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“I brought two speakers, keyboards and a vocal mic, and moved the dining table”: Producer Mike Sabath on starting Raye’s “outrageous” second studio album at an Airbnb in the mountains, and the “crazy” reaction to Where Is My Husband!

“Mark Ronson DM’d me. He was like, ‘Nice.’ And I was like, ‘yeah!’”

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“He was a guy in my neighbourhood who played... I was scared to say it at the time, but he played at the level of John McLaughlin!”: Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid pays tribute to a lost genius

“He should have been much more known than he was”

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“His lyrics often began as deeply personal reflections, transformed into anthems in which millions found themselves”: Tributes paid to Billy Steinberg, co-writer of Madonna's Like A Virgin, The Bangles' Eternal Flame, and Cyndi Lauper's True Colors

A “pure genius”, says Cyndi Lauper

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“It revealed what went on behind the doors of Kling Klang, and for once the truth is almost up there with the fiction”: What we’ve learned about the inner workings of Kraftwerk’s mythical studio via a recent auction

Here are five takeaways that seal the band's legendary Man Machine status - and shed a light on how Kling Klang really worked…

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“I can’t wait for everyone to hear and see what we’ve created. I hope Eurovision is ready to get synthesized!”: Famed for his crazy musical inventions, the UK’s shock Eurovision 2026 entrant is none other than Look Mum No Computer

Yes, that would be synth-loving YouTuber Look Mum No Computer

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After being sampled by Eminem and Kanye West and seeing 1971 song Bless the Telephone going viral on TikTok, Labi Siffre is returning with Unfinished Business, his first new album this century

First single Far Away is out now

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“I can’t play the violin. I bought this crappy, cheap violin, and I’d be in the booth and Charli would walk in like ‘what the...?’”: Charli xcx and Finn Keane on the "nails-on-a-chalkboard" strings behind the Wuthering Heights soundtrack

Finn Keane says his deliberately "bad, raspy playing" lent a rough and textured sound to the film's evocative music

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“I got to design a guitar that gave me exactly what I was looking for in contrast to my Strats”: How Cory Wong embraced humbuckers to reimagine Ernie Ball Music Man’s iconic bass for a signature electric with “that George Benson sound”

With the funk guitar maestro’s signature StingRay II now available in an affordable Sterling By Music Man version, Wong checks in to talk about the making of a dual-humbucker doozy and what it gives him that the Strat can't

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“I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be great to write a song with just one chord?’ And in the restriction of writing with one chord I found a freedom that I’d never found before”: When Neil Diamond broke new ground with The Band’s Robbie Robertson

“That song had to stay on that one chord to maintain the tension of the whole thing”

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“One day it was nothing but laughs. We're on stage and Dave's looking at me every night like, 'You're killing it, dude!!!' And then it was just... over": Josh Freese is still puzzled as to why he was fired from Foo Fighters

He’s now back behind the kit for Nine Inch Nails

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Ableton Live co-creator Robert Henke updates a classic Live effect with free M4L device Filter Delays

"I wrote the original Filter Delay for Live 1, released in 2001. Recently, I rediscovered it and wanted to add a few more options that were missing"

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“We are seeing free parties rise, mid-tier venues disappear… extraordinary resilience, but resilience is not a policy”: New report into UK electronic music brings mixed news

The North of England is at the forefront of that resilence

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“It’s one of the earliest heavy metal records made. Paul’s contribution was the way Ringo played the drums”: Did the Beatles really pioneer hard rock as early as 1965? John Lennon certainly thought so

From its buzzing guitar drone to its clattering drums, Ticket to Ride was certainly a step forward for the Beatles sonically - but did it really invent heavy rock?

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“I think we’re the perfect band for that. We’ve been talking to those guys”: Tool are looking into a 2027 residency at the Las Vegas Sphere

Shows will coincide will a new album, says drummer Danny Carey

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“I would never have played bass without him, and without him I would never have been in a rock band. He taught me so much”: Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea remembers the band’s original guitarist Hillel Slovak

“His guitar playing was beautiful”

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“I figured people would frown about the group because we had three prog musicians from quite big bands playing bubblegum songs, really. But they were good songs”: Legendary drummer Carl Palmer on the multi-million-selling success of ’80s supergroup Asia

But he admits: “I didn’t enjoy making those silly videos”

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“One day in Berlin, Eno came running in and said, ‘I have heard the sound of the future’”: How to replicate the trailblazing pulse of I Feel Love

I Feel Love’s innovative electronic rhythm section set the stage for pretty much everything that followed, and here’s how you can recreate its bewitching energy in your DAW

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“They needed something slow for the romantic scenes with Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis… The components are the five-note motif, the melody and the distinctive bass sound with a key change in the middle”: The genius of Giorgio Moroder in an ’80s classic

“Giorgio could have farted and I would have sung it!”

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“It says on the record: ‘No synthesizers’. That’s so cool. And I love Ogre Battle – danga-danga, ‘Waaaaah!’”: Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith names his favourite Queen album

“It has a lot of power, it has wonderful orchestration and incredible playing”

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“Kylie Minogue, Natalie Imbruglia and Sinead O’Connor in wigs to do backing vocals… Brian Eno on an Omnichord”: Dave Stewart recalls a bonkers late-'90s TFI Friday appearance

“I was always doing wonky ideas” he tells Chris Evans

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“Powerful, extremely versatile and creatively refreshing, it offers a ton of inspiration if you click with it”: LAG HyVibe 10 HV10ACE review

A capable acoustic guitar that’s its own pedalboard and speaker, too

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“A joy to use, offers some interesting opportunities for patching and can grow with your rig too”: ADDAC System 814 6x6 Stereo Matrix Mixer review

Mix, match and morph both audio and CV with ease, using ADDAC’s matrix mixer

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Hack your disposable vape into a mini wind synth with this DIY guide

“We have to use the low pressure sensor. Which means to play it, you must suck”

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Behringer clones the Lovetone Ring Stinger, a cult classic ring mod/fuzz pedal heard on Radiohead's Kid A

Spice up your tone with Behringer's take on this boutique '90s gem

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“Premium design detail coupled with excellent sonics delivers a listening experience that doesn’t disappoint”: HEDD HEDDphone D1 review

The quality level continues to rise for mixing and mastering headphones. Let’s see how this latest model performs

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