One of pop's pretty faces forsakes teen screams in search of artistic credibility - but has he got what he came for? Tim Goodyer finds out about computer love, classical arrangements and self-production.

A Young Person's Guide To Electronic Music

The father of the voltage controlled synthesiser lectures in London, and E&MM reports.

Songs from the North

Keith Emerson On Korg. Gordon Giltrap On MIDI Guitars Peter Oxendale On Sampling

The Stereo MC's' Connected was for many the album of 1992; their live shows are currently one of the highlights of 1993. Phil Ward makes his own stereo connection and discovers just what it takes to get the balance right.

Gordon Matthewman's interests in hi-tech and his horn have found him in some of the most unlikely musical settings with his project Blow. Simon Trask blows another man's trumpet.

Ampcheck

Paul Bacon (Egon's brother?) puts the 16watt demon through its paces

Computercheck

A roundup of all the available music software including Island Logic, Greengate and MusiCal.

Belgian sampling innovators Front 242 have been accused of encouraging a fascist following - where does the sampling stop and the politics begin? David Bradwell brings news from the front.

William Tells all to Philip Bashe

Programmable Polysynth with Sequencer

CBS-Fender's 'budget' polysynth retails at £1700. Mick Jones finds out if it can hold its head above the competition.

Prophet 600

While Sequential's Prophet 5 will always be regarded as a milestone in synthesiser technology, their Prophet 600 is almost forgotten already. Gordon Reid attempts to correct the history books.

Bowie's Dennis Davis and George Murray

Dennis Davis and George Murray chat to Ralph Denyer on their rhythmic station in the Bowie band.

Looking for a low-cost introduction to synthesis? With its simplified programming method and variant on the Phase Distortion sound, Casio's latest 8-voice, splittable, polysynth could well prove the ideal first choice. Mark Badger explores...

Carlsbro CDX 8:2 Powered Mixer

A lot of power, a lot of mixer and a versatile digital reverb in a very portable package.

Keyboard composer/player and leader of Hungary's top rock band, LGT

This French-born synthesist describes his experiences with the Synclavier and other digital instruments

new effects pedal range

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...while Paul Gallotta discovers how bass got its top end from the Yes man

the Roland story