MultiKlone Kit

Just because an electronic drum kit is (very) cheap, doesn't mean to say it isn't worth hearing. So says Paul White, who's played with the best of them.

They look like Bose, they sound like Bose, but they're made in Britain and they're a lot cheaper. Paul White investigates.

Keeping Music Live

Is there a future for live electronic music ?

...while Dan Goldstein, sore-foot from Germany, has the details on the new European and Japanese gear that'll soon be flooding the UK's music stores. Prepare for some surprises.

The C-ducer Acoustic Percussion Trigger.

Percussion Voice Expander

Nick Rowland takes sticks to Simmons pads - and finds a whole load of tuned percussion sounds appearing at the other end. Will drummers start putting xylophonists out of work?

unbeatable coverage of all the new gear at the year's most important instrument show. Don't buy ANYTHING until you've read it.

Stop Press Gen!

Ron Berry

New lines launched at Frankfurt

This month's round-up includes new products launched at the APRS and NAMM shows.

An instrument which has shaped today's electro-music

The shape of things to come

Tony Reed goes back to the future for the Frankfurt forecast

UK Electronica

Bob Henrit reminisces on a plethora of electronic drums and a naze of excess

Daniel Miller, head of Mute records, has taken the label to a very successful conclusion with some massive UK hits. He tells of the joys and despair of the British record industry, and his work with electronic music.

Total Percussion Sound Module

From the R8 Human Rhythm Composer comes the Total Percussion Sound Module "humanising' without a sequencer? Simon Trask investigates Roland's latest beat box and a selection of sound cards.

New technology has already brought the music industries of East and West closer together, but how has that affected the music itself, and what will happen as the two cultures get closer still? Gary Larson gives his viewpoint.