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"It was the best-sounding piece of kit ever – but they were so up themselves": Trevor Horn on the pioneering synth that defined the sound of Welcome to the Pleasuredome
By Jamie Sefton published
Legendary producer Trevor Horn talks exclusively to MusicRadar about his upcoming "mega-tour", the changing face of the music industry, recording Welcome to the Pleasuredome, and why AI is "phony"

How Oasis brought Noel and Liam’s touring crews together for their triumphant Live ‘25 reunion
By Ben Rogerson published
“When a band the size of Oasis splits, it generates its own touring entities and reintegrating that is always going to be an interesting exercise”

Geoff Barrow on pigeonholing, production and beating imposter syndrome to become a film soundtrack composer
By Danny Scott published
“I sat back and thought, 'What are you playing at? You can’t write a movie score! You’re not even a real musician'"

Jimmy Jam says that Prince’s LM-1 association influenced Jam and Lewis’s decision to switch to a Roland TR-808
By Ben Rogerson published
“We were like, ‘no, no, we're going to do something totally different, you know'"

Spotify expands its song credits and previews a SongDNA feature that reveals samples and cover versions
By Ben Rogerson published
The popular WhoSampled website is now part of Spotify

“Dua sings everything”: Dua Lipa’s live engineer reveals how he adds the “pop shine” to her vocals
By Ben Rogerson published
“It allows me to maintain that precision, that fidelity on a vocal”

Babyface's recording studio – home to "125 Top 10 hits and 13 Grammy wins" – goes on sale for $7 million
By Matt Mullen published
The Los Angeles recording facility has hosted Michael Jackson, Ariana Grande, Whitney Houston, Stevie Wonder and more

“I love that song. I don’t regret it or resent it at all”: Kelis and the complicated story of Milkshake
By Will Simpson published
Singer claims she was ‘swindled’ by its producers
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