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Spotify responds to Apple Music’s new AutoMix feature by turning your playlists into ready-made DJ sets
By Ben Rogerson published
You now have BPM and key information for all your playlist tracks, too

“We have a business need to become more efficient”: Redundancies loom at struggling acoustic firm
By Will Simpson published
But MD says “no decisions have been made”

Slipknot eyeing up a £120 million catalogue sale to investment firm
By Will Simpson published
Deal wouldn’t cover future releases

“Festivals are being cancelled due to extreme weather”: Brian Eno and others urge government to cancel new oilfield
By Will Simpson published
New Rosebank field will “accelerate the climate crisis”, they argue

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

“Heavy rock and metal are bigger than ever in live music”: Rock is here to stay, reports Live Nation
By Will Simpson published
Stats show number of heavy rock shows up 14%

"We’re all paying Taylor Swift": Billie Marten on the difficulties mid range artists are facing
By Will Simpson published
"Everyone that’s hanging onto the artist is buying houses and having families and going on holiday. And the artists could never dream of doing that."

“A huge moment, not just for me, but for the future of music”: AI ‘creator’ signs to Hallwood Media
By Will Simpson published
Imoliver says it “isn’t about replacing artists, but expanding what’s possible”

"Infinite, original audio based on any sample": Output’s Re-imagine feature can avoid copyright detection
By Daniel Griffiths published
Worried that your latest production is too laden with library sounds? Let AI conjure up something that's exclusively all yours

We investigate the claim that harnessing GPU can unlock limitless music production potential
By Adam Douglas published
The key to more powerful plugins may be the graphics processor that you already have in your computer. We discover how three developers are making this happen right now.
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