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How a warped sample and some Anderson .Paak magic helped Ravyn Lenae to create Love Me Not, her viral hit
By Ben Rogerson published
“When I first heard it it reminded me of the feeling I got when I heard Hey Ya!, or when I heard Crazy, by Gnarls Barkley,” she says

PinkPantheress becomes the first woman to win Producer of the Year at the BRIT Awards
By Matt Mullen published
The artist reflects on her journey from bedroom beatmaker to chart-topping producer

How Alan Braxe and Fred Falke made an all-time house classic with just a sampler and a bass guitar
By Si Truss published
Watch the French house icons recreate their classic track Intro in the studio

Chris Lake said yes to a Taylor Swift remix before he'd even heard the stems - but then had to make it
By Ben Rogerson published
“I want to nail this so badly," he says in a behind-the-scenes video. "I want this to, like, blow people's socks off, you know?”

How the gift of a divisive Rolling Stones album scuppered the chance of a collaboration between Nile Rodgers and John Mayer
By Ben Rogerson published
Rodgers believes that the 1967 record in question is "the most underrated rock and roll album of all time”

Producer Mike Sabath on starting Raye’s “outrageous” second studio album at an Airbnb
By Ben Rogerson published
“Mark Ronson DM’d me. He was like, ‘Nice.’ And I was like, ‘yeah!’”

“There was a time I was collecting synths – it’s a bit weird downgrading from that”: Ikonika on going back-to-basics
By Si Truss published
In the studio: The Hyperdub artist on going back in-the-box and why they’re ‘trying to avoid Auto-Tune’

How Janet Jackson and Jam & Lewis made Control, the classic album that's just turned 40
By Ben Rogerson published
“We were like, let's make a record like we're making it for a rock and roller or a rap artist. Let's make the beats super hard"

"His creative influence spans every corner of contemporary culture”: Mark Ronson to receive Brits Outstanding Contribution award
By Will Simpson published
DJ calls it “the most meaningful honour” of his career

Anderson .Paak on how the death of a music legend inspired Dang!, a 2016 pop-rap masterpiece
By Ben Rogerson published
“He sat with it for like, a couple weeks and sent it back,” he says of Miller’s contribution. “He had his verse. He had put horns on it, and that's when I realised, ‘Oh, he's like, a producer, too. He's a real musician’”
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