Tracks
(Virtual) Office Ambience 441
October 2020
Compiled from the playlists of working at home Wire staff during the making of our November 2020 issue
Annotated playlists, exclusive mixes, album previews and more.
Compiled from the playlists of working at home Wire staff during the making of our November 2020 issue
Exclusive first listen to a new solo piano work by the Sydney based improvisor
Kate Carr shares tracks from brand new and forthcoming releases to mark her imprint’s first century
The South African jazz collective will release UPRIZE! via Mushroom Hour Half Hour
The UK multimedia performer compiles a playlist of tracks that explore the idea of vices, a prominent theme of her forthcoming EP Drone
The Wire 440 cover stars share a track from their forthcoming album Swirling
The New York based composer-performer collective will officially release the specially commissioned work in 2021
Ahead of Arts For Art's 2020 edition of their annual New York jazz festival, organisers William Parker and Patricia Nicholson Parker share recordings from past editions
Lost And Found is the second release by the quartet led by violist Jessica Pavone
The composer's latest album Fischgeist was recorded in a former water tank in Berlin
The longrunning Chicago based ensemble share a track from a forthcoming compilation of previously unreleased material
Compiled from the playlists of working at home Wire staff during the making of our October 2020 issue
After an introduction by poet and former bass player Mutawaf A Shaheed, Pierre Crépon explores self-released jazz in the 1970s
Writer Kurt Buttigieg selects tracks from the back catalogue of the Belgian imprint
Dorji and writer Bill Meyer discuss a selection of pieces ranging from the avant guitarist's early days to his new album Stateless and beyond
Multi-disciplinary artist Devi Mambouka presents Play At Night
Japanese producer Toru Iioka presents a mix featuring music by Fis, Container, Ursula Bogner, and more. Plus: stream an exclusive track taken the artist's forthcoming album
Minor Planets completes a trilogy of releases by the cosmically influenced improvising trio
Hear the new album by the Tunisian producer and multi-instrumentalist
Listen to a musical homage to the late poet curated by Centre d’Art Contemporain Geneva, featuring Kassel Jaeger, Angel Bat Dawid, and more