The Music Works

Patrick Hunt gives Music Works the once over

Eden Studios

Paul Bacon takes up his fig leaf and descends to Eden

NOMIS

Chris Maillard co-stars in The NOMIS Complex. In all major West End cinemas now

Addis Ababa

You don't have to go to Ethiopia to reach Addis Ababa, as Pete Gleadall discovers

Clock Recording Studios

Chris Maillard Clocks on to report on a new recordenhaus

The Padded Cell

The Padded Cell give Pat Hunt the hard sell

The Chocolate Factory

Wussell 'Wonka' Webb wins a visit to the Chocolate Factory

The Beat Factory

Curtis Schwartz checks out production in the Beat Factory

PART 1: In the first installment of this two-part feature, we take a look behind the scenes at the design, development and construction of a modern day professional recording studio.

PART 2: Last month's article saw Reproduction Studio in the early stages of construction. This month, in the final part, the finished project comes under scrutiny.

Exclusive guide to recording electronic music

University of Surrey Electro-Acoustic Music Studio

A look at the Surrey Sound electronic and computer music studio, scene of the Tonmeister degree course.

Goldsmiths College Electronic Music Studio

Which studio, where, and why (or why not).

Facts on the Rak

Denyer gets the Rak job at last, figuring that Mickie Most really ought to know something about putting a studio together. Seems he does.

You'll be hard pushed to find a UK studio that isn't choc-a-bloc with Japanese studio equipment, but have you ever wondered what they use? David Mellor takes a slow boat that bypasses China, and visits two Tokyo studios to find out.

Riverside Recordings

Riverside Recordings — from bedroom Revoxes to 16-track slickness.

BBC Radiophonic Workshop

The BBC Radiophonic Workshop's network of Macintosh computers handles everything from music programming to looking after the tape library. Richard Elen talks to Brian Hodgson, the head of the Workshop, about their musical Macintoshes.

The University of Massachusetts electronic music studio

Richard Elen visits the BBC's Radiophonic Workshop and hitches a ride through 21 years of past and present music and effects production from Quatermass to Blake's 7.

Mike Collins investigates the magic behind Enigma Studios, a MIDI-based recording facility in London's East End.

A close look at the Manor's astonishing new studios

In the third of an occasional series on the professional bodies who look after the interests of musicians and engineers, David Mellor talks to the APRS, the body which represents many of this country's leading recording studios.

Rockfield has a long and colourful history stretching back to the era of hippies and free festivals. Paul White finds out what goes on there now.

BBC Radiophonic Workshop

Radiophonically speaking