A round-up of the best recording-related books on the market.

Don Goldstein talks to American composer Harold Budd about his past collaborations with such luminaries as Brian Eno and Michael Nyman and, more recently, the Cocteau Twins.

Commodore Music System

If you're a computer manufacturer and you've got excess stocks to sell, you switch the emphasis to music. That's what Commodore have done, as Chris Jenkins reports.

bemusing bostoners head for the mainstream

A cosmic David Etheridge gets to the spirit of New Age music in the first instalment of a two-part series.

An interview with Edgar Froese and Christoph Franke during their recent UK tour

An interview with Edgar Froese and Christoph Franke, concert report and music pull-out "Choronzon" from the 'Exit' LP.

Keith Barr, the driving force behind Alesis isn't renowned for his willingness to talk to the press so we are pleased to be able to bring you this exclusive interview.

orchestral manoeuvres in the sun

One of the most successful, certainly the most consistent, of Britain's electronic musicians, Gary Numan has succeeded in taking his eclectic and compelling music into the mass market. Gary talks of his songwriting and recording techniques, his past career, and what he plans for the future

Living Dangerously with 'Doors'

A look behind closed Doors.

Success On The Side

Paul Hardcastle, despite his low profile of late, has been a busy man. Paul Ireson reports.

The techno punk duo on U2, sampling theft, virtual reality, CDI, and getting the machines to rock.

The BBC Radiophonic Workshop

In which the man behind the mask - Frank Tovey - explains his attitudes to playing, writing, and recording his own particular brand of idiosyncratic electronic music.

essential advice on pressing your own record

An innovative multi-instrumentalist both in and out of the studio, from Be-Bop Deluxe to 'The Love that Whirls'.

The guitars behind five Roxy Music classics, plus a Skill Centre special as Phil shows you the chords to 'Love Is The Drug'.

composing with technology

Live Music For The Hi-Tech Musician

Akai EWI 3020/3030

Wind controller and sound modules

Mick Jones' new outfit clash with Jim Betteridge

Preset/Programmable Digital Drum Machine

Technics attempt to marry the home-organ drum machine and the digital percussion computer. Success or failure? Dan Goldstein tells all.

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