Wire Magazine 510 - August 2026 - Fire-Toolz

 In our brand new issue:

 On the cover: Fire-Toolz: Prolific producer and musician Angel Marcloid’s colourful world-building and genre collisions open portals to new dimensions. By Emily Bick

Franck Vigroux: The French musician and performance director creates sci-fi spectacles with dystopian electronics. By Antonio Poscic

DeForrest Brown, Jr.: The theorist, historian, musician and writer relinks the past and future through undersung networks of Black sonic art. By Emily Pothast

Once Upon a Time in Tokyo: New film Street Kingdom takes inspiration from the wild punk and new wave scenes of 1970s and 80s Tokyo. By Stuart Munro

Invisible Jukebox: Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe: The US composer knows the score in The Wire’s mystery record selection. Tested by Joshua Minsoo Kim

Phil Coy: The UK sculptor bridging sound and space. By Robert Barry

Carlos Giffoni: The Venezuelan synthesist enjoys the fruits of relocation. By Louis Pattison

Labake Sabbath: Disability awareness through anarchism and absurdism. By Misha Farrant

Global Ear: New York radical hub venue ABC No Rio reopens this autumn. By Seth Wheeler

Unlimited Editions: Joel White and Gordon Bruce’s tape label GLARC powers Glasgow’s underground circuits. By Daryl Worthington

The Inner Sleeve: Marvin Tate on Funkadelic’s Maggot Brain

Against The Grain: Finding discipleship at Terry Riley’s Kirana East in Japan. By Ryan Meehan

Epiphanies: In the wake of Abdullah Ibrahim’s death, Darius Jones reflects on musicians’ legacies and creative spirit.

Soundcheck: Atias Aguayo; Zoh Amba; Anti-Soul Organization; Këkht Aräkh; Johannes Bauer/Michael Griener/Olaf Rupp; BCMC; Black Duck with Elena Setién; Bob Bert; Sir Richard Bishop; Suzanne Ciani/Metropole Orkest/Simon Dobson; Crumbling Ghost; Deafkids; Michael Cloud Duguay; Maya Dunietz & Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop; Paul Dunmall; EarthBall; Fjall; Joel Futterman & William Parker; M Geddes Gengras; Alex Van Gils & Carrie Frey; Harald Grosskopf; Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (Exit) Knarr; Alden Hellmuth; Concepción Huerta; Infinite Livez; Daryl Jenifer; Kilter; Christian Lillinger; Roxane Métayer/Katya Shirshkova/Sara Eelen; Mortiis; Mukqs; Nacht; Niblock Hooker Soldier First; Bill Orcutt & Mabe Fratti; Parts & Labor; Petrozavodsk; Graham Reynolds; Manja Ristić & Mark Vernon; Olaf Rupp; Sal Sal; SHHE; Alan Skidmore’s Tenor Tonic; SUSS; Franck Vigroux; Upper Wilds; Wild Up; Wire Worms; Wraith Knight; Zeal Minus; Various Bibliotek: UFO; Various: Field Studies Vols 1–3; Various: Fully Nowhere: A World Resources Archive; Various: Peace Anthems

Boomerang: AMM; John Coltrane; The Cramps; Philip Glass; Gloria Mundi; Pauline Oliveros/Miya Masaoka/Issui Minegishi; Rooney; Scorn; Cecil Taylor Orchestra Humane; Triple Point; Various J Jazz Volume 5: Deep Modern Jazz From Japan 1970–1988; Various Next Wave Acid Punk Trois

The Columns: Avant Rock by Joseph Stannard; Dub & Reggae by Steve Barker; Electronics by Leah Kardos; Global by Francis Gooding; Hiphop & R&B by Richard Stacey; Jazz & Improv by Stewart Smith; Noise, Industrial & Beyond by Emily Pothast; Size Matters by Byron Coley

Print Run: Ways Of Listening: Building A Deeper Relationship With Music In The Streaming Era by Rollie Pemberton; Vocal Break: On Women, Music & Power by Lauren Elkin; Recomposed: Music, Climate, Crisis, Change by Kyle Devine; Still In A Dream: Shoegaze, Slackers And The Reinvention Of Rock by Simon Reynolds; Steppin’ Razor: The Rebel Life Of Peter Tosh by John Masouri; Cage, Nono And 1960s Hauntology by Clare Lesser

On Screen: Luke Fowler A Sensation Never Yet Known

On Location: Mary Halvorson Canis Major Quartet, London, UK; NTS 15: Juana Molina + Lorea, London, UK; RP Boo & XT, London, UK; Jauna Musika, Vilnius, Lithuania; One.Seventy x UVB-76 Music, London, UK; Laurie Anderson, Brighton, UK; MOT Open Air, London, UK; Bristol New Music, Bristol, UK; [Ahmed], London, UK; Moers Festival, Moers, Germany

On Site: La Biennale Di Venezia, Venice, Italy