Wrexham's master remixers spill the beans

After calling it a day with seventies’ supergroup The Band, and an interim period spent scoring soundtracks for Martin Scorsese films, guitarist Robbie Robertson has teamed up with Daniel Lanois, Peter Gabriel and U2 to create an impeccable first solo outing. Mark Prendergast lends the album an appreciative ear.

Greg Phillinganes: The keys to Jacksonville

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.

What have David Bowie, Laurie Anderson, King Crimson, Frank Zappa and Jean-Michel Jarre got in common? They've all employed the services of Adrian Belew, one of the world's most inventive guitarists, and a man with a passion for creating new sound textures.

Steve Hackett and Paddy Kingsland set out to test the merits and demerits of the Roland GR-500 and ARP Avatar. Synthesise watches, lads.

Tape machines, handsaws, welcome to Concept Corner

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.

From the profound to the downright silly, we wind up a year's chit-chat

Space Cadet

Electronic music is one area where independent status is the general rule. Ian Boddy is one of the UK's foremost electronic musicians, with a label he set up especially for his own releases. David Hughes gets the full story.

SDD-2000

Korg's sampling digital delay

Portrait of the artist as a (suffering) young man

Founder member of Depeche Mode and Yazoo, Vince Clarke is joined here by Eric Radcliffe, his partner in a new band, The Assembly, air their views on writing and recording in the 1980's.

a novice engineer's guide to what all the knobs and switches on a mixing-desk do

Build a home recording studio

Mel Lambert on the MXR Compander, including a general roundup of noise reduction techniques.

David Mellor unlocks the creative power of the reel-to-reel tape recorder.

Any Questions?

Part 18. David Mellor concludes this 18-part mammoth series on recording techniques with a handy question and answer session.

Session Drumming

All the secrets from Andy Duncan.

The story behind the organ behind the Hammond sound

squeezing the most information from 'Crush', track by track through the new album

Audio Technica AT4033 Capacitor Microphone

At around £500, this mic may not seem exactly cheap, but its performance rivals that of microphones costing twice as much.

to 8-track, what's involved