News David Bowie’s answers to a famous personality test in Vanity Fair are incredible by Happy Read David Bowie’s incredible answers to a famous personality test, the Proust Questionnaire, published in Vanity Fair in 1998. The Proust Questionnaire is a set of basic questions that are said…
Drugs Lists Music Here are the 25 best ’70s songs to get high to by Luke Saunders Delve into the 25 most mind-bending, beguiling, or downright beautiful ’70s songs to kick back and light up too. Purple haze, Jesus saves. As society nervously shifted towards a new…
Music News What were David Bowie’s 25 favourite records of all time? Find out right here by Happy “If you can possibly get your hands on any of these I guarantee you evenings of listening pleasure” – Here are David Bowie’s 25 favourite records ever. Back in 2003, David…
Music News Watch David Byrne perform a chilling cover Bowie’s ‘Heroes’ backed by a choir of strangers by Happy Watch David Byrne perform a chilling cover Bowie’s Heroes backed by a motley choir of singers from NYC. In 2018, David Byrne performed as part of Under the Radar Festival in…
News Video How Bowie and Cohen faced mortality on their final albums by Happy Watch a new documentary on how David Bowie and Leonard Cohen faced death and mortality on their final albums. Last week we stumbled across a brilliant short documentary on the…
Music News Listen to David Bowie from beginning to end in a 23-hour, complete chronological playlist by Stanley Widdison David Bowie will always be remembered as a demigod of pop music, so pay your respects and enjoy 19 hours of his very best. Some of us will remember where…
Arts News New on-set shots from The Man Who Fell To Earth will make you fall in love with Bowie… again by Happy Soft spot for cult classic The Man Who Fell To Earth? Go behind the scenes into Nicolas Roeg’s 1976 flick, David Bowie’s first starring role. Man, David Bowie really knew how to…
Lists Music 8 iconic duet parings that may… or may not have worked by Daniel Croft When the titans of tunes unite for a duet, it can often be the beginnings of something truly iconic, but not always for the right reasons. When notable and accomplished…
Features Pro Audio SSL Consoles: the secret weapon of ’80s pop by Claudia Schmidt SSL consoles are the silent force behind so many of the world’s most popular songs, their emergence forever revolutionising the recording process. But why were they so influential? During the…
Features Pro Audio Engineering the Sound: David Bowie’s ‘Heroes’ by Luka Osborne For his 12th studio album, David Bowie escaped the hedonistic L.A music scene and set up camp in a West Berlin studio to record one of his most ambitious and…
Features Pro Audio Sounds of the psychedelic: the tale of the Mellotron by Claudia Schmidt Melancholic and mysterious, the Mellotron belongs perfectly to its time, and yet still carries a lasting legacy. What was the tale behind this idiosyncratic instrument? The Mellotron is an instrument…
Lists Pro Audio 12 anthems that celebrate the 12 string guitar by Daniel Croft The 12 string guitar is an instrument that adds a distinctly wondrous characteristic to any song – and when used in the right context – magic happens. The 12 string…
Music Space WATCH: Yungblud – Life On Mars? (David Bowie cover) by Marcie Cheers Back in January, Yungblud performed a cover of David Bowie’s classic Life On Mars? as part of a virtual tribute concert. The British singer has officially released the cover as a single…
