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Wire mix: 30 years of People Like Us

April 2021

Sound collagist Vicki Bennett compiles a comprehensive soundtrack to her Wire cover feature, piecing together 30 years' worth of work in a new mix

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Album premiere: PRSNT

April 2021

Laurie Spiegel, Lafawndah, Lucrecia Dalt, Lyra Pramuk and others respond to the state of online music engagement with a new album lasting less than seven minutes

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Virtual Office Ambience 446

March 2021

Listen to a selection of tracks from the playlists of working from home Wire staff during the making of our April 2021 issue

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Wire playlist: Dialect

March 2021

As the Liverpudlian producer Andrew PM Hunt releases his fourth album as Dialect, he shares a playlist of tracks spanning his various projects, explaining what defines each one

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A short guide to Julius Hemphill

March 2021

To mark the release of The Boyé Multi-National Crusade For Harmony Seymour Wright provides a tour of the composer and multi-reedist’s work

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Premiere: Nakul Krishnamurthy

March 2021

The Glasgow based vocalist shares an excerpt from his latest work Lal̩itam Varn̩n̩am Asuram, soon to premiere at Counterflows festival

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Premiere: tracks from Unsound's Intermission

March 2021

The Krakow based festival's new compilation features music and field recordings that document artists' experiences of the pandemic. Hear new works by DeForrest Brown, Jr & James Hoff and Hildur Guðnadóttir & Sam Slater

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Virtual Office Ambience 445

February 2021

Listen to a selection of tracks from the playlists of working from home Wire staff during the making of our March 2021 issue

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Unlimited Editions: enmossed

February 2021

To accompany his feature on the Maine based label in The Wire 445, Louis Pattison chooses standout tracks from the imprint's discography