Steinberg & Soundbits

Tony Wride investigates the Steinberg and Soundbits Atari-based voice editing programs for the Kawai K1 multitimbral synthesizer.

The meeting of two diverse talents and minds; Gary Numan and Bill Sharpe of Shakatak. We discover what they've been getting up to and where it will lead.

Alan Townsend braves an interview

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...

Free of Culture Club, guitarist Roy Hay declares his infatuation with soul music and forms a new band. Tim Goodyer listens to his tales of "programming madness".

Sophie and Peter Johnston

If the major labels let you down and you're writing sophisticated electro-pop, forming your own record company is one way of getting your message across. Annabel Scott meets a remarkable brother-and-sister duo.

What's cooking in Bournemouth

Richard Walmsley takes a ride with BSA down the R'n'B route and finds out how a green band avoid the Blues

Drumcheck

Pad patter from Bob Henrit

Duran man Andy Taylor gives Chris Maillard a Station announcement

Working again after two years of legal trench-warfare, The Spands talk about their comeback album, the defiantly-titled Through The Barricades. Observation post: Chris Maillard

Dave Stewart puts the case for phlakaton phlakaton, as opposed to boum kaf boum kaf (yes, it's drum music time!), in the latest of his carefully worded, skillfully constructed, er...

George Martin — the fifth Beatle?

Confronting the "difficult third album" syndrome has presented fewer problems for Inner City mentor Kevin Saunderson than the "more of the same" second album syndrome. Simon Trask discusses musical ideologies, pop trends and advancing technology.

Making tracks

OR: HOW A GENESIS LP SLEEVE IS MADE

Genesis to revelation

From humble beginnings CC have grown into a major force in 80s music. Here, they explain their approach to writing and performing, and their rise to chart success.

Neville Unwin talks to Talk Talk about their approach to music.

The two man band out manoeuvring in the USA put Tony Mills in the picture

From being early Fairlight programmers, Simon Climie and Rob Fisher have pursued their songwriting career into the pop charts. Nicholas Rowland conducts the occasional interview.

Band in a Box Studio

'Band In A Box' who have put their home studio to commercial use, voice their opinions on tea and biscuits.

... Don't stop! The beat on the street has never been so neat. Rappers in the charts, dancing on the streets — and our man Nick Smash with the way it all began

In seeking bands with a buzz going for them the IM team travelled to Nottingham to meet Terrapin and Carlo Santanna (no relation).

Still in his early 30s, yet a man who's worked with The Police, Genesis, Bowie and McCartney, Padgham is one of the most successful young producers in the world. Paul Tingen coaxes him into revealing a few secrets.