Writer and musician David Toop pays tribute to his friend and collaborator Ryuichi Sakamoto, who died on 28 March

To coincide with his interview with the former Slayer drummer in The Wire 471, Phil Freeman compiles a primer of works from Dave Lombardo's vast discography

Ryuichi Sakamoto died on 28 March aged 71. Read Clive Bell's interview with the Japanese electronic composer and producer from February 2000 for free in our online library.

The next stop in Chris Lane’s survey of launchpads of Jamaican song is a novelty pop flop from Liverpool

The underground music veteran looks back on Hungary’s Soviet-era scene. By Ilia Rogatchevski

Contributor Louise Gray selects ten pieces of writing from The Wire’s back pages featuring Diamanda Galás, John Cale, Éliane Radigue, Shirley Collins, and more. All selected articles are available to read in The Wire’s digital library with a Wire print or digital subscription

Jen B Larson compiles interviews with women who made up local regional US punk scenes over forty years ago. Here Feral House press shares chapters on Chicago acts Kate Fagan and Bitch.

David Grundy pays tribute to the late saxophonist whose uncontainable experimental artistry expanded the realm of mainstream music into the outer limits

Wayne Shorter died on 2 March 2023, aged 89. Read Richard Cook’s survey of the saxophonist’s Blue Note albums from Night Dreamer to Schizophrenia in The Wire 11, January 1985 in our online library for free.

The film maker and sound artist presents a selection of his most beloved movie scores

Tom Verlaine died on 28 January aged 73. Read Alan Licht’s 2006 cover story on the Television guitarist and singer in our online library.

Michael Snow died on 5 January aged 94. Read Julian Cowley’s 2019 interview with the Canadian multimedia artist free in our online library.

Contributor Clive Bell selects ten pieces of writing from The Wire’s back pages featuring Michael Nyman, Chris Watson, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Stereolab and more. All selected articles are available to read in The Wire’s digital library with a Wire print or digital subscription

Primary Information shares a segment from this new analysis of techno as Black-led folk music for an industrial society

Chris Lane goes island hopping with the crown prince of reggae in his ongoing odyssey through Jamaican music classics

The Pennsylvania born composer, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist discusses how her artistic practice has evolved to centre her disability and explore it as a creative source

As part of her memoir of queer pre-and post-punk music and art life in London, Dorothy Max Prior recalls her involvement in the short-lived new wave outfit Rema-Rema

Daniel Spicer talks to Ukrainian soldier and electronic music producer Timur Dzhafarov

Manuel Göttsching died in Berlin on 4 December, aged 70. Read Keith Moliné's 2011 cover story with the Ash Ra Tempel guitarist and electro-minimalist pioneer via our online library for free

A new illustrated account of the life and work of Crass member and resident visual artist Gee Vaucher charts her influence through generations