League leader and Moroder man talks tech to Tony Mills

Assorted items of news, nonsense and things people wish they hadn't said.

Studios & Recording

Man bites guitar; parents set to choose the sax of their children; speaker found in House of Commons, etc.

The Beatles, Wings, Elvis Costello, Nick Heyward, Big Country... all have at one time or another come under the watchful ear of this producer/engineer.

Ultravox: New improved formula

On the hour, every hour.

The other half of the World

Half price Teac plus all the latest products

Back in the '60s it was Jefferson Airplane, then it was Jefferson Starship, then it was simply Starship. Brad Leigh Benjamin compares notes with the Synclavier king of one of rock's institutions.

Vie Marshall raps with the bad young brother himself about Ataris, Creator and reader-friendly manuals

Stephen Hague has demonstrated considerable talent as a producer of classy electronic pop, riding the faders for the Pet Shop Boys and New Order. But his recent work on albums by Robbie Robertson and Siouxsie & The Banshees shows that he has more strings to his bow. Paul Tingen lends an ear.

Rag Bags and Hotch Potch

Another grab-bag of micro-goodies from IM&RW's computer hack (or is that hacker?) Tony Mills

Mark J. Prendergast looks behind the anonymous front of the KLF, riding high on the success of 'What Time Is Love' and '3am Eternal'.

The fourth part of Jay Chapman's guide to Yamaha FM. This month, he broaches the delicate subject of programming sounds from scratch.

Once leader of the seminal Weather Report, Joe Zawinul recently took his current project, The Zawinul Syndicate, on the road. Simon Trask talks with an acknowledged master of the synthesiser.

The birth of HM jazz?

Since the break-up of his group Japan in November 1982, David Sylvian has been slowly widening the base of his music to encompass both ethnic and avant-garde sounds. Mark Prendergast gathers the facts on the change of style.

UV PoP

Uncle Chas de Whalley talks to Barry Andrews about life with Auntie

The CMI and Blue Weaver

A Gibson / A Fairlight

so simple even an Australian could do it

The man who made AOR respectable? Terry Britten confesses all to Chas de Whalley