With their second album just released, Neil Arthur and Stephen Luscombe take a rest to talk here about the trials of their rise to fame, and their musical and equipment plans for the future. Dan Goldstein (a trifle agog) listens in...

In The Kitchen Of Sound

new album, new gear, know how

The Shorter OTT, plus manufacturer and distributor contacts.

A talk on the cheap side as the duo explain the democratisation of electronic music, and what they use to achieve it. (Including a preview of the UMI-2B interface).

Pinning Down Blancmange. Chris Jenkins attempts the implausible and gets his just dessert

Name Your Poison

White Eat, white light, and what gear from the Wobbly Ones.

Basking Sharks' finesse

Hot news from music's ivory towers

Clarke, Radcliffe & Marlow

scurrilous gossip from the musician fraternity

The baton passes to Richard 'Luke' Walmsley and the beat goes on

Chas de Whalley talks to the other John Williams about his recent work with chart-toppers The Housemartins

Stephen Luscombe, Adrian Lee and Clare Hirst

Eden Studios

Paul Bacon takes up his fig leaf and descends to Eden

Up to the minute and down to the nitty gritty

Few producers begin their careers with experimental bands, become world-renowned for their work with electronic pop, and then turn their attention to traditional rock music. Paul Tingen talks to Mike Howlett, a man of many talents.

Jazz rock reggae punk funk folk joke.

Another year, another host of hardware to look back on. We take you through the goodies and the baddies that came out during '84, just in case you missed any of them.

Usable Packages

The sun rises on computer music, or so says Tony Mills

The Manson

From the profound to the downright silly, we wind up a year's chit-chat