The Personal Studio Of The Future?

Your PC becomes your best friend in the studio with this eagerly awaited digital system.

Having helped establish the direction of British electronic experimental music in the early-'80s and helped guide it through the dance explosion, Cabaret Voltaire have released a new album. Tim Goodyer finds out why the tracks sound strangely familiar.

First of an occasional series of chats with engineers; Richard Elen extracts facts from Phill Brown.

Having helped to create Britain's Northern techno scene, Unique 3 claim it doesn't actually exist. Simon Trask listens to this and other enigmas from one of the country's most creative dance outfits.

In the second part of his piece on sampling the human voice, Tom McLaughlin discusses making up vocal multisamples and how to solve the problems you can expect to encounter.

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Wig out with the kings of hype

Mark Prendergast takes a look behind the scenes at the recording of New Order's fifth LP, 'Technique'.

Playing Live

Electronic music live - a special focus

keyboard, cassette and radio

Hendrix rises again - thanks to two musicians, a helpful bureaucrat, and a rack-full of Akais