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Kanye West accidentally "blew up" a piece of studio equipment during a special album playback with British rockers Keane - because the bass was too loud.

West treated the band to an early preview of his new LP 808s and Heartbreak, but the impromptu listening session ended in disaster when a studio mixing desk was destroyed.

Keane star Tim Rice-Oxley writes on his blog, "What a strange week in the life of Keane. Exactly a week ago I was sitting on the Eurostar in a half-sleep, having just played the last gig of our European tour in Paris, and then I spent the entire night in the studio with Kanye West.

“He played us the whole of his new album, which sounded truly awesome - the bass was so fat that eventually the mixing desk blew up."