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Behringer's AKS Mini is a £99 mini-synth inspired by the EMS Synthi AKS, a classic synth used by Pink Floyd and Brian Eno

Now available for pre-order, Behringer says the AKS Mini inherits the original synth's two-axis joystick and boasts a "faithful reproduction" of its VCOs and VCF

MusicRadar · Jul 15

“I didn’t even want to put it on the album because I thought it was too mushy. Linda Ronstadt goes, ‘Are you out of your mind? That’s a hit record!’”: Billy Joel on the classic ballad that Paul McCartney wishes he’d written

Plus: the song Joel wrote in memory of John Lennon

MusicRadar · Jul 15

“I remember the three of us thinking that it was an absolute stroke of genius that we'd just come up with the most idiotic idea ever”: Mike D talks about the Beastie Boys’ fallout with Russell Simmons and that hydraulic prop

It was featured on the Licensed To Ill show

MusicRadar · Jul 15

Novation tops off its Launchkey MK4 range with 88-key MIDI controller keyboard

Pianists, rejoice! Novation's popular Launchkey MIDI controller keyboard range gets a full-sized flagship edition

MusicRadar · Jul 14

“The speaker is the secret weapon. It just has this size and weight to the sound that you don’t expect. That’s the magic”: Blackstar shrinks Doug Aldrich’s fire-breathing tube head into a compact 5-watt combo for the stage, studio and home

Meet the DA5 Ruby, the house-trained version of Aldrich's 100-watter, with the same super-hot tone

MusicRadar · Jul 14

“Pop is getting posher, and that must change. Talent is everywhere, but opportunity is not”: UK government announces national strategy for music to “widen opportunity” and invest in “creative careers”

Industry figures welcome proposals in Turn It Up: Our Plan For Music

MusicRadar · Jul 14

"It's basically finished": The wait is almost over for Nopia’s viral chord synth – we got an exclusive first-look demo and can finally reveal its price

Nopia's creators visit the MusicRadar HQ to show us what this pastel-coloured "harmony machine" can do ahead of its release later this year

MusicRadar · Jul 14

Jake Bowen goes headless as Periphery guitarist officially swaps Ibanez for Strandberg – but what will his signature model look like and when might we see it?

The Periphery guitarist had been playing various Strandbergs of late, and now joins Plini, Per Nilsson and Jacob Collier on the artist roster

MusicRadar · Jul 14

“He’s the Quincy Jones of the rap world. Working together was like nothing I've ever experienced – it’s like watching Fantasia!”: Hip-hop hitmaker Rogét Chahayed on learning his craft from Dr Dre

The Grammy-nominated producer/songwriter behind songs from Drake, Travis Scott and Bruno Mars opens up about being mentored by one of hip-hop's living legends

MusicRadar · Jul 14

“I’ve thought this through... I’m giving him the benefit of the doubt here, and assuming he doesn’t really think I’m the antichrist”: Phil Collins thinks he might know why Noel Gallagher called him “the antichrist of music” back in the ‘90s

Could a scary experience at a Genesis gig have inspired the insult?

MusicRadar · Jul 14