Steve Reich & Beryl Korot: The Cave

Pioneering documentary music video theatre

A journey through the musical world of this well respected guitarist

At home with the semi-detached Georgians

There has been an enormous upsurge of interest in African music of late. Artists as diverse as Paul Simon, Peter Gabriel, Talking Heads and Brian Eno have acknowledged its inspiration on their work. But there is little information around that explains the fundamental concepts behind it and how a musician can incorporate the sounds and ideas into their own work if they wish to. Kofi Busia suggests a few ideas.

Take one of the most influential electronic composers of the current generation, a Fairlight, an entire library of vocal recordings from all over the world, and a few more-than-talented guest musicians, and you have the recipe for Zoolook, Jean-Michel Jarre's latest album. Here he talks about its creation.

Henry Priestman: the word

The pick of 1983's equipment releases.

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

A man continually in search of magic moments in the perfect quality of music.

He's played guitar with the best - David Bowie, Peter Gabriel, David Sylvian, Talking Heads, Brian Eno and, of course, King Crimson - and he's also worked away from the public eye, pursuing truths other than the rock and roll life. Mark Prendergast discovers that Robert Fripp's insights are of interest to more than just guitarists.

A complete history of record production accompanied by quotations and anecdotes from no fewer than 18 of the world's leading producers.