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“There’s joy in doing something again and again”: Hot Chip post vintage footage showing how one of their best loved tracks was created

Direct from Joe Goddard’s bedroom sometime in the mid-00s

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"If you're seeking a polished, smooth, modern distortion, this is most definitely not the stomp box for you": Peavey Decade preamp pedal review

Peavey’s latest pedal is rated-R, for riffage

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“If you’re looking for something to use for home practice, then it’s an invaluable tool”: Mooer SD30i Intelligent Amp review

There’s everything from US-style clean combos to high-gain metal heads alongside a healthy range of effects

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“Some of the guys never wanted to do that song in the first place. ‘This is crap – too poppy!’ I thought it was great, but I had no idea that it would become the band’s signature tune”: The ’70s hit that reinvented a legendary rock band

A triumph for a singer who’d been doing TV ads for yoghurt and crackers

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“He didn’t set the bar very high in terms of vocal skills right from the very beginning”: Which rock legend could Ian Anderson be talking about?

Jethro Tull man describes him as a “shouter”

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Massive X Player is a new free synth plugin that lets users morph and modulate presets from Native Instruments’ wavetable powerhouse

With its new freebie, Native Instruments aims to bring its next-gen Massive to the masses

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"It’s a capitalist mentality and we’re all paying Taylor Swift": Billie Marten speaks out on the difficulties mid range artists are facing

"Everyone that’s hanging onto the artist is buying houses and having families and going on holiday. And the artists could never dream of doing that."

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“Kudos to Akai’s software team”: Roger Linn uploads video that praises the MPC Live II as “the ultimate looper”

He works up a track in just two minutes

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“OMG, modular synthesizers and video games? Sign. Me. Up”: Look Mum No Computer just made their own computer game

The much-loved DIY vintage gear repair video powerhouse just released their own synth-inspired shoot-em-up

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“It’s earth-shaking when I think about it. If I had never met him, where would my life have gone?”: Virtuoso guitarist John McLaughlin pays tribute to a beloved bandmate with a “magical” live album

"We have the record, and that is joyful and beautiful"

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“Why are you doing this!?”: Watch Ozzy Osbourne try to kickstart his ancient ARP 2600 vintage synth

Because even the world’s biggest music superstars occasionally have difficulty getting their gear to work properly

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“They were doing things nobody was doing. Their chords were outrageous, just outrageous”: How the Beatles won over America with one performance

We look back on that magical night when John, Paul, George and Ringo entranced a grieving nation and fired up the engine of Beatlemania stateside

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"It’s amazing how your brain reacts when you’re listening to 50 seconds of music, rather than just a two-bar loop": 8 pro producers show how to break out of the loop and turn basic ideas into finished tracks

Watch Danny Byrd, Eats Everything, DJ Boring, Ploy, Mr Mitch, Breaka, Lawrence Hart and Richard Fearless of Death In Vegas at work in their studios

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“I have none of that high-speed technical skill of a Steve Vai or a Joe Satriani. What I have is a connection between the mind and the fingers”: How Brian May plays off instinct – and how he and Freddie Mercury battled over a Queen classic

“Freddie was pushing up the guitar more and more”

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“We've been sleeping for 30 years. Please excuse us”: The Commodore 64 is back, packed with extra power for chiptune music makers

Fans of the original’s much-loved SID chip can now get their hands on a brand new take on the classic

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“A huge moment, not just for me, but for the future of music”: AI ‘creator’ signs record deal with Hallwood Media

Imoliver says it “isn’t about replacing artists, but expanding what’s possible”

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"A very capable package that will give beginners the tools they need to make good quality recordings": M-Audio M-Track Duo HD Producer Pack review

This recording studio in a box from M-Audio looks to give beginners a complete home studio setup for below $/£200

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“I went and got this big cast iron frying pan and a hammer, and I held it up facing this funky old mic and just went, bam!”: Terminator composer Brad Fiedel on the making of his iconic synth-fuelled sci-fi soundtrack

"What I did on the original Terminator came from me," he says, "but I can't say that I invented anything”

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“A bubbling cauldron full of ancient sounds, but confusing to learn and lacking in space”: Teenage Engineering EP-1320 Medieval review

Hear ye! Beholdeth “the world’s first medieval electronic instrument”. But is it formius o’er functionus?

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“He pretty much wrote the whole song!He just started playing that bass line and we all knew it was killer”: How Alice In Chains’ Mike Inez got the ball rolling for Ozzy Osbourne classic No More Tears – but he never got the chance to record it

Ozzy's top-tier guitarists get all the glory but on No More Tears you've got to give the bass player his dues. Make that bass players, plural

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“Provides a quick solution for a wide range of vocal processing and beyond”: Neural DSP Mantra review

Vocal processing often deploys a complex blend of tools and this plugin aims to provide them all. Let’s see if it succeeds

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“It’s just a little bit embarrassing that it became as big a hit as it did”: The joyful REM classic that many believe contains a darker meaning

The song was inescapable in the early 1990s, yet the shifting dynamics and sunny lyrics of REM's upbeat smash continue to provoke questions about its subtext

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“I will be honored to do the honors!”: Lucy Dacus is offering to marry fans on her upcoming tour

Singer-songwriter is now an official wedding celebrant

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“I had no idea that it was being recorded!”: 48 years later, percussionist Ray Cooper tells the story of his ‘lost’ live collaboration with Elton John that's finally getting a release

We speak to the superstar percussionist about “a very brave, very courageous idea that Sir Elton had, to go out on the road with just two people…”

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"Politicians are not people - they are pernicious, corrupting anomalies, and music reminds people globally that we are not reflected by them": Moby explains why he's teamed up with a Russian teenager on a lush new ambient track

“Politicians just make things worse”, says the producer

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