Planet Botch

Above: an image of the very beautiful Yamaha E45 - an ultimate home organ from the analogue era.In 1980, what would it have cost to equip yourself with an analogue synth, string machine, analogue beatbox, bass generator, sequencer, amp and speaker?…...

Recording and mixing a musical composition is often underestimated as a task, with the emphasis placed on the musicians rather than the recording process. But anyone who heard the unassuming radio session version of Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s Two Tribes...

In the finest of music biz stories, there comes a point at which the hand of commerce takes over, the essence of the initial excitement goes out of the window, and the hardcore fans head for pastures new. All that remains, is a large and easily-satisfied...

Any UK dwellers old enough to remember a mid 1980s alt comedy show called Who Dares Wins, may recall a clever and well played sketch in which a motorist is stopped by the police at night. In the sketch, the possession of certain embarrassing audio cassettes...