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Florian Schneider's Kraftwerk instruments go up for auction – including an EMS Synthi AKS likely used on Autobahn
By Matt Mullen published
The collection includes a "treasure trove of synths, drum machines, and vocoders" alongside an extensive number of historic woodwind and brass instruments

Enter, the Raven: Kirk Hammett’s Custom Shop Gibson acoustic dresses up the Hummingbird for Halloween
By Jonathan Horsley published
This collector's item is limited to 100 units worldwide, has a soundhole label signed by Metallica guitarist, and has aesthetic updates that just the thing for the horror superfan

Trevor Horn joins rising star Sophie Grey for a performance of Buggles hit Video Killed The Radio Star
By Will Simpson published
Grey has also released a cover of the song

When Kraftwerk saw the future of portable music-making and released a pocket calculator instrument in 1981
By Andy Price published
Marking an album that foresaw the 21st century’s computer-addicted society, Kraftwerk dropped their own branded handheld synth decades ahead of the trend

New book claims that Michael Jackson "trashed the studio" as he was forced to re-record lines in a 1996 hit single
By Will Simpson published
The original lyrics in They Don’t Care About Us had caused a media firestorm

“To my knowledge, no one else has tried a project like this”: Reinier Zonneveld is playing B2B with an AI clone of his “musical brain”
By Jim Ottewill published
The Dutch DJ/producer is reimagining the future of live electronic performance with his R² AI technology. We find out how he does it

The DIY attitude that led to Tom Waits’ greatest album
By Andy Price published
Waits’ gritty Rain Dogs depicted a dark vision of New York’s underbelly, and was shaped by its ‘junkyard orchestra’ of inventive instrumentation

Jazz great Jack DeJohnette - drummer for Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins and others - dies, aged 83
By Will Simpson published
He played on Bitches Brew and Live-Evil
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