Edwin Pouncey recalls a walk in Manhattan with the Suicide vocalist

Phil England speaks to soundscape ecologist and author Bernie Krause about the relationship between humans and natural soundscapes at the opening of a new exhibition in Paris inspired by his work.

“It’s a strange thing, to wake in the morning and find yourself instantly severed from a collective ideal that has shaped your whole life in such a dramatic way,” reflects Unsound festival founder Mat Schulz, disconcerted to see Unsound autumn edition’s Dislocation theme politically derailed by UK Brexit’s victory

Ahead of this weekend's DEEP∞MINIMALISM festival and her world premiere performance of Daphne Oram’s Still Point, Shiva Feshareki has made us a playlist of her favourite minimalist compositions

The Wire’s Deputy Editor Emily Bick speaks to Mike from Cassetteboy, in advance of their performance on Friday 3 June at London’s Splice festival of AV art.

Jennifer Walshe's Aisteach Foundation fakes a history of Irish avant garde activity to cover for the lack of a real one. By Clive Bell

Could the success of Leicester City FC be down to the ancient power of South East Asian music, asks Clive Bell

In the last in a series of articles on Prince, The Wire's Deputy Editor Joseph Stannard recalls five instances of Prince-related intensity

The songs Prince made under a female alias are the pinnacle of his career, says Derek Walmsley

DJ and producer Kirk Degiorgio talks with Detroit’s finest to uncover the inspirational influence of Prince on techno

Cartoonist Hazel Newlevant discusses Wendy & Lisa’s contribution to Prince’s legacy

Alan Licht surveys the late composer and artist Tony Conrad’s film work, which ranged from structuralist classics to public access TV

Hanging loose with Tony Conrad, composer Mario Diaz de Leon learns that tuning is a political issue

Jaan Altosaar and Ethan Benjamin explain their one-stop, browser-based app that creates sample clusters from your MP3 or SoundCloud files. Interview by Emily Bick

To accompany Jordan Ferguson's J Dilla Primer in The Wire 386, contemporaries and disciples of the revered producer and rapper select their favourite Dilla productions

“I know when I’m capturing the raag and when I’m not,” declares Sangi Rangi website founder and sarangi archivist Nicolas Magriel, talking up the instrument considered the black sheep of India's musical heritage. By Clive Bell.

New York Times music critic tells Emily Bick how to relate to sound in an era of streaming platforms and downloads

To accompany his essay about radical music for church organs in The Wire 385, Philip Clark presents a user's guide to the most avant garde of organ players

Read The Wire contributor Nathan Budzinski's report on last year's Dark Ecology trip, a five day cultural tour put on by Amsterdam's Sonic Acts festival.

Read an excerpt from David Keenan's Furfur: Sideways Into England's Hidden Reverse, an additional, limited edition publication accompanying the new hardback edition of England's Hidden Reverse.