Walter Gibbons loved drums. As a young DJ, the beat-heavy records he played defined his sound and as a remixer he had the knack of drawing the rhythmic essence out of both the brilliant and the mediocre. Gibbons was responsible not only for remixing the first commercially released 12-inch but for challenging where the boundaries of a remix lay, often dissembling songs till they were little more than crazed beatscapes. In his later years, he discovered God, refused to play records with a negative message and, finally, died of an AIDS related illness, a largely forgotten figure.
Phil Cheeseman talks bleeps with Forgemasters, LFO and Nightmares on Wax as British techno is born.
The first interview with Sheffield's electronic pioneers, from Sounds, by Jon Savage
A wonderful mixtape journey through Sheffield's musical oddness, by Damon Fairclough.
Jon Savage reports from Sheffield clubland's most famous forebear as house starts to make its presence felt.
On the release of 'Higher Ground', his first full production, Dom Phillips pours gasoline on the Sasha legend.
As a guy asks Sasha to snog his girlfriend, Mixmag decides DJs are pop stars and grooms Mr Coe for stardom.
