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“Ultimately, I believe it will be the end of mankind”: We catch up with synthpop legend Gary Numan to talk sampling, running a record label and the future of music

Following the reissue of his 1984 album Berserker, Gary Numan reminisces on the demise of Numa Records and the dangers of AI

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Madonna introduces fans to Veronica Electronica

Madonna has introduced fans to her alter-ego Veronica Electronica as she finally prepares to release the long-awaited remix album of the same name which features new versions of tracks from her 1998 record Ray of Light.

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Underworld, Basement Jaxx, Groove Armada and William Orbit: PinkPantheress has sampled the cream of '90s and '00s UK electronic music on new mixtape, Fancy That

It's short on length, but heavy on influences

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"I remember in the studio thinking: ‘Oh my God, how am I going to deliver this to the label tomorrow?’ I’d totally lost sight of its potential": A music professor breaks down the theory behind All Saints' Pure Shores

As the William Orbit-produced Pure Shores turns 25, we put the blissful '00s hit under the musical microscope

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“Drugs At our age? You don’t have to take them forever. Once you’ve opened the doors of perception you can see what’s going on; you’ve got the ideas”: Dave Brock on Hawkwind’s late-period purple patch

Space rock veteran is happier then ever – and he even found an upside in nearly missing a recent tour over hospital stay

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Georgia: "My dad brought me into studios from the age of six - there’s a picture of me as a kid on his Juno on a Leftfield 12” somewhere!"

Solo artist, collaborator, songwriter, producer, remixer and drummer Georgia Barnes is also a self-confessed synth nerd, which she has every right to blame on her upbringing. Here she explains how she works within that electronic world with producers and artists including Rostam, William Orbit and Olly Alexander…

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“He did one track… then went off with some famous singer to do another album”: Hawkwind’s collaboration with William Orbit didn’t happen on this album - but they hope it will on the next

Stories From Time And Space marks the band’s first offworld work in years, after being mentioned in a book got them thinking of the cosmos again

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Get into the groove! Writers go head-to-head to declare Madonna’s best album

As she gears up for her delayed career retrospective tour, our writers battle it out over their favourite record by the queen of pop. Make the case for yours in the comments

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‘Dreams do come true’ – William Orbit on the pure joy of playing with his musical heroes Hawkwind

Hawkwind’s In Search of Space was the first record William Orbit ever bought, and tonight he will be on stage with them at the Royal Albert Hall

Evening Standard

The best-selling albums you won't believe turn 20 in 2023

Two decades sure does seem to have passed quickly when you're reminded of things like this

Wales Online

Madonna has enough muscles to be in the 'marines' and is 'stressful', says William Orbit

Holed up in Burbank, LA for several months with Madonna in 1997, the pair recorded her critically acclaimed album Ray of Light, and got to know one another pretty intimately - he even once walked in on her using the toilet

Daily Mirror

William Orbit: The Painter – welcome return of the classy dance master

Orbit’s glory years may be behind him, but the one-time superproducer’s latest album still offers smooth, ambient grandeur

The Guardian - UK

Londoner’s Diary: Gary Lineker sewage remarks kick up stink at the BBC

In today’s Diary: BBC colleague bashes Gary Lineker’s tweets / Why the French will like Chagos Islands book / What next for Matt Hancock? / Hugh Bonneville’s latest villain / William Orbit to make noise in Venice

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