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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

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Wire playlist: Carl Stone

September 2022

To accompany his interview with Emily Bick in The Wire 464, the samplist and composer compiles a playlist spanning his long career, including some rarities from the far-reaching corners of his hard drive

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Unlimited Editions: Faitiche

September 2022

To accompany her article on Berlin based platform Faitiche in The Wire 464, Leah Kardos selects tracks that demonstrate the diversity and playfulness of the label's back catalogue

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Wire mix: Marionette

August 2022

To mark the release of experimental label Marionette's 20th edition, its founder Ali Safi shares a mix of past and future releases including exclusive previews of tracks by Roxane Métayer, Delphine Dora and MinaeMinae

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Back to earth: rediscovering Doris Dennison

August 2022

Tom Welsh introduces a new recording of an unknown work by a composer who was a key member of John Cage’s pioneering US percussion group in the 1930s but whose name has since fallen out of history

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Wire mix: Cheri Knight

August 2022

The US minimalist post-punk composer selects tracks that have influenced her own work and ways of listening

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Office Ambience 462

July 2022

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

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The Wire 40 playlist

July 2022

Stream a playlist of tracks by artists involved in The Wire's 40th birthday celebrations in London, Glasgow, Manchester, Bristol, Brighton and online from Chicago

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Wire mix: Ale Hop

June 2022

The Peruvian artist and musician compiles some of the music that has inspired an upcoming live performance with cajón player Laura Robles

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Wire mix: Nexcyia

June 2022

The London based producer and installation artist pieces together an exclusive mix of tracks by ambient affiliates, inspired by Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man