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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

I’ve been exploring VR music-making for the last eighteen months, and I want to share what I’ve learned - this is my purely personal take. But before embarking on their journe ...
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“After five minutes, I was like, can I just go back to the dressing room? My legs had turned to jelly”: Noel Gallagher on 'grossly underestimating' the band's tour, the gig ...

“I’ve done stadiums before and all that, but I don’t mind telling you, my legs had turned to jelly after about halfway through the second song.” Want all the hottest music and gear news, reviews, ...
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Kylie Minogue’s Tension tour keyboard player reveals the compact synth she uses to create those big disco sounds

There’s also MIDI clock, so delays and LFOs are nicely in sync, and the Super 6’s audio output goes through Apple’s MainStage app, which is used to generate that all-important sidechain compression ...
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"This can't be serious": Billboard reveals the top producers of the 21st century so far – and people aren't happy

Max Martin unsurprisingly snags the top spot, but the absence of greats such as Pharrell Williams – and the inclusion of ...
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“An erratic semantic output”: Trump’s speech patterns become avant-garde compositions in a new work by British musician Martin Gordon

The album’s creation, apparently, took inspiration from the medieval alchemical process of chrysopeia – artificially turning base materials into gold. Its creation involved analysing Trump’s speeches ...
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"No strings attached": The Crow Hill Company releases Lo-Fi Strings, a free tape-treated string library with a warm and nostalgic sound

Another instalment in Crow Hill's ongoing Vaults series, Lo-Fi Strings brings the beloved sonic imperfections of tape ...
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WoO.1 is a pocket-sized sampler designed for endless on-the-go looping

WoO.1, the debut instrument from Hong Kong-based Wunderkammer, has been previewed in a recent series of demo videos ahead of ...
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"I downloaded it two years ago and it changed my life - it's one of my favourite synths": Rudimental reveal their favourite plugins for drum 'n' bass production

Rudimental's Piers Aggett and Kesi Dryden appear on the Tape Notes podcast to discuss the software that's shaped their soulful, radio-friendly DnB ...
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“People may not realise how special it is for me to hear my dad talking or to see him”: Yoko and Sean Ono Lennon announce new Lennon box set

After last year’s Mind Games reissue, comes Power To The People, which looks at the 1971 - 1972 era. These were John and Yoko’s early years in New York, when the couple fell in with activists Abbie ...
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“I love this band and I love the people and the music… it's an oddly fulfilling experience": Colin Brittain on life behind the kit with Linkin Park

In a new interview as part of Zildijan’s On The Road video series, Brittain described life in Linkin Park as being "kind of full circle for me. I started out as a drummer, became a producer, (and now) ...
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“The piano just started speaking to me”: How Kate Bush stunned David Gilmour with a masterpiece of songwriting she made at just 13 years old

On the slate were the early song Maybe, future Kick Inside highlight The Saxophone Song (then known as ‘Berlin’) and, of ...
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“A quality, backpack-friendly controller that's under £50”: Arturia MicroLab Mk3 review

MicroLab Mk3 is Arturia’s simplest keyboard controller, and it would be easy to focus on what it doesn’t do. However, the remit for this backpack-friendly controller is to keep things small and simple ...