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"It was the best-sounding piece of kit ever – but they were so up themselves": Trevor Horn on the pioneering synth that defined the sound of Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Legendary producer Trevor Horn talks exclusively to MusicRadar about his upcoming "mega-tour", the changing face of the music industry, recording Welcome to the Pleasuredome, and why AI is "phony"
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The fascinating music theory behind the kicked-around track that Prince shaped into a hit
What happens when you write a hit for another band, but you want it back? We find out as we trace the complicated history and intriguing theory behind an iconic Prince classic
“The most expensive bit of drumming in history”: When stars of Duran Duran and Chic formed a decadent ’80s supergroup
“I had to be, like, strapped to the desk if I was gonna get a bass line finished," John Taylor said
The devastating personal pain behind one of Radiohead’s most affecting songs
The melancholy masterpiece was a highlight of the group’s last album to date, and was accompanied by a surreal Paul Thomas Anderson-directed video
“I remember saying to Clapton, ‘You try playing that one riff for eight minutes!’”: The secret to Status Quo's riff power
"That song is where the Quo twelve-bar boogie shuffle came from"
“I got woken up at 3 AM by a fan spamming my DMs. I’m still in disbelief”: UKG phenom MPH on featuring in Thomas Bangalter’s comeback DJ set
MPH is at the forefront of a new wave of producers reshaping UK bass. He joins us to talk about the making of third album Substance, his stripped-back studio set-up and how it feels to get a cosign from one half of Daft Punk
“John said we were the best stuff he'd heard since the Beatles”: Davey Johnstone on Elton John’s collab with John Lennon
How a visit from John Lennon during the sessions for Elton John’s 1975 masterpiece Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy yielded an impromptu Beatles cover and another number one hit
