Philip Bashe and Don McLeese stop a lone Stone stateside

In a career spanning nearly 20 years, Gabriel has done everything from fronting Britain's best-known pomp rock band to manipulating ethnic music using modern technology. Dan Goldstein talks to a man of many talents.

and the wages of Jazz

Nominated by Adrian Belew, Bill Nelson, Roddy Frame, Ted Nugent, Robert Smith, Dierdre Cartwright

The life of (Terry) Riley

if you’ve got plenty of feeling but your technique lets you down - try playing the blues

Part 1 of a two part in-depth interview with Brian Eno and his latest collaborator Harold Budd.

A prolonged period of silence from two ex-Japan members may have lead same to believe they've said all they have to say. Dan Goldstein and Tim Goodyer discover this is not the case.

A convenient arrangement

Want to make real music on your Amstrad PC? Ian Gilby takes you through one of the best designed, professional MIDI recording packages there is. Voyetra Technologies' Sequencer Plus runs on any IBM PC compatible computer and offers 64 tracks, sync-to-tape, a programmable tempo track, extensive note and MIDI editing facilities, and... you'll have to read the review to find out more.

An in-depth dissection of electro-pop; how to create it, how to adapt it but not how to dance to it.

A nostalgic look back at 1985 by the people who bring E&MM to you each month. Was it really that bad?

Mark J. Prendergast interviews California-born musician Terry Riley, the influential inventor of 'minimalist' music.