Meeting the music business and business of making music on their own terms saw one London band building a studio as well as a reputation from the ground up. Simon Trask gets in deep with Double Trouble.

A survey of trendsetters

Check out some of the forthcoming and recently released new products from the hi-tech and recording fields.

Guitarcheck

French, Japanese, Dave B takes them all on

The most comprehensive review of Europes biggest Music Fair

Sequential Circuits

Upcoming electronic music products and events.

An eight-track program capable of holding up to 16 sequences, and offering comprehensive editing facilities. Trish McGrath waits impatiently for its arrival in the UK.

This month, E&MM’s unique equipment round-up turns its attention to the rhythmic world of drum machines and electronic drum kits.

Those strangely shaped metal and plastic things that you clamp to the guitar neck to change key, you know? You do now

Etcetera

Split as they are (these pages) into Studios and Recording, Instruments and Equipment, and Etcetera (for news pieces with no homes to go to).

View from the rear; this month New Age gets the old boot

We interview the legendary improvising guitarist from German rock band Can

News of Yamaha's MT44D system amongst other products.

If we can't solve your problem then... er, perhaps someone else can - sorry, this isn't a very good sell-line... sorry

20 Things You Probably Never Knew About CD.

Tomorrow's information as soon as you read it

Korean Guitars

Somewhat north-east of Java lies Korea, new-found source of fine electric guitars. Our crack investigation team pays a visit