FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 8 - The Untold Story

"Every time I played it, I got phone call after phone call. I thought I'd get howls of protest": How turning a tear-jerking orchestral classic into an unlikely dancefloor hit launched William Orbit's solo career

The story of Orbit’s electronic rework of Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings, and the euphoric Ferry Corsten remix that rocketed it to No 4 in the UK charts

MusicRadar · Aug 12

Spotify finally get tough on AI slop as platform adds ‘Persona Badge’ to mark out AI-generated ‘artists’

Measures should stop fraudsters attempting to piggyback on human artists

MusicRadar · Aug 12

Dimebag Darrell’s favourite rack unit is reborn as a compact pedal: MXR unveils the Flanger/Doubler pedal – BBD-driven analogue mojo for ‘70s and ‘80s flavours or fatter metal tones

It ain't cheap but you have the same classic sounds as the original rack unit and the same controls too

MusicRadar · Aug 11

“A worthy successor to one of the most recognisable synths of all time – but unlikely to replicate its predecessor’s iconic status”: Korg MicroKorg 2 review

Two years on from launch, does Korg's virtual analogue have what it takes to fill its predecessor's shoes?

MusicRadar · Aug 11

“This short and highly strung man in cowboy boots lit a hand-rolled smoke in a little room, asking me to play something”: How did Angine de Poitrine get so very weird? Khn’s maverick but brilliant guitar teacher might explain a lot

Forcing students to practise, encouraging improv, getting them to cover Zappa for their parents... This is what a guitar hero looks like

MusicRadar · Aug 11

"Every time I played it, I got phone call after phone call. I thought I'd get howls of protest, but that wasn't the case. Listeners were actually moved by it": The story of William Orbit’s rework of Adagio for Strings and its chart-smashing trance remix

How Samuel Barber's tear-jerking orchestral classic was transformed into an unlikely dancefloor hit at the turn of the millennium

MusicRadar · Aug 11

“We got this wrong… We do not support AI-generated music, and our process will reflect that going forward”: D’Addario admits generative AI was used on string demo video after all

It all started with one over-produced string demo video, then came the controversy. Now D'Addario reveals Suno Studio was used to “regenerate the track”

MusicRadar · Aug 11

IK Multimedia just totally revamped its Tonex Player and made its tone ecosystem a lot easier to use: “It extends the capabilities of Tonex software and hardware alike, creating a single connected workflow from capture to studio, rehearsal and stage”

The Tonex 2.0 Player has been released in public beta and adds 220 all-new Premium V2 Tone Models, plus a redesigned home page, improved workflow and more

MusicRadar · Aug 11

“Oh, it was a nightmare. I was becoming physically sick just thinking of going to the studio each night. I used to love working with the band. By that point, I dreaded it”: The Beatles’ most trusted engineer on their studio tensions

MusicRadar spoke to the legendary late Geoff Emerick back in 2014, when he told us in frank detail about their late 60s’ studio struggles

MusicRadar · Aug 11

“I’m still disappointed when people hear the chorus line as ‘got to’ rather than ‘get to’”: How One rescued Achtung Baby and saved U2

Track was written in just 15 minutes

MusicRadar · Aug 11