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Friday October 17, 2025. 05:22 PM
quot “Don't get trapped by writing all your loops on a four bar cycle”: 7 great house and techno tips from Don’t Be Afraid boss Semtek (aka DJ Persuasion)
The producer, DJ and founder of one of the UK's most respected underground labels revisits a 2012 release to explore what he's learned in 15 years of releasing house and techno
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his “That song wanted to be written! You don’t plan something like that”: Nena speaks to us about the making of her era-defining classic 99 Red Balloons
We catch up with Nena on a song that reflected both the 1980s’ geopolitical tensions and the era's underlying optimism - and took some inspiration from Mick Jagger
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most “A light, open sound with exceptional stick definition and a gentle, airy wash": Zultan unveil new ALARIS cymbal range
There are a 14 of them in all, all handcrafted in Turkey
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just “When the record company heard it, they said, ’This is a number one smash record. Let’s not put it on a B-side and lose it’”: The low-budget recording story of one of Madonna’s most iconic hits
It might seem an obvious winner now, but Madonna’s Vogue was at first the speedily and cheaply-built flip side to an entirely different single
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years Meet the AI 'artist' that's earning four times the average wage in the UK
Blow Records has made £123,000 this year on Spotify
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that “He moved from instrument to instrument as quietly as possible and blew my mind with his vocal performance and the beauty of that piece”: Prince’s collaborators on how he embraced The Beatles and recorded one of the most vulnerable ballads of his career
“He’d moved past the pop simplicity of Purple Rain - this was Gershwin-esque,' says drummer Bobby Z
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recording “We lost our minds at various stages of this”: How the Avalanches gradually constructed the stunning follow-up to Since I Left You over 16 years
Lifting the lid on the lost years, creative blocks and colossal sample-clearing process that resulted in the immaculate Wildflower
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one Teenage Engineering is letting you pay what you want for the OP-XY
A new 1.1.0 firmware update brings sample slicing and sidechain-style ducking to the monochrome synth/sampler
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pro audio “I hope the fans realised that I’m for real. All the stuff I’ve done was not contrived or remotely premeditated. It was always spontaneous”: Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley inspired a generation of rock stars – including Pantera, Pearl Jam and Tool
'His legacy will live on in the hearts of the KISS Army,' says drummer Peter Criss
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audio “As soon as I've just finished a song, I'll double the lead part right away, while it's still completely fresh in my mind”: Four big-name guitarists spill their recording secrets
With insight from Paul Gilbert, John 5, Adam Dutkiewicz and Marty Friedman on their approaches to the recording process
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Thursday October 16, 2025. 05:57 PM
music “I have a button on my iPhone that goes straight to voice recording because the ideas come fast. My list of voice memos is in the thousands!”: Wolfgang Van Halen discusses his songwriting process for his new Mammoth album
'I make this music for myself – it’s what I want to hear!'
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news “Connect microphones wirelessly to PA systems, mixers, or audio interfaces, without complicated setup or risk of interference”: Positive Grid’s Spark LINK XLR offers cable-free and fuss-free connections for live performance
Free up your performance with the $169 wireless XLR transmitter that gives you up to 70 feet of line-of-sight transmission
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proaudio “I said, 'Fred, I don't know if this is going to be possible to sing,' And he went, 'I'll do it, darling’ - downed a vodka, and went in and killed it”: How Freddie Mercury took on death itself for Queen’s majestic final single
It was sadly to be Freddie’s last single with Queen before he passed away just six weeks after its release
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musician "It’s the children who suffer the most in so many ways": Over 50 artists to take part in Kate Bush-backed fundraising project for War Child
They have to 'respond' to her line in Running Up That Hill
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studio “Everything from robust clean tones to incendiary overdrive right at your fingertips”: The Jet takes flight as Gretsch refreshes the singlecut for Streamliner and Electromatic series – and there is a single-pickup rock 'n' roll machine FTW
Fresh pickups, wraparound bridges, and just look at all those different colours...
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pro audio news Spectrasonics announces Omnisphere 3, the "ultimate virtual instrument" that's been ten years in the making
Omnisphere 3 arrives with 'thousands and thousands' of new sounds, a new global control system, an expanded effects engine, patch mutation, MPE support – and much, much more
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pro audio news headlines “Designed for DJs and beat makers, they offer punchy loud delivery in a stylish and robust design”: V-Moda M-100 Pro review
If you want stylish and robust DJ headphones, these classics have received an update
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quot “That spark of stumbling on a forgotten gem … gone. Daft Punk were the kings of that. They could turn half a second of groove into a global anthem”: Justice explain why they no longer sample other people’s records and create their own loops instead
“Sampling the traditional way gets frustrating fast: bad tuning, rigid tempos, weird textures that don’t bend,” says Xavier de Rosnay
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his Just why are some producers so obsessed with tape?
Analog tape machines have played a central role in music production history. But why, in today’s digital domain, do some still lust after the sound of tape?
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most “The natural depth, width and clarity of a real control room - right in the user’s headphones”: IK Multimedia’s ARC ON·EAR promises to bring a pro studio soundstage to any pair of headphones
This new compact hardware unit can provide exacting recreations of numerous different listening setups, and looks set to be a godsend for producers on the move
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