Chris Bohn presents the first show back after the summer break at Resonance 104.4FM and Resonance Extra. The 12 September edition of The Wire's weekly broadcast featured tracks by Raphael Rogiński, Seppuku Pistols, The Ex, otay:onii, and more

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

Repeater share the first two sections of Toby Manning’s ‘Top Ten’ introduction to his new book, which charts A Marxist History of Popular Music

Mark Wastell relates how he came to own one of the most famous pieces of kit in improvised music, 30 years after it disappeared

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

Dean Roberts died aged 49 on 10 August. As a tribute to the New Zealand born, Berlin based nomadic avantist, we have made Jon Dale's 2008 interview with Roberts free to read via our online magazine library.

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

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

Michael Veal shares an extract from the second chapter of his new book, in which he considers “the Africanist Grid as a mode of jazz consciousness”

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

The 25 July edition of The Wire’s weekly show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured a special guest mix by DJ and producer Liliane Chlela, plus El Khat, Fire-Toolz, Metrist, and more

The Sarajevo born, Antwerp based musician compiles a travel mix inspired by driving between the two cities

To accompany his report on the aims and activity of Discreet Music in The Wire 486, Louis Pattison compiles a playlist of standout tracks from the Gothenburg label's catalogue

The 18 July edition of The Wire's weekly broadcast on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Tegh & Adel Poursamadi, Osees, Dame Area, The Incidental Crack, and more

Irène Schweizer died on 16 July 2024 aged 83. As a tribute to the pianist and founder member of The Feminist Improvising Group we have made her 1985 interview with Graham Lock and her 2016 Epiphanies essay, co-written with Maggie Nicols and Joëlle Léandre, free to read in our online library

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

The 11 July edition of The Wire's weekly show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Dhangsha, Chrystabell & David Lynch, Laurie Anderson, Copper Sounds, and more

In a four part series of essays, published in the weeks leading up to an event presented by The Wire and avant-radio label World Service, artists Neil Luck and Max Syedtollan sketch a map of experimental radio work

As the far right looks set to gain ground in France’s elections on 7 July, Pierre Crépon looks to the reissued catalogue of pianist François Tusques’s Intercommunal Free Dance Music Orchestra of the 1970s as an example of multicultural resistance

The 4 July edition of The Wire's weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Jussi Lehtisalo, Elaine Brown, ShrapKnel & Controller 7, HYPER GAL, Wave Generators, and more

The London based sound and movement artist reworks a mix of original tracks and loops from a new perspective, adding reflective vocals and saxophone lines

Watch a scene from the Finnish filmmaker and visual artist Mika Taanila's new film Failed Emptiness, featuring a score by composer Nika Son

In a four part series of essays, published in the weeks leading up to an event presented by The Wire and avant-radio label World Service, artists Neil Luck and Max Syedtollan sketch a map of experimental radio work

The 27 June edition of The Wire’s weekly show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Nkisi, CHBB, Black Lives, Wolfgang Seidel, Soft Machine, Keiji Haino, Arooj Aftab, and more

To accompany his cover interview feature with cellist, improvisor and composer Tomeka Reid in The Wire 485, Stewart Smith selects standout tracks from her many musical projects

To mark The Wire’s cover interview feature with cellist and Chicago Jazz String Summit founder Tomeka Reid, Pierre Crépon compiles a playlist of music featuring the cello as a free jazz instrument

The 20 June edition of The Wire’s weekly show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Meridian Brothers, Shark In A Bathtub, Beth Gibbons, Meshell Ndegeocello, Ergo Phizmiz & Depresstival, and more

Stream a selection of tracks we listened to during the making of our July 2024 issue

In a four part series of essays, published in the weeks leading up to an event presented by The Wire and avant-radio label World Service, artists Neil Luck and Max Syedtollan sketch a map of experimental radio work

Philip Freeman shares an excerpt from his new biography of Cecil Taylor, which takes the reader from the pianist and composer's birth in 1929 to his death in 2018 and beyond

The 13 June edition of The Wire's weekly show featured tracks by NWAKKE, Emma DJ, Chuquimamani-Condori, Eye Measure, Lanark Artefax, Nkisi, and more

The French composers and folk song hunters share footage of an intimate performance of an Iberian traditional song

To accompany his report on the aims and activity of Notice Recordings in The Wire 485, Derek Walmsley compiles a playlist of standout tracks from the experimental cassette label's back catalogue

A new compendium reflects on the activity of the German post-club platform and interdisciplinary art hub Creamcake, combining images from its archives with written accounts and new essays

Members of the Berlin based soulful vocal ensemble share a playlist of some of the songs that inspired their community choral project

The 6 June edition of The Wire's weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Tomeka Reid Quartet, Gordan, Tongue In The Mind, Marta Forsberg, Tadleeh, Olivia Block, and more

Volume 45 of The Wire's subscriber only download compilation includes tracks by HUUUM, Prangers, Theodora Laird & Caius Williams, Xylitol, Sote, 1127, and more

To accompany his essay on the experimental potential of tuning in The Wire 484, Los Angeles based composer Tashi Wada creates a mix demonstrating different approaches to its wide-ranging forms and principles

Brendan Greaves shares an excerpt from his new authorised biography of US musician and visual artist Terry Allen. Chapter 16 recalls Allen’s one-off appearance on the TV show Shindig! on 4 August 1965, two years after Allen and his partner Jo Harvey married and made the move from Lubbock, Texas to Los Angeles.

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

The Vienna based trio share a video for a ten minute track fusing Baluchistan musical tradition with electronic processing

To mark the 100th birthday of saxophonist Marshall Allen on 25 May, we have made three articles featuring the Sun Ra Arkestra bandleader free to read in our online library: Allen’s Invisible Jukebox from 2004, a 2015 interview by David Keenan, and Val Wilmer’s 2014 essay on Allen's formative time in Paris during the 1940s.

The 23 May edition of The Wire's weekly show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured a guest mix by Avalanche Kaito plus tracks by Marcel Khalifé, Ihsan Al-Munzer, Veak, People Like Us, and more

Manchester MC and producer Iceboy Violet and Barcelona based producer Nueen mark the release of their collaborative album with an exclusive Wire mix

Ahead of a full performance of her new album The Hollow at London ICA, actor and artist Keeley Forsyth talks to Ilia Rogatchevski about Pina Bausch, Béla Tarr, genderless vocals, and perceiving the world as light and shade

The Welsh musician and improvisor shares examples of some of his favourite recordings of the harp, including music from Myanmar, Vietnam, Scotland, and more

To accompany his profile of Mike Patton and Greg Werckman’s Ipecac Recordings in The Wire 484, Joseph Stannard selects some mucky gems from the adventurous US label’s back catalogue

The 16 May edition of The Wire's weekly show featured tracks by A Song For You, Tashi Wada, HTRK, Iceboy Violet & Nueen, KRM & KMRU, and more

The trumpeter, mentor and activist creates a playlist spanning her DIY discography, complete with audio introductions for each track

On 15 April, Emily Pothast interviewed Steve Albini, Bob Weston and Todd Trainer of US noise rock band Shellac for the cover story of The Wire 484. Following the sudden death of Albini on 7 May, here we publish the full transcript of that interview complete with an introduction by Emily.

The 9 May edition of The Wire's weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Shellac, Arnold Dreyblatt, Robyn Rocket, Tomeka Reid Quartet, Sisso & Maiko, Nourished By Time, Normil Hawaiians, and more

30 years ago, in April 1994, Steve Albini took The Wire’s Invisible Jukebox test, offering up his unbridled opinion on tracks by Black Sabbath, John Zorn, Throbbing Gristle, The Raincoats and more. As a tribute to Steve, who died on 7 May, we have made the interview free to read in our online library.

The Portuguese composer shares a visualiser for a track from her new album Vou Ficar Neste Quadrado

The 2 May edition of The Wire's weekly show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Kee Avil, Fatboi Sharif x Steel Tipped Dove, Bernie Worrell, Conrad Schnitzler, Mary Ocher, and more

Ahead of the release of her soundtrack for Ryûsuke Hamaguchi's new film Evil Does Not Exist, Japanese musician Eiko Ishibashi talks to Ilia Rogatchevski about influential composer director partnerships and her own approaches to scoring film

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

The New Jersey rapper with a cinematic take on hiphop compiles an extensive playlist showcasing his many producer partnerships and shares an exclusive new track

Jez riley French remembers the Japanese sound sculptor, plus tributes from friends and colleagues

The 25 April edition of The Wire’s weekly show on Resonance 104.4FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Einstürzende Neubauten, Senyawa, Sunik Kim, bela, Jeff Mills & Jun Togawa, Diamanda Galás, New Dangerfield, and more

The Japanese sound artist gathers tracks by composers working with low end frequencies

The 18 April edition of The Wire's weekly show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti & Frank Rosaly, Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh, Rafael Toral, Rhodri Davies, Keeley Forsyth, Mazz Swift, and more

The US trumpeter shares a supernatural LA noir created with the help of generative AI for a track from her latest album Power Vibe

Musician and researcher Alejandra Cardenas aka Ale Hop selects and annotates music by some of the Latin American women composers of electronic music profiled in her new book Switched On: The Dawn Of Electronic Sound By Latin American Women

To accompany his profile of Tripalium Corp in The Wire 483, Antonio Poscic selects some of the most out there examples of electronic experimentation from the French label's back catalogue

The 11 April edition of The Wire’s weekly show on Resonance 104.4FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Still House Plants, Elaine Mitchener, Lolina, Rojin Sharafi, Angelica Sanchez, and more

Irene Revell speaks with the founders of the Permanent Draft micropress about their new book Basta Now, which compiles the profiles of over 2000 women, trans and non-binary experimental musicians

The Scottish Danish musician maps out the texts, sounds and places that steered and informed the writing of her new album World Of Work

The Wire’s Caroline Whiteley speaks with the acclaimed sound artists ahead of a symposium around Aura Satz’s debut feature length film Preemptive Listening at Tate Modern

The 4 April edition of The Wire's weekly show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by FINAL, Rama Parwata, Lorem, Ingrid Schmoliner, Sun Kit, NikNak, Melvins, and more

Following Shabaka Hutchings’ adoption of the shakuhachi flute, which features heavily in his new album Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace, Clive Bell discusses other players and significant recordings featuring the instrument

The composer and modular synthesist emerges from the sonic space of her new album Delight with a cleansing mix of music that inspires her

The 28 March edition of The Wire's weekly show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured a special guest mix by Chris Lane aka Dub Organiser, plus tracks by Joy Guidry, Ana Lua Caiano, Garth Erasmus, and more

To accompany his Unlimited Editions report on Industrial Coast in The Wire 482, Louis Pattison selects tracks from the back catalogue of the Middlesbrough based activist label

The South London contemporary folk nine-piece share sounds and visualisations from their upcoming mixtape of live recordings

The 21 March edition of The Wire's weekly show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Akio Suzuki, Jlin, Heldon, Reynols, Lolina, and more

As the discography of groundbreaking UK reggae outfit Creation Rebel is collected in a new box set from On-U Sound, Steve Barker selects cuts from the group's long and continuing sonic journey

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

The 14 March edition of The Wire's weekly show included tracks by NOUT, The Dream Syndicate, Ava Mendoza & Dave Sewelson, Giant Sand, and more

The long-serving Berlin no-age ensemble share tracks from their latest release on record

Frank Sinatra’s atmospheric vocal classic finds an unlikely afterlife in reggae’s deepest nyabinghi cuts

The London producer threads excerpts from his 1980s and 90s cassette tape collection together in a mix of music and moods that influenced his debut release

The 7 March edition of The Wire's weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by John Butcher, Howlround, Gudrun Gut, Otaco, DJ Marcelle/Another Nice Mess, and more

Sound recordist Yasuhiro Morinaga shares his recordings from a trip to Chennai exploring the songs of professional mourners

The 29 February edition of The Wire's weekly show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by gyrofield, aya, Pain Annihilator, DJ Anderson do Paraíso, and more

To complement his Invisible Jukebox interview with Kahil El’Zabar in The Wire 481, Howard Mandel discusses tracks from across the percussionist and composer's long career

Hear the recording of Wire staff member Shane Woolman’s DJ set at the tenth edition of MENT festival in Ljubljana, Slovenia

The 22 February edition of The Wire's weekly show included tracks by Darius Jones, Still House Plants, Ka Baird, Kahil El'Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, and more