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More than three hundred sources, in sixteen languages: makers and their release notes, reviewers who put a hand on the thing, studios and touring crews, the producers and collectives surfacing this month and the scenes they came out of. Synths and modular, plugins and DAWs, guitars and drums, microphones, monitors, PA and lighting. What the trade is talking about is counted and plotted. The editor's letter has just started; it will find its rhythm.

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U2’s The Edge breaks his silence on sequel to ‘Elf’

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U2 ‘s The Edge has spoken out after an unlikely story emerged that he had written a sequel to Will Ferrell ‘s Christmas comedy Elf .

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