Systems Music

Musical mathematics made easy

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

What is 'New Age' music? Who plays it, and why is it apparently so popular? Our resident musicologist Mark Prendergast traces its development back to the work of 'new music' composers Arnold Schoenberg and Erik Satie.

Never a dull moment at the office, as the telephone keeps the world in touch with Music Technology.

MIDI Performance Effect

The arpeggiator is still regarded by many as "the poor man's sequencer", but Oberheim may be about to change that with a small grey box called Cyclone. Simon Trask blows hot and cold.

From the profound to the downright silly, we wind up a year's chit-chat

What, a revolution in the US? Tony Mills plays foreign correspondent

Arpeggiate the BBC

Cool notes, hot gossip and tepid talk

Last years' gear making next year's sounds - courtesy of some creative mixing.

Mark Jenkins' system

Peter Gabriel, The Ramones, Philip Glass, That Petrol Emotion, and old-time Velvet Underground.

Mark J. Prendergast explores the recording process that surrounded Peter Gabriel's new album 'Passion' and takes a peep inside Gabriel's Real World studio complex.

Goes Chrimbo Crazy

A special seasonal waft of your favourite news and gossip column, this time drifting through the whole magazine and including mini-interviews with the likes of China Crisis and jokes from the likes of us. The fun starts here.

Part 2, ARP to Buchla. Buchla? Yep, Buchla

This month's glimpse over the horizon

This month: Farfisa to Fuller.

We welcome Ian Cross to E&MM, writing about the human perception of sound.

Two sparkling summer concerts, by Ultravox and Michael Nyman.

birthday treat: One Two staff lick pencils

TX816 Rack, QX1 Digital Sequencer, KX88 Master Keyboard

At last, a detailed appraisal of Yamaha's state-of-the-art MIDI system. FM rack, digital keyboard recorder and master keyboard come under David Ellis' careful scrutiny.