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“It was too odd, too complicated. I felt like I had been so in my head that I couldn’t judge”: From Bollywood to Bond – unpacking the intricate arrangement of Toxic

Cribbing from a Bollywood film soundtrack and the chords of Bond maestro John Barry, Toxic's extraordinary sound led it to become one of Britney’s biggest hits

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“Everything that's come – ever since the very first recordings we made – has made things slower, not faster”: Better music technology hasn’t made life easier for producers than it was in the ‘80s, says Mike Stock

Plus, the gear behind the SAW magic and what he learned from Paul McCartney

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We've got 10 burning questions on this week's hottest music news. Will you pass the test?

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“We called it Slow Tools. I mean, we’d have 19 breakdowns a day": How the producer of Ricky Martin's Livin' La Vida Loca overcame troublesome tech to make recording history with the first all-digital number one single

“It was like, you know, Thomas Edison or something," says Desmond Child. "We made it all the way to number one in a completely digitised format”

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“Could easily become one of the most beneficial elements of your mastering suite”: Mastering the Mix - Stereovault review

If you find yourself struggling to get just the right amount of width in your mix, Stereovault may be the plugin you've always needed, as we broaden our panoramic horizons.

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"The film follows André as he journeys to work, armed with a piano strapped to his back and a notebook full of sketches in hand": André 3000 has made a short film inspired by his 7 Piano Sketches EP

It's the latest in a series of quirky projects from the former Outkast man

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“We were in his dressing room, I was having a peek at his guitar and I was just about to stroke it, and he went: ‘Nobody touches it!’ And bam!”: Keith Richards recalls the time Chuck Berry punched him for touching his guitar

Plus, his thoughts on tech and why he and Mick have put down their swords

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"A legend of the game”: Acclaimed hip-hop producer Tay Keith has been found dead in his apartment, aged 29

He produced Travis Scott, Beyoncé and Drake

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“George was talking to Bonzo one evening and said, ‘The problem with you guys is that you never do ballads.’ I said, ‘I’ll give him a ballad’”: How a light-hearted comment from a former Beatle inspired one of Led Zeppelin’s greatest songs

“Seven minutes of exquisite heartache” – quite unlike anything else the band created

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“Got so inspired, got the songwriter zoomies. Went home, wrote the song for Toy Story 5. We have now produced it and I’m doing vocals”: Taylor Swift appears to confirm that I Knew It, I Knew You was written, recorded and produced in around eight hours

Swift by name…

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"There's no knife-in-the-back twist. When I read these lyrics back, I was like, 'Oh, that's weird.' All the other love songs I've written have a dark edge”: How Snow Patrol constructed one of the most enduring hits of the 21st century

Snow Patrol's 2006 monster became one of the biggest radio songs of all time, but why did it work so well?

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“I always felt like I was the weak link in the band. I felt that my guitar playing was was too raw and unpolished”: How guitar hero Vivian Campbell overcame self-doubt to create a heavy metal masterpiece with legendary singer Ronnie James Dio

His solo in Dio's most famous song was cut in one take

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“The most powerful standalone MPCs we have ever built at these prices": Akai’s MPC One and MPC Key 37 get second-gen upgrades

The affordable MPC One and its keyboard counterpart get upgraded CPUs and more storage, but no MPCe pads

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“Right at the same time Radiohead came out with a song called Creep. To me, it felt like its moment had already passed": Beck says that he was "a little embarrassed" by his debut hit, which had “the most simple slide guitar riff you could possibly play”

He's been breaking down the making of it for Mix With The Masters

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“I'm fed up with playing it. It's all right but you do get fed up with it after 50 years”: The surprising truth behind one of the biggest-selling instrumental hits of all time

Few realise that Acker Bilk’s haunting Stranger on the Shore had a very personal origin

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Cherry Audio emulates the Ensoniq ESQ-1 for its 40th birthday, “faithfully reproducing the complex, evolving, and richly textured sounds that defined the hardware”

The officially licensed plugin ups the polyphony, enhances the sequencer and adds a comprehensive effects section

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"When a doctor had to explain to me that one of the cords was literally atrophying, it was confusing”: After battling to return to the stage, Jon Bon Jovi says he’s now “fully recovered” from his vocal cord surgery

"It was longer than I’d ever expected, but it had to be right. We never lost faith”

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“It's an intimidating field to step into as someone who doesn’t - cannot - read music”: Harry Styles reinterprets a Simon and Garfunkel classic plus his back catalogue with help from Jules Buckley Orchestra and Gospel House Choir

Singer is halfway through curating the Meltdown Festival

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“Despite this minimalist footprint, it’s one of the sturdiest racks I’ve tested in this price bracket”: Donner Groove Ultra electronic drum set review

Donner continues its assault on budget gear with an e-kit packing fantastic hardware and standout looks, but the module needs some work

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“So insanely powerful that I could see it lasting a decade or more in home recording studios”: Apple Mac Mini M4 review

Apple’s miniature desktop packs enough punch to run most music-making tasks without breaking a sweat

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“It changes how I work – it delivers the best sound, simplifies setup, offers a sonic palette that spans decades and improves everything”: The new MU-1 mic makes the much-loved ribbon-and-condenser recording trick way more accessible, says JZ Microphones

It promises to combine a classic dual-mic studio technique into one product

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“First and foremost, Fender is not suing anybody”: CEO Edward ‘Bud’ Cole pushes back on the cease-and-desist controversy

“We’re talking specifically about the Stratocaster”

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“This is the record that’s been the most cathartic. The title seemed to sum up the way I think a lot of people are feeling”: A new Johnny Marr album is on the way, and his new single is out now

The Age Of Everything is his fifth solo record

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“I get to 171 tracks before any errors during a full playthrough at the lowest buffer setting”: Apple MacBook Neo review

We put Apple’s newest machine to the test to find out if it really is the ultimate budget laptop for music production

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“People who grew up in that era know all about turning the volume up at the end of the fade - that's when all the cool stuff starts happening”: Keith Urban explains the lost art of the song fade-out – and its influence on his new yacht rock covers album

"You could just hear the guitarist do something that was so cool, because typically the session players figure, ‘We're out by now, they're not going to use all this, we're just now playing for playing's sake'"

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