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Interviews

Inside Frippertronics

Interview | Sound On Sound, Dec 1993
Robert Fripp Lays Bare His Legendary Effects Rack

A rare interview with this virtuoso King Crimson guitarist and much admired 'guest soloist'.

Summers

Interview | One Two Testing, May 1984

A chorus line or two

The XTC X-Perience

Interview | Phaze 1, May 1989

an audience with andy partridge, frontman for one of britain’s most original-sounding pop bands

The Beautiful South

Interview | Phaze 1, Aug 1989

a guided tour with Hull's high flyers

Pink Floyd

Interview | International Musician, Oct 1975

Floyd's Wright — on keyboards, lessons and the band

So Long and Thanks For All The Synths

Interview | Making Music, May 1987

It Got Nicked

Interview | Making Music, Aug 1986

Nick some ideas for songwriting, nick a few big semi-acoustic Gretsches, nick this issue.

John Acock, Producer & Engineer

Interview | Home & Studio Recording, Mar 1986

John started his career as a tape op and worked his way up. He is now a respected engineer and producer as well as being a great supporter of ambisonic recording.

King For A Day

Interview | Sound On Sound, May 1991

Mark King, master bassist with a string of hit albums to his name as leader of Level 42, has reaped many of the rewards that pop stardom can bring — but satisfaction with the music industry is never guaranteed, as Paul Tingen discovers.

Mark King

Interview | One Two Testing, Feb 1985

A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Chile

Interview | Music Technology, Apr 1990

You can't discuss the Manchester dance movement without A Guy Called Gerald. Simon Trask talks success and setbacks to one of Britain's most influential young artists.

Alan Ayckbourn - Synclavier On The Stage

Interview | Music Technology, Nov 1988

A British playwright looks into the future and sees a composer locked away from the world with a machine that makes music for him. John Walters talks scripts and Synclaviers.

Andrew Poppy - Pop Goes Minimal

Interview | Music Technology, Aug 1987

A successful composer of minimal music or would-be writer of pop instrumentals? Tim Goodyer isn't sure so he challenges the man himself for the answers.

Annabel Lamb - Innovators

Interview | Electronic Soundmaker, Nov 1983

A bite of Annabel Lamb

Bill Bruford - Strike That Chord

Interview | Music Technology, Jun 1987

He was once the driving force behind Genesis, Yes and King Crimson, but now this brilliant percussionist has turned his attention to jazz - and new technology. Tim Goodyer talks to him.

Brian Eno - Eno: Thoughts, Words, Music and Art - Part 2

Interview Series | Sound On Sound, Feb 1989

Part 2: Mark Prendergast continues his in-depth look at the formation of Eno’s new record company, Land Records, and the use of electronics in his music.

Bruce Gilbert - Totally Wired

Interview | Electronic Soundmaker, Jan 1985

A chat with art-punk godfather Bruce Gilbert, a founder member of left-field collaboration Wire. The man reveals a low-tech approach to hi-tech gear... and a few trade secrets.

Calum Malcolm - King Of The Castle

Interview | Music Technology, Dec 1992

Calum Malcolm: Going to Caledonia

Chick Corea - Corea Man

Interview | Music Technology, Aug 1990

Chick Corea has helped pioneer the use of electronic instruments in jazz music - now 49 LPs down the line, he believes there's still more ground to cover. Scott Wilkinson talks to a musical legend.

Daniel Lanois - Creating Chaos

Interview | Music Technology, Oct 1987

Currently enjoying the success of U2's 'The Joshua Tree' album, this French-Canadian producer talks to Paul Tingen about his hand in this, Peter Gabriel's 'So' and other projects.

Douglas Adams - The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Macintosh

Interview | Electronics & Music Maker, Jul 1986
Tech Talk

Matthew Vosburgh takes a conducted tour around software for the Apple Macintosh with the author of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.

Douglas Adams - The Holistic Author

Interview | Sound On Sound, Jul 1987

Would you believe that the author of the mega-successful 'Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy' is a fanatical devotee of the Macintosh computer and a MIDI enthusiast to boot? Richard Elen listens as the man tells why...

Gary Chang - The Big Screen

Interview | Music Technology, Dec 1989

While many of us dream of a career writing music for films, a select few are actually doing it. Lawrence UlIman talks to Gary Chang, a resident Hollywood scorewriter.

Graeme Miller - A Sense Of Scale

Interview | Music Technology, Dec 1987

An English playwrite talks to Nicholas Rowland about the lure of electronic sampling techniques; the sounds of the theatre come of age.

Guy Fletcher - Keyboards With Dire Straits

Interview | Sound On Sound, Sep 1986

Although still very young, keyboard player Guy Fletcher has a long list of album/single credits already under his belt for such artists as Bryan Ferry, Roxy Music, Tina Turner, Mick Jagger and Dire Straits. Paul Gilby finds out how Guy landed such plum roles and learns more about the way Dire Straits make use of music technology in their recording.

 

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