Listen to previously unheard experiments by the composer who uses synthesized physics engines and algorithmic models to extend the possibilities of guitar music

One of free music’s most prolific pianists on the ideas and influences behind his playing

The 6 October edition of The Wire's weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured a guest mix by Beijing based musician and DJ Howie Lee plus tracks by Shit & Shine, Martin Rev, Pyrolator, and more

Una MacGlone details a new project that unites improvising musicians, machine learning, and the organic world in a dynamic sonic ecosystem.

After the body blows of the early 2020s, eclectic spaces in China’s capital are platforming a new generation of players and listeners. Josh Feola selects tracks by some of the musicians involved

The 28 September edition of The Wire’s weekly show featured tracks by Opal X, Abstract Concrete, Bex Burch, Delilah Holliday and more

The improvising composer and drummer shares a track from her forthcoming death metal and prog inspired triple album Find Letter X

To accompany his article on Sun Chung’s Munich based imprint in The Wire 476, Philip Watson selects standout tracks from the jazz and electronic music label’s past and future releases

The 21 September edition of The Wire's weekly radio broadcast on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Beatriz Ferreyra, The Melvins, Aesop Rock, Mendoza Hoffs Revels and more

Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our October 2023 issue

California based Bevin Kelley aka Blevin Blectum compiles an annotated playlist plucked from a mind-melding back catalogue of experimental sound that stretches back over 25 years

The 14 September edition of The Wire's weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra was dedicated to Finnish label Ultraääni, featuring music by Njihe, Isach Skeidsvoll, Elatu Nessa, and more

The Liverpool based artist presents a video from his new album Surface Industries II – the latest in a series of works themed around service industry occupations

The transatlantic group share an unreleased track from their surrealist project

Hear the recording of Wire staff member Shane Woolman's daytime set at this year's Stihia festival in Muynak, Uzbekistan

The 7 September edition of The Wire's weekly broadcast on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Laura Ortman, Oxbow, Oki, Mary Ocher, and more

Sound artist Steve Roden died on 6 September aged 59. Read Christoph Cox’s interview with him in The Wire 229 and Roden’s Epiphanies essay in The Wire 196 for free in our online library.

Free jazz saxophonist and pianist Charles Gayle has died aged 84. We have made two interviews with the musician also known as Streets The Clown free to read in our online library, from 1994 and 2012.

Contributor Frances Morgan compiles an annotated list of some of The Wire's Once Upon A Time In... special features that tell the stories of significant and localised scenes in underground music history. All selected articles are available to read in The Wire’s digital library with a print or digital subscription.

The Paris based composer and producer compiles a mix featuring tracks by international fellow music travellers and a previously unheard cut from his upcoming album Rhizomes

Volume 43 includes tracks by Dhangsha, Rocheman, Fiesta en el vacío, Selvhenter, Outside House, Ecka Mordecai, and more

Following his review of the Los Angeles based duo’s first album in The Wire 475, Antonio Poscic speaks to Micaela Tobin and Joshua Hill about their intense and transformative experience making Tent Music

Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of The Wire 475

To accompany his report on Pakapi Records in The Wire 475, Alonso Almenara selects tracks from the Argentinian label’s back catalogue and talks to its curator Juan José Calarco

The Dutch vocal and visual artist shares an excerpt from the collaborative composition

The Wire’s Joseph Stannard speaks to Baltimore based psychedelic rock duo Darsombra about their visionary music videos, recent DIY Genera-tour and forthcoming LP Dumesday Book. Plus, the duo share an exclusive full stream of the album.

The cover story of The Wire 475 contains 18 pages of essays on Don Cherry and his organic music family. In an adjunct to those essays, Harmony Holiday listens to the trumpeter’s 1971 elegy for his friend Albert Ayler.

Contributor Marc Masters selects ten of his favourite Invisible Jukebox interviews from The Wire’s back pages featuring Sunny Murray, Derek Bailey, Jaimie Branch, Lydia Lunch, and more. All selected articles are available to read in The Wire’s digital library with a Wire print or digital subscription.

To accompany her interview with the US musician and producer in The Wire 474, Emily Pothast selects tracks from Kramer's vast and varied output

The 27 July edition of The Wire's weekly show featured tracks by PJ Harvey, Catherine Christer Hennix, Annea Lockwood, Jaimie Branch, Michael Allen Z Prime and more

To accompany his profile on Guruguru Brain in The Wire 474, James Gui selects standout tracks from the back catalogue of the Netherlands based Asian rock label

Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our August 2023 issue

The 20 July edition of The Wire’s weekly show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Svitlana Nianio, GAIKA, feeo, Jennifer Walshe, Lý Trang, Laure Boer, and more

Following a round-up review of several recent Groupe De Recherches Musicales releases, the organisation's leader François Bonnet aka Kassel Jaeger compiles an annotated playlist showcasing the breadth of Ina GRM's associated labels

The electronic producer shares an exclusive mix in the run up to the release of their new collaboration-focused album Eyeroll

Chris Lane’s latest version excursion through Jamaican music arrives at a botched take on a jazz standard

The 13 July edition of The Wire's weekly broadcast on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by 75 Dollar Bill, Blevin Blectum, Model Home & Wolf Eyes, and more

William Parker, Joe McPhee, Mats Gustafsson, Shoji Hano, Sven-Åke Johansson, Heather Leigh, John Corbett, Marino Pliakas, Bill Laswell and Hamid Drake share memories and impressions of the German saxophonist who died on 22 June aged 82.

The 6 July edition of The Wire's weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured a special guest mix by Beirut based singer-songwriter Mayssa Jallad, plus tracks by James Ellis Ford, Ziúr, Maru, and more

To mark the release of his latest album Absurd Matter, Sicilian producer Nino Pedone aka Shapednoise records a new mix featuring DJ Rashad, Death Grips, and more

The Wire 473 featured maximalist composer compiles a playlist of tracks picked from some key releases in her sprawling back catalogue

The 29 June edition of The Wire's weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Eve Maret, Ellen Zweig, Lauren Bousfield, Carl Stone, Dean Rodney Jr & The Cowboys, and more

The Swedish composer shares footage of the premiere performance of his Nattens Inbrott quartet

The 22 June edition of The Wire's weekly show featured tracks by Corin, Poulomi Desai, John Butcher/Dominic Lash/Emil Karlson, High Rise, and more

To accompany his Unlimited Editions profile of Trost in The Wire 473, Phil Freeman selects tracks from the Austrian label’s world of sound

Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our July 2023 issue

HoZac Books compiles the original six issues of Richard Langston's obscure fanzine Garage into book form with new interviews and essays from New Zealand underground musicians, including this contribution by The Clean's David Kilgour

The 15 June edition of The Wire's weekly show on Resonance 104.4FM and Resonance Extra focussed on Slovenian “tiny bedroom label” Inexhaustible Editions, which over the last eight years has amassed a weighty catalogue extending the remit of improvisation, modern composition and experimental music

The Oxbow frontman and The Wire 473 cover star chooses heart-wrenching tracks by some of his best-loved vocalists

The Newcastle based musician premieres a track from her new video game inspired album RPG

The 8 June edition of The Wire's weekly show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Lesley Mok, Damon Locks & Rob Mazurek, Meshell Ndegeocello, Commoners Choir, and more

Following Kenneth Anger's death on 11 May, Ryan Meehan explores the experimental occultist film maker's life and work, including his working relationship with sound and music

Following the interview with his new band House Of All in The Wire 472, the former Fall bassist selects some of his favourite pop and rock basslines

The 1 June edition of The Wire's weekly show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Klein, The Plastic People Of The Universe, Phoenix Jig, Amy Cutler, Selvhenter, and more

To accompany his article on Edition Telemark in The Wire 472, Peter Margasak compiles an annotated mix of tracks from the sound art label’s back catalogue

The former Fall vocalist and keyboard player presents Connect The Un Polka Dots; a 90 minute mix featuring tracks from many of her own recent projects and more

A new anthology collects thoughts and experiences from Black music writers young and old. In this extract editor Willard Jenkins introduces Farah Jasmine Griffin, who goes on to detail her journey towards writing an unusual volume on Billie Holiday

The 25 May edition of The Wire’s weekly show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Moor Mother, Giuseppe Ielasi, Wadada Leo Smith & Orange Wave Electric, Klara Lewis & Nik Colk Void, and more

The Vancouver based artist and composer shares music sequenced using software created by Laurie Spiegel and an accompanying video by animator Spogelsesmaskinen

From Christian rock to reggae via soul, Chris Lane’s latest column follows the strange journey of a slept-on Jamaican classic

Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our June 2023 issue

Wire subscribers can explore this selection of past features on The Fall and Mark E Smith from The Wire's back pages in our online library

The Leitrim based sound artist shares a recording from a project dedicated to an ever-increasingly creaky and wheezy W Doherty & Co pump organ

The 18 May edition of The Wire’s weekly show featured tracks by Alexander Hawkins Trio, Wolf Eyes, Tinariwen, Nakibembe Embaire Group, and more

Pennsylvania based experimental dance music producer Nondi_ shares an exclusive mix featuring “web folk” music from her own label HRR and beyond

As Rie Nakajima and Keiko Yamamoto release their second full length album as O YAMA O, the group's percussionist Marie Roux shares a new video featuring footage recorded in transit between gigs

The 11 May edition of The Wire's weekly show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured a special guest mix by African Head Charge, plus tracks by Sheila Chandra, MC Yallah × Shigge, Samuele Strufaldi, and more

As vocalist Elaine Mitchener prepares to perform Peter Maxwell Davies’s explosive 1969 monodrama at London’s Wigmore Hall, David Grundy details past renditions and speaks with Mitchener about new intersectional perspectives on the piece

Deputy Editor Emily Bick speaks to Derek Jarman’s composer and longtime collaborator about a new restaging of the late film maker’s final project Blue

To mark the release of his recent album with producer Steel Tipped Dove, the former New Kingdom frontman annotates a playlist spanning his many projects and collaborations

The 4 May edition of The Wire's weekly show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Laraaji & Kramer, People Like Us with Ergo Phizmiz & Gwilly Edmondes, THX1312, Me:You, Inga Copeland, and more

To mark the release of her first solo album in ten years, Interdimensional Transmissions co-founder and Ectomorph member Erika shares a recording of a three hour live mix. Plus, read The Wire's 1999 interview with Ectomorph on our online library for free.

Ecstatic Peace Library shares a chapter from Ignacio Julià's new compendium on the US art-rock group, in which Lou Reed discusses his 2003 album The Raven

Stream a selection of tracks we listened to during the making of our May 2023 issue

The White Mountain Apache musician shares footage from a 2018 performance at the opening of a Barbara Ess exhibition in New York

Italian performance artist shares the recording of an outdoor experiment in collaboration with French musician Louise Le Du

To accompany his profile on WV Sorcerer Productions featured in The Wire 471, Josh Feola selects standout tracks from the avant garde label based between China and France

Agit-Pop Group leader and sonic rule-breaker Mark Stewart died on 21 April aged 62. Read Mark Fisher’s interview with Stewart from The Wire 293 and Adrian Sherwood’s Epiphany from The Wire 445 free in our online library