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“The title came up as a joke at first, but it fitted the song so perfectly – we just had to use it”: How Massive Attack created the groundbreaking ’90s hit that propelled Bristol’s unique music scene into the global spotlight

“We were trying to create dance music for the head rather than the feet"

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“Still the synth and keyboard collection to beat”: Arturia V Collection 11 Pro review

If you thought this classic synth collection had peaked, think again – it’s time to welcome the 1990s!

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"The MIDI keyboard that goes beyond MIDI": Nektar introduces Mk3 versions of its Impact LX range of MIDI controller keyboards

Nektar brings redesigned hardware, enhanced DAW integration and Native Instruments NKS support to its Mk3 line of keyboard controllers

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New Taylor Swift documentary hopes to show sides of the star "that they might not know or expect”

“With her fame came controversy, which she so skillfully wrestled to the floor. We’re excited to tell her story," say the makers of the upcoming two-parter

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“I hear it as a collection of half-assed songs that they didn’t finish writing because either they were too stoned or they didn’t care any more”: Billy Joel doesn’t think much of The Beatles' White Album

He also says that there was "a lot of filler" on The Who's Tommy

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“I can clearly tell you that this song is not Blaze... it’s kind of an AI schlock bot”: AI-generated songs have been appearing on dead artists’ Spotify pages

Three examples have been spotted with similar copyright marks

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“This guitar is my new gold standard for tone and playability”: Mark Holcomb’s US-made signature PRS is back for good – and it has a figured mango top and ships in a chug-friendly Drop C tuning

Equipped with the Periphery guitarist's signature Seymour Duncan humbuckers, this is a PRS tooled up for low-end progressive metal riff work

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"I can’t really find the words, there won’t ever be another like him. Geezer, Bill and myself have lost our brother": The remaining members of Black Sabbath lead the tributes to Ozzy Osbourne, as Elton John and Tom Morello also offer their condolences

The stars come out in force for Osbourne, who’s passing comes just three weeks after his final triumphant Back to the Beginning mega-gig

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“Spend a day in my head and you’d realise how crazy I really am”: A close encounter with Ozzy Osbourne at his LA home, when he revealed the most ambitious project of his life – a rock opera about Rasputin

The legendary singer's prized possessions included John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to Imagine

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Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne dies, aged 76

Family releases short statement confirming the news

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“Time to blast riffs and throw a TV out a hotel window”: IDLES, Wet Leg and Sam Fender all graduated from the Fender Next programme – meet its Class of 2025, ft. Horsegirl, Lambrini Girls, Man/Woman/Chainsaw and more

The Fender Next class of 2025 has been announced and you've got hopecore, punk-rock and the future sound of Chicago indie-rock right here

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From Nazi rockets to drone motors, the secret military history behind the studio gear we use today

How military conflict has fuelled the development of technology that’s now essential in modern music production

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"Next thing I know the lion’s gone for me": Paul Weller reveals that he was once set upon by a lion on the way to a gig

Plus, he talks movingly about the late Rick Buckler, the drummer in The Jam

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Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham appear to tease pre-Fleetwood Mac album reissue with a Sunset Boulevard billboard

If you're a fan, put 19 September in your calendar

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“I would love to get that guitar back. Every other Strat I picked up didn’t have the same feeling”: How Warren Haynes turned to Les Pauls after his favourite Strat was stolen

The theft of the Custom Shop Strat in the '90s forced Haynes to think differently

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"I cannot believe I’m actually typing this": Martin Garrix sings Metallica's praises after they proved to be the unlikely saviours of his Tomorrowland set

Lars Ulrich and co lent their main stage to the Belgian dance music festival following a huge fire at the site

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“I feel fine... They keep on referring to what I have as a ‘brain disorder’, so it sounds a lot worse than what I’m feeling”: Billy Joel talks for the first time since the diagnosis that forced him to cancel all upcoming shows

“My balance sucks. It’s like being on a boat. It used to be called ‘water on the brain,'" says the singer-songwriter

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“So much bass response for something so small and budget friendly”: Laney Amplification debuts the Digbeth Foundry range – affordable, powerful bass amps in combo and head formats

Something for everyone? The Digbeth Foundry range offers low-end amplification solutions from the compact 30-watt DBF30 combo to stage-ready 200-watt powerhouses

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“In the ’80s, everybody came out with a power ballad – and we had a great one. It was never a No.1 record, but it’s a song that defines that whole era”: How an incredibly unlucky band finally got a break with a soft rock classic

But was that song really about a nun who sells dope to school kids?

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"This doesn't align with our values or our submission requirements": The Velvet Sundown have been banned from the Future Sound Awards, which celebrate "the responsible use of AI in music"

"We have proactively taken the step to ban the band from entering the awards"

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“The groove was a kind of blues groove, and I think I drank a beer, because I wanted to have a kind of slurring sound in my voice”: Stevie Wonder reveals how he recorded the classic Moog synth bassline and “laidback” vocals on Boogie On Reggae Woman

Stevie also says that he’s working on a new “project”, Through The Eyes Of Wonder

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She made it to space and back without incident, but Katy Perry just narrowly avoided a crash landing while riding a flying mechanical butterfly

Incident follows Beyoncé's near-miss in a flying car

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“Icontend that I was the first person to actually have a Super Fuzz Big Muff – before the rest of the boys”: How Courtney Love created the grunge classic that was released during her darkest hour

Hole’s song Violet came out just a week after Kurt Cobain’s suicide

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“You may have noticed there’s more cameras than usual up here”: Billie Eilish teases "very, very special" 3D collab with Oscar-winning director James Cameron

"I'll probably be wearing this exact outfit for like four days in a row," she tells the crowd in Manchester

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“This is a proud, working class city and club. An underdog that bites back, just like me”: Snoop Dogg buys a stake in Swansea City FC

They’ll be up against Ryan Reynolds’ Wrexham next season

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