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“They are not powerless in the face of human monstrosity”: Greatest Hits Radio to broadcast 10-hour recreation of Live Aid
The man who started it all has given a statement. Bob Geldof said: “Thank you Greatest Hits Radio for hopefully letting ...
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“We wanted to, but they weren’t interested”: Pulp are not one of the ‘secret’ acts playing Glastonbury
It seems that Pulp are NOT among the acts who are playing secret sets at Glastonbury this coming weekend. That was confirmed by keyboard player Candida Doyle who, when interviewed by BBC 6 Music said ...
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“At times it can really feel like more of a multi-effects pedal rather than just a straight reverb pedal”: Electro-Harmonix Oceans Abyss review
Representing the second model in a seemingly new dawn of Electro-Harmonix pedals, the EHX Oceans Abyss looks very much the ...
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“There’s a freedom of thought that doesn’t exist elsewhere”: How and why California became the heart of the synthesizer world
Many of the biggest players in the genesis of modern music-making hailed from California, but just what made the state such ...
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Did Sabrina Carpenter “switch it up like Nintendo” and incorporate a melody from Zelda’s Lullaby into Espresso? We’re not so sure
On the surface, their argument seems pretty plausible. The two melodies - you’ll hear Espresso’s used in its intro and chorus ...
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“No one ever knew the number, so it never rang”: The intriguing mystery of the ringing phone captured at the end of David Bowie’s Life on Mars
The ringing phone that closes out Bowie’s Hunky Dory epic was captured by accident - and nobody quite knows who was on the ...
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"There’s also an entitled, spoiled aspect to this": Josh Homme on his subterranean Alive In The Catacombs gig to 6 million skeletons
This could be beautiful. This could be elegant,” he says, of Queens of the Stone Age's unusual live return ...
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Teenage Engineering has designed an electric moped - and it's cheaper than the OP-XY synth
Though Swedish design studio Teenage Engineering is best known for manufacturing stylish, high-priced instruments like the OP ...
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Expressive E launches its all new super-realistic virtual strings collection
One of the exemplars of demonstrating the creative scope of MPE for musical expression, Expressive E has just launched a new ...
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Universal Audio's Anthem synth plugin promises to "put the biggest, baddest analogue sounds at your fingertips"
A growling analogue-modelled filter, flexible sequencer and vintage-style modulation effects give UA's new monosynth an edge ...
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“At the heart of our band is...three musicians. And a salesman”: Bono suggests next U2 album will have a looser, less produced feel
It’s a wide-ranging conversation with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe during which the singer touches on his heart surgery, family ...