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David Thomas (14 June 1953–23 April 2025) The Pere Ubu singer has died at the age of 71. As a tribute we have made a number of articles on him and the group free to read in the online library: www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/t...

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Listen back to last night's episode of Adventures In Sound And Music on @resonancefm.bsky.social and Resonance Extra, hosted by Phil England and featuring tracks by Sun Ra, Ambrose Akinmusire, Stefan Niculescu, Ukandanz, Maggie Nicols & Dan Johnson, and more. www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air...

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David Thomas (14 June 1953–23 April 2025) The Pere Ubu singer has died at the age of 71. As a tribute we have made a number of articles on him and the group free to read in the online library: www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/t...

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"What does it mean to be jazzy, exactly? On a fundamental level, jazzy implies something being held at arm’s length. To be jazzy is to not be jazz, but, rather, be like jazz, and, crucially, be distant from jazz." www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/c...

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"Mystery School pianists have developed profound ways of generating sound out of the instrument, grounded in a technique they invented – one that cannot be taught in school." At The Wire website, read an extract from Matthew Shipp's new book. www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/b...

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Adventures In Sound And Music returns this evening on @resonancefm.bsky.social & Resonance Extra. Phil England plays new releases including Sun Ra, Ambrose Akinmusire, Joke Lanz (pictured), Peggy Seeger, Mopcut, & more. Tune in from 9pm GMT. extra.resonance.fm/schedule 📷 by Balázs Fromm

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In the third instalment of his rebooted Secret History of Film Music column, Philip Brophy analyses two horror scores by Gazelle Twin – Black Cab (2024) and Nocturne (2020) – and considers how psychological turmoil can be expressed in sound www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/c...

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Following the release of a new LP by the Orchestra Of Futurist Noise Intoners, director Luciano Chessa and Sanatorium Of Sound director Gerard Lebik discuss the legacy of Italian Futurist composer Luigi Russolo. www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/i...

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"The jazzy continuum is one among many narratives of jazz in the UK; many better ones exist." In The Wire 495, Hugh Morris argues that the word jazzy denotes a cluster of cliches that neglects to engage with jazz itself. @hwfmorris.bsky.social www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/c...

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Tonight at @cafeotodalston.bsky.social, The Wire Salon returns to look at the effects of AI on music making with Sam Salem, Patten, and @saving-throw.bsky.social. The event begins at 7:30pm. Tickets from £8, plus more information, here: www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/the-w... 📷 Patten, by Yu Fujiwara

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We’re looking forward to this - tomorrow!

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Alvin Curran took on this month's Invisible Jukebox. Listen to the music we played to the composer: thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/invisible-jukebox-mix-alvin-curran Wire subscribers can see what Curran said about each track in the new issue. Buy it here: thewire.co.uk/shop/

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Wire mix: John King To accompany his interview in The Wire 495, the composer and string player John King compiles an exclusive mix that weaves together his Free Palestine string quartets with blues, folk and jazz influences. thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/wire-mix-john-king

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Invisible Jukebox mix: Alvin Curran Listen to the music we played to composer Alvin Curran during his Invisible Jukebox interview in The Wire 495. thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/invisible-jukebox-mix-alvin-curran

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Our first event exploring the impact of AI on music at @cafeotodalston.bsky.social is less than a week away. Get your ticket here: cafeoto.co.uk/events/the-wire-salon-in-latent-space/

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This mornings deliveries include sewing, new music, NY graffiti and walking home. . raremags.co.uk @thewiremagazine.bsky.social @taukomagazine.bsky.social

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"Branciforte thinks of each Greyfade release as 'a complete conceptual universe unto itself – integrating sound, compositional architecture, visual design and text into a single object ... They are albums you can get lost in'" Listen to the Greyfade playlist here: www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...

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Inside The Wire 495: Bios Contrast Producer Nilotpal Das takes a game designer’s approach to deconstructed club mashups, reappropriated instruments and compositions where ambient and drone elements do battle with full-bore noise... Buy our latest issue here: thewire.co.uk/issues/495

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Unlimited Editions: Greyfade To accompany his report on Greyfade in The Wire 495, Philip Watson @mrphilipwatson.bsky.social explores a playlist selected by label founder Joseph Branciforte. Listen here: thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/unlimited-editions-greyfade

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It's just over a week until the first Wire salon event, exploring the impact of AI on composition, with patten and Sam Salem in conversation with @saving-throw.bsky.social. Don't miss out. Tickets from £8: cafeoto.co.uk/events/the-wire-salon-in-latent-space/

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Following Michael Hurley’s death on 1 April, Ryan Meehan tracks the outsider folk singer and cartoonist’s journeys across America and remembers the restless bohemian spirit that powered them thewire.co.uk/in-writing/essays/ryan-meehan-remembers-michael-hurley

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Office Ambience 495 Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our May 2025 issue... thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/office-ambience-495

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May at The Wire, 1985–2025 Dive deeper into music. Join The Wire’s online magazine library and get more than 490 issues of the best music magazine in the world to read on the web or in the app, & download more than 90 albums compiled by Wire staff. All from just £12 ($16/14€) thewire.co.uk/shop/

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Following Michael Hurley’s death on 1 April, Ryan Meehan tracks the outsider folk singer and cartoonist’s journeys across America and remembers the restless bohemian spirit that powered them thewire.co.uk/in-writing/essays/ryan-meehan-remembers-michael-hurley

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Our radio show Adventures In Sound And Music is taking a break for the next two weeks as Resonance FM and Resonance Extra will be covering Glasgow's Radiophrenia. Regular programming resumes on Monday 21 April, but you can listen back to all our previous shows here: thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air/

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For the second Wire salon event exploring AI and music, composer Jennifer Walshe discusses her book 13 Ways Of Looking At AI, Art And Music. Plus, performances by Zubin Kanga and Robert Ludlow of Cyborg Soloists. Tickets: cafeoto.co.uk/events/the-wire-salon-jennifer-walshe/ 📷 by Thor Brødreskift

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Print and digital subscribers of The Wire can now stream and download the latest edition of Below The Radar - our regular subscriber only compilation of experimental underground music. Listen & download here: thewire.co.uk/audio/btr/below-the-radar-47

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aya on the wya!

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new wire! so cool to see aya on the cover :)) this issue I reviewed releases from throwing muses, neil tennant/mark springer/sacconi string quartet, bryan ferry/amelia barratt and daniel blumberg! buy a magazine

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The Wire 495 is out now! Our brand new issue features aya on the cover + Satch Hoyt, Ailie Ormston, Joke Lanz, Bios Contrast, Laura Cocks, MIC, John King, Trân Uy Đúc, Alvin Curran's Invisible Jukebox, plus 40 pages of reviews. Buy here: thewire.co.uk/issues/495

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In advance of the first of three Wire Salon events on music and AI, we have made Abi Bliss’s 2024 essay on DIY musicians utilising machine learning free to read in our online library thewire.co.uk/in-writing/essays/engineered-phantoms-ai-diy

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On the 13th of April Cafe OTO will turn 17. For us to be able to celebrate our 20th Birthday and beyond we need your help. 👉 www.cafeoto.co.uk/cafe-oto-nee...

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Listen back to last night’s edition of The Wire’s weekly show on @resonancefm.bsky.social & Resonance Extra, which was hosted by Misha Farrant and featured tracks by OHYUNG, Raisa K, Florence Sinclair & more. thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air/misha-farrant-presents-adventures-in-sound-and-music-74461

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Listen back to last night’s edition of The Wire’s weekly show on @resonancefm.bsky.social & Resonance Extra, which was hosted by Misha Farrant and featured tracks by OHYUNG, Raisa K, Florence Sinclair & more. thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air/misha-farrant-presents-adventures-in-sound-and-music-74461

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Tonight on @resonancefm.bsky.social and Resonance Extra, Misha Farrant plays tracks by OHYUNG (pictured), Raisa K, Nazar, Roberto Cassani & Graeme Stephen, Rainy Miller, Seven Angels, KLAUDIO, Florence Sinclair and more. Tune in from 9pm GMT extra.resonance.fm/schedule 📷 by Marion Aguas

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At The Wire website, watch a short film accompanying “The Second Before Slipping”, from the debut album by Zurich based duo Sopraterra thewire.co.uk/video/sopraterra-the-second-before-slipping

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In The Wire 494, Ken Hollings reviews two albums inspired by William Gibson’s 1984 novel Neuromancer. Read the review in full here: thewire.co.uk/in-writing/essays/steeped-in-dystopian-dread-clipping-and-black-rain-reviewed

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Can't agree more with Mosi Reeves @thewiremagazine.bsky.social about the state of #underground #hiphop, a scene I never got into even as a guy, and not oddly for the same reasons addressed here in #494. #MakeSpace www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/c...

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Massive month ahead this April at OTO Come see some amazing music! www.cafeoto.co.uk/events

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Inside The Wire 494: Bastard Assignments The radical new music ensemble get lost in the woods with their satire of the English countryside. Read the feature by Robert Barry in our latest issue, available to buy here: thewire.co.uk/shop/

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Listen back to last night's episode of Adventures In Sound and Music, which was hosted by @lucythraves.bsky.social and featured tracks by Chuquimamani-Condori & Joshua Chuquimia Crampton, Quade, Goldie, aya & more thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air/lucy-thraves-presents-adventures-in-sound-and-music-74418

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Sonorising War and Voicing Aliens In the second instalment of his rebooted Secret History of Film Music column, Philip Brophy analyses the scores for Civil War (2024) & Annihilation (2018) thewire.co.uk/in-writing/columns/geoff-barrow-and-ben-salisbury-sonorising-war-and-voicing-aliens

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Tonight on @resonancefm.bsky.social and Resonance Extra, @lucythraves.bsky.social hosts Adventures In Sound And Music, playing new and recent releases by Goldie (pictured), Quade, Donna Candy, OHYUNG, aya, and many more. Tune in from 9pm GMT: extra.resonance.fm/schedule 📷 by Gus Coral

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It's less than a month until the first Wire salon event, exploring the impact of AI on composition. Tickets from £8. cafeoto.co.uk/events/the-wire-salon-in-latent-space/

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Inside The Wire 494: Jeff Mills' Invisible Jukebox Will Detroit techno’s great conceptualist be a wizard IDing The Wire’s mystery record selection? Tested by Chal Ravens Read the full interview in the new issue, available to buy here: thewire.co.uk/shop/

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“Breathless yea-saying” At The Wire website, Daniel Spicer reviews the new collection of David Keenan's selected music writing thewire.co.uk/in-writing/essays/breathless-yea-saying-david-keenan-s-volcanic-tongue-collection-reviewed

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Global Ear: Osaka Jere Kilpinen compiles an annotated playlist to accompany his report on Osaka’s experimental noise scene in The Wire 494 thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/global-ear-osaka

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