The Wire

The Wire is a British music magazine that takes an innovative approach, established in 1982 by jazz promoter Anthony Wood along with journalist Chrissie Murray. Originally, the magazine focused on contemporary jazz and improvised music, but in the early 1990s, it expanded its scope to include different styles of experimental music. Over the years, it has featured a diverse range of genres, such as hip hop, modern classical, free improvisation, post-rock, and various electronic music forms.

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The Wire Issue 495

2 weeks ago | thewire.co.uk | Francis Gooding |Abi Bliss |Daniel Spicer |Misha Farrant

May 2025 Subscribers: read this issue online. Subscribe to the magazine. Buy issue 494. Inside our brand new issue: aya: New album hexed! explores sobriety and neurodiversity through radical tunings and transformed instruments. By Chal Ravens Satch Hoyt: The one-time Burnt Sugar member’s Un-Muting project opens museum archives of stolen instruments. By Francis Gooding Ailie Ormston: The Glasgow composer moves away from the conservatoire to conduct the sounds of the city.
“Breathless yea-saying”: David Keenan’s Volcanic Tongue collection reviewed - The Wire

1 month ago | thewire.co.uk | Daniel Spicer

Volcanic Tongue: A Time-Travelling Evangelist’s Guide To Late 20th-Century Underground Music David Keenan White Rabbit Hbk 544 pp David Keenan is now known primarily as a novelist, but those with longer memories will be familiar with his role as an influential music writer and particularly his stint as a regular Wire contributor from the mid-1990s to 2015.
James Gormley presents Adventures In Sound And Music - The Wire

1 month ago | thewire.co.uk | James Gormley

March 2025 The 20 March edition of The Wire’s weekly broadcast on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured music by Ben Bertrand, Strategy, Sophie Agnel & Joke Lanz, Mark Ernestus’ Ndagga Rhythm Force, and more Tracklist Ben Bertrand “Stereo A” from Relic Radiation (Stroom) Xyramat “Micro” from ESkalation! (Self-released) Wolfgang Pérez “Si Tus Ojos Ya No Ven” from Memorias Fantasmas (Hive Mind) Strategy “A Cooler World” from A Cooler World (Constellation Tatsu) Mark Ernestus’ Ndagga Rhythm...
Wire mix: Ciaran Mackle - The Wire

1 month ago | thewire.co.uk | Daryl Worthington

March 2025 To accompany his interview in The Wire 494, London based experimental musician Ciaran Mackle compiles an exclusive Wire mix Mackle grew up near Belfast and moved to London in 2012. He has since become part of an experimental scene crossing the disciplines of sound art, electroacoustics and unconventional performance as it orbits venues such as Cafe Oto and the Hundred Years Gallery.
In Latent Space: Mapping the Uncanny Valley

1 month ago | thewire.co.uk | Emily Bick

The Wire Salon returns to London’s Cafe Oto in April with the first of three events looking at the impact of AI on the processes of composing and producing sound and music. The first, In Latent Space: Mapping the Uncanny Valley, takes place on 22 April and features talks and presentations by musician patten and researcher Sam Salem. Both will then be in conversation with The Wire’s Emily Bick.
Against The Grain: Mosi Reeves on underground hiphop’s gender imbalance

1 month ago | thewire.co.uk | Mosi Reeves

In 2025, mainstream rap is defined by a female voice stronger than at any time in the genre’s history. Even nostalgists for the mid-1990s, when giants such as Lauryn Hill, Lil’ Kim, Queen Latifah, Mia X and the late Gangsta Boo commanded attention, couldn’t have anticipated the way modern rap women shape the artform.
Shane Woolman presents Adventures In Sound And Music - The Wire

1 month ago | thewire.co.uk | Shane Woolman

March 2025 The 13 March edition of The Wire’s weekly broadcast on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured a guest mix by Portuguese musician Ana Lua Caiano alongside a selection of new and recent releases by Om Unit, Nadah El Shazly, Lollise, Shit And Shine, Darkchild x SKRS INTL, and more Tracklist Polonius “Creases Of Desire” From You Didn’t Hear It From Me (Souk) Om Unit “Frosted” From Acid Dub Studies III (Om Unit) Sinemis “It’s Not Fate, It’s You” From Farewell (Injazero) (Also...
Emily Bick presents Adventures In Sound And Music - The Wire

1 month ago | thewire.co.uk | Emily Bick

March 2025 The 6 March edition of The Wire’s weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Cleaners From Venus, Marina Zispin, Kuunatic, Circuit Des Yeux, Backxwash, Nazar, and many more Tracklist Parade Ground “Riddle In The Stained Glass Windows” From The Hidden Side (Dark Entries) Backxwash “Wake Up” from Only Dust Remains (Ugly Hag) Kuunatic “Disembodied Termion” From Wheels Of Ömon (Glitterbeat) World Sanguine Report “No More F*ckers” From I Am Bunny (God...
Joseph Stannard presents Adventures In Sound And Music - The Wire

1 month ago | thewire.co.uk | Joseph Stannard

February 2025 The 27 February edition of The Wire’s weekly show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Klein, Q Lazzarus, Vacuous, Dead Pioneers, Zoë Mc Pherson, Knives, and many more Tracklist Klein “nobody sees what the tree knows” From thirteen sense (Parkwuud) Q Lazzarus “Hellfire (Edit)” From Goodbye Horses (Dark Entries) Vacuous “In His Blood” From In His Blood (Relapse) Dead Pioneers “PO$T AMERICAN” From PO$T AMERICAN (Hassle) Zoë Mc Pherson “Is This Real?” From Upside...
The Wire Issue 494

1 month ago | thewire.co.uk | Spenser Tomson |Daryl Worthington |Esi Eshun |Lucy Thraves

April 2025 Subscribers: read this issue online. Subscribe to the magazine. Buy issue 494. Inside our brand new issue: Raven Chacon: The Diné/Navajo composer foregrounds unheard and silenced voices in his radical works for ensembles, electronics and noise. By Esi Eshun Ingrid Laubrock: The New York based reedist creates settings for koans and poems as part of a unique new compositional practice.