Arpeggiate the BBC

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.

Bill Nelson compiles a desert island discography.