Eurythmics, Mike Batt

Hi Energy wizard Mike Stock collides with Chas de Whalley during a sweaty get-down-and-shake-it interview

Stephen Luscombe, Adrian Lee and Clare Hirst

Wild man Bill Collins looks at the Simmons SDX system and gives us a few drum patterns to try out

News from America compiled by Simon Braund

Shadowland

Part 9: Shadowland. More inside info on the compositional structures Dave adopted on this track.

guitar black and wangable

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

Video Makers In Action

The making of a rock video promo

More soft poop scoops from the investigative mind of Adrian Deevoy

The driving force behind the Cars' success on the road and in the garage tell Chris Maillard what's under their bonnets

a history of progressive rock - is there a new day dawning for the dinosaurs?

First the BBC, then Shakatak, now a solo album: Bill Sharpe's list of Famous People is an impressive one. Dan Goldstein makes further enquiries.

Software for the Atari ST

Coupled with its success, the digital parameter access-editing of Kawai's K1 synthesiser has made it an obvious target for software editors - like these from Dr Ts, Soundbits, Drumware and Steinberg. Vic Lennard looks on.

for and against the structured approach

Chas de Whalley encounters his old pal Huey Lewis to discuss the merits of self-production

The Master Room

Cutting masters is a fine art. George Peckham discusses the problems

Abbey Road

Perhaps the most famous recording studio in the world explored by IM's Eamonn Percival

Flushed with the chart success of Close (To The Edit), the 'faceless' trio return with more talk of Art, Empire and Industry. Paul Gilby pushed the record button and monitored the noise levels...

Marc Almond/Mike Hedges

Collectively 'The Voice Squad'. Hedges reveals how he produces a man whose voice and ideas did so much to change the direction of popular electronic music.

Cutting a record

Make your own music, make your own record, make your own luck

Mr & Mrs Mark E. Smith at home