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.
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
Read Alan Licht’s full transcript of musician, author and critic Greg Tate’s Invisible Jukebox interview from January 2004 for The Wire 240
Robert Barry looks back at the work of Experiments in Art and Technology from art pavilions to discos with its veteran director
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
Miloš Hroch talks to the first riot grrrl in communist-era Czechoslovakia
The Australian duo find melody, structure and storytelling through folk and country. By Steph Kretowicz
Claire Biddles talks to Sparks about their experiences both behind and in front of the camera, with documentary The Sparks Brothers and musical Annette
The Prague based musician discusses her debut album, escapism and feminist synth education
In a special animal edition of The Wire’s regular record test, Japanese duo Reiko and Tori Kudo of Maher Shalal Hash Baz play each other the sounds of some of their favourite creatures
John Morrison speaks with the US producer, DJ and teacher about the ideas and structure behind his new UCSD course Blacktronika: Afrofuturism In Electronic Music
As 1999's We Are DMX gains an expanded reissue, the UK electro producer revisits vintage visions of tomorrow with Joe Muggs
The French composer and computer scientist discusses his new role as an engineer developing compositional tools for GRM, and how he wants to create music that makes “life emerge from an inert thing”. Plus, stream Puech's brand new album A Geography Of Absence in full
Teresa Winter talks to Spenser Tomson about her new seaside themed album and presents an exclusive soggysleazysublimeseasidemix
As the first guitar group on Warp receive a deluxe edition of their mid-1990s recordings their vocalist reflects on their work with Chal Ravens
Tom Tidnam talks to the long-lost cult Brazilian musician about the reappearance of his little-heard second album
As Freedom To Spend reissue The Same’s 1981 album Sync Or Swim, multi-instrumentalist Robert Cox talks to Dave Mandl about his minimalist DIY recordings and his signature group Rimarimba
Xiu Xiu’s Jamie Stewart talks to The Wire’s Claire Biddles about the band’s new album of duets.
Ilia Rogatchevski speaks with historian Juliane Fürst about her new history of Soviet hippies and the counterculture of the former USSR
Tony Rettman talks to the Savage Republic, Scenic and Independent Project Records founder about 40 years of West Coast underground music, monotonal guitars and his Grammy nominated letterpress printed artwork