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

The improvising composer and drummer shares a track from her forthcoming death metal and prog inspired triple album Find Letter X

To accompany his article on Sun Chung’s Munich based imprint in The Wire 476, Philip Watson selects standout tracks from the jazz and electronic music label’s past and future releases

California based Bevin Kelley aka Blevin Blectum compiles an annotated playlist plucked from a mind-melding back catalogue of experimental sound that stretches back over 25 years

Hear the recording of Wire staff member Shane Woolman's daytime set at this year's Stihia festival near Bukhara, Uzbekistan

The transatlantic group share an unreleased track from their surrealist project

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