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“It’s disorienting, impractical and slightly dystopian – but it's like nothing I’ve ever done before”: I tried making music in VR and I’m never going back
By Martin Delaney published
Virtual reality has never been more accessible, more versatile, or more deserving of a place in your set-up

“I said, ‘It’s really beautiful – why would you say it’s not for the Chili Peppers?’": The making of a '90s classic
By Amit Sharma published
One of the greatest rock ballads ever recorded

How Kate Bush stunned David Gilmour with a masterpiece of songwriting she made at just 13 years old
By Andy Price published
The early song was unmistakable evidence of Bush’s boundless talents

How rowdy live sets, field recordings and misused gear helped Monolake create dub techno classic Hongkong
By Roy Spencer published
A classic work of Berlin techno that helped inspire the creation of Ableton Live

We speak to the company aiming to repopularise the personal cassette player
By Andy Price published
We Are Rewind is on a mission to get everyone digging out their old tapes once again

How The Avalanches assembled their surreal monument of weird, Frontier Psychiatrist, from a huge range of samples
By Andy Price published
Tighten your buttocks and pour juice on your chin as we unpack The Avalanches’ sample-constructed maelstrom

A music professor breaks down the theory behind Black Sabbath's Iron Man
By Ethan Hein published
Following Ozzy's passing, we put one of Sabbath's best-loved tracks under the musical microscope

The strange, brief existence of the John Lennon-fronted supergroup hidden for decades
By Andy Price published
Back in 1968, Lennon, Keith Richards and an unlikely collection of musical cohorts tore through a White Album highlight

How the Cure sidestepped the gloom and wrote one of the most uplifting songs ever recorded
By Andy Price published
The Cure’s life-affirming indie pop classic remains the ultimate Friday tune

Gibson teases release of the P-90 Les Paul Noel Gallagher has been playing at Oasis reunion shows
By Jonathan Horsley published
Available from the Gibson Garage London on August 21, this limited run guitar is the spitting image of Gallagher's "hybrid" Les Paul –and it looks like he will be signing them too
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