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It might be a little ugly, but Lambda Synthetics' PolyPulse could be the instrument that finally breaks you out of the 16-step grid

Is that a control panel at a Soviet-era nuclear power plant? No, it's an algorithmic performance workstation

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"It’s something that looked and felt like a Fender but was something I could afford at that point": Khruangbin bassist Laura Lee Ochoa says that her Fender signature model is actually based on a Fender copy

“I feel like it is something that a bass player who’s just starting out can really find themselves on,” she says of her Jazz bass

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“It's a really good chord progression, I couldn't believe no-one else had used it”: How the Cure sidestepped the gloom and wrote one of the most uplifting songs ever recorded

The Cure’s life-affirming indie pop classic remains the ultimate Friday tune

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“With no smartphone app, no IR loader, and just a single knob for control, it does away with all the distractions”: Earthquaker Devices Easy Listening review

EQD's new guitar headphone amplifier aims to make things easy breezy for players with pedalboards

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“We were hoping for the best. We wanted it to be the best. Then Ozzy came in singing and sounded great, and everybody was like: 'This is gonna be fine, they’re gonna kill it'": Lars Ulrich on hearing Ozzy Osbourne’s last soundcheck

Plus Sharon reveals her husband was deeply moved by the love at Villa Park

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"Everybody was screaming out, 'what record is that?!' It wasn't a record – it was the 808": Roland celebrates 45 years of the TR-808 with Rhythm Creators video series

Episode one premieres today with Egyptian Lover, and later instalments will feature Fatboy Slim, Prince Paul and Soul II Soul's Jazzie B

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“I don’t know if that’s just me wanting to like the one that’s less popular”: Laufey and Clairo rank Taylor Swift albums and weigh in on the Folklore vs Evermore debate

Turns out they’re pretty much in agreement

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"The TR-808's bass drum is undoubtedly the most recognisable electronic kick sound of all time": How to get the perfect 808s

In celebration of 808 Day, join us as we deliver 8 essential tips for perfecting your production with the 808's beloved kick drum

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“It’s safe to say it has become the talk of the town every time it is used”: Gibson teases release of the P-90-equipped Les Paul Noel Gallagher has been playing at the Oasis reunion shows

Available from the Gibson Garage London on August 21, this limited run guitar is the spitting image of Gallagher's "hybrid" Les Paul –and it looks like he will be signing them too

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“Literally the first chord I hit on it after I put it together just gave me goosebumps”: Nirvana tone guru Aaron Rash solves Kurt Cobain’s Heart-Shaped Box guitar mystery – and opens Pandora’s box for the tonewood debate

Rash's latest break in the In Utero case arrived via a late-night epiphany and the help of ChatGPT, and it might just reignite the conversation about the impact of body wood on tone

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"I’m not sure about the legalities of it, but I have no problem with him memorialising the greats": Tupac’s stepbrother says he’s OK with Rod Stewart’s AI ‘tribute’ to Ozzy Osbourne and other dead stars

Plus, the blogger who broke the story believes that Rod “had no ill intent”

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“It’s not signed, sealed and delivered... but speaking to me and asking my opinion I would love to do it”: After being "blown away" by U2 at the Sphere, Lars Ulrich suggests that Metallica would be keen to play there in 2026

And they’d love to play next year’s Super Bowl, too

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“It was just the name that rhymed with ‘fan’”: Eminem’s ex-manager says 'Stan' was not a deliberate portmanteau

And - spoiler alert - there was no real life Stan

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PWM declares Mantis "the next generation of OSCar" as V2 update adds original wavetables from the cult classic synth

Designed in collaboration with the late, great engineer Chris Huggett, Mantis is a spiritual successor to Oxford Synthesiser Company's ultra-rare OSCar synth

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New David Gilmour tour film and live album confirmed for later this year - watch him dip into the Pink Floyd songbook in the trailer

Live At The Circus Maximus hits cinemas in September

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“An irate fan pulled a gun on them in their dressing room. They stopped using our name immediately”: How a fake version of a popular British band managed to deceive American fans

The odd tale of how a counterfeit version of the Zombies capitalised on the group's US success after the original band called it quits

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“Transforms your audio from phone-quality to studio-ready instantly. Just plug in and create, anywhere, anytime”: Blackstar’s audio interface range just got a lot more portable with the pocket-sized Polar Go

Turn the park into your studio with a super-compact interface that can fit into the palm of your hand, and yet is packed with features – including a built-in ProCapture stereo mic system

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"This isn't just a piano, it's the 1901 Steinway B heard across albums from Elton John, David Bowie, and Fleetwood Mac": Spitfire Audio's latest instrument captures the sound of the historic Strawberry Studios

Château Piano samples a 1901 Steinway B found in an 18th-century French manor house and residential studio beloved by '70s icons

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“We didn’t even have time to run over the performance thoroughly”: Earth Wind & Fire reveal that they had just 24 hours to prepare for their Lollapalooza guest slot with Sabrina Carpenter

Disco legends played Let’s Groove and September

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“It kind of spoils it a bit for me": Here's why Paul Weller won’t be going to any of the Oasis reunion shows

"I just don’t like big gigs," says Weller

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“They are officially on our investigative team right now”: They found Paul McCartney’s missing Höfner 500/1 violin bass – can the Lost Bass Project find Marty McFly’s Gibson ES-345 from Back To The Future?

Gibson puts investigative journalists Scott and Naomi Jones on the Lost To The Future case. Despite thousands of tips the trail of the guitar – missing since '85 – remains cold

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“With no tickets left, the FOMO kicks in hard”: A sold-out Swedish music festival is testing the theory that punters would 'give a kidney' for a chance to attend

Way Out West has a potentially enticing offer for you

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“These are time-tested hues that have been popular through decades”: John Mayer’s PRS SE Silver Sky Rosewood gets a refresh with four all-new solid-colour finishes “inspired by traditional American fashion”

Could Dandy Lion could be this year's Roxy Pink? The SE Silver Sky Maple also gets a makeover, with Moon White, Stone Blue, Summit Purple and Nylon Blue expanding your finish options

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“When the bubble bursts, the grandiose claims about the technology will be shown to be massively overblown”: AI in music production –where should we draw the line?

Artificial intelligence is fast becoming an unignorable presence in the world of music-making. How can we use it ethically – and should artists and producers be worried?

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“This launch marks a fresh chapter for Epiphone acoustics, and we can’t wait for players to experience them”: Epiphone resurrects a 1963 Dove and five other classic acoustics with some help from the Gibson Custom Shop

Epiphone's partnership with the Gibson Custom Shop just gets better as it adds a Dove, a pair of Hummingbirds, two stunning SJ-200s and a Banner-era J-45 to its Inspired By Gibson Custom series

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