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"Do we really need another virtual analogue synth? If it sounds this good, the answer is yes": Yum Audio Ember review

Yum Audio's Ember is a "vibe-driven" soft synth that promises analogue warmth, vintage textures and rich, characterful sound - and actually delivers

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“Digital is obedient, which is useful in certain circumstances, but analogue misbehaves and that wildness is appealing”: John Foxx on spearheading the synthpop movement and the anniversary of Metamatic

“Digital is obedient, which is useful in certain circumstances, but analogue misbehaves and that wildness is appealing”

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“They all said he was crazy. The whole industry said he's going off the deep end. Who would even buy a guitar or a piano over the internet? And he just stuck to his guns. For him everything was doable": See behind the scenes as Thomann turns 70

The world’s biggest music gear store just released an eye-popping video that tells their story

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"He’s stabilised now, which is brilliant": Brian May’s wife Anita Dobson gives fans a fresh update on his progress

Following a stroke in September fans of the Queen star have been eagerly eyeing updates

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"He's a brilliant actor so I’m sure he’s going to be completely believable as me": Bob Dylan has just endorsed Timothée Chalamet’s Bob Dylan impersonation

The oscar-nominated actor has nailed Dylan’s persona in an upcoming biopic. And that’s according to Dylan

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“Reimagined for the 21st century by renowned British luthier Patrick James Eggle”: Shergold unveils Masquerader Standard Series, an affordably priced, imaginatively spec’d S-style with a P-90/humbucker combo

The Masquerader is a jack of many trades with a versatile pickup pairing, lightweight build and locking tuners

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“They’re both rock ‘n’ rollers in my opinion. And that’s kind of why I gravitated towards them as a ‘band member’: I just love their rock ‘n’ roll spirit": Dan Nigro on why he’s more than just a producer for Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan

"I just think that nowadays, there’s room for producers to play the role of the band”

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“Everything that you've learned about making music just seems to click at the right time – it feels like an accident”: Turning old ideas into finished tracks with Mr. Mitch (aka DJ Cuddles)

The London-born ambient grime producer invites us into the studio to show us his creative workflow

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“That same, authentic syrupy sound onto your pedalboard without breaking the bank!”: Having unveiled super-affordable Klon and Tone Bender clones, Behringer unveils a $69 take on the Shin-Ei Uni-Vibe

Behringer keeps the classic clones coming with the '69 Vibe, and promises more to come as it takes aim at critics

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“It was a huge disappointment when it didn’t make it to number one”: 40 years on, the story of Wham!’s Last Christmas

A tale of vast ambition, misfired masterplans, tragedy, heartbreak and happiness at last!

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"The Prophet-5 is undoubtedly one of the most iconic and influential synths ever built": The story of Sequential Circuits in 10 synths, sequencers and drum machines

Charting the rise, fall and subsequent resurgence of Sequential, we celebrate 50 years of groundbreaking synthesizers and technical ingenuity from one of the original trailblazers

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Nintendon’t say it’s true: Sleep Token vocalist appears to play Nintendo Switch live on stage

OK. We know that some guitar solos can go on a bit, but this is literally next level…

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“Now you can forego the frustrating searches, the vintage pricing and the worry of aged-out parts and obtain a brand new Mark IIC+”: Mesa/Boogie reissues the Holy Grail tube amp famously used by Metallica

The greatest comeback in tube amp history? It's in the conversation, as the Mark IIC+ returns after nearly 40 years as a head and 1x12 combo

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“God, I hate that album so much. I haven’t listened to it for a decade, at least”: Charli XCX might want to forget the mixtape she released when she was 14, but it’s not nearly as bad as she remembers

“Some of those songs are terrible, but I think there was a style there, a direction, that a few people caught on to,” she says

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“Those people attending had no idea they were blessed with this exclusive performance 5 years ahead of the release of the song”: MGMT once played a 2000s classic to a tiny crowd in newly-found footage

“Those people attending had no idea they were blessed with this exclusive performance 5 years ahead of the release of the song"

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Billboard put a ring on it, naming Beyonce as the greatest pop star of the 21st century

25 years in and they’re calling it already, and the Swifties aren’t too happy

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“Those looped dance music breakdowns and drops have been done a million times before - so tweak them a little!”: New to working with loops? Start here

"Those looped dance music breakdowns and drops have been done a million times before - so tweak them a little!"

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“They pick one crisis in one country and they paint the whole of Africa": Fuse ODG, the rapper behind Band Aid’s 40th anniversary controversy, releases his own We Know It's Christmas clapback track

First he persuaded Ed Sheeran to step away from the track. Now he’s made his own answer record to set the story straight

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“The new high-powered mover from Hoover - it’s a little groover!”: What Brian Johnson sang before his audition for AC/DC

He was broke and needed the money!

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“I can’t play jigs or reels or any of that traditional Irish stuff, but I have got a good ear for blues, the tonality of it”: 3 ways to supercharge your lead guitar playing like Rory Gallagher

Improve your blues with this lesson on the Irish rocker's style

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"A standout year for female artists": But Taylor Swift didn’t bag Spotify Wrapped’s most streamed song of 2024

The all-important year-end figures, released today, show that another artist snagged the song of the year

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“I’d never considered myself a lyric writer, but me and Terry put it together in about 15 minutes. Then, we went to the pub!”: Michael Palin on his most famous musical moment and the “genius” of Neil lnnes

“Neil’s got a songwriting credit on an Oasis track? I can only assume I was on one of my big trips at the time but it just shows you how good his music was,” he says

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“After you’ve caressed them with Stairway To Heaven, now you’re going to disturb them!”: How Jimmy Page constructed the perfect Led Zeppelin album

“We were crafting albums for the album market,” Page said

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“Most of the classical venues have a very arrogant attitude towards pop music, which is what I’m considered to be by most of them”: Nils Frahm hits out at genre snobbery

“Most of the classical venues have a very arrogant attitude towards pop music, which is what I’m considered to be by most of them”

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Meet the dongle nightmare that’ll get your original iPod working with your M4 Mac

Attention hipsters. Still rocking Apple’s first ever 5Gb iPod from 2001? We've got some great news

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