Features Pro Audio How Peter Frampton gave guitar a new voice by Dan Shaw Peter Frampton is a meticulous artist when it comes to tone. This unique approach to the sound of guitar earned him huge success in a career lasting more than 50…
News Matthew Seligman, David Bowie bassist, dies from coronavirus at 64 by James Peppercorn Matthew Seligman, the bassist for David Bowie, the Soft Boys, Morrissey and Sinéad O’Connor has died from coronavirus at the age of 64. Seligman has been remembered as a kind…
Features Pro Audio Engineering the Sound: Arcade Fire’s ‘The Suburbs’ by Dan Shaw The Suburbs was Arcade Fire’s conceptual magnum opus, catapulting them to a new level of global recognition. Let’s explore how it came to be. As the nineties became the noughties,…
Film and TV News Here’s your first look at the new David Bowie-inspired film, ‘Stardust’ by Claire Adema A new clip has dropped from an upcoming David Bowie-inspired film set to premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, which has since been postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak. Titled…
Arts News Legendary music photographer Mick Rock is selling rare images to raise funds for the NHS by Nikki Rosen Mick Rock, the legendary – and aptly named – photographer “specialising in rock-n-roll” portraits is doing his bit amidst the coronavirus pandemic and selling unseen portraits in aid of the…
Music WATCH: David Bowie – ‘Repetition 97’ by Matt Brazel In anticipation of archived David Bowie material being released later this month via ChangesNowBowie, a stripped-down version of Repetition has been unveiled. The video for Repetition 97 features archived footage…
News Jamiroquai shares hilarious coronavirus rework of David Bowie’s ‘Let’s Dance’ by Mia Montesin During self-isolation, Jamiroquai has made us an equally bizarre and hysterical David Bowie-flavoured treat. A 34-second cover of Let’s Dance features the electro-funk sensation clad in a regal cream-coloured headpiece,…
Features Pro Audio Always listening: 75 years of Sennheiser microphones by Dan Shaw From the ashes of battle emerged one of the most venerated audio manufacturers in history. Just weeks after the end of World War II, Fritz Sennheiser and a team of…
Arts News Why did Bowie create Ziggy Stardust? An insight into the greatest alter ego pop music has ever seen by Happy “If it’s wearing a pink hat and a red nose, and it plays a guitar upside down, I will go and look at it. I love to see people being…
Film and TV News Daniel Radcliffe says it’s his dream to play David Bowie by Manning Patston Apparently, the late musical icon David Bowie could count famed Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe amongst his fans. And not only that, in a recent interview, Radcliffe has admitted that…
Features Pro Audio How Eventide came to dominate digital effects by Dan Shaw When Eventide took its first nervous steps into the competitive world of pro audio, digital effects weren’t a thing. Yes, engineers and studios had set forth in their quest of…
News Vinyl Check out the full list of releases for Record Store Day 2020 by Julia Lo Surdo The full list of Record Store Day 2020 material has been released, with David Bowie, Billie Eilish and the Notorious B.I.G. amongst the artists included. The full list for Record…
News The Aussie pub made famous by David Bowie in ‘Let’s Dance’ is for sale by Julia Lo Surdo Anyone interested in buying a pub? The Carinda Hotel, made famous by David Bowie in 1983, is now up for grabs. Bowie’s video for Let’s Dance features the pub in…
