You may not know the 808 drum machine, but you have definitely heard it: the original Roland TR-808 was the first programmable drum machine and has been a mainstay of electronic music ever since.

That headline sounds suspect, but it is the most succinct way to explain why the Roland TR-808 drum machine has a very distinct, and difficult to replicate noise circuit. The drum machine was ...

808 State's Graham Massey with a Roland TR-808 6 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 ...

Often used as either a kick, a bass, or a combined kick-and-bass in many genres, the TR-808 bass drum is undoubtedly the most ...

Which year saw the most synth releases, and what's the best-selling instrument in synth history? These questions - and more - ...

Using the iconic TR-808 drum machine and as well the TB-303 bass synthesizer, it’s often deemed that Singh – who was a session musician that worked on scores to Bollywood movies – was a ...

Steffi’s got all the classics you’d expect in her studio – a TR-808 drum machine, a Minimoog for basslines – but also a few unusual items, like the Waldorf synth she uses for string sounds ...

As hip-hop began to grow, it branched out to include more electronic elements, particularly with the advent in 1980 of the Roland TR-808 drum machine, which offered up many of the classic hip-hop ...

Kanye West - 808 Kanye's fourth album, 808s & Heartbreak, is named after the Roland TR-808 drum machine, the sounds of which you will instantly recognise even if you have not heard of the machine ...

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Coincidence? I think not. And he has a club named 40/40. Kanye’s fourth album, 808s & Heartbreak, is named after the Roland TR-808 drum machine, the sounds of which you will instantly recognise ...

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