Beating time

For 60 years, HERBIE HANCOCK has taken the bonnet off music, hacking its valves and gears, forging a future as yet unseen. He shaped jazz and funk and synth-rock; Miles and Joni felt the benefit. Now he's a Polar Music Prize laureate. "I've always been this geek, this nerdy guy,"

THE ORIGINAL DIGITECH WH-1 Whammy pedal is a great example of thinking outside of the box, literally. It all started when DigiTech introduced the IPS33 Smart Shift Intelligent Pitch Shifter rack-mount

Maurice Ravel has been an enduring part of my world, both as a performer and teacher. As a little girl I played the Mouvement de menuet from his Sonatine at a piano competition, which the renowned pia

SEGA’S HANDHELD HARDWARE MAY NOT HAVE HIT THE HEIGHTS THE MEGA DRIVE DID, BUT IT OFFERED PLENTY OF FUN ON THE GO FOR PLAYERS IN THE EARLY NINETIES. WE TAKE A LOOK BACK AT SOME OF THE SYSTEM’S BEST EXCUSES TO BURN THROUGH A PACK OF BATTERIES

SEVENTY YEARS AGO, THE FIRST JAMAICAN-STYLE SOUND SYSTEMS ARRIVED IN THE UK. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, BRITISH MUSIC CHANGED FOREVER

The rebirth of the Technics brand has been fascinating. Since 2014, Technics has released a steady stream of products with varying degrees of success, but in recent years it feels as if the company ha