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Emma-Jean Thackray: "Ableton is great for making tracks, Pro Tools is great for mixing. For me, Logic is great when you do both"
By Jim Ottewill published
Born out of grief, Thackray’s new album Weirdo is her most heartfelt concept yet. Here, she delves into the record’s creation and how the process of putting it together helped her reclaim her sense of self

Are these the weirdest musical instruments you’ve ever seen?
By Evan Shamoon published
Inviting inventors from across the globe to showcase imaginative and unconventional instruments, Guthman has previously featured entries from Teenage Engineering and ROLI

“I have been in the process of trying to sell the company. It’s a difficult time”: Trump’s tariffs could be about to decimate the gear industry
By Daniel Griffiths published
Think that US-imposed Mexican and Chinese tariffs don’t affect you? Here's why your next gear purchase just got a whole lot more expensive

“There's only one person on Earth who could turn a highly conceptual, fiercely political, free-form jazz-rap fusion record into a global hit”: Making Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly
By Fred Garratt-Stanley published
10 years on from the release of Kendrick's seminal Grammy-winner, we look back at how TPAB was made - and why it still resonates even more deeply a decade later

This classic interview with the Crystal Method explores talent vs tech, plus an enduring love for Radiohead and Bill Withers
By Andy Price published
A 2009 conversation from our mag archives finds former Crystal Method-man Ken Jordan talking gear, influences and the brilliance of the then-new iPhone

Ezra Collective’s Joe Armon-Jones on why he created his Aquarii Studios and his dub mixing technique
By Si Truss published
Watch the UK keyboard player and producer discuss his new studio and ambitious double LP, All The Quiet

Alex Lifeson on the disguised guitars and soloing strategies behind Envy Of None’s Stygian Waves
By Jonathan Horsley published
Envy Of None's sophomore album, Stygian Waves, is the sound of Lifeson's post-Rush project stretching out with a sound you can really sink right into

Our forgotten interview with big-beat legends Basement Jaxx reveals the oddness of working with John Lennon’s widow - and a love for Atari
By Andy Price published
A rediscovered interview from our archives with the Grammy-winning duo touches on the stress of making sure that their studio time with Lennon’s widow went without a hitch

Unearthed Junkie XL interview digs into the troubles behind his hit remix of Elvis’s A Little Less Conversation
By Andy Price published
The Mad Max soundtrack heavyweight was still best known for his A Little Less Conversation remix when we spoke to him in 2008

“He noticed that the studio had a marimba sitting in the corner, and the rest is history”: A music professor breaks down the theory behind ABBA's Mamma Mia
By Ethan Hein published
On Mamma Mia's 50th birthday, our resident music prof puts ABBA's infectiously catchy karaoke staple under the musical microscope
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