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“Let's go back to the mid-'80s where dance music began”: Your guide to creating a classic house track from scratch

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 ...

In praise of the 808 - 8 essential tracks to celebrate the drum machine that changed the world

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 ...
MusicRadar

“The first Roland drum machine in over 40 years with true analogue voices”: The TR-1000 combines analogue 808 and 909 recreations with the best parts of the TR-8S a…

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

3 Classic Rock Artists Who Made the Drums Cool

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 ...
loudwire

Did Metallica’s ‘One’ ‘Borrow’ Dark Angel Drum Beat? Gene Hoglan Has Some Thoughts

Dark Angel drummer Gene Hoglan has addressed the long-floated idea that Metallica's classic "One" actually "borrowed" the drum beat from Dark Angel's "Darkness Descends," which preceded it by two ...