Wire #510

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

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