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“I understood it as a great pop song, but I wasn't sure on the very first listen as to whether I liked it or not”: How Alison Moyet and Vince Clarke bottled the sound of ...

Just Can't Get Enough was the track that helped propel Depeche Mode to superstardom, and a great springboard for its departing writer, Vince Clarke, to score massive hits with a variety of new musical ...
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“The Matrix hack song to clear your debt and get wealthy”: Is Anita Ward’s Ring My Bell more than just a disco classic?

The trend appears to stem from TikTok user GoddessInanna15, who has posted multiple videos that make a variety of claims ...
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“Loving this cover!”: Tears For Fears give Harry Styles’ performance of their biggest hit the seal of approval, but was there a more appropriate version he could have sung?

Harry Styles is making a habit of covering classic British pop songs from the ‘80s. Six years ago, he and his band gave a widely acclaimed and much-viewed performance of Peter Gabriel’s Sledgehammer ...
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“I have a little bit of a love-hate relationship with my Prophet ’08”: Art School Girlfriend on the synths, software and studio secrets behind new project Lean In

London-based, Wrexham-born artist and producer Polly Mackey began her musical career as frontwoman for shoegaze five-piece ...
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“All I hear is ‘Auto-Tune sucks’, ‘drum machines have no soul’ and ‘you can’t make hip-hop on a laptop because computers have no swing’”: Flying Lotus on the ...

FlyLo weighs in on Suno and talks us through the making of BIG MAMA, a chaotic speedrun of an EP that zooms through chiptune, breakcore and jazz fusion without looping a single bar ...
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"A massive expansion of its abilities as a modulation and automation powerhouse": Bitwig Studio 6 review review

This sizeable update to Bitwig Studio expands on its strengths, and locks it in as the creative sound designer’s ultimate ...
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“I didn't get it at first. Then I visited my friend's studio. The way he was using it opened my eyes”: House icons Alan Braxe and Fred Falke on embracing AI in the studio

As they reissue the cult classic Intro for its 25th anniversary, the French producers tell us how they see AI reshaping sampling culture ...
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MusicRadar deals of the week: Score $200 off a whacky Gibson guitar, $150 off UAD plugins, and $200 off a must-have Moog synth

We've uncovered the very best offers on a range of music-making gear from the likes of Gibson, Line 6, UAD, Donner, and more ...
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Bitwig Studio 6 is here with improved automation, clip aliases and tons of workflow enhancements

Promising users a "big step up", Bitwig Studio 6 builds on core DAW functions to help music-making become faster and more ...
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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 ...

What A Fool Believes reached No.1 in the US and Canada by April 1979 and won Grammys for Song of the Year and Record of the ...
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“I remember David reaching over to John and saying, ‘No, don’t do it like that’, and John going, ‘Excuse me? I’m the bass player, right? This is how I do it ...

When Bowie went for a hang with Queen, a song for the ages was born. But assembling it was fraught with no short supply of pressure ...
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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 ...

And the noisy band creating a career-defining album in Lennon’s former workplace was Judas Priest. As Priest singer Rob ...