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.

After five years in the wilderness, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark are back with a new LP and tour. Tim Goodyer talks to Andy McCluskey about the value of technology.

We report on this top chart group.

The two man band out manoeuvring in the USA put Tony Mills in the picture

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

Synth-pioneers Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark talk to Dan Goldstein about the twists and turns in their musical development, and how they managed to make their new album, Junk Culture, sound more acoustic through the use of computer instruments.

Andy McCluskey

Andy McCluskey reveals his dislike for synth programming and his penchant for the classics.

squeezing the most information from 'Crush', track by track through the new album

Andy McCluskey manoeuvres his way around our questionnaire