From his formative days experimenting with Torchsong, William Orbit has made good through his remixes and a new outfit called Bass-o-matic. Tim Goodyer watches time catch up with a techno-prophet.

Urban Guerilla

Paul Tingen meets William Orbit, re-mix maestro and the man behind Bass-O-Matic.

Running your own studio, writing your own soundtracks and surviving someone else's Hollywood. William Orbit speaks.

Henry Priestman: the word

Torch Song; aspiring musical and studio entrepreneurs

It began with an illicit remix of Suzanne Vega and it's already earned them their own album release. Simon Trask tracks down the elusive DNA musical partnership to ask who, how and why.

Riding the ambient house wave, The Orb have released a concept album that mixes dance beats with new age textures. Tim Goodyer tunes in to Alex Paterson and Thrash as they chill out with technology.

From Schoolhouse To Multitrack

Ralf Hutter: This year's model

extended mixing on your Portastudio

The other half of the World

An overview

Mark Prendergast presents a general overview of record labels, artists, and recordings that make up the exciting area of new electronic and experimental music in the late 1980s.

Among this month's consumer icons: Bjork, U2, William Orbit, Cyberdelia, Harthouse and more...

64-Note Polyphonic Synth Expander

And A Happy Birthday To Us

Come to our party, have some jelly, read some of our best bits, and wish us a happy first birthday, hip hip...

burn for the best 12in mixes

Real World

Real World music

Exclusive guide to recording electronic music

Pascal Bussy (SAF Publishing)

The First In-depth Appraisal of Emu's Morpheus Synth Module