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“I found John watching the sunrise and still listening to the song”: Yoko Ono and John Lennon's final collaboration
"The 808 is still one of the sexiest drum machines ever built": Modeselektor on classic Roland gear
Housed in a new studio, Berlin’s favourite sonic troublemakers crash the DJ-Kicks series with a shape-shifting techno-industrial mix. We sit down with Sebastian Szary to find out more
“When Ronnie sang about Neil Young that was kind of a joke”: The true story of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Sweet Home Alabama
"Neil wanted to play the song with us!"
40 years of Focusrite: from the ISA 110 to the Scarlett 2i2 Anniversary Edition
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The Anniversary Edition celebrates a legacy built over four decades, from legendary mic preamps, to sought-after consoles, to affordable gear that powered the rise of home recording
"No piece of gear was more important": Alex G on the rare vintage compressor that shaped the sound of Headlights
We sit down with the Philadelphian indie rock auteur and co-producer Jacob Portrait to hear about the making of his tenth studio album and major-label debut
“That song was a game-changer for me”: How a guest spot on a ’90s banger was a the salvation of a rock legend
“They took me into the vocal booth, and said, ‘Be Glenn Hughes!’"
The struggle to make the Tears for Fears masterpiece that closed out the '80s on a creative high
Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal would acrimoniously split shortly after the release of their most musically inventive record
One year on, I’ve finally clicked with Ableton Move – all because I’ve stopped trying to make music with it
We revisit Ableton's mini standalone sketchpad following 12 months of refinements and firmware updates
"We all adored BB, and he asked us to write something for him": The song that Whitesnake wrote for the King of the Blues
And they later did the same thing with Tina Turner
“"There is something magic in that instrument”: Billy Gibbons on why Pearly Gates is one of the greatest Les Pauls ever
All Gibson Les Paul Standards from 1959 are special but what is it about the ZZ Top frontman's Pearly Gates that makes it so unique? As Gibbons says, it might be something entirely supernatural