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“Nobody knew you could do that, we always try to do things to break the normal order”: More than 30 years before Teenage Engineering, Kraftwerk saw the future o…

Marking an album that foresaw the 21st century’s computer-addicted society, Kraftwerk dropped their own branded handheld ...
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"Michael picked up the music stand and threw it at the wall. He picked up a chair and threw it, too, then angrily pushed over a baffle": New book claims that Michael Jack…

In an extract from the book that Variety has run, Beck reveals that Jackson denied all intent, saying “It’s not antisemitic ...
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Antelope Audio drops free EQ plugin to celebrate the release of individual perpetual licenses for 75+ plugins

To mark the occasion, Antelope Audio is giving away a free plugin: MG4+. This is a 6-band EQ based on the Mäag Audio EQ4, a popular 500-Series hardware EQ. EQ4 is known for its Air Band functionality, ...
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“Huge sounds in the vein of an artist at the forefront of the progressive metal scene” Neural DSP Archetype: Misha Mansoor X review

Neural’s digital expertise combines with Misha Mansoor’s renowned ear for excellent tone to bring us a plugin that serves up ...
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“I didn’t think it was the most important album since Sgt Pepper. But I certainly knew saying that brought more attention to it, and more sales to it”: Sananda Maitreya ...

Sananda Maitreya, the artist previously known as Terence Trent D’Arby, is currently touring the UK and is about to have the ...
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Jazz great Jack DeJohnette - drummer for Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins and others - dies, aged 83

It’s been announced that a true jazz great – drummer Jack DeJohnette – has passed away at the age of 83. DeJohnette played ...
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“If I want a sound, I usually feel better if I've chased it and killed it, skinned it and cooked it”: The DIY attitude that led to Tom Waits’ finest album

Waits’ gritty Rain Dogs depicted a dark vision of New York’s underbelly, and was shaped by its ‘junkyard orchestra’ of ...
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“It’s a pretty bizarre day when you find an email from Robert Smith in your inbox”: Electronic polymath Daniel Avery on the genre-blurring magic of new album Tremo…

Now on his sixth studio album, we speak to Daniel Avery and hear how he mixed the distorted with the ethereal to create the ...
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“I remember sitting down with Roger and saying, ‘Roger, this is insane!’”: The strange lost album that Pink Floyd abandoned in 1975

First envisioned back in 1969, the album - known internally by its working title ‘Household Objects’ - was nothing short of a ...
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Daft Punk's Thomas Bangalter performs first DJ set in 16 years – and it's a B2B with Fred Again

"Thomas told me in this lift on the way down to the show that the first time he fell in love with electronic music was in this building in 1992. He also told me hasn’t played a proper set without the ...
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UFOs! Mick Jagger! Cold War paranoia! The bizarre origins of one of the biggest hits of the 1980s

The smash hit song reflected both the 1980s’ geopolitical tensions and the era's underlying optimism ...