Music & Tech
Madonna Teases ‘Confession on the Dance Floor 2’ With Instrumental Song Snippet, Provocative Speaker Straddling Pic
The pop icon announced in November 2025 that she was prepping a sequel to her beloved 2005 electropop dance record.
ANOTR & 54 Ultra’s ‘Talk to You’ Dominates Global Dance Radio Chart for Second Week
The chart ranks the top dance tracks worldwide, based on monitored airplay across 200-plus dance stations in more than 30 countries.
ANOTR & 54 Ultra’s ‘Talk to You’ Spends a Second Week Atop WARM Global Dance Radio Chart
The chart ranks the top dance tracks worldwide, based on monitored airplay across 200-plus dance stations in more than 30 countries.
“Lyndon was not only a founder, but also a creator and innovator”: UK amp pioneer Lyndon Laney has died, aged 77
Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi leads tributes to the founder of Laney Amplification, whose tube amps give helped birth heavy metal – and who also had a connection with Led Zeppelin, too
We’re getting excited about this mysterious new keyboard from Auxy and Cuckoo
The creator of one of our favourite music-making apps is about to release its debut hardware instrument
AI Expected to Drive Increased Creativity Post-Disruption
After the AI disruption regarding rights and protection stabilizes, artistic output will become significantly more creative.
AI’s Second Wave, From Anxiety to Imagination (Guest Column)
After the AI disruption regarding rights and protection stabilizes, artistic output will become significantly more creative.
Recreating the "Take On Me" Synth Riff
After several attempts at creating the perfect pop production, Take On Me finally became the global hit that A-ha deserved. We build its classic lead sound in software
Jack White Criticizes Donald Trump's Jesus Christ Post
After picking a fight with the Pope, the president took down the offensive AI image in which he depicted himself as a divine figure healing a man.
UMG’s Michael Nash sees ‘no audience’ for explosion in AI music
Universal Music Group’s digital chief Michael Nash sat down with Splice CEO Kakul Srivastava at last week’s HumanX AI conference, offering the latest insight into how both companies see the AI-music space. Nash went in hard on “the false narrative of artist replacement” by AI, suggesting that it was
Meet the Swiss distro company banking on agentic AI to power the ‘next generation’ of indie labels.
Dennis Hausammann was a rising rapper before setting out to build AI-powered tools for indie label founders. Source
Jack White Blasts ‘Blasphemy’ of Donald Trump’s Jesus Christ Post: ‘How Did So Many Millions of People Fall For This Conman?’
After picking a fight with the Pope, the president took down the offensive AI image in which he depicted himself as a divine figure healing a man.
House Producer Hammer's Production Tips
Watch the Bicep collaborator build a raw, analogue house track in the studio
Kraftwerk's Relationship with Technology
They were certainly the pace makers, but did the band get overtaken by the very technology that made them?
Deconstructing the Infectious Synth Riff of a-ha's "Take On Me"
After several attempts at creating the perfect pop production, Take On Me finally became the global hit that A-ha deserved. We build its classic lead sound in software
Canada’s SOCAN paid out USD $366m to rightsholders in 2025, warns AI is ‘placing mounting pressure’ on livelihoods
Canadian performing rights society SOCAN generated revenues of CAD $587.1 million ($420m) in 2025, up 5% compared with 2024. Source
House Producer Hammer's 5 Production Tips for Enhanced Creativity
Watch the Bicep collaborator build a raw, analogue house track in the studio
Kraftwerk: Did Technology Erase the Band's Magic?
They were certainly the pace makers, but did the band get overtaken by the very technology that made them?
Take On Me: The Story Behind a-ha's Synth Masterpiece
After several attempts at creating the perfect pop production, Take On Me finally became the global hit that A-ha deserved. We build its classic lead sound in software
Technology's impact on Kraftwerk's collaborative process
They were certainly the pace makers, but did the band get overtaken by the very technology that made them?