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"A machine worthy of building your whole workflow around": Akai MPC XL review

The new flagship of the MPC range is a true production powerhouse

MusicRadar · Mar 22

“We wrote 24K Magic when Uptown Funk was No 1. So if you hear the same spirit in that song, that's why”: A decade on, we look back at the musical theory and retro gear that shaped Bruno Mars’ 2016 classic

Exploring how one of Bruno Mars’ biggest tunes works on a musical level - and revealing its debt to the 1980s

MusicRadar · Mar 21

“I said, 'tomorrow I’m going to go into the studio, find some place, make up a tune and make this record'. So I said to Jeff ‘do you want to help?’": The story of the Travelling Wilburys, the star-studded supergroup that made it all look fun

Their first single was recorded in Bob Dylan’s garage

MusicRadar · Mar 21

Relive the golden era of the DX7, Jupiter-8 and Prophet V with this mega-pack of free '80s synth samples

Recreate the sound of the decade that brought us synth-pop, new wave and glam metal

MusicRadar · Mar 20

“People have told me they’ve heard it at weddings – with a guy singing it at the organ. Oh God! I can’t imagine what that was like”: Bryan Adams and the ballad that ate the world

The Groover from Vancouver’s record-breaking hit

MusicRadar · Mar 20

SampleRadar: 303 free organic drone samples

This sample pack takes a set of field recordings and drags them kicking and screaming into a state of drone

MusicRadar · Mar 20

I just stumbled on a treasure trove of free glitch plugins

Inear Display has generously made its entire catalogue of audio tools available as pay-what-you-want downloads

MusicRadar · Mar 19

“You shouldn't even know about that. I’d rather not speak about it”: The contentious origin of the David Guetta monolith that brought Sia to mainstream attention

In 2011, Titanium was inescapable, but its many millions of listeners probably didn’t know that its powerhouse Sia vocal was only ever intended to be a guide

MusicRadar · Mar 19

“The truth is that a 12-year-old girl pre-sold her creative output before she knew what it would be like, and before she knew what she was signing away”: Lorde confirms that she no longer has a recording deal with UMG

Her previous contract expired at the end of 2025, and she says that she now has a feeling “of openness and possibility”

MusicRadar · Mar 19

“I would have to do the mental work… I think I could find it in myself”: Miley Cyrus says that, although she “loves and misses live shows,” she still has no plans to go on tour – but she isn’t ruling out performing at the Super Bowl

Cyrus is about to return to the world of Hannah Montana in a 20th anniversary TV special

MusicRadar · Mar 19