Listen to three audio excerpts from live recordings made at the premiere of Hideaki Takahashi's media opera. Biba Kopf reports on Takahashi’s hi-tech media opera work and La Fura Dels Baus’s post-Industrial take on Wagner's Ring cycle in The Wire 288.

Stream a selection of tracks by improvising alto saxophonist Christine Abdelnour, subject of an article by Daniel Spicer in The Wire 344.

Stream a selection of tracks by artists featured in The Wire 344 Global Ear article on Hanoi, Vietnam by David Crosbie.

Stream "Evening Scars", a track from William Basinski's Shortwavemusic album. Basinski's Epiphany article is featured in The Wire 344.

Stream the improvising saxophonist's entire Trace album, originally released on cassette by the Tapeworm label. Butcher is the subject of The Wire 344 Invisible Jukebox, tested by Clive Bell.

Stream Spiegel's "The Orient Express" (composed and recorded June–July 1974). Composer and computer music pioneer Spiegel is featured in an article by Frances Morgan in The Wire 344.

Stream a track by US improvising drone outfit Pelt, who are featured in an article by David Keenan in The Wire 344.

Stream a selection of the music we've been listening to this month in The Wire office.

Stream tracks from Stian Westerhus & Sidsel Endresen's duo album Didymoi Dreams and Westerhus's The Matriarch And The Wrong Kind Of Flowers.

Listen to three guitar based compositions by the mallet wielding minimalist Liverpool group, featured in an article by Abi Bliss in The Wire 343.

Stream "Motor City" and "Torque One" from Hood's forthcoming album.

Stream "Elizabeth Tree" by Sone Institute, exclusive to The Wire.

Listen to an excerpt of a performance by Exit at London's Roundhouse during the ICES 72 festival, exclusive to The Wire

Stream "Child Of God", "O Stars" and "Blood Rushing", tracks from Foster's forthcoming album Blood Rushing, out in September.

Stream tracks by Montreal based artists, featured in The Wire 343 Global Ear by Ryan Alexander Diduck

Listen to a selection of tracks that we've been playing this month at The Wire HQ.

Stream a selection of location recordings made in Berlin as part of Peter Cusack's ongoing Favourite Sounds project. Cusack is the subject of The Wire 342 Invisible Jukebox, tested by Phil England.

Watch a YouTube playlist of tracks compiled by Mark Ernestus for the charts page of The Wire 342.

Stream excerpts from the sound art gallery SoundFjord's performance series in Bermondsey, London.

Stream an exclusive live recording of Luke Younger's set at the De La Warr Pavilion in June.