What to expect at the Big Show in June

What makes one of rock music's most eccentric and unpredictable characters lock his guitar in a cupboard and take to composing on a Synclavier instead? Rick Davies provides the answers in an exclusive interview.

Piano Sound Module

On the face of it, this low-cost sound module looks like it could be a useful addition to the MIDI synthesist's armoury. Tony Crowle checks its suitability.

Keyboards

SI in association with Dave Crombie Productions Inc present The Moog Story, starring Robert A Moog...

American trumpeter extraordinaire talks to John Diliberto about horns, electronics and Indian ragas; '60s experimentation meets '80s chic.

Brian Wilson

Brian Wilson part two

Mr & Mrs Mark E. Smith at home

now, here is the news

Allen & Heath GL4000 Live Console

An exclusive interview with Rick Wakeman plus music from '1984' for you to play.

Digitech RP1 Guitar Multi-Effects

Our man from the valleys discovers how RP1 owners do it on the floor...

John Renwick gets synchronised with this nifty little device from Radius

Phil and Paul Hartnoll are Orbital, and their pioneering brand of user-friendly electronic dance music is a lot more fluid than the traffic on the motorway that prompted the name. So Phil Ward avoids the M25 and heads straight for the heart of the P&P music factory

The Fixx are big in American. Chris Holland-Hill, who's big in Hemel Hempstead, finds out why.

Wrexham's master remixers spill the beans

Declaring Independence

They've been on CBS, they run their own company called Dry Communications, and they've learned a thing or two: they are a band called Thomas Lang. Phil Ward meets the Scousers with a Dry sense of humour.

Until their recent split, Robert John Godfrey was the keyboard maestro behind The Enid, whose massive underground following throughout Europe made them arguably the biggest cult band outside of the States. Frank Ellis met him to talk about his new residential studio, a solo career, and a new approach to recording.

fuzz, chorus/flange, and compressors from Arion, Boss, DOD, Ibanez, Korg, Ross and Tokai the beat goes whizzz

Processor

Jethro Tull's main man takes us behind the fish farmer exterior and into his home studio.

Discusses his transition from rock drummer to all round percussionist

Vesta-Fire FX Pedals plus D-1X Digital Delay & L-1 Low Frequency Oscillator

New pedals on test