It Came From Outer Space

Mr Papathanassiou leaps off the cover and speeds headlong to page 23. Pausing merely for an intake of breath he settles in his fave armchair and reads, 'Vangelis has superb keyboard technique...' And smiles.

A Musical Luminary

Bill Nelson remains largely unheard of by the record-buying public, yet his influence on modern musicians has been considerable. Nigel Humberstone visits him at his home studio in Yorkshire.

Tony Banks talks to Kendall Wrightson about his new solo album, Technology, and the latest chapter in the book of Genesis.

Steve Reich & Beryl Korot's The Cave

baby ford, golden boy of british acid, drops hints on getting the dancefloor moving

a crash course in career-building from the bard himself

a house music producer who hates sampling and big drum sounds? some mistake, surely?

Wig out with the kings of hype

Part 2: what would you do with a Sony Betacam video edit suite next to your S1000? Simon Trask continues to track FSOL's audio-visual path...

At home with the semi-detached Georgians

Golden boy of the teeny bop scene a closet guitar hero? It's true, all true. Muso musings captured for posterity by Dave Burrluck and Susan Rookledge.

Tacky facts on schlock rock shock

Solo synthesist Thomas Leer has gone from Stylo phone to Fairlight in four easy stages. He tells Dan Goldstein how it was done.

The original Mr. Electrify in a very, er, um.. frank interview about Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' roll — the first time round, Iain Blair spares no blushes

Mr & Mrs Mark E. Smith at home

The Fixx are big in American. Chris Holland-Hill, who's big in Hemel Hempstead, finds out why.

With The Housemartins

What a nice, ordinary, loveable bunch of geezers they are, Paul Trynka declares

Muff Murfin talks to Paul White about his career to date and proffers some useful advice for people trying to break into the jingle market. He also explains why with studios in the Midlands, London and Ibiza, he needs to expand.

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

the instrumental side of touring

Sound and video post production engineer

...of Trilion Video talks about the differences in recording techniques between audio and video.

Farther along with Spirit's Randy California.