Two of the group write, the rest play, and they end up with "The Pacific Age" LP.

New series - a dictionary of timber, beginning with R. (We lie, it's A.)

String/brass/32 memory programmable poly combo

pro-series bass

From synth pop to sequencers and back. Two-and-a-half years since they lost graced our front cover, Paul Humphreys and Andy McCluskey tell Tim Goodyer how progress is made, as album number seven hits the streets.

England's North has consistently produced some of the most innovative electronic music. Simon Trask talks to a band set to take their place alongside New Order and Heaven 17.

how soundtracks changed one star's life

808 State Live

Nature is of the Mind, and Music is of the Nature...

An insight into the music of one of Japan’s leading synthesists on record.

Etcetera

the truth about touring

Chas de Whalley encounters his old pal Huey Lewis to discuss the merits of self-production

A readable survey covering manufacturers from I to T.

Simmons

The Art Of Arranging

Ian Gardiner gets out the manuscript paper and tells you how to spread those blobs around

New products from the States

The ability to accommodate microtonal tunings may look good on the spec sheet of your favourite synth, but what use is it to you? Scott Wilkinson reads between the lines.

The Mix's terrestrial bulletin board

When Soft Cell disbanded, Marc Almond quickly established himself as a solo artist, but what became of his keyboard-playing partner? David Bradwell talks to David Ball about his latest project.