Session Drumming

All the secrets from Andy Duncan.

Remember, you'll read it here first!

Is there life after Limahl? Yup. The four shy boys take turns to explain how they do it, and what they do it on.

Microvox Mimic Digital Sound Editor

High-spec sampler for the CBM 64

The Police skinsman explored darkest Africa recently and came back with samples, songs and stories galore. Adrian Deevoy takes the missionary position.

Focusrite Red 2

Thoroughbred EQ

Paul Wiffen reviews the new Casio FZ Sampler

"...comes back from Hammersmith."

What we saw at the big fair, including famous gear and famous people.

Once he prayed to the beat behind Re-flex, he's since become versed in high technology and worked with artists as diverse as Kate Bush and Mory Kante. Ollie Crooke talks to a rhythm programmer extraordinaire.

Are The Cult hippies? Do they like guitar solos? Do they know what other people think of them, and do they care? Chris Maillard has the answers....

MIDI sequencer and digital drums

The cheap alternative?

Damon, Dolores and me

Indie producer of the moment, Stephen Street finds his memories are all... a Blur

Gloria Estefan live in Miami

Sophie and Peter Johnston

If the major labels let you down and you're writing sophisticated electro-pop, forming your own record company is one way of getting your message across. Annabel Scott meets a remarkable brother-and-sister duo.

Wilf Smarties gives a new batch of CDs a spin.

Resident 'DJ' Wilf Smarties gives a new batch of CDs a spin.

Richard Walmsley takes a ride with BSA down the R'n'B route and finds out how a green band avoid the Blues

A definitive af-a-glance guide to MIDI and Music Orientated Peripherals.

Simmons SDX Drum Sampler

Lurking inside this angular-looking monster is a versatile computer system that will turn what is ostensibly an electronic drum kit (albeit a state-of-the-art 16-bit sampling one) into a formidable MIDI workstation. Ed Jones test drives Simmons' powerful, new SDX system.

Gossip, chit-chat, bitching and backchat from the 'Biz. It's all here

The backstage view of the mammoth Tull operation from Tony Freeman, one of those without whom... nervous times among the cigarette stubs.

On Tour With Nitzer Ebb

Nitzer Ebb are using the tools of technology to recreate their abrasive, challenging sound in a live context. Nigel Humberstone talks to the man who helps to put the show on the road.