Tracks
Global Ear: Zurich
December 2024

Elia Brülhart compiles an annotated playlist to accompany his report on Zurich’s underground noise scene in The Wire 491/492
Elia Brülhart compiles an annotated playlist to accompany his report on Zurich’s underground noise scene in The Wire 491/492
To accompany his report on Strategic Tape Reserve in The Wire 491/492, Antonio Poscic selects music from the back catalogue of the playful Cologne label
The 12 December edition of The Wire’s weekly broadcast on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Kate Bush, The Unthanks, The High Llamas, Annette Peacock and more
Listen to a selection of tracks from our Top 50 Releases of the Year, as voted for by The Wire’s team of staff and 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 491/492
The 5 December edition of The Wire’s weekly broadcast featured tracks by Ash Ra Tempel, Circuit Des Yeux, Katharina Ernst & schne, Keiji Haino & Jun Morita, Tori Kudo and more
This volume in The Wire’s ongoing series of subscriber-only anthologies compiles 15 tracks from albums released by Cafe OTO’s in-house label Otoroku. Featuring Pat Thomas, Maggie Nicols, Loren Connors & Alan Licht, Elaine Mitchener, Black Top, Ecka Mordecai, and more
To mark Nonclassical’s 20th anniversary, the Kenyan born musician KMRU creates an exclusive mix of experimental classical and electronic music for The Wire
Listen to an exclusive mix exploring the programme at this year’s London Contemporary Music Festival
The 28 November edition of The Wire’s weekly broadcast on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Terry Riley, Dub Syndicate, Able Noise, Mariam Rezaei, Bill Frisell/Kit Downes/Andrew Cyrille, Colin Self, Roger Robinson, General Magic, Abadir & Nahash, Alex Ward/Dominic Lash/Mark Sanders and more
James Gui compiles an annotated playlist to accompany his report on Taipei’s underground rock scene in The Wire 490
The 21 November edition of The Wire’s weekly broadcast on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Stonecirclesampler, Net Gala, Ra Kalam Bob Moses & Jerome Bryerton, Dawuna, DJ Lycox, Kay Grant/Ian McLachlan/Daniel Thompson, and more
Flickers From The Fen’s Mercian Sam compiles an exclusive mix of dungeon synth to accompany his interview with Louis Pattison in The Wire 490.
The 14 November edition of The Wire’s weekly broadcast on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Moin, Bridget Hayden & The Apparitions, Gong Gong Gong 工工工 & Mong Tong, YATTA, Richard Dawson, and more
The annual Berlin based festival celebrates its upcoming edition with a selection of countercultural Latin sounds mixed by Brazilian drummer Iggor Cavalera and grindcore band TEST
To accompany her report on Les Disques Lexi in The Wire 490, Claire Biddles selects music from the back catalogue of the Brussels 7" specialists
Volume 46 of The Wire’s subscriber only download compilation includes tracks by Brannten Schnüre, HYPER GAL, SISSY MISFIT, Isaiah Hull & Jaso, Bios Contrast & Nilotpal Das, Gordan, and more
Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our December 2024 issue
The latest Wire Tapper CD, free to all readers with The Wire 489 November 2024 issue
The 31 October edition of The Wire's weekly broadcast on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured a special guest mix for Halloween by Diamanda Galás, plus tracks by Nomade Orquestra, The Bug, Agile Experiments and more
The 24 October edition of The Wire’s weekly broadcast on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by John Carpenter & Alan Howard, Furze, YATTA, Patrick Cowley, Maral, The Night Monitor, David Dunn and more