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Berlin's techno anarchists Alec, Carl and Hanin are here to cause a riot. Ringleader Alec Empire mouths off on the ambient backlash

This month it's Virgin's ambient compilation A Brief History Of Ambient Volume 1 which is up for grabs

In Part 1 of a series on independent labels, MT looks at the case histories of Fon and Riff Raff to discover just what it takes to get going and avoid the pitfalls

Part 3, Chadacre to Crumar

Ex-OMDers Paul Humphreys and Martin Cooper are back with new material and plenty to say on OMD, songwriting, sampling and going independent

Hex's Matt Black reveals the secrets of getting started and getting in sync with video, graphics and music

MT's bass-o-matic goes into automated ninth spin

In our exclusive interview, the great domed one himself waxes ambient on remixing, jazz, Sinatra, computers, the Eventide H-3000 and his own original definition of a new, environmentally sound music

MT goes backstage at U2's multimedia spectacular and discovers the technical realities behind Eno and the band's vision. Engineer Dave Lemmink unveils the system that redefines stadium rock

Vintage Synthesizers edited by Mark Vail. An American book celebrating the classics

Phil Ward is busy this month, so Home & Studio Recording magazine's Andrew Jones reviews your demos

Letters to the Editor

Rohan Heath of The Urban Cookie Collective

Everything you ever wanted to know about anything, but were afraid to ask...

This month: Bassheads, The Drum Club, Ultramarine, Voyager, The Irresistible Force on video and more...