Features Pro Audio 8 iconic tracks that showcase the melodica in all its glory by Dave Stano It might look like a toy, but as these tracks show us, the humble melodica has made a sizeable contribution to music around the world….
Music LISTEN: New Order – ‘Be a Rebel’ by Claudia Schmidt New Wave icons New Order have released their first new music in five years, a track named Be A Rebel. Originally slated to drop at the same…
Music WATCH: From The Archive, ’80s indie music by Emily Elvish Here’s some playlist inspo for you! Check out indie stars from the era like Nick Cave and New Order reflecting on the state of the…
News Pro Audio New waveTracing SP 950 plugin dishes up iconic sampler sounds by Dave Stano waveTracing has just released its new SP 950 plugin, which delivers old-school sounds based on classic samplers. The software aims to faithfully emulate the classic…
Features Pro Audio Madchester and the sounds of the Second Summer of Love by Max Mahood Even though electronic music and synthesisers were becoming more popular throughout the 1980s, there was still a healthy guitar-based strain of alternative-rock music on both…
Features Pro Audio The Oberheim DMX drum machine: the heartbeat of hip hop by Dan Shaw In many ways, the sonic style of the ’80s was characterised by the embrace of new technology, without necessarily complying with the notion of realism….
Features Lists From Bowie to Slash: Iggy Pop’s 12 finest collaborations by Luke Saunders The godfather of punk has created a hell of a lot of quality music throughout his life. He’s also frequently flirting with death and insanity…
News ‘80s legends New Order are coming to Australia in 2020 by Claudia Schmidt Iconic ’80s band New Order have just announced an Australian tour in 2020, for the first time since their Opera House performance in 2016. The…
Exclusives Pro Audio The 80s Part I: experimentation, cutting edge tech and breaking into the mainstream by Max Mahood If the 1970s was the decade that began the revolution of electronic music, the 1980s was the decade that improved it. The 80s also added…
News New Order have announced an epic new live album by Charlie Young New Order are set to release a new live album in collaboration with visual artist Liam Gillick on July 12th. The album has the most…
News Vinyl New Order to reissue their 1981 debut album Movement with previously unreleased music by Joanna Panagopoulos Movement was the first transition, or movement if you will, of the band Joy Division to their new New Order. Now you can relive it…
News Stranger Things’ Finn Wolfhard did another awesome thing. Watch him perform a cover of New Order’s Age of Consent by Jacinta Rets Finn Wolfhard has done everything and anything since his starring role in Stranger Things, including scoring a leading role in creepiest movie of all time,…
Film and TV Lists Vinyl We know you love your record collection, but is it missing something? Pepper it up with the 7 best soundtracks on vinyl you can buy by Riley Fitzgerald One of the odder aspects of the vinyl resurgence of recent years has been the return of the humble movie soundtrack. Throughout 2015 and moving…
