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Wire mix: Erika

May 2023

To mark the release of her first solo album in ten years, Interdimensional Transmissions co-founder and Ectomorph member Erika shares a recording of a three hour live mix. Plus, read The Wire's 1999 interview with Ectomorph on our online library for free.

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Unlimited Editions: Outlines

April 2023

To accompany his profile on Outlines in The Wire 470, Miloš Hroch selects tracks from the Polish footwork label's back catalogue of cassettes

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Wire playlist: Tatsuya Yoshida

March 2023

To accompany his Invisible Jukebox with Tatsuya Yoshida in The Wire 470, James Hadfield selects tracks from the Ruins vocalist and drummer's back catalogue

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Office Ambience 470

March 2023

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

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Unlimited Editions: 577 Records

March 2023

To accompany his profile of the New York creative music label in The Wire 469, Kehinde Alonge selects standout tracks from the vast back catalogue of 577 Records

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Office Ambience 469

February 2023

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

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Wire mix: Gamut Inc

February 2023

The retro-futuristic Berlin duo compile a mix of music that has influenced their own hi-tech sound experiments

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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