Vintage advice from the veteran vocalist and his experienced ensemble. Philip Bashe met the old hand in New York

Steve Jansen & Richard Barbieri

Following a brief diversion in the form of last year's Rain Tree Crow project, Steve Jansen and Richard Barbieri are once more pursuing their creative partnership. Paul Ireson reports on the recording of their latest album.

Chronicles of a moustachioed maestro. Philip Bashe reporting.

Recently returned from South Africa, Greg Cutler talks to Janet Angus about music, recording and how to cope with pythons.

Simon Croft interviews the versatile Gerry Kitchingham whose track record includes work with A-Ha.

The new album, and the bits what made it.

It Came From Outer Space

Mr Papathanassiou leaps off the cover and speeds headlong to page 23. Pausing merely for an intake of breath he settles in his fave armchair and reads, 'Vangelis has superb keyboard technique...' And smiles.

A Musical Luminary

Bill Nelson remains largely unheard of by the record-buying public, yet his influence on modern musicians has been considerable. Nigel Humberstone visits him at his home studio in Yorkshire.

Tony Banks talks to Kendall Wrightson about his new solo album, Technology, and the latest chapter in the book of Genesis.

Steve Reich & Beryl Korot's The Cave

baby ford, golden boy of british acid, drops hints on getting the dancefloor moving

a crash course in career-building from the bard himself

Wig out with the kings of hype

Part 2: what would you do with a Sony Betacam video edit suite next to your S1000? Simon Trask continues to track FSOL's audio-visual path...

a house music producer who hates sampling and big drum sounds? some mistake, surely?

At home with the semi-detached Georgians

Tacky facts on schlock rock shock

Solo synthesist Thomas Leer has gone from Stylo phone to Fairlight in four easy stages. He tells Dan Goldstein how it was done.

Golden boy of the teeny bop scene a closet guitar hero? It's true, all true. Muso musings captured for posterity by Dave Burrluck and Susan Rookledge.

Mr & Mrs Mark E. Smith at home

The original Mr. Electrify in a very, er, um.. frank interview about Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' roll — the first time round, Iain Blair spares no blushes