The Wire, August 2026

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. And in the reviews sections: Concepción Huerta: Tape leader. By Abi Bliss; Bibliotek: UFO: Saucers full of secrets. By Ken Hollings; Cecil Taylor Orchestra Humane: Back in NYC. By Peter Margasak; Still In A Dream: Shoegaze, Slackers And The Reinvention Of Rock, 1984–1994. Oceans of sound. By Miloš Hroch; Jauna Musika: Vilnius variety show. By Claire Sawers; Moers Festival: Blowouts and blowhards. By Peter Margasak, and much more.