AvatarKal KaliraiFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo8 steps to a better-sounding home studiomusicradar.com - By Jon MusgraveMaking your studio sound better isn't always about buying expensive gear. Often, the obstacles between you and a great-sounding set-up can be removed …
AvatarKal KaliraiAvatarAvatarKLF donate copy of reconstructed 1987 album to British Libraryverified_publisherThe Guardian - Sammy GecsoylerUnsold copies of original album were destroyed after a legal dispute with Abba
AvatarKal KaliraiFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoThe ultimate guide to wavetable synthesismusicradar.com - By Stuart Adams40 years ago, legendary synth designer Wolfgang Palm introduced the world to wavetable synthesis with his PPG Wave 2 synth. Unlike the static …
AvatarKal KaliraiAvatarAvatarHans Zimmer becomes new co-owner of BBC’s historic Maida Vale studiosThe Independent - Roisin O'ConnorThe BBC has sold its historic Maida Vale Studios to a partnership that includes Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer and film producer Tim Bevan. The …
AvatarKal KaliraiAvatarAvatarBBC sells Maida Vale studios to partnership including Hans Zimmerverified_publisherThe Guardian - Nadia KhomamiNew owners vow to continue music legacy of London venue where pop and rock royalty have performed
AvatarKal KaliraiAvatarAvatar‘People would have lost their culture’: the Birmingham record label that saved south Asian musicverified_publisherThe Guardian - Safi BugelFrom a transistor radio shop, Oriental Star Agencies championed legends such as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and nurtured bhangra to chart success. Its 84-year-old founder recalls how
AvatarKal KaliraiAvatarAvatar‘He knew hip-hop could change his life’: how Biz Markie made his nameverified_publisherThe Guardian - Rob LeDonneIn documentary All Up in the Biz, director Sacha Jenkins looks back on the career the eccentric Clown Prince of Hip-Hop
AvatarKal KaliraiAvatarAvatar‘I had to press the sampler button so much, my finger bled’ – Stereo MC’s on making Connectedverified_publisherThe Guardian - Rich PelleyRob Birch and I have known each other since we were kids, growing up as nextdoor neighbours in Nottingham. I moved to London at 18 to do music and Rob followed to study photography. His brother Dave was a session guitarist who played in punk bands and we all ended up sharing a house in Clapham. I …
AvatarKal KaliraiAvatarAvatar‘I felt his vibration!’ Sonny Roberts, the UK’s first Black music studio ownerverified_publisherThe Guardian - Charis McGowanA couple of years after he arrived at Tilbury docks on the SS Manistee in 1958, Jamaican carpenter Sonny Roberts took the keys to a dusty, neglected basement at 108 Cambridge Road in Kilburn, London. Roughly 30 metres square and strewn with litter and discarded clothes, Roberts opened his trusty …
AvatarKal KaliraiAvatarAvatar‘Jo Whiley said we were laid-back – I thought “No!”’ How Hot Chip made Over and Oververified_publisherThe Guardian - Graeme Green‘We got our percussion instruments from the Early Learning Centre. The main hi-hat was made on a kids’ set of silver cymbals’
AvatarKal KaliraiAvatarAvatarBest MIDI keyboards for Mac and the new Logic Pro for iPad [2023 Edition]verified_publisher9to5Mac - Justin KahnWelcome to our 2023 edition of the best MIDI keyboards for iPad and Mac. With the reveal of Logic Pro for iPad (it’s about time, Apple) and the holidays on the way, it seems a fitting time to go over some new releases and the best hardware keyboard controllers to put both the Mac and new mobile …
AvatarKal KaliraiFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoAkai mark 35 years with MPC X Special Edition samplermixmag.net - Gemma RossAkai celebrated 35 years since the release of its seminal sampler, the MPC-60, with a brand new model that promises to be its “most powerful” …