Features Pro Audio Understanding the Fairlight CMI’s place in the history of electronic music by Dan Shaw As the 1980s loomed, change was afoot in music technology. The electric guitar revolution that was launched a couple of decades before had reached its zenith; rock music was at…
Interviews Music St. Lucia chat with Happy about ‘Utopia’, their latest album by Happy St. Lucia exit the apocalyptic world through their latest album, Utopia, a collection of songs that are soaked in electro-pop atmospheres. South Africa-born Jean-Phillip Grobler, and Germany-born Patti Beranek, make…
News Sean Penn directed one of Shania Twain’s first music videos by Tammy Moir Sean Penn is a surprising guy, aside from his chops as an actor, he also makes pretty solid music videos. A fact you may not know about the perennially cool…
Lists News The 6 greatest covers of ‘Heroes’ by David Bowie by Happy Heroes by David Bowie was one of those songs which would forever leave its mark on the world, affecting all of those who heard it. Check out six of the…
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…
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 new cultural and technological features…
News Peter Gabriel’s solo discography is finally coming to Spotify by Bill Robinson The music he’s created as the frontman of Genesis has long been available on Spotify, though for reasons unknown, Peter Gabriel’s solo work has so far been unavailable on the…