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Tubeway Army – Are Friends Electric?

What happens when the Sugababes sing Adina Howard’s Freak Like Me over Gary Numan’s Are Friends Electric?

EP01 progress (1)

B-sting updates on the progress of the first EP.

Simple Minds – New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)

David Guetta and Usura sample directly from two tracks from the Simple Minds album from 1982: New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84).

Want a free EP?

B-sting gives away his new EP for free to any one who sends a mail before the release.

Max Romeo – I Chase the Devil

In 1976 Max Romeo and Lee “Scratch” Perry write the song I Chase the Devil, which in 1992 is sampled by The Prodigy in Out of Space.

Is an algorithm better than a human DJ?

Music Machinery is conducting a study to see whether a human DJ is better than a random playlist or an algorithm that picks the songs. So far, the algorithm is winning.

Radiohead – Karma Police

A clone song mimics the original song, without being the same song. Save my Soul by Superglue totally sounds like Radiohead’s Karma Police, but isn’t the same song.

Diego Stocco – Bassoforte

Diego Stocco takes apart a piano and guitar and makes an interesting, imperfect instrument, but a perfect song.

Aviary Roc

Roc is a browser-based loop composer with real sounding instruments, but sadly, nothing shocking or special.

Gloria Jones – Tainted Love

Gloria Jones records a song Tainted love which gets popularized by Soft Cell and eventually gets covered by Marilyn Manson and sampled for a Riihanna track.

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