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"The 808 is still one of the sexiest drum machines ever built": Modeselektor on classic Roland gear, their new DJ-Kicks mix and why the iPhone has become their go-to instrument

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

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“I was just rebelling… I always regretted not putting it out”: Which '90s pop princess recorded a grunge album that was never released?

It was under the band name ‘Chick’

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“I remember when I first heard it. Big deal for me – I loved it immediately. It’s all over Rosanna, all over Africa”: Toto’s Steve Porcaro names his Top 5 synths

“How much is it worth? Ha! Don’t even ask!”

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“Is this the best guitar I’ve ever played? Including the ones in your museum? I believe so”: Mikael Åkerfeldt has played Kurt Cobain’s 1953 D-18 ‘Grandpa’ and 19th-century holy grail acoustics but says his Martin OM signature beats the lot of them

Limited to 74 instruments worldwide, the Opeth frontman's signature model has a truly exquisite three-piece back of Guatemalan rosewood with an East Indian rosewood wedge

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“When Ronnie sang about Neil Young in that song, that was kind of a joke lyric about him. We loved Neil Young!”: The true story of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Sweet Home Alabama

"Neil wanted to play the song with us!"

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Tame Impala's synth company announces worldwide release date for Orchid and unveils companion plugin

Telepathic Instruments' chord-generating mini-synth will ship on Friday 10 October

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“The first Roland drum machine in over 40 years with true analogue voices”: The TR-1000 combines analogue 808 and 909 recreations with the best parts of the TR-8S and more

Roland's new flagship beat machine also offers stereo-sampling, loop slicing, probability sequencing and much more

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“He hit bottom, but he also found himself making some of his most personal music, then relaunched himself for the first time without a mask, as himself”: A new BBC documentary on Bowie’s Berlin years is coming in 2026

Includes interviews with friends who’ve rarely spoken before

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Audient says its Oria Mini room correction system will "make any speakers sound better"

Sitting between your interface and speakers, Oria Mini applies Sonarworks' corrective processing directly via its onboard DSP, promising reliable monitoring without the faff

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"A reliable and arguably preferable alternative to plugin-based solutions": Audient Oria Mini review

Hardware-based room correction is an attractive but often pricey option. Let’s see how this new affordable system performs

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“I’m so looking forward to an English summer”: The trailer for the BBC Ozzy Osbourne documentary is up online

Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home is on BBC1 this Thursday

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“A portable setup that offers a powerful means of recording and practising”: Fender Link I/O and Fender Studio review

Fender introduces Link I/O and Fender Studio, a potentially potent and exceptionally portable little combo

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“The ultimate library of bass tones”: IK Multimedia’s Tonex amp modelling suite arrives for bass guitar – with pedals, software and lots and lots of tones

IK Multimedia unveils a Tonex and Tonex One that is designed for bass players, and backs it up with a software suite replete with all the low-end bass amp classics and then some

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“Yes, you will be getting a new album next year. It is done”: Ronnie Wood confirms a new Stones album is on the way

And band are planning live dates

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“Once you own a Nuno guitar, you are part of my family. Let’s ride!” Extreme’s Nuno Bettencourt leaves Washburn to launch his own guitar company and debuts two new S-styles – but the N4 isn’t going anywhere

If Bettencourt can make 'em as well as he can play them then we are all in for a treat. “These are true workhorses built with the same passion I’ve put into every note I’ve ever played” he says

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“The essential building blocks of any ‘board”: Fender adds vintage analogue heat to the Hammertone pedal lineup with the Breakup Drive and Boost, both with switchable modes and a budget-friendly $99 price tag

The Hammertone Breakup Drive and Hammertone Boost have abundant tone-sweetening powers with lots of bang for your buck

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You can now buy Ableton Live 12 Suite on a rent-to-own plan

Spread the cost of Live over 24 monthly payments with no extra charges

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“He’s on all of the songs, including one that’s 13 minutes - we just didn’t want Pino to ever stop playing": Miley Cyrus pays tribute to legendary bassist Pino Palladino as he’s honoured with the Welsh Music Inspiration award

“If I only had one person to choose to play bass with for the rest of my days, I would choose Pino Palladino,” says Questlove

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“Due to a specific condition called a vocal fold hematoma”: Avenged Sevenfold postpone Latin American tour after M Shadows reports a ruptured blood vessel in his vocal cord

Dates are set to be rescheduled for January

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“Designed to deliver versatile, authentic sound for amp modellers and compact amp-simulation pedals”: Line 6 introduces multi-voicing for active guitar speakers as the Powercab CL offers ups the ante for digital rigs

Available in 1x12 and 2x12 formats, the Powercab CL offers players the choice of six switchable virtual speakers based on classic drivers, and you can turn them all of if you prefer

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“I think I ran nearly every piece of audio on the album through it. It took forever”: Alex G on the ultra-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

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“They had Coldplay and U2 and all the big rock groups there. So we came on and did our thing and David Lee Roth saw it and said, ‘I want Kool & the Gang to be my support act’”: How Van Halen ended up choosing an unlikely opening band for their 2012 tour

"We have the song Jump and you came up with Celebration - let’s go out and have a party," Roth told bassist Robert 'Kool' Bell

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“He would always say to me, ‘Listen to Led Zeppelin and tell me what the loudest thing is’. And me, having my confidence, I’d be like, ‘it’s the drums. John Bonham.’ He said, ‘Nope…’“: Andrew Watt on what Ozzy Osbourne taught him about mixing

“He was a literal genius”, says producer

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“Where established artists can share their creative process with emerging talent in an intimate setting”: Tom Misch launches Wildflower 2025 workshop

Applications close today

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Celebrated violist appeals for information in the case of the stolen bow collection

Norbert Merkl’s collection plus three instruments were locked in a safe

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