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Freddy Wexler talks songwriting, producing, discovering Lady Gaga and restarting Billy Joel’s fire
By Daniel Griffiths published
“I told some very powerful people, ‘I found the next Madonna’. Four months later, she changed her name to Lady Gaga and the rest was history”

Jon Hopkins reflects on being introduced to Coldplay by Brian Eno and his work on Moon Music
By Ben Rogerson published
Hopkins recently hit number 1 in the US and UK simultaneously thanks to his appearances on Coldplay’s Moon Music and Charli XCX’s Brat reworks album

“Who does a hook like that?”: Timbaland on being inspired by the “genius” of Pharrell Williams
By Ben Rogerson published
“Who does a hook like that?”

Cher joins Dua Lipa to sing Believe - minus the Auto-Tune - at the Rock & Hall of Fame
By Ben Rogerson published
“It was an accident, because my producer and I were having a fight,” Cher says of Believe’s groundbreaking vocal sound

“Is everyone OK?”: Halsey on the reaction to their Nine Inch Nails-produced album in 2021
By Ben Rogerson published
The record was released to critical acclaim

"None of us are reinventing the wheel“: Hardt Antoine on the art of sampling and his signature sound
By Si Truss published
The London DJ and producer on his music making workflow and the importance of studio chairs

Roland’s latest SP-404 MKII special edition comes loaded with sounds from Moodymann’s KDJ Records
By Si Truss published
A special edition of the popular performance sampler also comes with an exclusive 7-inch and 60-minute mixtape

Watch breakout UK artist Yunè Pinku flip a piano sample and build a beat from scratch
By Si Truss published
Championed by the likes of Caribou and Joy Orbison, the rising producer and singer shows us how she starts her tracks
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