To mark The Wire’s cover interview feature with cellist and Chicago Jazz String Summit founder Tomeka Reid, Pierre Crépon compiles a playlist of music featuring the cello as a free jazz instrument

Stream a selection of tracks we listened to during the making of our July 2024 issue

To accompany his report on the aims and activity of Notice Recordings in The Wire 485, Derek Walmsley compiles a playlist of standout tracks from the experimental cassette label's back catalogue

Members of the Berlin based soulful vocal ensemble share a playlist of some of the songs that inspired their community choral project

To accompany his essay on the experimental potential of tuning in The Wire 484, Los Angeles based composer Tashi Wada creates a mix demonstrating different approaches to its wide-ranging forms and principles

Manchester MC and producer Iceboy Violet and Barcelona based producer Nueen mark the release of their collaborative album with an exclusive Wire mix

The Welsh musician and improvisor shares examples of some of his favourite recordings of the harp, including music from Myanmar, Vietnam, Scotland, and more

To accompany his profile of Mike Patton and Greg Werckman’s Ipecac Recordings in The Wire 484, Joseph Stannard selects some mucky gems from the adventurous US label’s back catalogue

The trumpeter, mentor and activist creates a playlist spanning her DIY discography, complete with audio introductions for each track

Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our June 2024 issue

The New Jersey rapper with a cinematic take on hiphop compiles an extensive playlist showcasing his many producer partnerships and shares an exclusive new track

The Japanese sound artist gathers tracks by composers working with low end frequencies

Musician and researcher Alejandra Cardenas aka Ale Hop selects and annotates music by some of the Latin American women composers of electronic music profiled in her new book Switched On: The Dawn Of Electronic Sound By Latin American Women

To accompany his profile of Tripalium Corp in The Wire 483, Antonio Poscic selects some of the most out there examples of electronic experimentation from the French label's back catalogue

Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our May 2024 issue

To accompany his Unlimited Editions report on Industrial Coast in The Wire 482, Louis Pattison selects tracks from the back catalogue of the Middlesbrough based activist label

The composer and modular synthesist emerges from the sonic space of her new album Delight with a cleansing mix of music that inspires her

As the discography of groundbreaking UK reggae outfit Creation Rebel is collected in a new box set from On-U Sound, Steve Barker selects cuts from the group's long and continuing sonic journey

The long-serving Berlin no-age ensemble share tracks from their latest release on record

Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our April 2024 issue