The Belgian composer and performance artist premieres a track from his forthcoming debut solo album Two Cycles

To accompany her interview with Linda Smith in The Wire 481, Claire Biddles compiles and annotates a playlist spanning the home-recording musician’s career

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

Saxophonist Seymour Wright selects and reflects upon recordings featuring the late drummer Tony Oxley

The Glasgow based artist pieces together a mix of sounds that provided a soundtrack to a sickness caused by black mould exposure and inspiration for her latest release Against The Wood, Opposed To Flesh

To accompany his report on the London based experimental label as it celebrates its 50th year, Julian Cowley selects tracks from Bead's back catalogue

Listen to a selection of tracks from our Top 50 Releases of the Year, as voted for by The Wire’s 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 479/480

To accompany his report on Meng Jinhui’s Beijing based label in The Wire 478, Josh Feola creates an annotated playlist of bié releases. Translation assistance by Emma Xiaoming Sun

Nyahh founder Willie Stewart collates tracks from the Irish imprint’s back catalogue, fusing traditional folk, improvised instrumental and weird experimental

Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our December 2023 issue

Bristol producer shares a mix of some of the sounds that inspired their recent Bokeh Versions release, Parable Of The Empty Cup

Thomas Osman expands on his Global Ear report on the latest edition of Berlin's extreme metal music festival with an annotated playlist

Stephen O'Malley and Tim Wyskida of avant sludge quartet Khanate select and discuss some of metal's most remarkable vocal performances

The annual Berlin based festival celebrates its upcoming edition with a selection of countercultural Latin sounds mixed by Paria Records founder Bclip

To accompany his profile on the Czech label in The Wire 477, Miloš Hroch selects standout tracks from Gin&Platonic’s back catalogue

The composer shares extracts from an hour long composition for bass clarinet, voice and electric guitar and live electronics

Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our November 2023 issue

Listen to previously unheard experiments by the composer who uses synthesized physics engines and algorithmic models to extend the possibilities of guitar music

After the body blows of the early 2020s, eclectic spaces in China’s capital are platforming a new generation of players and listeners. Josh Feola selects tracks by some of the musicians involved