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The Wire 459 is out now!

The May 2022 issue of The Wire features Argentinian psych travellers Reynols, London based drummer Valentina Magaletti, Brazilian saxophonist Ivo Perelman and much, much more

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Below The Radar 39

Below The Radar 39

Volume 39 includes tracks by Merlin Nova, OddChordSpace, Oksana Linde, Julmud, SPEW, Marcela Lucatelli, Joanne Robertson, Robyn Rocket and more

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Mira Calix (1970–2022)

Mira Calix (1970–2022)

“There is movement in everything, even in those things that appear to be still.” Read The Wire 340's Epiphanies column written by DJ, composer and sound artist Mira Calix, who died on 26 March

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Wire mix: Hallow Ground

Wire mix: Hallow Ground

To mark the release of Swiss label Hallow Ground's concept compilation Epiphanies, label founder Remo Seeland presents a new mix of meditative music from the imprint, featuring Valentina Magaletti, Dedekind Cut, Kali Malone and more

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Office Ambience 458

Office Ambience 458

Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our April 2022 issue

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Unlimited Editions: Superpang

Unlimited Editions: Superpang

To accompany his article on the Rome based experimental label Superpang in The Wire 458, Peter Margasak selects music from its catalogue

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Wire mix: Wendy Carlos

Wire mix: Wendy Carlos

Artist Erik DeLuca shares The Imaginary Number, a mix from Wendy Carlos’s complete discography compiled for a community listening project in the pioneering composer’s hometown

Essay

Rebooting Afrofuturism

Rebooting Afrofuturism

In the wake of the Afrofuturism festival of arts and music at New York’s Carnegie Hall, DeForrest Brown, Jr examines the liberating potential of the movement’s legacy

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Constant rotation: an interview with Gurun Gurun

Constant rotation: an interview with Gurun Gurun

Miloš Hroch speaks to the Prague based quartet’s Tomáš Procházka and Jára Tarnovski about their collaborations with Japanese musicians, junkyard instruments and the improv scene in Czech Republic. Plus, Buh Records shares an advance stream of two tracks from their upcoming album Uzu Oto

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Office Ambience 457

Office Ambience 457

Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our March 2022 issue

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Unlimited Editions: Dub Store

Unlimited Editions: Dub Store

To accompany her article on Japan's reggae emporium Dub Store in The Wire 456, Miranda Remington selects standout tracks from the imprint's back catalogue

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The Wire's Releases Of The Year 2021

The Wire's Releases Of The Year 2021

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 albums featured in our chart, as well as those featured in the Top 50 Archive Releases Of The Year, in The Wire 455

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Music By Any Means

Music By Any Means

Films of two Wire events, featuring O YAMA O and Elaine Mitchener, plus a podcast of a third, featuring Vicki Bennett aka People like Us, have been posted online by Somerset House Studios

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Below The Radar 38

Below The Radar 38

Volume 38 includes tracks by Maurice Louca, Dis Fig, Zvrra, Sara Serpa, Tina Hitchens, Saadet Türköz & Beat Keller, ABADIR, Joanna Mattrey and more

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Unlimited Editions: Akuphone

Unlimited Editions: Akuphone

To accompany her feature on the French imprint Akuphone in The Wire 454, Rayya Badran compiles tracks from the label's back catalogue in an annotated playlist

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Lockdown load: a Takuroku playlist

Lockdown load: a Takuroku playlist

Cafe OTO’s Fielding Hope selects ten pieces which reflect the breadth and diversity of the venue’s lockdown label, which is being wound down after 195 releases

On Air

Phil England presents Adventures In Sound And Music

Phil England presents Adventures In Sound And Music

The 21 October edition of The Wire's weekly survey of the international underground of sound and music featured tracks by Ben LaMar Gay, JJJJJerome Ellis, Purbayan Chatterjee, Tyshawn Sorey & Alarm Will Sound, Nous/Laraaji/Arji OceAnanda and more