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Sony Music wins legal battle over Jimi Hendrix Experience rights

Sony Music and Experience Hendrix have emerged as victors in a UK High Court battle over the rights to studio albums by The Jimi Hendrix Experience. They had faced legal action from the estates of Hendrix’s bandmates Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell, who were seeking copyright and performer’s rights

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Erica Synths Bullfrog Drums Pairs Factory Samples With User Sample Banks

Image Cred: Erica Synths Erica Synths has opened preorders for Bullfrog Drums, a hands-on drum machine, sampler, and CV/gate sequencer built around seven sample-based voices. The instrument is priced at €600 before VAT, with estimated shipping set for May 6, 2026. The Bullfrog Drums expands the educ

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Jack Antonoff Supports Taylor Swift Collaborating With Other Producers

The Bleachers leader told Howard Stern that he totally gets shaking things up once in a while.

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You Need To Calm Down — Jack Antonoff Is Fine With Taylor Swift Working With Other Producers on ‘Showgirl’ LP: ‘Grateful For the Work That Has Happened’

The Bleachers leader told Howard Stern that he totally gets shaking things up once in a while.

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“In the next 12 months there are going to be two, possibly three more Moog synths – we’re going to have some instant classics added to our roster”: EXCLUSIVE! Moog President Joe Richardson tells us what's coming next from the iconic synth brand

With the Muse and Messenger signalling that Moog is still in rude health following its acquisition by InMusic, we catch up with its president to learn more about life behind the scenes at the world’s biggest synth brand

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"It's remarkable that this powerful synth can be picked up for free": We pit 5 of the best soft synths against each other

We put five of today's most powerful, flexible and versatile synth plugins to the test to find out who comes out on top

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Taylor Swift Addresses Jack Antonoff Collaboration Rumors

The singer opted for different producers on last year's 'The Life Of A Showgirl'

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Taylor Swift responds to rumours of feud with Jack Antonoff

The singer opted for different producers on last year's 'The Life Of A Showgirl'

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Chase and Status join ‘007: First Light’ cast

“From underground beats to high-stakes espionage”

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10 extraordinary synths that are almost certainly out of your price range

If money were no object, what new synthesizers could you buy? We draw up our wish list of current big-bucks contenders

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DMA’S Sign with Wonderlick/Sony/RCA for New Album

Their fifth studio album, "DMA'S" is due out Aug. 7 through a new global deal with Wonderlick Entertainment partnering with Sony Music Australia and RCA UK.

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DMA’S Go Major Label Route on New Self-Titled Album

Their fifth studio album, "DMA'S" is due out Aug. 7 through a new global deal with Wonderlick Entertainment partnering with Sony Music Australia and RCA UK.

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Deviu Breaks Down The Thinking Behind His “Automatic” Remix And His Approach To DJing

With his remix of Nihil Young’s “Automatic” now out on Magnetic Magazine Recordings, Deviu (@deviumusic) steps into a phase of his work where decisions feel more direct and less managed. The track presents a big extension of his catalog, with a focus on pacing, controlled arrangement shifts, and a s

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Universal Audio Knuckles ’92 Review: A Guitar Pedal That Works Shockingly Well On Synths

Knuckles ’92 has been on my radar since it dropped in 2024, and I finally got it into the studio for its high-gain guitar amp with the whole intention of seeing how it handles on my synths; that framing quickly felt secondary. UA’s smaller pedals have always sounded amazing on my synths, just as muc

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Taylor Swift Tackles AI Deepfakes, T.I. Sues Over Masters in Music Law News

In this week's Legal Beat newsletter, Taylor fights AI deepfakes, T.I. sues over his masters, D4vd faces ugly new accusations and much more.

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Taylor Swift Voice Trademarks, T.I. Catalog Lawsuit, D4vd Murder Case & More Top Music Law News

In this week's Legal Beat newsletter, Taylor fights AI deepfakes, T.I. sues over his masters, D4vd faces ugly new accusations and much more.

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Adrielle Bow Belle Returns With Cinematic New Single “Icey Roads”

Adrielle Bow Belle’s “Icey Roads” arrives on May 15, 2026, placing cinematic alt-pop, indie R&B, and political songwriting inside a track built around emotional restraint. The New York artist works with cold synth textures, minimal percussion, and close vocal layering, creating a single that keeps i

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ATH Turns m0n0 jay’s “L.L.L.” Into A 135 BPM Industrial Club Cut

m0n0 jay’s “L.L.L.” already had a strange little lane carved out for itself before this remix showed up. The original had the whole powerlifter-glitter-gym-pop thing working in its favor, which is a ridiculous phrase on paper and somehow also the most accurate way to describe the project. It had the

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L-Acoustics DJ Lets Artists Move Beyond Standard Stereo Playback

L-Acoustics DJ became one of the clearest tech stories coming out of Winter Music Conference 2026, bringing spatial audio into a live DJ setting during the Beatport Live pool party series at the Kimpton EPIC Hotel rooftop in Miami. Across March 25 to 27, the system was used during label events tied

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Buso Audio’s Ivan Beres Breaks Down the Design Behind Pilot

Buso Audio’s Pilot range comes from a practical studio problem: DAWs still borrow much of their visual logic from analog consoles, yet most producers interact with those controls through a mouse. Ivan, founder and director of Buso Audio and one of the people responsible for Pilot’s development, saw