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“A moving tribute to the emperor penguin and the fragile ecosystems it depends on”: Martin marks Earth Day with a custom graphic 00L Biosphere IV acoustic in the nam…

This stunning slope-shouldered 00-14 features artwork from Robert Goetzl, an FSC-certified build, and recognises a universal ...
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“This track had no right to exist in 1973”: How Kraftwerk invented techno, nearly a decade before the genre was officially established

Or when Phuture found that second-hand TB-303 and invented acid house? Genius. Or what about when you found that unheard-of ...
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“An excellent addition to the 64 Audio product line, bringing their excellent build quality and design to a more affordable price point”: 64 Audio Aspire series review

There’s an enticing new offering from in-ear leaders 64 Audio and we have three of the models on the test bench ...
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“There are two ways that you cannot sing – if you're crying or if there's hair in your mouth”: Vanessa Carlton explains how her Coachella cameo performance of piano p…

Carlton came up with A Thousand Miles’ piano riff in 1998, at her parents’ house. Despite her mother insisting that she had a ...
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“Step it in, play it in, or let the machine take the lead”: Cre8audio Programm is a CV and MIDI sequencer that blends playability and algorithmic generation

Cre8audio has unveiled Programm, a MIDI and CV sequencer designed to bridge “the gap between human performance and ...
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“Everyone is using these tools, artists at all levels – but they don't want to talk about it”: How AI is changing electronic music

From Suno sampling to robot B2Bs, artificial intelligence is reshaping the way electronic music is created and performed, ...
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“I never wanted to be a solo artist. That album was all the songs that were turned down by Fleetwood Mac between 1975 and 1980”: Why Stevie Nicks decided to fly …

In 1981, Stevie Nicks’ debut solo album Bella Donna reached No 1 on the US Billboard 200. The album also yielded three huge ...
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“They’re the foundation of any real culture. Without them, you don’t get The Smiths, Amy Winehouse or The 1975. You get silence”: New study suggests thousands of yo…

A new report suggests that young people are increasingly abandoning any ambitions to play music, partly because of the lack ...
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“She's asking me what tricks I have - as if she's asking me! I have no tricks that she doesn't know about”: PinkPantheress responds to Imogen Heap’s request for ...

Having previously advised that “MIDI controllers can be expensive” and that using your QWERTY keyboard to record notes “works ...
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“Jimi and I sat down facing each other, with Jimi on six-string acoustic and me on 12-string”: The life and times of Dave Mason, the Traffic legend who played with Hendrix ...

Dave Mason lived a remarkable life devoted to the music and the people he loved.’ This was the dedication from Mason’s family following the announcement of the acclaimed musician’s death at the age of ...
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“There have been times in my career where I’ve wondered: at the end of the day, am I going to own only 15% of my catalogue?”: DJ Shadow on why he stopped samplin…

The pioneering producer explains why he switched up his sample-heavy workflow in favour of soft synths and Ableton Live ...
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“They said ‘we’re going to let you on the plane, but you’re going to have to be sniffed by the dog'": Ringo Starr talks to Jimmy Kimmel about his duet with Paul ...

Long Long Road – and he went on Jimmy Kimmel’s show last night to promote it. The ex-Beatle trotted out onto the set, looking ...