Listen to a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of The Wire's February 2020 issue

The percussionists share a preview of some unreleased collaborative material

Writer Kurt Buttigieg compiles an audio companion to his Global Ear report on an island in the midst of political turmoil, featured in The Wire 432

To coincide with her feature in The Wire 432, the Brazilian composer and performer shares a live recording of a recent performance in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Label founder and engineer Sean McCann shares a playlist of essential tracks from his Recital imprint

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 artists featured in our chart, as well as those featured in the Top 50 Archive Releases of the Year, in The Wire 431.

California based artist and musician Suzy Poling shares a playlist of tracks from her back catalogue

“80 minutes of couch-optimised psychedelics” mixed by Jahtari collective founder Disrupt

Punk ethnography is thriving in the Caucasus. Stream a playlist of tracks from local label Ored Recordings, selected and annotated by writer Nikita Velichko

Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our December 2019 issue

Italian DJ and producer contributes to sound art series using an EMS Synthi AKS synthesizer

UK audiovisual duo Sculpture meets London label Psyché Tropes for a “post-transitory broadcast in reductionist methodology”. Stream each 1.33 second loop as well as a remix by Philip Jeck

Alto saxophonist Seymour Wright provides some further context for Super Majnoon [East Meets West] in a short Q&A

Listen to music and performances by Frank Denyer, Jon Heilbron, Ryoko Akama, Apartment House and others

Lo Recordings have compiled Yokota tracks from a recently discovered DAT tape

Bristol label Ghost Phone shares a new mix ahead of its second release of dancefloor reinterpretations

The Berlin based Swedish electroacoustician selects three examples of work from her expansive back catalogue

A selection of tracks from some of the releases we listened to during the making of our November 2019 issue

The longrunning US art collective continue their run of cut and paste satires with True False

The flautist with a twist shares her third solo album ahead of its release by RVNG Intl