Well-known Brookside character Pete Wylie's latest outpouring, 'Sinful' is dissected by Tony Reed.

Gossip, Fibs, Stuff And Nonsense

oh really?

Basscheck

An ideal semi-pro instrument

talks to Ralph Denyer

Well... what can you say? You know how good he is and what a writer our Ralph D is. But don't let's give the game away: read on!

The assembled masses of the IM review department wax lyrical over their selected favourites from this year's music fair.

A panoramic Paul White explains where sounds should be placed in the stereo image during your final mix.

All the fit that's print to news (re-arrange this well known phrase)

Mission In Action

Instead of recording their latest opus in expensive pro studios, the Mission have been laying tracks in a rural barn. It might seem they've fallen from grace; Robert Michael finds it ain't necessarily so.

Chris Baylis - another reader reveals the darkest secrets of his home studio set-up.

Paul Wiffen tinkers with the synth/workstation that has made the competition sit up and listen

Pino Palladino, Mark King, Robbie Shakespeare and Geddy Lee — student of the groove Chris Maillard gets some lessons

At home with the semi-detached Georgians

Jim Betteridge lets his hair down, and gets down with the Deaf-Defying ones.

David Yorath is one of those fortunate people who have turned their hobby of recording into a career. Paul White caught up with him at his studio.

A survey of electronic treatments

The World's Best Songwriters

four stars choose their favourite songsters - Fish, Vince Clarke, Edwyn Collins, Chris Difford

Bedroom recordists Ad Lib engage in pillow talk with Paul Benson

New Gear Galore.

Mary Chain man in melody shock

Colin Campsie & George McFarlane

Chas de Whalley chats to Colin Campsie and George McFarlane, aka The Quick

Squeaking Boots got soul?

Since the break-up of his group Japan in November 1982, David Sylvian has been slowly widening the base of his music to encompass both ethnic and avant-garde sounds. Mark Prendergast gathers the facts on the change of style.

Dave Cottam takes the plunge with The Waterboys at Hammersmith Palais.

Chas de Whalley, Paul Stavely O'Duffy, and the Get Down Mixdown Factor.