To accompany his report on Strategic Tape Reserve in The Wire 491/492, Antonio Poscic selects music from the back catalogue of the playful Cologne label

Listen to a selection of tracks from our Top 50 Releases of the Year, as voted for by The Wire’s team of staff and contributors. You can read more about the albums featured in our chart, as well as those featured in the Top 50 Archive Releases of the Year, in The Wire 491/492

To mark Nonclassical’s 20th anniversary, the Kenyan born musician KMRU creates an exclusive mix of experimental classical and electronic music for The Wire

Listen to an exclusive mix exploring the programme at this year’s London Contemporary Music Festival

James Gui compiles an annotated playlist to accompany his report on Taipei’s underground rock scene in The Wire 490

Flickers From The Fen’s Mercian Sam compiles an exclusive mix of dungeon synth to accompany his interview with Louis Pattison in The Wire 490.

The annual Berlin based festival celebrates its upcoming edition with a selection of countercultural Latin sounds mixed by Brazilian drummer Iggor Cavalera and grindcore band TEST

To accompany her report on Les Disques Lexi in The Wire 490, Claire Biddles selects music from the back catalogue of the Brussels 7" specialists

Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our December 2024 issue

Working from exile in Poland, the Belarusian musician, poet and broadcaster keeps his home country’s avant garde flame alive. Take an exclusive first listen to his latest concert recorded with the five-strong piano ensemble Fantastic Swimmers

Stream a selection of tracks from some of the releases we listened to during the making of our November 2024 issue.

To accompany his report on Reading Group in The Wire 489, David Grundy selects music from the back catalogue of the New York avant garde imprint

Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our October 2024 issue

To accompany his report on the aims and activity of Nashazphone in The Wire 488, Louis Pattison compiles a playlist of standout tracks from the Cairo label’s back catalogue

The Bristol trio premiere a reflective track from their forthcoming album A Soft And Gatherable Star

Daryl Worthington presents an annotated playlist to accompany his report on Barcelona’s DIY improv scene

Producer and composer Andrew PM Hunt charts the music that encouraged the wide-ranging approaches found on his latest album as Dialect

Following his report on Manchester and Stockport's experimental electronic label YOUTH in The Wire 487, Derek Walmsley picks standout tracks from the platform's back catalogue

In his Global Ear feature in The Wire 486, Juan San Cristóbal Lizama explores cumbia rebajada – a musical subgenre derived from Colombian and Mexican cumbia that emerged in the city of Monterrey, Mexico. Here, he gathers a playlist of both pivotal and recent examples, some chosen by key players within the genre

Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our September 2024 issue