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“We didn’t just want to set a record; we wanted to create something iconic. Something that shows the world what Africa is capable of when vision meets excellence”: Record broken for Largest Orchestra at an Afrobeats concert

The cream of the genre plus an 80-piece ensemble

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“We should all be proud that British musicians are responsible for this force in music called heavy metal. Black Sabbath and Judas Priest invented true heavy metal music”: How Priest singer Rob Halford remembers the band’s breakthrough moment

And how they triumphed amid the ‘mudbath’ of the first Monsters Of Rock festival

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“When I first met George I was just speechless. But when we started playing, he gave no direction. He liked the way I played, and I would just be myself”: Robben Ford on what it was like working with a Beatle at the age of 22

By his own admission, Ford was “green” when he was called into play on George Harrison’s Dark Horse but there was no pressure to be anything other than himself

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“It was such a special moment. It felt very special to be able to give her that towards the end of her life”: Marianne Faithfull's last performance captured in new doc

Broken English is out in a couple of weeks

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"I put it on everything - you get this beautiful shimmery goodness out of it": Jasper Tygner on the Soundtoys plugin behind the "filmic" sound of his debut album Blue

We visited Tygner in his London-based studio ahead of the release of his cinematic, rave-inspired new project

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“I don’t want anybody kissing my eyes. I don’t want anybody staying up all night to hear me breathe. What are you kissing my eyes for?”: 28 years later, songwriter Diane Warren is bewildered by some of her lyrics for what became Aerosmith's biggest hit

We'd definitely be willing to miss out on some of those things

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“This song, on breakfast radio?! It was such a shock, ‘What?! When did the world change that this belongs here?’ Mad. It didn’t make sense”: The story of Born Slippy, Underworld’s emotion-triggering masterwork

At the dawn of the 1990s, Underworld were a spent force - little did they realise they were about to create one of the decade’s most enduring tracks

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“I can play timbres and speeds other drummers can’t – up to 20 hits per second”: Meet Jason Barnes – the prosthetic-assisted one-armed drummer

He’s broken record for most bpm with a prosthetic

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Waldorf upgrades its Iridium Desktop synth with a little help from Aphex Twin

Iridium Desktop Mk2 gains a new synthesis mode, extra power under-the-hood, and an automation feature inspired by Richard D James

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Furby organs, lightsaber theremins and the 1000-oscillator synth: Look Mum No Computer on his 7 craziest musical inventions

UK Eurovision entrant Sam Battle talks us through seven of his most absurd and extraordinary musical machines

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“We believe labels and distributors must take an active role in reporting”: Apple Music announces new tagging system for AI-generated music

But it’s only voluntary...

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“Even when we went to collect the Grammy for Song of the Year in 1980, I was thinking, ‘How did this happen?’”: This No.1 hit is the pinnacle of yacht rock, but its smooth sound belies its tortuous creation

When Michael McDonald teamed up with Kenny Loggins, there was magic in the air

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“In terms of the guitar solo, he just keeps going! You think, ‘OK, surely it’s time to wrap it up?’ But no, he keeps going and it’s great”: The genius of David Gilmour in Pink Floyd’s greatest songs – by Matt Bellamy, Kirk Hammett, Stu Mackenzie and more

Plus! Comfortably Numb or comfortably dumb? Find out with our Pink Floyd quiz challenge

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“Evocative organ sounds and slower, gentler revolutions with a distinctive flavour”: Crumar Burn rotary speaker simulation pedal review

A convincing Leslie sound isn't easy. Can a keyboard maker provide the solution for guitarists?

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“Until now, creativity has been stifled by the need to acquire playing skills. Now, using the computer, any child can play": Unearthed BBC video from 1986 shows what music technology in the classroom used to look and sound like

Can a Yamaha CX5M computer succeed in a world of glockenspiels and triangles?

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“I’m sure there are players that don’t have an interest in playing dynamically and just want to be on or off… that’s cool, and there’s a lot of pickups that do that. But not mine”: How Mark Morton and Gibson reinvented the Les Paul for modern metal

The Lamb Of God guitarist walks us through the evolution of his signature Les Paul Modern Quilt and explains why passive humbuckers beat active every time

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“Six highly collectible amplifiers valued at more than most homes are worth”: Looking for the holy grail tube tones of Joe Bonamassa, John Mayer, Carlos Santana and Robben Ford? IK Multimedia just put $300,000 of Dumble mojo into a Tonex One mini pedal

The Tonex One Double Special is a limited edition pedal preloaded with 20 models from two über-rare Dumbles – and the bundled software presents sounds from six Overdrive Specials

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“A happy bending of the rules of nature”: Elektron’s latest Syntakt update adds sample synthesis and new sequencing tools to the hybrid drum synth

The free v1.40 update is out now for all existing users

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“It's my favourite piece of gear that I own now – I use it on absolutely everything": Art School Girlfriend on the second-hand dynamic mic that shaped the "intimate" sound of new album Lean In

Polly Mackey walks us through the making of The Peaks from her London-based studio

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“He played it to Motown, and they said, 'No way is Beck getting this song, it's too good’”: Dissecting the musical magic of Superstition, the song Stevie Wonder just couldn’t let go

Exploring the mechanics of the song which was taken to mega-success by Stevie Wonder - much to Jeff Beck's frustration

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“The magic of the Mac at a breakthrough price”: Apple’s new MacBook Neo might be cheap, but for music producers, could it be a false economy? It’s complicated

Whisper it quietly, but this new $599 laptop might just be powerful enough for many musicians

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“The lower the instrument in pitch, the closer to the centre of the stereo image it should be placed”: How to pan like a pro and spread your mix across the stereo image

We help you broaden your mixing horizons with some useful tips for panning perfection

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"This might be the most amp-like option out there, and it's certainly convinced me of the benefits of the humble FRFR speaker": Blackstar Artist FR Standard

The race for the ultimate FRFR speaker is hotting up, with Blackstar going up against Fender, Laney, Positive Grid and Line 6 with its own range of digital amp modeler speaker companions

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“Afterwards he sent David an invoice for $10,000. I don’t know if David actually paid him that much”: Tony Visconti on Dave Grohl’s “ludicrious” Bowie session fee

He guested on the Heathen album

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“I wanted to recreate it, being lost in instrumentation and the musicality”: Harry Styles says that “hypnotic” electronic music by the likes of Floating Points and Jamie XX has influenced not only his new album, but also his marathon training

Kiss all the time. Disco, occasionally. is released on Friday

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