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.

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

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

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

Contributor Emily Pothast selects ten pieces of writing from The Wire's back pages that “capture particularly pivotal moments in the lives of the artists they feature”. All selected articles are available to read in The Wire's digital library with a Wire print or digital subscription

Following the death of Low's drummer and singer Mimi Parker on 5 November, read Abi Bliss's 2018 interview with the band free in our online library

“Take an R&B lick and shake it until it vibrated to death, into freedom.” Following the death of the great saxophonist on 24 September, read Phil Freeman’s eight page guide to the key records in a multifaceted career free in our online library

The veteran Finnish DIY musician has died aged 71. Read Matthew Wuethrich's 2007 interview with the artist via our digital archive.

Robert Barry selects some of his favourite titles from the catalogue of the adventurous German music book publisher

“Free jazz is a real reflection of the times and everything that’s going on [...] It puts beauty back into the world, it vibrates, I think it works on an anatomical level.” US trumpeter, composer and bandleader Jaimie Branch has died aged 39. Read her Invisible Jukebox interview from 2019 in our online archive.

Read Phil Freeman's 2018 interview with the prolific German synthesist and member of Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Tempel and Cosmic Jokers, who died 26 April

“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

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