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“A synthesizer that is both easy to use and fun to play whilst maintaining a decent degree of programming depth and flexibility”: PWM Mantis review
By Bruce Aisher published
PWM’s Mantis reunites a classic synth design with its legendary designer and gives it a contemporary twist

“I feel like that song had everything we needed to come back with”: Bring Me The Horizon’s Lee Malia on Shadow Moses, its riff and the secrets behind its tone, and why it was the right anthem at the right time
By Jonathan Horsley published
How Terry Date, a killer riff and a videogame helped bring BMTH's major label debut into focus with a track that officially opened a new chapter – and the pit – for the Sheffield metal frontiersmen

“I said, ‘Are we sure we can write a song about death?’”: The story of Mike + The Mechanics' The Living Years
By Neil Crossley published
"If we’d got it wrong, it would’ve been very schmaltzy"

“Our talent pipeline is at risk of drying up”: UK Music draws up five point plan to “turbocharge” music education
By Will Simpson published
They urge the government to recruit 1,000 new music teachers

Elton John and Brandi Carlile are reviving the lost art of the long song intro
By Ben Rogerson published
“No one starts an album like that anymore!” says Carlile

“The verse tricks you": Charli XCX’s Brat collaborator Jon Shave on creating Sympathy Is A Knife
By Ben Rogerson published
"With Brat, Charli had put so much thought into it before we even got in the studio," he says

“It shows enough promise to become the controller to rule them all”: Melbourne Instruments Roto-Control review
By Andy Jones published
A very cool and compact MIDI controller that could well become your best desktop friend

“The flute just looked nice and shiny!”: How Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson became rock’s leading one-legged flautist
By Paul Elliott published
“At first I couldn’t get a note out of it,” he said
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