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Ludwig Göransson: Mythic Music and Entropic Production

https://www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/columns/ludwigg-ransson-mythic-music-and-entropic-production

Published: October 14, 2026 00:00

Ludwig Göransson’s scores for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey (2026) and Tenet (2020) trade on diegetic and instrumental ambiguities that intentionally disorient audiences in time and space, writes Philip Brophy in his latest Secret History of Film Music…

Office Ambience 513

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Published: October 13, 2026 00:00

Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our November 2026 issue The full chart: Alya Al-Sultani/Pat Thomas/Khabat Abas Manara (Discus) Bad Waitress In The Hollow …

Lucy Thraves presents Adventures In Sound And Music

https://www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air/lucy-thraves-presents-adventures-in-sound-and-music-79725

Published: October 9, 2026 00:00

The 8 October edition of The Wire's weekly radio show featured music by Cujo, Uche Yara, Leafcutter John, Li Song, A Tomb Full Of Stars and more Tracklist Cujo “Lunar Silver” from Paranova (Nomark Records) Henry…

Introducing The Wire New Voices

https://www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/essays/introducing-the-wire-new-voices

Published: October 7, 2026 00:00

New Voices is a new competition for aspiring music critics being launched by The Wire For more than 40 years, The Wire has been publishing writing by a host of original and influential music critics, including Richard Cook, Val Wilmer, Biba Kopf, Ian…

Premiere: Ava Rasti’s The River

https://www.thewire.co.uk/video/premiere-ava-rasti-s-the-river

Published: October 5, 2026 00:00

Watch an exclusive premiere of the film of Ava Rasti’s The River, first performed as part of the 2025 Semibreve festival. The River by Iranian-born Berlin-based composer Ava Rasti was commissioned by Portuguese festival Semibreve and first presented…

James Gormley presents Adventures In Sound And Music

https://www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air/james-gormley-presents-adventures-in-sound-and-music-79678

Published: October 2, 2026 00:00

The 1 October edition of The Wire's weekly show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured music by Don Cherry, Glass Triangle, Agnes Haus, Ziúr and more Tracklist Don Cherry “Doussn’Gouni Fly Pt 1” from Sunrise: With Collin…

“A trip through the other side of enlightenment”: Funkadelic reviewed

https://www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/essays/a-trip-through-the-other-side-of-enlightenment-funkadelic-reviewed

Published: October 1, 2026 00:00

Two newly reissued albums showcase the seismic psychedelia of George Clinton’s Funkadelic at its rawest and most disruptive, writes John Morrison in The Wire 512 Funkadelic Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow …

Wire mix: Kaja Draksler

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Published: September 24, 2026 00:00

To complement her interview in The Wire 512, Slovenian improvising pianist and bandleader Kaja Draksler creates an exclusive Wire mix Kaja Draksler studied jazz at a music-oriented high school in Ljubljana, later enrolling at the Conservatory of…

"Omnivorous exuberance": Francisco Mela reviewed

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Published: September 17, 2026 00:00

Cuban drummer Francisco Mela’s free jazz odyssey continues on four new releases, writes Daniel Spicer in The Wire 512 Francisco Mela Carnaval De Oriente 577 CD/DL Jowee Omicil & Francisco Mela OM BasH! Village DL Rafael…

Jon Brion: Sad Waltzes, Empathic Embrace and Anxious Fits

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Published: September 15, 2026 00:00

In this latest instalment of the Secret History of Film Music, Philip Brophy considers how Jon Brion’s music engenders sympathy for the flawed characters in Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another (2025) and Punch-Drunk Love (2002), and Greta…