Though few realised it at the time, 1996 was a transitional year for electronic music. After nearly a decade of sample-based ROMplers, keyboardists were beginning to pine for the good ol' days of ...

It’s like one of those dreams where everything’s familiar but weird. You sit in front of a sleek ebony slab with a gorgeous grand piano keyboard but no controls save for the single power button. On ...

At the age of 67, Hirotaka Kawai seems a frail, old man. But he is very lively in conversation. His eyes sparkle whenever he talks about his beloved Kawai music empire -- and the legacy of this ...