Recently, we detailed the amazing history of house and acid house music here, and it's quite a story. Just a few producers and DJs in Chicago started experimenting with old Roland gear back in the ...

Music's Mary Anne Hobbs celebrates 40 years of the classic Roland TR-808 drum machine with a special show dedicated to the iconic instrument - looking at the TR-808's continuing ...

Roland's new flagship beat machine also offers stereo-sampling, loop slicing, probability sequencing and much more ...

The drums are a strange instrument. Are they even an instrument? They don’t make melodies like guitars or keyboards. They’re placed in the back of the stage and the drum kits can often seem to swallow ...