"The Wire's crucial review of the last 12 months in underground sound and music, including the releases of the year, opinions and reflections from a host of musicians and critics, and analyses of some of 2013's most notable audio culture trends

Bites
Blue Daisy
Kwesi Darko's obsessive beats are in bloom. By Ben Mechen

Kathy Alberici
Tuning in to Berlin's broadcasting history. By Dan Barrow

Keeping Time
A new view of South Africa's jazz history. By Francis Gooding

Fun In The Murky
Trevor Wilkes keeps 1990s experimental techno alive. By Joe Muggs

Collateral Damage
Jazz is radical music, so why is it funded by big business? asks Daniel Spicer

Global Ear Copenhagen
Nathan Budzinski finds collective energy in the Danish city's Mayhem collective

Invisible Jukebox Richard Skelton
The Cumbria based composer takes the old straight track through The Wire's mystery record selection. Tested by Steve Barker

The Inner Sleeve
Mark Harwood on Bobb Trimble's Harvest Of Dreams

Epiphanies
Douglas Kahn finds electrical inspiration in a strange meeting of compost and code

Print Run
New music books: Beat Box: A Drum Machine Obsession by Joe Mansfield; Composing Dissent: Avant-Garde Music In 1960s Amsterdam by Robert Adlington; Houston Rap by Peter Beste, Lance Scott Walker and Johan Kugelberg

On Screen
New films and DVDs: CPH:DOX documentary film festival and Leviathan

On Site
Recent exhibitions and installations: Oliver Beer and Schizophonia

On Location
Recent festivals, gigs and clubs: Bendigo International Festival Of Exploratory Music, Bendigo, Australia; Graphic Scores: Celebrating The Art Of Music, Southampton, UK; Kelela + Bok Bok, London, UK; Kontraste, Krems, Austria; Out.Fest, Barreiro, Portugal; Recon, Bradford & Leeds, UK; Robedoor, London, UK "-The Wire