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“We were running around the studio with as many things plugged in as possible just doing the worst sounds, trying to find the ugliest things”: How Charli XCX's producers ran a jam session through an AI sampling plugin to make No One Lasts Forever

AG Cook and Finn Keane appeared on the Tape Notes podcast with Charli to talk through the making of three tracks from new project Music, Fashion, Film

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“You’re watching a lot of this film through your fingers”: We speak to director Mike Christie about bringing Wham!’s groundbreaking 1985 China trip back to life in a captivating new film

Combining never before seen archive footage with fresh interviews, Christie’s new film is the ultimate document of Wham!’s momentous but turbulent 1985 trip - and the legacy it left on a generation of Chinese fans

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“I don’t know, but never say never... We have fluctuated between getting on really well and not getting on at all over the years but there’s always been telepathy": Could the Kinks reform onstage? Dave Davies isn't completely ruling it out

The Davies brothers are collaborating on an art exhibition in London

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Harley Benton throws a big ol' T party and you are all invited, as the Fusion-T II series debuts 18 new models featuring high-end specs and a sub-$500 price tag

High-performance builds, roasted flame maple necks as standard, the choice of Tesla humbuckers or EMGs, and Babicz hardtail bridges or 2-point tremolos... It's all going on

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"I’ve got George singing the track and Elton singing the track so the dream is to make another track": Could a 'new' George Michael and Elton John duet be heading for release?

The pair previously had a hit with their version of Elton's Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me

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"As Ozzy would say, 'when you want to remember me, just yank up the music really loud, as loud as you can get it, and just head bang'": Sharon Osbourne remembers her husband, a year on from his death

Birmingham is celebrating the man today on Ozzy Day

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“You listen to it one time and you know what it is”: The origins and slick musicology of TLC’s most iconic hit – the "girl's anthem" about a no-good man

The pseudo-biographical No Scrubs provided TLC with their biggest hit to date. We dig into its structure and sweet jazz harmonies

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Remembering Wayne Charvel, the visionary luthier and Superstrat pioneer who built guitars for Deep Purple, ZZ Top and Eddie Van Halen – and started the hot-rod revolution that changed the world

The Charvel founder and legendary custom builder for guitar's biggest names has died, aged 85

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Musik Hack launches HyFi, an online mastering platform powered by the “world-class DSP” behind Master Plan

Promising “clear, loud and subtly saturated” masters, HyFi's drag-and-drop mastering service costs as little as $0.99 a track with no subscription – and new signups get 10 free credits

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"I had pulled up at the traffic lights on Hope Street when who should I see - Sir Paul with Ringo on FaceTime": Beatles fans on a Liverpool tour bus get an unexpected bonus as they end up running into Macca while he's on the phone to Ringo

“It was surreal” says the driver

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“They all came back to me and said ‘What – are you crazy? It’s perfect as it is! You don’t want to add words!’”: The story of the peculiar, chorus-free song that drew the attention of Clive Davis and became a worldwide mid-'90s hit

"Even though the chorus has no words it's a kind of commentary on the verses, which is what a good chorus should do”

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“It’s the best album ever made! It’s so diverse it transcends any sort of rock boundaries. Even within the first two songs, you’re thrown straight into the unknown”: Why this Queen classic is hailed as the GOAT by The Darkness guitarist Dan Hawkins

“The whole album means so much to me. It blew my mind”

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“We’ll be in a room with multi-million-dollar speakers and he'll be sitting on the floor with the worst quality headphones and his laptop doing his thing”: Rogét Chahayed on the genius behind Skrillex's production

“He's one of the most enormous talents in the world – and one of the only people who treats the computer like an instrument”

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“These circuits have a history and personality that I wasn’t willing to compromise”: Dirty Boy partners with Warm Audio to make its Neal Schon and John Frusciante-approved boutique pedals for the masses

The Junior Series presents Dirty Boy fuzz, overdrive and boost circuits in a compact stompbox, priced just 169 bucks

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“It’s one of the first classic rock ’n’ roll videos. But we were absolutely freezing. It was about 30 below!”: Carl Palmer on ELP’s greatest hit and their glory years as stadium-filling superstars

“We played California Jam and 120,000 people paid and another 100,000 smashed down the fences and broke in”

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“He started to saw through his strings and we all stood up and cheered! It made a fantastic noise… And he just carried on sawing”: Pete Townshend on how Stevie Wonder's producer inspired him to smash guitars

We revisit the pivotal moment when the young Who guitarist watched Malcolm Cecil take a saw to a bass guitar

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“When the head of the record company fell asleep during your set, you’re probably not impressing him much. That’s why we didn’t get signed to Roadrunner”: How cult heroes Acid Bath rose from the ashes to open stadium shows for System Of A Down

Sammy Duet on the chaos of the sludge metal pioneers' early days and how the unlikely triumph of their second act is a fitting tribute to late bassist and co-founder Audie Pitre

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“He was a brilliant concert-level classical pianist and also the best rocker you could get, for keyboards. So he was an absolute hero”: Howard Jones on the synth legend who inspired him, and the influence he had on one of his biggest hits

“I saw the classical music as my way to get good at playing the pop and rock stuff,” he says

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“The first time I walked in, I cried as I was so overwhelmed”: We speak to The Anchoress about the creation of her new album and harnessing Pete Townshend’s synth collection

Catherine Anne Davies, aka The Anchoress, shares how she immersed herself in Pete Townshend’s vintage synth collection to make her latest album, As We Once Were

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“I went over to the piano and started fooling around with the riff and in 20 minutes this song almost wrote itself. We were all dancing around the studio and loving what we were hearing”: The story of Phil Collins and Philip Bailey’s classic ’80s hit

“We ended up using the demo because it had an energy and a sound”

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“As a former Culture Secretary and big music fan, he has a deep understanding of what makes the music industry tick. He also knows the challenges”: UK Music CEO sets out five key tests for new Prime Minister Andy Burnham

They include defending the BBC and breaking down EU touring barriers

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Chase Bliss discontinues the Chompi sampler: "At this specific moment we are not working on or planning any new Chompi products"

There are fewer than 250 units remaining, so if you want a Chompi, now's your chance

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“This is like a bad trip": Liam Gallagher, Wayne Rooney and others share their views on the first ever World Cup Halftime Show

It featured Madonna, BTS, Shakira, Justin Bieber and Coldplay

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“A true original who lived entirely on her own terms”: L7 announce that bassist Jennifer Finch has died

She had been suffering from brain cancer

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"If I was going away on a trip and could only bring one keyboard, I’d bring that one, because I know where every sound is blindfolded": Grammy-nominated producer Rogét Chahayed on the stage keyboard he can't live without

“I have two walls of keyboards with about 30 or 40 synths, a Steinway and a Fender Rhodes - but this is my number one"

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