The output of George Russell's Sextet, discussed by Max Harrison. This article first appeared in The Wire 4 (Summer 1983).

A three-day conference, sponsored by The Wire and organised by the Centre for Contemporary Music Cultures at Goldsmiths, University of London on the Greek composer coinciding with the tenth anniversary of his death. Scholars, researchers and musicians will present papers and participate in panels, alongside a programme of concerts and workshops. London Southbank Centre, 1–3 April.

In its original incarnation, Electro was black science fiction teleported to the dancefloors of New York, Miami and LA; a super-stoopid fusion of video games, techno-pop, graffiti art, silver space suits and cyborg funk. Now that Electro is back, David Toop provides a thumbnail guide to the music that posed the eternal question: "Watupski, bug byte?" This article originally appeared in The Wire 145 (March 1996).

Read an extended version of Will Montgomery's Cross Platform article on Japanese sound artist Toshiya Tsunoda, master of the art of field recording.

An occasional series in which we offer a beginner’s guide to the must-have recordings of some of our favourite musicians (and music). This month, Richard Henderson enters the preternatural realm of field recordings. This article originally appeared in The Wire 168 (February 1998).

A full collection of tributes to the late musician, including a number of pieces which were not published in the magazine.

Web only Epiphany by The Wire's intern Imogen Decordova

Panda Bear, whose Person Pitch album was voted third in our Top 50 Albums of 2007 chart, gives his verdict of the year just gone

Immerse yourself in mid-80s pirate nostalgia with mastermix.org says Jason Gross

African Music blogs offer a conduit to the mass of African music that remains unreleased in the West says Jennifer Allan

Julian Cowley on the enduring pre-digital cassettes issued on Vonna-Michell’s South London imprint

Edwin Pouncey on Jamaican Dancehall's bulletins from the frontlines

Music history as we once knew it is unravelling, says Dan Warburton

Phil Freeman on bootleg culture