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“We are utterly heartbroken… He was a titan of UK music and culture”: Tributes paid to JD Twitch of Optimo
By Will Simpson published
He had been suffering from an inoperable brain tumour

Fred Again and again: Producer plays an extra set on a fan's rooftop after a Naples festival appearance
By Will Simpson published
The producer has shared his whole hour-long jam on YouTube

“As soon as we played that, I screamed”: Nile Rodgers breaks down how he and David Bowie made Let’s Dance
By Will Simpson published
The song was in a very different form when Bowie originally wrote it

How a teenage Mark Ronson convinced Michael Jackson to write him a bassline so he could make a hit song out of it
By Ben Rogerson published
Oh, and Sean Lennon was there too, and he ended up playing it to Roberta Flack

“I’m a big preset guy. If a preset’s called Fat Bass, there’s a 90% chance it’s actually a fat bass”: Rico Nasty and Benson Boone producer Imad Royal on saving time and staying focused in the studio
By Matt Mullen published
In the next episode of Universal Audio's Apollo Creators series, the Grammy-nominated producer/songwriter unpacks his instinct-driven creative process

“I wanted to save my sister the torment of listening to songs about coconuts and infant fish”: Meet the DJ who’s made a babies' rave album
By Will Simpson published
Music For Babies To Rave And Sleep To is out now

"He made so many of those songs better with just one little nudge”: Daron Malakian on Rick Rubin
By Will Simpson published
He’s the ultimate sounding board, guitarist argues

“He kind of approaches records like a plumber…”: Bartees Strange on super producer Jack Antonoff
By Will Simpson published
Antonoff co-produced singer songwriter’s Horror album
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