Leslie Bunder talks to Steve Morris from top Indie band New Order

Still crazy after all these years? Devo mainstay Mark Mothersbaugh speaks of TV music, obscure American synths and lunchboxes that go boom, tink, boom,tink...

The Art Of Arranging

Ian Gardiner gets out the manuscript paper and tells you how to spread those blobs around

The man responsible for the UK's first genuine acid house single discusses basslines, bitonality and the grin factor. Baby talk: David Bradwell.

"There's No Need to Read the Small Print so Just Sign Here, Ok?"

the ins and outs of music-biz contracts

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John Keeble is in two minds about drumming for Spandau - an acoustic one and an electric one. Read about his treatment.

A man continually in search of magic moments in the perfect quality of music.

He's played guitar with the best - David Bowie, Peter Gabriel, David Sylvian, Talking Heads, Brian Eno and, of course, King Crimson - and he's also worked away from the public eye, pursuing truths other than the rock and roll life. Mark Prendergast discovers that Robert Fripp's insights are of interest to more than just guitarists.

Acid jazz of the counter-culture

Not a household name perhaps, but this man is behind quite a lot of musical projects that you will no doubt recognise - as Janet Angus explains.

Playing Keys With Shakespear's Sister

Tip from the topmost of twang

Chas de Whalley gets down with the Scottish Sultan of Soul, Steve Harvey

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

Jon Hassell has been at the leading edge of new music for three decades, with major contributions to western avant garde and world music. Following the re-release of two classic albums from the early '80s, Mark J. Prendergast presents a retrospective of Hassell's work.

While most of us spend our time trying to get our MIDI equipment to work together properly, Martin Russ reveals how to creatively mis-use MIDI and produce some interesting musical results.

Mark J. Prendergast explores the recording process that surrounded Peter Gabriel's new album 'Passion' and takes a peep inside Gabriel's Real World studio complex.

A focus on this computer-based band, their home studio and newly-developed sound sampling device that is changing the way they record.

Producer of Howard Jones' best-selling album, 'Human's Lib', talks about the making of the record and his approach to production.

He was once the driving force behind Genesis, Yes and King Crimson, but now this brilliant percussionist has turned his attention to jazz - and new technology. Tim Goodyer talks to him.

SPK began by hammering away at anything from the scrapyard but now generate their metal beat on the Fairlight. We investigate the method in the mayhem.

Stanley Clarke & George Duke, Pat Benatar and AMM