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“Do y’all want to fly this evening? Do you want to ride on the Mothership?” It’s 1976 in Houston, and a rapturous crowd is swaying back and forth to the infectious funk of -Funkadelic’s “Mothership Connection.” Then, suddenly, it’s there. A sparkling silver spaceship appears with flashing strobe lights shining from its feet, spewing smoke…

Music Thing Modular has announced a new module – Mikrophonie. Mikrophonie is a very simple contact mic module. There is a small piezo disk mounted behind the 4hp panel, or you can plug in an external mic (they’re easy to make). The panel is PCB with no soldermask. The raw PCB fibreglass has a rough…

The Detroit native’s résumé included work with Aretha Franklin, Patti Smith and George Clinton. He also mixed “Lose Yourself” from the “8 Mile” film soundtrack. Eminem is among the many in the music and recording worlds mourning the death of Steve King, the engineer who won a Grammy in 2003 for The Eminem Show and…

Sprint and T-Mobile are set to announce a $32 billion merger sometime this summer, the New York Times is reporting. The Times says the talks are ongoing and could still fall through, but if finalized would see Sprint acquiring T-Mobile for a 40% over-market premium of $40 a share. T-Mobile’s current market cap is $27.5…

Witnesses from around the music business are set for two House Judiciary Committee hearings that will help shape the future of music licensing. The first hearing, previously announced, will take place on Tuesday, June 10th at 10am ET. Billboard has learned that the second hearing will be held June 25th. The hearings will allow various…

Back on Power 105 today, Wiz spoke on his recent bust for weed and thoughts on having weed carriers. He also discussed “We Dem Boyz” success, the upcoming remix, social media, Taylor Gang roster and more. Yes, we miss Lola too. Previously:…

Tinashe has been all over the airwaves with her DJ Mustard-produced single “2 On” featuring ScHoolboy Q. But the L.A. singer’s success didn’t happen overnight. After getting her start in the girl group The Stunners and appearing in movies and TV shows including “Two and a Half Men,” she went on to release three mixtapes…

Pharrell Williams has issued an apology for wearing a Native American headdress on the cover of a British magazine. The singer appears on the front of this month’s Elle magazine, trading his famous brown hat for the feathered headdress. However, the fashion decision led to a host of negative comments from people who say that…

Don Henley is having a “Hey kids, get off-a my lawn!” moment. In a new interview, the Eagles frontman tweaks R&B singer Frank Ocean and indie band Okkervil River for using master tracks or covering two of his songs in recent years without permission. Henley’s issue with Ocean stems from the rising star’s sampling of…