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SoundCloud confirms that electronic music fans are its most engaged listeners, and that the popularity of trance in particular is on the rise

Producers have been the cornerstone of the platform since its launch in 2007

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"Many offer 'vintage-sounding' samples, but we’re offering the real thing": Tracklib announces "first of its kind" royalty-free sample packs made up of authentic '70s recordings

The Actually Vintage series launches with two sample packs made up of recordings made in Rome in the 1970s

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Talking Heads pose the questions on US game show Jeopardy - take them on here

Talking Heads appear on US game show Jeopardy

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“Over 400 effects based on those of the award-winning Axe-Fx III”: Fractal launches the VP4 ‘Virtual Pedalboard’ – a compact, hugely configurable digital multi-effects unit that could give your 'board the night off

The Fractal VP4 stakes a claim for pedalboard supremacy offering players hundreds of sounds in an easy-to-use format, 104 user configurable presets, and a signal path that can be populated by up to four effects simultaneously,

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“Muscular, articulate rock tones were the tones I always sought, but I made a name for myself in the ‘80s when you needed a little more aggression”: Friedman unveils the Jake E. Lee signature IR-J dual-channel tube preamp pedal

The former Ozzy guitarist’s tone is all about ‘70s hard-rock and the box-office hard rock and metal of the ‘80s, and this fully featured, IR-equipped tube preamp pedal nails it all

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“John Lennon’s death had a huge effect on me. He was the one who invited me to drink with The Beatles”: How Foreigner’s Mick Jones connected with a hero

The guitarist experienced Beatlemania first-hand

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Native Instruments discontinues Maschine MK1 and MK2, but new Maschine software is on the way - with stem separation and more

Could Maschine MK4 be around the corner?

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“The whole second verse of that song is ‘80s song titles, strung together as sentences”: No one knew about the lyrical Easter eggs I dropped into a Rihanna hit single, says songwriter Evan Kidd Bogart

The Michael Jackson, Tears For Fears and A-ha references passed everyone by, he reveals

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One Direction singer Liam Payne, aged 31, dies in Buenos Aires

Liam Payne dies from fall from hotel room in Buenos Aires

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“My original guitar hero has always been Brian May”: The Last Dinner Party’s Emily Roberts on her new (red) special friend

She loves a guitar solo you can sing along to

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“Spreads those SidStation ripples even further”: Elektron’s Syntakt gets new sounds and a Euclidean sequencer

Elektron’s free 1.30 OS makes the hybrid groovebox more appealing than ever

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“That album makes me tear up. It makes me emotional, just because I think, wow, imagine being there in that crowd, listening to one of the greatest bands of all time”: Charli XCX on the Daft Punk album that hits different

She also says that, when she was growing up, “I really thought that I wanted to emulate Britney Spears”

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“Why would you lend your talents to Michael Jackson?”: Alex Van Halen told Eddie not to play on Beat It

Was Eddie’s most famous solo really “a mistake”?

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Hardware, software, pro tips, techniques and more. Get ready for a week of recording revelations

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“I am very honoured to be a Gretsch signature guitarist because I have been a massive fan for so long”: Gretsch unveils a stunning limited edition semi-hollow electric for Depeche Mode’s Martin Gore

The G6618-MG Martin Gore Anniversary Center Block betrays the synth-pop pioneer's rock 'n' roll influences, and features a top-tier build with TV Jones pickups, a Two-Tone Smoke Green finish, and we just can't get enough of that G-cutout tailpiece

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“It was three weeks before the release, and he said: ‘I know it will be number one’”: How ATB accidentally came up with the hook for the chart-topping 9PM (Till I Come) while showing off his studio to impress a date

“9PM changed everything for me - but it wasn’t planned”

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“The Les Paul approach, where you play everything yourself and you’re bouncing tracks around”: How Lindsey Buckingham reinvented Fleetwood Mac

The ex-Mac guitarist sheds new light on the Tusk album

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“Just ask Kiss, Nirvana and The Rolling Stones - all bands that became globally recognised brands”: How to build an artist identity that cuts through the noise

Establishing your artist name is more vital than you might think

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"I didn’t know how to work any of it. It felt like being at the controls of a spacecraft: a spacecraft that I had absolutely no idea how to fly": Elton John says he’s never got over his Hammond organ “phobia”

“I was a piano player trying to play the organ like a piano, and it just doesn’t work that way - it’s a completely different technique, one I couldn’t master”

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“It’s a task that most of us can’t be bothered with, but it’ll pay off in the long run”: Never cleaned your synths? Here's how – and why – to do it properly

Follow these top tips to keep your 'boards clean, in tune and ready to play, whatever the day

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“I became a better player because I had to follow Randy Rhoads”: How Jake E. Lee found fame with Ozzy

The guitarist is currently recovering after being shot in Las Vegas

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“Nirvana was an honest expression of not being ashamed to put your angst on the front page”: Run DMC rapper talks about how he relates to Kurt Cobain

Like Kurt, Darryl McDaniels has struggled with his mental health

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“It’s a mixture of a jam band, me as a singer-songwriter, and programming with late ‘90s, early 2000s dance music technology of the day”: Johnny Marr on how “Moogs, Korg 101s and Space Echo” shared space with guitar to shape his sound with the Healers

With Johnny Marr and the Healers’ Boomslang receiving a deluxe reissue, the guitar icon reflects on the album's sessions and the impact technology had on writing and recording it

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"Where the Foxgear units shine is being fully integrated, including the power stage": Foxgear 100W Series review

Foxgear wades into the integrated pedalboard amp fight with four pocket-sized offerings

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"The Jeval is a decent integrated pedal solution as a fly rig or pedalboard gigging solution": Baroni Jeval review

The Jeval joins the AFK150 as a high-gain hybrid pedalboard amp but how does it stack up?

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