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“For about six months, we were the coolest band on the planet”: We talk to Embrace about the extraordinary song that put them on the indie map

Embrace announced their arrival with one of the most memorable songs of the post-Britpop age, we catch up with its creator to discuss its legacy

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“What we learned from Steve was don’t overthink it. It’s a performance, a vibe, a take, and sometimes the accidents and mistakes add to it”: How Neurosis nailed their epic sound with Steve Albini

With Albini in the control room, the experimental metal titans learned how to track live and make huge epics in just a week

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“When I heard Wes, it killed me. The guy played with his thumb, and it’s all downstrokes, which means it’s twice the effort, but he was still so fast it just smoked me!”: The jazz classic that Nile Rodgers named as his favourite guitar track of all time

“It made me realise that the guitar was something unique and special”

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“I think he altered his perspective after working with us. He did some wonderful stuff after that. He got out of just heavy metal, and that's a good, good thing": John Lydon and Bill Laswell remember the making of Rise - with a little help from Steve Vai

"I think it’s one of my best pop songs" says the singer

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"The baritone format might just be the CVT’s natural home": Gretsch Electromatic CVT Baritone review

Forget surf, this baritone is designed to deliver at the meatier end of the rock spectrum

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Has Kramer ever looked better? The shred brand's golden era arrives as it celebrates 50th Anniversary with metallic gold makeover for its high-performance lineup

Six shreddable S-styles, with a Floyd Rose 1000 Series vibrato as standard – all in Anniversary Gold for a limited time only

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“The ones who were there want to go back. The ones who weren't want to understand what the fuss was about”: There's no Glastonbury this year, but this newly restored movie is here to show you what it looked and sounded like in 1993

You can also watch more recent Glastonbury sets on the BBC iPlayer

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“A very impressive all-in-one audio recording solution aimed at music and multimedia users”: Hisong AirStudio S1 review

Crowdfunded startup Hisong wants to simplify mobile recording. Let’s see if it has succeeded

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How to re-create Drake’s smooth Burning Bridges sound using plugins

He’s one of hip-hop’s biggest stars, but his globally successful sound is easily replicable with the right software - and the right know-how…

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“We strongly believe that in the coming years, writing code manually won't be a thing”: Inside the new wave of AI vibe coding tools turning prompts into plugins

AI-powered plugin generators like Amorph and Pluginmaker.ai promise to democratiSe development – but is vibe coding really the future of plugin design, or just hype?

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“I was like, ‘Taylor, what songs do you want me to sing? This is your night.’ And she was like, ‘No, you choose.’ So I was like, ‘Seriously?’”: Sombr reflects on being asked to perform in honour of Taylor Swift after she called him "the future"

“I picked two songs, and I suggested them to her and she was like, ‘Perfect.’ So, I was like, ‘OK’”

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“An incredibly exciting instrument that's capable of some pretty clever party tricks”: Expressive E Osmose CE review

Expressive E has MPE running through its core, and now we have the opportunity to transplant some of that MPE tech into our DAWs, with the Osmose CE controller

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“This is actually rock music written on electronic equipment”: How to replicate the sample-based sonics of a gnarly Prodigy classic

Dissecting one of the big beat heavyweights’ most iconic bangers, and learning how to recreate its sound ourselves

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Free music samples: download loops, hits and multis from SampleRadar

UPDATED: free drum 'n' bass, hip-hop, dubstep, house, techno sample packs and more

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“He's sitting with his arms folded, in a suit, you know, ‘impress me’. We played it and he goes ‘You guys look good, you sound good, but I don’t hear a hit’”: Clive Davis made a rare mistake when he passed on a '70s song that would become a US number one

Of the song's title, co-writer Peter Beckett says: "We had the tune, we had the chords and it just came into my head. It’s like a trumpet blast"

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“Charli has one consistent theme when it comes to drum beats - simplicity”: How to replicate Charli XCX’s sonic characteristics

Having a Brat summer so far? Join us as we take a look at the core components that make up the most effective Charli XCX tracks

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Want to recreate the classic sound of golden age '90s hip-hop? Download this pack of 537 free samples from SampleRadar

We offer up a goldmine of beats, loops, one-shots and multi-samples inspired by hip-hop's heyday, complete with vinyl crackle

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“When I listen to the record, it just sounds like me. Maybe that was the point to begin with. There was no point doing an anorak sounds-alike thing”: Why Joe Bonamassa’s tribute to Rory Gallagher didn’t turn out exactly as expected

“Getting Rory’s Strat from the National Museum would have taken an act of government!”

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I’ve been a professional producer for decades, and these are the plugins I always call-up when working on a project

There’s so many plugins out there that can handle the same tasks slightly differently, but in the eyes of production expert Jon Musgrave, you really only need a small stable of selected favourites. Here’s his…

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“Apparently that beat was originally for Kanye, years ago, and then didn’t work out. Then he was like, ‘I know where to put this’”: Finneas on the "weird production choices" in a TV theme that's become a modern classic

The Billie Eilish collaborator, solo artist and television composer picked out ten "fascinating and unconventional" moments in music production for the Track Star podcast

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Arturia’s new Ocean-inspired reverb will turn your sounds “into a living sonic current”

Rev Ocean brings shoegaze-friendly modulated reverbs to your DAW

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“There will be, like, maybe two more LPs of unreleased tracks… There was a lot of writing in that band”: Billy Corgan to release unheard Zwan material

Band only released one album in 2003

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What’s the difference between distortion and saturation? Here’s how you can get the best dirt for your sound

Adding small or even large amounts of saturation doesn’t have to be bad for you, as we explore how to singe your sonics

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“They were far superior guitar players to me. I could never play lead to save my life. But one thing I’m quite good at is playing with a certain feel”: Def Leppard bassist Rick Savage reveals “80%” of Hysteria’s jangle guitars were him all along

“I used a Telecaster for that thin, bright sound”

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Want crispy, retro digital drum machine sounds? Here’s our top picks of the plugin options that emulate the pioneering classics

Despite low-quality sample rates, vintage digital drum machines remain a production constant. We hook-up three of the best, and recommend their plugin counterparts

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