The Argentinian psych travellers share an exclusive new video filmed during their recent Wire cover shoot

The 21 April edition of The Wire's weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Okkyung Lee, FEN, Julie Tippetts & Martin Archer, Keiji Haino, Liang Yiyuan, Tori Kudo, and more

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

In the second of his journeys through reggae’s extraordinary versions, Chris Lane goes to the Far East with Don Drummond and Judy Garland

The 14 April edition of The Wire's weekly radio show on Resonance FM featured tracks by Tashi Dorji & Marshall Trammell, Loraine James, LL OU J, Safa, Gaël Segalen, and more

Artist and filmmaker Frank Heath intensifies the tension building music of US percussionist Ches Smith with a video montage assembled from archival footage on the subject of home security

Slovenian folk trio share an exclusive preview of their latest album which explores parallel realities and imagined inner worlds

The 7 April edition of The Wire's weekly show included tracks by Annette Peacock, Eric Copeland, YĪN YĪN, Tuli Kupferberg and more

Composer Laurie Tompkins shares a video for a track from his forthcoming collaborative album, featuring Still House Plants vocalist Jessica Hickie-Kallenbach

Sound and multimedia artist Magda Stawarska-Beavan discusses her collaborative soundtrack work with Lubaina Himid as part of Himid's London Tate Modern exhibition. By Emily Bick.

Matt Valentine shares an unheard alternate take of a track from the latest Wet Tuna album, Warping All By Yourself

The 31 March edition of The Wire's weekly radio show on Resonance FM features tracks by Charles Stepney, Food Poison Center, Gavilán Rayna Russom, Cheri Knight, and more

Nomadic keyboard player, improvisor and composer Thollem shares footage from his current tour with video artist ACVilla

“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

In the first of a new column charting the journey of popular songs through generations of Jamaican music, Chris Lane of Dub Organiser and Fashion Records follows the story of a mysterious instrumental by The Supersonics

Read Clive Bell's 2002 Wire interview with turntable artist and experimental composer Philip Jeck, who died on 25 March aged 69

The 24 March edition of The Wire's weekly radio show on Resonance FM featured tracks by Robert Hood, Simona Zamboli, Sudden Infant, Suicide, 250, and more

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

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

Todmorden based sound artist, improvisor and events organiser shares a recording from a past performance with French folk musician Parrenin

The 17 March edition of The Wire's weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured releases from the catalogues of three Slovakia based experimental labels – Mappa, Warm Winters Ltd and Weltschmerzen – including music by Pain Palace, Tomáš Niesner, Martyana Basta, Kajsa Lindgren & Marta Forsberg and more

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

The Birmingham lyricist and producer shares an unreleased track inspired by revelations about love

The London based musician and poet shares exclusive footage of a 2021 live performance featuring tracks from his latest album GOLD

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

The 10 March edition of The Wire’s weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Alabaster DePlume, George Duke, Nyokabi Kariūki, Homeboy Sandman, El Khat and more

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

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

Ahead of their performance together at Glasgow Counterflows festival, UK pianist Alexander Hawkins reflects on music from Iranian-American saxophonist Hafez Modirzadeh's back catalogue

The 3 March edition of The Wire's weekly radio broadcast on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured music by Svitlana Nianio, Mourning [A] BLKstar, Merlin Nova, and Tomáš Niesner plus a guest mix by London low end producers Weird Weather

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

The 24 February edition of The Wire's weekly radio show on Resonance FM featured tracks by Circuit Des Yeux, War Women Of Kosovo, Thomas Leer, Natsuki Tamura, Oksana Linde, Cecil Taylor and more

To accompany her report on Oakland's activist community imprint, Emily Pothast presents an annotated selection of tracks from the label's catalogue

Michael A Gonzales looks back at the life and work of the uncategorisable songwriter, performer and producer

Read Anne Hilde Neset’s 2009 interview with the visual artist and producer of Rock My Religion, who has died aged 79

The Korean multi-instrumentalist plays the saenghwang and piri in a track from her upcoming album The Gleam

Anton Lukoszevieze surveys some key works by a Black American composer who was at the heart of the European avant garde

The 17 February edition of The Wire's weekly show on Resonance FM featured tracks by Joy Guidry, Robbie Lee & Lea Bertucci, OHYUNG, Saint Abudullah and more

The percussionist and composer shares a new film of footage from his free jazz opera which premiered online during lockdown

The UK singer-songwriter and improvisor compiles solo and collaborative tracks from her discography

The Niger trio share a full stream of their upcoming album, named after their home city

The activist electronics duo share a video from their forthcoming album

The 10 February edition of The Wire's weekly radio show included tracks by Horace Andy, Ela Orleans and Shit And Shine, plus a special guest mix by Palestinian producer and multi-instrumentalist Julmud

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

The 3 February edition of The Wire's weekly show on Resonance FM featured tracks by Richard Pinhas, Claire Rousay + More Eaze, Acid Mothers Reynols, Molly Nilsson, and more

Co-producer Michael Ehlers introduces unheard recordings as part of BEA’s project documenting the late percussionist

The Ainu multi-instrumentalist shares a video for his interpretation of a Hokkaido folk song written for bear ceremonies

Listen to a selection of tracks from releases The Wire staff listened to during the making of our February 2022 issue

The 27 January edition of The Wire's weekly radio show on Resonance 104.4FM featured tracks by Broadcast, Voivod, Model Home, Iceboy Violet, Dani Lee Pearce, and more

The Lebanese musician and film maker shares a selection of tracks from his forthcoming collaborative concept album, featuring co-composers Muqata'a, Electric Indigo, DJ Sniff, and more

David Toop meditates on what happens when the performance of music is extended over long durations, from all night concerts to sacred rituals that last for weeks

Alongside her recent explorations into broader compositional structures, the guitarist continues to acknowledge respect for the riff

The 21 January edition of The Wire's weekly show on Resonance 104. 4FM focused on Okraina Records, the Belgium label run by Philippe Delvosalle with playful artwork by Gwénola Carrère

The New York improvisor shares a selection of exclusive tracks and outtakes from upcoming releases

The Ohio duo's latest piece “Bert” was recorded exclusively for The Wire

The 13 January edition of The Wire’s weekly radio show on Resonance FM featured tracks by Jeff Parker, Deena Abdelwahed & Mazen Kerbaj, Mike Cooper, Tina Hitchens, Tyler Mitchell featuring Marshall Allen, and more

Robert Barry looks back at the work of Experiments in Art and Technology from art pavilions to discos with its veteran director

The Wire's releases of the year for 2021 were compiled from the individual votes of the magazine's staff and contributors – here are those votes in full

Read Alan Licht’s full transcript of musician, author and critic Greg Tate’s Invisible Jukebox interview from January 2004 for The Wire 240

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

The 16 December edition of The Wire's weekly broadcast on Resonance FM featured tracks by Katalin Ladik, Saadet Türköz & Beat Keller, Boobs Of Doom, ABADIR, Bheki Mseleku, Leo, SIKSA, and more

33-33 share an exclusive recording of Aki Onda's 2019 re-staging of José Maceda's Cassettes 100. Julian Cowley reflects on the performance and the Filipino ethnomusicologist's legacy

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

The 9 December edition of The Wire featured tracks by Gotou, Black Quantum Futurism, Sons Of Kemet, Jeanne Lee, Matthias Muche and more

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

The 2 December edition of The Wire's weekly radio show on Resonance 104.4FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Ale Hop, Rizomagic, Nikki Nair, Ava Mendoza, Alpha Maid and more

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

The 25 November edition of The Wire's weekly show on Resonance 104.4FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Ghédalia Tazartès, Burka, Juan Belda and more, plus a special guest mix by Subatomic Sound System

Glasgow based producer, composer and avant prog musician Kay Logan unlocks a past transmission from the underworld

Listen to a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our December 2021 issue

In an extract from a new compendium about West Berlin’s M bands, Beate Bartel, Gudrun Gut and Bettina Köster discuss the formation of Mania D

To accompany her recent interview in The Wire 454, composer Olivia Block selects a playlist of works from her back catalogue

The 19 November edition of The Wire's weekly show on Resonance 104.4FM featured tracks by id m theft able, Patrick Shiroishi, Flora Yin Wong, Tanya Tagaq and more

The UK saxophonist shares three takes from A Room Inside The Internet, a past streamed event which saw five band members performing from different locations, connected to a central server

Ahead of this month’s GIOfest, Una MacGlone of Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra identifies five key factors in creating graphic scores for large groups of improvisors

Our June 2005 special issue on laughter and music is available to read for free via our online library

The UK artist tells a surreal travel narrative through modern composition and prog

The 11 November edition of The Wire's weekly show on Resonance 104.4FM featured tracks by Albert Bouchard, Princess Diana Of Wales, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Olivia Block, Mephisto Halabi, and more

London based Australian musician Laila Sakini steps out from behind the disguise with an exclusive mix

In advance of this month’s GIOfest, Raymond MacDonald complies a playlist of highlights from the 19 year history of The Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra

The Mexico City based artists share an intimate performance of the lead track from their brand new EP

JR Moores shares his chapter describing the jinxes that followed the “heaviest and least celebrated grunge band” TAD

The 4 November edition of The Wire's weekly show on Resonance 104.4FM explored the back catalogue of French psychedelic imprint Hands In The Dark, featuring music by Tomaga, Byron Westbrook, Razen, Matthias Puech and more

Miloš Hroch talks to the first riot grrrl in communist-era Czechoslovakia

The composer, musician and writer shares a preview of his new album The Clearing and speaks to Neil Kulkarni about the possibilities of stuttering and the politics of time

The On The Wire DJ and Wire dub columnist remembers the mercurial musician whose one world vision included collaborations with Prince Far I, Stanley Unwin and Muslimgauze

Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our November 2021 issue

The 28 October edition of The Wire's weekly radio broadcast featured music by Helena Celle, Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson, Mary Lou Williams, FRKTL, The London Sound Survey, and more

The experimental vocalist shares some examples of radical approaches to creating and performing musical scores

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

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