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“She is redefining what songwriting can be. Her work blends tradition and experimentation with extraordinary precision": Rosalia to be honoured at the Ivor Novello Awards in May

She’s International Songwriter Of The Year

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“They had a new love, new devices also made from metal: bicycles. Cycling was the end of Kraftwerk”: Our classic lost interview with Kraftwerk’s Wolfgang Flür gave rare insight into the band's internal conflicts

Back in 2007, we caught up with Kraftwerk’s former rhythmic robot, who had much to share about the fraught relationship with the band that defined electronic music

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The Teenage Engineering OP-1 Field finally gets undo

"Sometimes it’s nice to get a do-over. That’s why we are undoing what we did – we’re adding undo"

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“When I started, it was considered a fair conversation whether a woman actually could compose music at all!”: Synth pioneer Jill Fraser on pushing boundaries in the world of electronic music

Synth legend Jill Fraser delves into her history of evolving musical set-ups, film composition and how her most recent album birthed electronic reinterpretations of US hymns

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“I felt weird sending it to her, it’s almost something that Doja Cat could jump on - but Kim loved it”: Genre-colliding producer Justin Raisen speaks to us about the thrill of working on Kim Gordon's latest record

We speak to a producer hell bent on re-wiring 21st century pop with an eccentric and passionate production take. The likes of Charli XCX and Kim Gordon can’t get enough

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“The fundamental building blocks of electric guitar tone: fuzz, harmonic shaping, and amplifier drive”: Crazy Tube Circuits’ Triptychon might just be the only pedal you need for classic rock

CTC delivers another super-ambitious build that looks very much like a shut-up-and-take-my-money stompbox for any player weaned on LedZep, Cream, Sabbath et al

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“I'd never used a MIDI controller in my life like that. Before then I was just using my keyboard on my laptop, and I thought that was the only way to do it”: PinkPantheress on her lightbulb MIDI keyboard moment and her whirlwind music production journey

"It's sampling, but in terms of what I was doing, I was being quite low-lift with it,” she says of her early music-making efforts

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Thomann launch Montreux Jazz Festival competition with hour long slot plus €3,000 performance fee up for grabs

Applicants can be different genres that ‘make up the festival’s varied palette’

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“It was the quickest song I ever wrote. I didn’t even write it on the keyboard, and it took about 10 minutes”: How to re-create the sound of Gary Numan’s synth-pop classic Cars

We lift the bonnet on a foundational piece of synth genius, and demonstrate how you can achieve its distinctive sound yourself in your DAW

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“No menus to dive through. No modes to get stuck in. Just play, loop, and explore your musical ideas”: Auxy unveils Svensson, a minimalist keyboard built for instant music-making

The debut hardware instrument from the makers of Auxy Studio, Svensson 49's sounds were designed by YouTuber and musician Cuckoo

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What is Superbooth 2026?: Everything you need to know about the Berlin music tech show

Europe's most exciting synth showcase is upon us. When is it, what new gear is getting announced and how do you get tickets?

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"Was not limited to any particular methods for the delivery of music": London High Court throws out Hendrix royalties lawsuit from estates of Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell

Relatives argued they were owed streaming revenue

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“They’re the best synth band in the '80s not to have a hit”: 6 under-appreciated synth-pop acts from the 1980s that deserve your attention

Forget your OMDs, your Depeche Modes, Human Leagues, Pet Shop Boys and A-has, because these not-so-popular bleep combos are well worth tracking down instead

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“One of the few times Axl and I ever went out in public was to see Nirvana in Hollywood. And then people say grunge killed Guns N’ Roses”: Slash on the alternative rock revolution – and the groundbreaking album that blew Axl Rose’s mind

“I was never a big Pearl Jam fan, but Soundgarden was great”

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“From subtle warmth to aggressive drive, it adapts to any musical context”: Neural DSP unveils the Darkglass Ultimate plugin – a fully featured digital platform for studio-quality bass tone

Darkglass Ultimate expands upon the Ultra dual-preamp plugin with effects, cabs, full signal chain control and more – and it's a free update for Darkglass Ultra users

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“It certainly appears a lot more expensive than it actually is”: Harley Benton Fusion IV HH FR review

The return of Harley Benton's Fusion series brings boutique spec at bedroom prices

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Expressive E launches Osmose CE, a MIDI controller version of its MPE-equipped synth

Osmose CE ships with a free companion plugin that gives users access to a library of expressive sounds from third-party developers pre-mapped to the Osmose keybed

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"Out of the first 10 Prophets sold, one went to Rick Wakeman, one to David Bowie, and one to Joe Zawinul. It took off from there": The history of Sequential in 10 synths, sequencers and drum machines

We chart the rise, fall and revival of one of the synth world's true titans

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Harley Benton drops a sub-$250 baritone that proves you can do low tunings at low prices – and stay fashionably offset

Once upon a time a baritone offset was exclusive, a super-niche instrument that'd cost you, but the entry level JA-Baritone HH BK changes all that

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iZotope upgrades RX with a film-focused stem separation module and improved machine learning

RX 12 also promises an improved workflow and a smoother interface

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“I mean, this is the greatest recording ever made. I could break down why it's so good, blah blah blah, but more than anything... what were they thinking?”: Jack Antonoff breaks down the crazy genius of his favourite Beatles song

"There's nothing like it. There never has or never will be.”

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“I wasn't prepared for what I saw that night. Not only did you hear this magnificent voice, but the message was one of faith, truth and doing the right thing”: How a classic song recorded live in London set Bob Marley on the path to global superstardom

And he gave away the songwriting credit to a local hero back home in Jamaica

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“If you thought the DX7 could get glassy, you haven’t heard anything yet”: 7 weird synthesis types that died on the vine

These are the synthesis types that didn’t make it into the big time, from Vector to Vocal and so many unique points in-between

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“In the next 12 months there are going to be two, possibly three more Moog synths – we’re going to have some instant classics added to our roster”: EXCLUSIVE! Moog President Joe Richardson tells us what's coming next from the iconic synth brand

With the Muse and Messenger signalling that Moog is still in rude health following its acquisition by InMusic, we catch up with its president to learn more about life behind the scenes at the world’s biggest synth brand

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"It's remarkable that this powerful synth can be picked up for free": We pit 5 of the best soft synths against each other

We put five of today's most powerful, flexible and versatile synth plugins to the test to find out who comes out on top

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