One of the core features of the experimental noise scene in Zurich is its struggle to define its existence and nature. This is because members of this local movement and subculture come from diverse ...

While many musicians have written criticism or conceptualised their work, few have operated on both sides off the theory/practice divide so extensively and provocatively as David Toop. Since the 1970s ...

The Wire's Hip-Hop contributor Dave Tompkins charts the history of the vocoder in a riveting saga of technology and culture, illuminating the work of some of music’s most provocative innovators. The ...

David Colohan and James Rider formed free-flowing folk-drone-jazz-noise outfit United Bible Studies in 2000 while studying at the University of Dublin. Since then the group have worked with a shifting ...

Listen to the exclusive mix Hisham Mayet of Sublime Frequencies made recently for The Wire's Adventures In Modern Music on Resonance FM.

This extract from William Burns's book gives an overview of hauntological music and its preoccupation with the sound of decay, the evocation of nostalgia, and the allure of lost futures ...

The 12 December edition of The Wire’s weekly broadcast on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Kate Bush, The Unthanks, The High Llamas, Annette Peacock and more ...

Listen to a selection of tracks from our Top 50 Releases of the Year, as voted for by The Wire’s team of staff and contributors. You can read more about the albums featured in our chart, as well as ...

Danielle Price is a tuba player whose work explores the full range of the instrument’s creative possibilities, both in her own solo compositions and with an extensive and diverse list of collaborators ...

This volume in The Wire’s ongoing series of subscriber-only anthologies compiles 15 tracks from albums released by Cafe OTO’s in-house label Otoroku. Featuring Pat Thomas, Maggie Nicols, Loren Connors ...

The 5 December edition of The Wire’s weekly broadcast featured tracks by Ash Ra Tempel, Circuit Des Yeux, Katharina Ernst & schne, Keiji Haino & Jun Morita, Tori Kudo and more ...

London Contemporary Music Festival’s 10 anniversary edition takes place between 11–14 December at London’s Hackney Church, with a closing concert in January at London’s Wigmore Hall. With its focus on ...