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“Brian Eno has a very simple view on music - the more we clutter it up with things the more foggy the goodness gets”: Huey Morgan’s prog education

Former Fun Lovin’ Criminals frontman traces a line from Nat King Cole and Frank SInatra to Talk Talk, Marillion, Jethro Tull and others

Louder

“Occasionally one of their legs would go up slightly. Were they playing or checking emails? I thought it would be fun to have them doing The Hokey Cokey”: Bill Bailey’s Kraftwerk sketch

Comedian and master prog musician discusses the gems in his record collection, including Yes, Roxy Music and Hawkwind – and outlines plans to play the Albert Hall like an instrument

Louder

The 20 greatest Detroit techno tracks – ranked!

As scene legends Cybotron return with their first new music in 28 years, we pick the best of the Motor City’s masterful, mechanical techno music

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The iconic Roland TR-808 tracks that made a legend

Key cuts from seminal artists, including Kraftwerk, Marvin Gaye, Aphex Twin, New Order, Afrika Bambaataa and more

MusicRadar

Stag do mishaps, pizza origins, and a very ugly dog – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Guardian - UK

A beginner’s guide to Krautrock in five essential albums

The genre with the joke name that stuck: With a sonic imprint still discernible in all corners of music, these are five albums that tell the story of Krautrock

Louder

Karl Bartos and Kraftwerk: "The endless cycling didn’t help invent new music!"

The former Kraftwerk musician and composer looks back over his career and discusses working with 'his former partners'!

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The quiet genius of Ryuichi Sakamoto

From synth-pop hits to Oscar-winning scores to avant-garde electronics, Ryuichi Sakamoto's talents knew no boundaries

MusicRadar

Klang! Loewe's superb new soundbar is more than just a brilliant name

Loewe's best new soundbar promises to fill your room with home cinema heaven

Ryuichi Sakamoto obituary

Japanese composer and electronic music pioneer behind the soundtrack for the 1983 film Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence

The Guardian - UK

Ryuichi Sakamoto: the avant gardist who became a groundbreaking pop star

With Yellow Magic Orchestra, he paved the way for electropop and hip-hop but was far happier as a backroom boffin than an electronic pinup

The Guardian - UK

Standing ovation for Charles as he delivers historic address to Bundestag

In his address, which was more than 23 minutes long, Charles told a packed chamber he wished to ‘renew the pledge of friendship between our nations’.

The Independent UK

Forty years of New Order’s Blue Monday: who inspired it and who it inspired

The Mancunians spliced Donna Summer with Ennio Morricone to make a futurist dance smash – and ended up influencing Rihanna, Pet Shop Boys and Detroit techno

The Guardian - UK

From Bowie to Beyoncé: the gateway albums to get into the greatest artists

Keen to explore an artist’s oeuvre but overwhelmed by choice in today’s stream-heavy world? Fear not: from Joni to Fela, Madonna to Miles, our critics tell you which album to begin with

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How a whiskey-fueled meeting in 1949 led to Berlin's famed techno scene

All-night clubs in the German capital have long drawn "techno tourists." That might never have happened had a hotelier failed to negotiate the end of the city's curfew following World War II.

Evening Standard

Field Day 2022 at Victoria Park review: A banquet of block-rocking beats

From the Chemical Brothers to Kraftwerk, the one-day festival’s line up of legends thrilled the 40,00-strong crowd

Wales Online

The best pictures from Green Man 2022 festival

There’s so much going on we couldn’t fit it all into one photo gallery

Wales Online

The 12-hour folk gig at a Welsh castle that became one of the UK's most successful festivals: Green Man at 20

Green Man hits 20 at this year's festival in the Brecon Beacons

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All Points East and Field Day 2022: Tickets, line-up and all you need to know

Six days of top-tier music are coming to east London

Tribune News Service

Blurred lines: When a legendary band has just 1 or 2 original members, is it legit or a tribute act?

SAN DIEGO — When is a band not a band?

The Guardian - UK

Abba Voyage review – a dazzling retro-futurist extravaganza

Stepping back in time and into the future, Abba astound with a mind-bending virtual comeback show of hits, uncanny dance moves and no-expense-spared Swedish class

Los Angeles Times

Andy Fletcher, Depeche Mode co-founder and keyboardist, dies at 60

Andy Fletcher, a founding member of multiplatinum new wave band Depeche Mode, has died. He was 60.

The Guardian - UK

The Sound of Being Human by Jude Rogers review – lost in music

A brilliantly unjaded exploration of the power of songs to intoxicate, enthuse and reassure

The Guardian - UK

Favourite festival sold out? Here are the best alternatives

After two long years, festivals are back – but tickets are in short supply. Here are some options if you’ve missed out, featuring rave-jazz parties, fairground rides and organic psychedelia

The Guardian - UK

Berlin Krautrock exhibition celebrates groundbreaking genre

Posters of Kraftwerk, Neu! and Can span movement’s roots in the counterculture scene of 1968

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