ON THE COVER: Miles Davis

FEATURES: Wynton Marsalis, Roy Ayers, Sainkho Namchylak, Nation Records, Deborah Chessler & The Orioles, Ethel Waters

On The Cover: Bill Laswell - David Toop meets the hardest working man in music

Features: Julian Cope's history of krautrock; Jon Hassell on Miles Davis, Baaba Maal, Mouse On Mars, DJ Shadow

On The Cover: Japan Now! A Japan themed issue featuring The Boredoms, Zeni Geva, UFO, DJ Krush, Ken Ishii, Tetsu Inoue and more

Features: Loop Guru, Van Dyke Parks, Edgar Froese, Autechre

On The Cover: Sakamoto's Jukebox

Features: Trans-Global Underground, On-U Sound Records, Richard Kirk, Peter Hammill, David Sylvian, Space Age Bachelor Pad Music

ON THE COVER: Massive Attack - Kind of Blue

FEATURES: St Etienne's Jukebox, Peter Namlook, Einstürzende Neubauten, Stockhausen & Sons, ambient jungle, collage rock

On The Cover: Laurie Anderson - Strange Angel

Features: AR Kane, Jon Hassell, Arto Lindsay, Scanner, Lo-Fi Network, Johnny "Guitar" Watson

ON THE COVER: John Cale

STUCK ON THE COVER: No-Man sampler

FEATURES: The Orb, Pharoah Sanders, Sonny Sharrock, Scorn, Arrested Development, Paul Schutze

ON THE COVER: David Byrne - Kim Green takes afternoon tea with the ex-Talking Head

FEATURES: Louis Andriessen, Cecil Taylor, Harold Budd, Last Poets, Berlin Techno

ON THE COVER: Nick Cave

FEATURES: Sonic Youth, Ambient Rock, A-Z of Dub, Youssou N'Dour, Branfor Marsalis

ON THE COVER: Mick Karn - The ex-Japan bassist gets into a bestial cluster with Louise Gray

FEATURES: Tony Thorpe, Archie Shepp, Disco Inferno, Mexico City Rockers, Tim Buckley, Derek Bailey, Music In The 21st Century: Multimedia

ON THE COVER: Elvis Costello's Jukebox - Philip Watson gets all testy with pop's posion pen

FEATURES: Bark Psychosis, Angelique Kidjo, Balanescu Quartet, 21st Century music: Eno, Bono, Sinatra; Charles Gayle, Spoken Word, Tomasz Stanko, Taking The Rap: Snoop Doggy Dog, 2Pac, Favor Flav

On The Cover: Frank Zappa

Features: Second Language Pop, Joshua Redman, Mari Boine, Kim Clarke, Kristin Hersh, Future Sound Of London, Bheke Mseleku