Founder of Ultravox, John Foxx talks here about his new projects, new album and his return to the live stage.

Making new music from old. Simon Trask talks to the musicians and DJs who made a No. 1 hit from a drum machine and other peoples' records.

Still crazy after all these years? Devo mainstay Mark Mothersbaugh speaks of TV music, obscure American synths and lunchboxes that go boom, tink, boom,tink...

Once he prayed to the beat behind Re-flex, he's since become versed in high technology and worked with artists as diverse as Kate Bush and Mory Kante. Ollie Crooke talks to a rhythm programmer extraordinaire.

The Rupert Hine Approach to Record Producing

You may be surprised to learn that as a producer, Rupert Hine has some sixty-five albums credited to him, though it is only in recent times that his name has started to mean anything outside of the record business. Something that has come about largely through his successful associations with Howard Jones and Tina Turner. David Etheridge chatted to him in the studio about his career to date and his approach to record production.

One of Britain's most versatile producers talks about working with Howard Jones, forming a new band, and the importance of communication. Paul Tingen listens.

Four years on from the successes of The Flat Earth, Thomas Dolby has moved to LA for his follow-up LP, Aliens Ate My Buick. Tim Goodyer discovers that aliens have a lot to say.

Mark Cunningham finds producer O'Duffy in hypnotic mood

Jazzer who likes to mix his rhythms

Mick McKenna

Engineer Mick McKenna provides an insight into recording with the Rolling Stones Mobile.

This month, a specially extended Track Record looks at the making of two very different albums with one thing in common. The Stones' Dirty Work and Joe Jacksons' Big World were both recorded live

A complete history of record production accompanied by quotations and anecdotes from no fewer than 18 of the world's leading producers.

How live TV copes with very live music.

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How it was done in the heyday of Pop - Philip Bashe tracked down the bands your dad snogged along to and found out the history of the '60s hits

Into the Seventies

The Mellotron: A Historical Perspective

Making Music's most violent pen, Mr John Morrish, discusses 'festivals'.

Now it's time to learn the easy four-chord turnaround: write great pop songs, make money etc.

Cover Versions

Why do them, how do them, when do them.

The monthly miscellany gets stuck into the trivia

past archives

in Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe

Session player Julian Colbeck tells the tale of how he got the gig as support keyboard player for Rick Wakeman on the recent Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe world tour, and runs through the instrumentation he and Rick used on stage.

A look at Molinare video studios