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Goodbye, 2025! Check out 7 of our favourite test tracks of the year

2025 signs off in style

What Hi-Fi? · Dec 16, 2025

“It's an arcane 18th century German form of rap. I really enjoy it because it's an opportunity to say some quite bizarre things that I wouldn't necessarily be able to sing about”: The inside story of the Gorillaz classic Feel Good Inc.

Over a billion views on YouTube to date

MusicRadar · Oct 13, 2025

Gorillaz bring out De La Soul while playing Plastic Beach in full

Last Saturday saw the band play their acclaimed second album Demon Days in full.

Evening Standard · Sep 2, 2025

"It's the hip-hop version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria": Madlib launches fundraiser after losing home, gear and extensive record collection in LA wildfires

The revered hip-hop producer is asking for donations to assist with "immediate personal needs" after fires claimed his Altadena home

MusicRadar · Jan 14, 2025

The surprising '80s album that never leaves our hi-fi test rooms

It's a gem of a hip-hop album that should be in every music fan's collection – and it's a great test disc, too.

What Hi-Fi? · May 29, 2024

"Probably two percent of all photographers in those days were black", Normski recalls how he became the man with the golden shutter in the age of hip-hop

From its humble beginnings, Normski recorded the rise of hip-hop culture as it became a global phenomenon

Digital Camera World · Jan 11, 2024

Bombay Bicycle Club: ‘People were still calling us landfill indie’

Now comfortably in their second-era stride, Noughties indie rock’s most celebrated escapees talk to Mark Beaumont about class, Keir Starmer, and getting Damon Albarn to noodle around on their new album

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2023

15 best Gorillaz tracks to test your system

We’ve curated the finest tracks from the most successful virtual band ever so that you can get the best out of your hi-fi.

What Hi-Fi? · Jul 26, 2023

I didn’t know how to tell my mum that Mike Nichols hated my script

I had my icons and I worshipped them. And one of them dumping on me from a great height was painful – though perhaps useful, too

The Guardian - UK · Apr 17, 2023

De La Soul's music is available after years of disputes

The band was big during the early days of hip-hop, mostly from the 1980s through mid-'90s.

Axios · Mar 3, 2023