After collaborating for over ten years, cult Dutch indie rockers Pip Blom and Willem Smit have produced a stunning debut album as Long Fling.

Last week, Roland posted a teaser to its website headlined by the words ‘tomorrow returns’ accompanied by what sounded like a processed TR-808 drum beat. Now the company has unveiled the inspiration ...

Our hacker [Moritz Klein] shows us how to make a minimalist analog drum machine. If you want the gory details check out the video embedded below and there is a first class write-up available as a 78 ...

If you've ever listened to music released in the 1980s, you've likely heard the iconic TR-808 and TR-909 drum machines. Artists like New Order, Marvin Gaye, Whitney Houston and Beastie Boys all used ...

Teenage Engineering, the Swedish design and technology collective renowned for redefining the boundaries of music gear, is set to launch its newest instrument, the EP-40 drum machine and sequencer, ...

In this project video, I transform an old washing machine drum into a durable and stylish concrete fire pit. Using melamine for formwork and Rapid Set Concrete, I walk you through the entire process - ...

This week, Roland unveiled the TR-1000, its first drum machine in over 40 years to include genuine analogue sound generation. Although much about this new instrument is thoroughly modern and designed ...

It’s a premium instrument that harkens back to the 808 and 909. It’s a premium instrument that harkens back to the 808 and 909. Unlike other TR instruments from Roland over the last several years that ...

A DUP councillor has criticised a council’s “noise nuisance” warning on a Loyal Orders flute band on claims of over-beating a Lambeg Drum. Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council has sent a warning ...

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