"Rap purists wouldn't dig us as we weren't straight-up rap. We weren't an indie group, or a rock group": Stereo MC Rob Birch on the making of classic '90s album Connected
The dance classic dissected
The dance classic dissected
Aled Jones meets rave and Macaulay Culkin goes jungle
"I thought, 'I’m never going to meet Noel Gallagher in a million years'" – then Travis ended up supporting Oasis
Six and 12-string necks, four lipstick pickups, heaps of vintage mojo and a semi-hollow build, all for under a grand
It looks like a game, but will you want to play it?
The British producer on how technology shaped his new album, plus his 'Holy Trinity' of synths
How Liam Howlett concocted one of ‘90s rave’s most iconic tracks with two Roland W-30 keyboards and a turntable in his bedroom
The largest family owned gear retailer in the US is to shut all of its stores after 100 years of service
Our pick of the finest small-scale amps from Positive Grid, Blackstar, Yamaha, Vox and Orange
This doozy is inspired by classic sample hold filters but arrives with more controllable parameters for a wider range of sounds. But you'd best hurry, it's a limited edition run
The King of Twang was one of May's idols as a young player and the pair finally met backstage in 2017. May describes Eddy's playing as “revolutionary”
Pride (In The Name Of Badd4)
Playing a mono synth demands a different technique to conventional keyboard playing. Here's how...
"This technique is very simple, but I use it on most tracks..."
Get to grips with the three-note chords that could be game-changers for your playing – just like Hendrix, Mayer and Frusciante
Avoid unnecessary nightmares in the booth with our guide to the main technical problems you’re likely to run into
We walk you through how to nail vocal processing using Logic's EVOC-20 Vocoder
Knowing where to use vocal processing could make or break your track. We take a look at where you might choose to add some electronic vocal colour
Guitar skills: A beginner's guide to exploring the contrasting moods of major and minor add chords
It’s hard to resist another seminal classic from Cherry Audio but at a bargain price of zero, are they selling themselves short?
Arturia’s mighty V Collection reaches generation X, but now its focus is not just on classic keyboards but new ones too
The revived drum brand is turning its attention to the most important drum in your setup, and you can snare yourself a bargain
Deftly side-stepping the subscription saga, we spent some quality time with Minimal Audio’s dexterous flagship. Here’s our findings…
Fancy adding some analogue impurity to your DAW? It's time to turn on, plug in and freq out…
This parlour version of Fender’s best-selling beginner acoustic offers big tones in a smaller, more comfortable package
Specialist live music earplugs promise to dampen the sound, but not the magic
IK’s tiny but mighty Tonex One promises all the quality of its bigger brother, shrunk down to mini-pedal format