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Haying abandoned the independence of Factory Records in favour of the relative safety of a major record deal, ACR are back in the limelight with a new LP. Nigel Lord asks questions of commerciality.

Featuring Irish surrealist Salvador Dooley

five stars pick their fave sounds

Vince Clarke, Jon Lord, Steve Levine, Bill Nelson, John Foxx... five heroes of the keyboard nominate their favourite synth tracks and sounds

Roland SDE330 Dimensional Delay

Into The Nineties

on playing live, major labels and the prospect of being famous

A Gibson / A Fairlight

so simple even an Australian could do it

grotesque gossip and more

Reel-to-reel rabbit from the tittering typewriter of Adrian Deevoy

Food fans flip out! Forget recording — what do Pop stars eat while they're working? Lovable liquid-luncher and hardened drinker Trynka tucks in. Bon appetit!

Wrexham's master remixers spill the beans

Stephen Hague has demonstrated considerable talent as a producer of classy electronic pop, riding the faders for the Pet Shop Boys and New Order. But his recent work on albums by Robbie Robertson and Siouxsie & The Banshees shows that he has more strings to his bow. Paul Tingen lends an ear.

If you're a frustrated synth programmer looking for an outlet to use your talents, you could become a soundtrack writer for computer games. Matthew Vosburgh meets one of Britain's best.

grab your slice

how to get your music on the radio

Key man in Genesis discusses his writing and recording with the band, his solo work, and playing Genesis music live.

We review the new Oberheim Xpander in conjunction with the Oberheim Performance System.

Muse & Steinberg software.

One Dove: Recording Their Debut Album

Tim Goodyer talks to Carl Marsh, guitarist with E&MM's idiosyncratic cover artists, about Oil and Gold, rock and roll, and the Jupiter 8 versus the DX7.

Ann Owen just adds water and stirs with this jamming package for the Commodore 64 and Amiga

With DAT poised to make the leap from the professional recording studio to the high street, David Mellor looks at the benefits of the format to home recording.

Rotterdam's master of electronic listening music talks to Simon Trask about presets, sampling, hardcore rave, Warp Records, and the value of spontaneity...

through the year darkly with One Two