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Wire mix: 30 years of People Like Us

April 2021

Sound collagist Vicki Bennett compiles a comprehensive soundtrack to her Wire cover feature, piecing together 30 years' worth of work in a new mix

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Album premiere: PRSNT

April 2021

Laurie Spiegel, Lafawndah, Lucrecia Dalt, Lyra Pramuk and others respond to the state of online music engagement with a new album lasting less than seven minutes

Below The Radar 36

Volume 36 includes tracks by Helena Celle's Midnight Channel, Clarissa Connelly, Jeremy Fisher, Sana Nagano, Luke Stewart, Venus Ex Machina, and many more

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Virtual Office Ambience 446

March 2021

Listen to a selection of tracks from the playlists of working from home Wire staff during the making of our April 2021 issue

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Wire playlist: Dialect

March 2021

As the Liverpudlian producer Andrew PM Hunt releases his fourth album as Dialect, he shares a playlist of tracks spanning his various projects, explaining what defines each one

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A short guide to Julius Hemphill

March 2021

To mark the release of The Boyé Multi-National Crusade For Harmony Seymour Wright provides a tour of the composer and multi-reedist’s work