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From AI-driven stage design to collaborating with Brian May, we speak with electronic icon Jean-Michel Jarre
The synth pioneer reflects on his spectacular 2024 concert, Live in Bratislava, and his vision of the future of live performance
When Avicii transformed an ‘Irish pub song’ into a generational anthem
One of most euphoric tracks of the 2010s, The Nights has now racked up billions of streams
“If the point of Radiohead songs isn’t to make you feel good, what is their music for?”: A music professor breaks down the theory behind Radiohead's Let Down
Hitting the charts 28 years on from its release thanks to a TikTok resurgence, this gloomy cut from OK Computer is having a moment. We put the song under the musical microscope
“Of course it was gonna be a hit! This song really is original”: Inside the making of a Queens Of The Stone Age classic
A genius riff from Josh Homme and drumming heroics from his buddy Dave Grohl
“It took five years to finish the song and define what it was about”: How My Chemical Romance created a classic anthem
In its earliest form it sounded like the Frank Sinatra hit My Way
How an advanced drum machine saved a difficult Steely Dan album
The innovative machine also received its own platinum record for its painstaking drum replacement
“Some of this stuff is harder to get hold of than rare analogue synths”: Why we’re in the midst of a vintage software revival
Meet the musicians that archive, compose and perform with obscure and abandoned music software
“We got it on tape three hours ago – we just like hearing you guys play!”: ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons on producer Rick Rubin
Plus: how the Texan trio created something new out of an old hip-hop track
