Inside The Wire 510: Franck Vigroux From dystopian electronics to immersive theatrical spectacles combining hallucinatory visuals and sci-fi storytelling, the composer seeks new worlds to explore www.thewire.co.uk/shop/subscriptions/

To accompany his article on GLARC in The Wire 510, @darylworthington.bsky.social compiles an annotated playlist of tracks from the Glasgow based label, featuring Still House Plants, Quinie and many more. www.thewire.co.uk/about/contri...

Listen to the music we played to Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe during his Invisible Jukebox interview in The Wire 510 - featuring Philip Glass, Dexter Wansel, Yvette Janine Jackson, Coil and more. www.thewire.co.uk/about/artist...

Listen back to last night's edition of The Wire's weekly radio show, which was hosted by Misha Farrant and featured an exclusive mix by 'nonsense sorcerer' excel dj (pictured), plus tracks by BBBBBBB / Fatboi Sharif / Ratsmagik, Jay Mitta, and more www.thewire.co.uk/about/contri...

“More than just a carrier of recorded sound”: The Wooster Group's use of vinyl Giles Bailey investigates the New York experimental theatre company's use of vinyl records in their latest production, Nayatt School Redux www.thewire.co.uk/about/artist...

Tonight on @resonancefm.bsky.social & Resonance Extra, Misha Farrant will be playing tracks by BBBBBBB, Fatboi Sharif (pictured) & Ratsmagik, Jay Mitta, and more, plus an exclusive mix from 'nonsense sorcerer' excel dj. Tune in from 9pm BST extra.resonance.fm/schedule 📷 by George Douglas Peterson

“A seamless formation of reflective surfaces”: Bibliotek: UFO reviewed A new compilation of mock library music takes inspiration from the half-hidden world of ufology, writes Ken Hollings in The Wire 510 Read in full: www.thewire.co.uk/about/contri...

Every copy of The Wire 510 comes with a free Wire Tapper 71 CD. The latest instalment features tracks by Tegh & Adel Poursamadi, FRANTX, Tyondai Braxton and more. Wire subscribers can also download the compilation here: www.thewire.co.uk/audio/the-wi... Artwork by Rita Davis

Listen back to last night's edition of The Wire's weekly radio show, which was hosted by @lucythraves.bsky.social and featured music by Roy Montgomery & Martha Skye Murphy, Space Afrika, Concepción Huerta, Niblock / Hooker / Soldier / First and more www.thewire.co.uk/about/contri...

Tonight on Resonance FM & Resonance Extra, @lucythraves.bsky.social will be playing new music by Roy Montgomery & Martha Skye Murphy, Space Afrika, Concepción Huerta (pictured), Mukqs, Iztok Koren & Raphael Rogiński, and more. Tune in from 9pm BST extra.resonance.fm/schedule 📷 Dan Crosby

Inside The Wire 510: Once Upon A Time In Tokyo The brief but wild Tokyo Rockers scene of the late 1970s created its own spin on punk and no wave, influencing legions of experimental and confrontational music in the decade to come By Stuart Munro, 📷 by Yuichi Jibiki. www.thewire.co.uk/shop/

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"Wind, sand and fatigue limited what was possible." From a round-the-world bicycle trip, instrument maker and field recordist Sam Underwood reflects on the ways in which his long journey and changing environment alters his practice www.thewire.co.uk/about/artist...

Read an extract from Simon Reynolds's Still In A Dream: Shoegaze, Slackers And The Reinvention Of Rock, 1984-1994 www.thewire.co.uk/about/contri...

Tonight on @resonancefm.bsky.social & Resonance Extra, James Gormley hosts The Wire's weekly radio show, playing new and forthcoming music by Lesley Mok (pictured), Marvin Tate, Nuke Watch, Negro Leo, Victoria Mingot and more. Tune in from 9pm BST extra.resonance.fm/schedule 📷 Harald Krichel

The Wire 510 is out now! Featuring Fire-Toolz on the cover, plus DeForrest Brown Jr., Franck Vigroux, Tokyo Rockers, Carlos Giffoni, Labake Sabbath, Phil Coy, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe’s Jukebox, The Wire Tapper 71, and much more. Pick up your copy here: thewire.co.uk/shop/

Tonight on @resonancefm.bsky.social & Resonance Extra, join Shane Woolman for a special guest mix from Irish musican and producer kronk (pictured), plus a sneak listen to a track from the forthcoming Wire Tapper covermount CD and much more. Tune in from 9pm BST extra.resonance.fm/schedule

Global Ear: Palermo To accompany his report in The Wire 509, Alexander Samuels compiles an annotated playlist from across the last few decades of Palermo’s underground music scene www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks...

Tonight on @resonancefm.bsky.social & Resonance Extra, @saving-throw.bsky.social hosts The Wire's weekly show, playing tracks from Tara Clerkin Trio (pictured), Hans Reichel, Hawkwind, Severed Heads, The Moles and many more. Tune in from 9pm BST extra.resonance.fm/schedule 📷 by Max D'Orsogna

Tonight on @resonancefm.bsky.social & Resonance Extra, Chris Bohn hosts Adventures In Sound And Music, playing Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins (pictured) + Hilary Jeffery’s tribute to Keith Tippett featuring Julie Tippetts, & more. Tune in from 9pm BST extra.resonance.fm/schedule 📷 Ian Nicholson

The Wire 509 is out now! Featuring EarthBall on the cover, plus DoYeon Kim, Onilu, Jocy de Oliveira, Tomáš Šenkyřík, Eoobe, Aldana Duoraan & Tomáš Niesner, Richard Dawson’s Jukebox, and much more. Pick up your copy here: thewire.co.uk/shop/

Tonight on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra, Misha Farrant hosts The Wire's weekly radio show, playing music by Diamanda Galás (pictured), Labake Sabbath, ST AGNIS, Bill Orcutt & Mabe Fratti, and many more. Tune in from 9pm BST extra.resonance.fm/schedule 📷 by Logan White

Inside The Wire 509: Ibrahim Alfa Jnr Despite health issues and personal setbacks, the prolific techno explorer has never lost his faith in the liberating possibilities of electronic music. Read the full interview in The Wire 508 www.thewire.co.uk/shop/

Tonight on @resonancefm.bsky.social and Resonance Extra, @lucythraves.bsky.social hosts Adventures In Sound And Music, playing music by Infinite Livez (pictured), Fire-Toolz, Marvin Tate, Rosa Pistola and more. Tune in from 9pm BST extra.resonance.fm/schedule 📷 by Tom Oldham

Inside The Wire 508: Asher Gamedze The South African percussionist and bandleader explores both the possibilities of jazz rhythms and the splintered histories of diasporic players. Read the full interview inside The Wire 508 www.thewire.co.uk/shop/

Listen back to last night's episode of The Wire’s weekly radio show, which was hosted by James Gormley and featured music by Lekan Animashaun, Meiko Kaji, Oren Ambarchi & Will Guthrie and more. www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air...

Tonight on @resonancefm.bsky.social & Resonance Extra, James Gormley will be hosting The Wire's Adventures In Sound And Music, playing new, forthcoming and reissued music by Lekan Animashaun, Onilu, Julius Eastman (pictured) and many more... Tune in from 9pm BST extra.resonance.fm/schedule

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Tonight on @resonancefm.bsky.social & Resonance Extra, Shane Woolman will be hosting an exclusive guest mix from Everything Is Psychedelic (pictured), plus tracks from Tegh & Adel Poursamadi, cop_porn, Sandy Chamoun and more. Tune in from 9pm BST extra.resonance.fm/schedule 📷 Rogier Boogaard