Another colourful bonanza of hot new products served up to delight you

Bristol, capital of the West, is alive and well.

An interview with Edgar Froese and Christoph Franke during their recent UK tour

An interview with Edgar Froese and Christoph Franke, concert report and music pull-out "Choronzon" from the 'Exit' LP.

This famous German synthesist and ex-member of Tangerine Dream now has his own record company and our interview tells about his unique approach to music.

A gentleman and a scholar

ADT BOXES

Dave Blake has an Attack of Delirium Tremolando.

BMF Report

This year's British Music Fair left the confines of Olympia in favour of a stadium atmosphere. Simon Trask goes walkabout at Wembley.

Two ways to control video images using the existing musical interface.

start of a three month OTT investigation into recording desks. This issue - eight mixers up to £600

can have an Edge like this

The Edge describes sounds and styles

The guitars behind five Roxy Music classics, plus a Skill Centre special as Phil shows you the chords to 'Love Is The Drug'.

A professional quality mixer for live or studio use at an astounding price. Suitable for 8-track, 4-track and stereo recording.

Our series continues with the voice, whether synthetic, sampled or the real thing.

Multitrack Disk Recorder

Roland's S750 and S770 amply demonstrated their pro digital expertise; now the DM80 offers four or eight tracks of truly cost-effective hard disk recording. Wilf Smarties welcomes Roland's newest techno tool.

Visage's Rusty Egan reveals a change of face

Recording Peter Gabriel's Us

In an exclusive interview, this longstanding keyboard hero and Miami Vice music maestro discusses keyboard technique, and what it’s like to achieve mass recognition after years of obscurity. Annabel Scott takes note.

Who's Where, What's What

Aphex Aural Exciter Type C2

Aural Excitement complete with the new 'Big Bottom' bass enhancer. A veritable feast of sonic titillation.

You may be a whizz with the little black boxes, but how are you at recording real sounds and real performances? Wilf Smarties serves up a selection of tasty studio tricks.

A little Tonight music from the thin white one, his band, his producer, Uncle Tom Ziggy and all

Remember, you'll read it here first!

Mark King, master bassist with a string of hit albums to his name as leader of Level 42, has reaped many of the rewards that pop stardom can bring — but satisfaction with the music industry is never guaranteed, as Paul Tingen discovers.