SOUND ON SOUND
Graham Massey talks about his early days with the formation of 808 State and improvising with electronic instruments, through to current collaborations and favourite creative tools.
As the man behind the phenomenally successful British developer ALM/Busy Circuits, Matthew Allum speaks all things modular.
What impact will machine learning and AI have on the arts?
Deep in rural Pembrokeshire, South West Wales, engineer and producer Owain Fleetwood Jenkins has built a paradisal residential studio in an abandoned chapel...
Multitrack recording at home, a decade before the Portastudio...
Best known as the keyboardist and co-vocalist for Brit-Funk legends, Level 42, we caught up with Mike Lindup ahead of his new solo release, Changes 2.
Back in November 2020 Don Lewis discussed his time programming the Yamaha DX7’s factory sounds. In the wake of Don’s passing, we decided to publish this excerpt and put on record his important contribution to this iconic synth.
Based in The Hague, Netherlands, Jan Willem Hagenbeek is best known in the modular world as Ginkosynthese...
Macau‑born Jessica Wong began her production career at Boston’s prestigious Berklee School Of Music before relocating to Atlanta, where she can often be found working in the Madison Records studio in nearby Chamblee, Georgia.
Songwriting today is about collaboration, capturing moments of inspiration and polishing them ’til they shine. Blake Slatkin is a master of the art.
While ambient music can be stereotyped as meditative or calming, it bridges the gaps between noise and silence, helping us find solace.
Over time, accurate observations about specific things have a tendency to dissolve into dubious generalisations...
I bought my first CD player in 1984. I had been lusting for one since I first saw/heard the new format three years earlier,...
Britain’s most high‑profile rapper has made his most ambitious album yet — with a little help from his friends.
Combining deft production and fluent beat‑making with no‑holds‑barred spoken word and singing, Bristol’s Billy Nomates, aka Tor Maries, has enjoyed a fast ascent to cult success.
For Spike Edney, touring with one of the biggest bands in the world has meant keeping up with the very latest in stage keyboard technology.
Modular Profile: Finlay Shakespeare
The founder of Bristol‑based developer Future Sound Systems, Finlay Shakespeare is a...
Martyn Ware has been at the forefront of the British synth-pop scene since its inception, founding the hugely influential Human League and Heaven 17. This year he released his autobiography, entitled Electronically Yours Vol.1.
Robert Henke, electronic visual music artist, software developer and co-founder of Ableton discusses the artist/engineer overlap and how software needs to be accessible to encourage and not hinder the creative process.