If you’re into hip-hop and pop, you’ve probably heard “808” at some point. That’s a reference to the iconic Roland TR-808, a drum machine created by Ikutaro Kakehashi in 1980. Its unique dribbling ...

It’s almost impossible to imagine the modern musical landscape without the distinctive sounds of the Roland TR-808 drum machine. When the Japanese electronics company Roland started releasing the 808 ...

At $2,699, Roland’s new analogue drum machine is certainly not cheap. But does the TR-1000 deserve the backlash against its ...

Translating their bioelectrical signals into movements of the arms, the mushrooms begin to jam out on keyboards and drum ...

In the 80s, Roland drum machines were at the epicenter of hip hop, house, techno, acid house and other music genres. The 808, 909, 707, and 606 helped create the beats of some of your favorite songs.

These three bands from the 1980s didn't generate much commercial success, but after you listen to them, you might join their cult following.

Even the most inexpensive drum machines still tend to be not-so-trivial purchases, but you may have an easier time rationalizing this one. Rhythmo has started a crowdfunding campaign for the Beatbox, ...

The history of recorded music is not long. There are records available from the very earliest days of sound reproduction, which in its familiar form was invented by some guy named Edison in New Jersey ...

“Since I was 18,” says John Moreland, “I’ve made a lot more hip-hop music than folk music.” For longtime fans of the 34-year-old songwriter, who has become known for his desolate acoustic ...

“Drum machines may be reliable and all that, but they can`t drink as much as me," Motorhead drummer Phil Taylor once said (supposedly). Actually, Taylor, who died in 2015 from liver failure, was a ...

Anything a musician plays — piano, tuba, harmonium — is a machine. But when we talk about musicians teaming up with machines, we are usually trying to describe an arrangement where humans play a known ...