saxophonist Sonny Simmons, with input from Marc Chaloin, co-author of new autobiography Better Do It Now Before You Die Later

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Wire mix: Kinlaw & Franco Franco

October 2025

To accompany their interview in The Wire 501, Bristol duo Kinlaw & Franco Franco curates an exclusive Wire mix of celestial musings, cyber-noir, and trappist beats

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Office Ambience 501

October 2025

Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our November 2025 issue