ON THE COVER: ALTERED STATES - The chemistry of Sound, Drug and Dream

FEATURES: Alex Chilton, Charlie Parker, Public Enemy, 'Ardkore Tekno, Karlheinz Stockhausen, The Shamen

On The Cover: Brian Eno

Features: The Orb, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Gerry Mulligan, John Cage, Acker Bilk, Humphrey Lyttleton, Mike Westbrook

ON THE COVER: The Song & The Dance

FEATURES: Sinatra vs Costello, David Toop on James Brown, Mike Westbrook, Television, Larry Heard, Ali Farka Touré's Jukebox, Elvis Presley, June Christy, Larry Heard, Mel Tormé, Franz Schubert

ON THE COVER: All Points East: We Celebrate The Asian Sound Worldwide, From Suns of Arqa To Trilok Gurtu, From Joi To Shonen Knife

FEATURES: Pat Metheny, Steve Martland, Arrested Development, Jimmy Witherspoon

ON THE COVER: You Are Here! - The Changing Face Of Music Today. We Map It All, From The Centre To The Fringes

FEATURES: Defunkt, Joe Henderson, S'Express, Sergio Mendes, Barry Adamson, Gitane Demone

ON THE COVER: 100 Most Important Records Ever Made

FEATURES: Steve Lacy, Bobby Previte, Barry Adamson, Keven Eubanks, David Sanborn

ON THE COVER: Is Music Dead? - Why The Business Must Be Destroyed

FEATURES: Randy Weston, Sheila Jordan, Fred Anderson, Von Freeman, Gavin Friday, Sun Ra, Negativland, The Ex, Han Bennink, Bheki Mseleku

ON THE COVER: Rhythm - How The Beat Goes On

FEATURES: Buddy Rich, James Moody, Gavin Friday, Thebe Lipere, Rashied Ali, Giorgio Moroder

ON THE COVER: singers or players? Women's changing role in music, from Clara Schumann to The Slits

FEATURES: Billie Holiday, Diamanda Galas, Laurie Anderson, My Bloody Valentine, Barbara Thompson, Rosemary Clooney, Ashley Maher, Vanessa Mackness, Women in Rock and Rap

ON THE COVER: Music, Technology and the Future

FEATURES: Lou Reed: The Velvet Revolutionary; George Clinton: The Mothership of all Connections; Black Science Fiction: from Ra to Bambaataa; Techno: Is the Bleep History, Cabaret Voltaire, BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Tristan Honsinger, Teddy Edwards, Emmylou Harris

ON THE COVER: Great Black Music - We explore the tradition from past masters to the prophets of tomorrow

FEATURES: Wynton Marsalis, Louis Armstrong, Tamla Motown, Ice Cube, Public Enemy, Arthur Bliss, Benny Green, Mulgrew Miller, Jam and Lewis, Black Rock Coalition, Taj Mahal's Jukebox