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Unlimited Editions: Fox & His Friends

January 2023

Croatian archive specialist Fox & His Friends issues forgotten curios that flowered in the cracks of communist Yugoslavia. Antonio Poscic creates a playlist of standout tracks from the label's back catalogue.

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Unlimited Editions: BLTNM

January 2023

As the independent Palestinian hiphop label readies itself for another live show in London, Nihal ElAasar runs us through standout tracks from BLTNM's back catalogue to accompany her report on the collective in The Wire 465

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An audio introduction to Kraus

January 2023

New Zealand instrument builder and psychedelicist Pat Kraus compiles tracks from a selection of his albums released between 2003–2022

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Wire playlist: Sonic Pranksters

January 2023

To accompany his essay in The Wire 467 on the ongoing tradition of absurdist humour in UK experimental and improvised music, Stewart Smith compiles tracks by a selection of notable contemporary sonic pranksters

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Office Ambience 468

January 2023

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

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The Wire's Releases Of The Year 2022

December 2022

Listen to a selection of tracks from this year's 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 467

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Office Ambience 466

November 2022

Stream a selection of tracks we listened to during the making of our December 2022 issue

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Wire mix: Maral

October 2022

The Los Angeles based Iranian-American producer marks the release of her new album Ground Groove with an exclusive Wire mix, a sonic representation of her past and present

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Wire mix: NikNak

October 2022

The Leeds based turntablist shares a jazz and ambient minimix including tracks by Loraine James, Loula Yorke and Iu Takahashi

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Office Ambience 465

October 2022

Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our November 2022 issue

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Office Ambience 464

September 2022

Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our October 2022 issue

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Wire mix: FOQL

September 2022

To mark the release of her latest album Wehikuł, Polish musician and community radio co-founder Justyna Banaszczyk channels uncertainty and anxiety in a new mix featuring numerous underground acts from her home country