Ron Mael is one-half of the band (along with his brother) Sparks. From wikipedia:
When the band hit the peak of its popularity in the 1970s, he was well-known for his strange appearance, often remaining motionless …

Peter Forrest’s book ‘The a-z of Analog Synths’ contains graphs over time of the average selling price for pretty much every analogue synthesizer ever made.
The graphs are all extremely interesting, but what sticks out like …

A couple of days ago, Roland released the Gaia SH-01 with great fanfare. It’s basically a 37-note virtual analogue subtractive synthesizer aimed at the mid-market. It’s one of Roland’s knobbier synths recently, so …

If you’re interested in the early history of Roland, the TB-303 Bassline synthesizer, or techno music in any way whatsoever, this is for you.
Nate Harrison is an artist and writer who has produced projects and …

The picture below is a scan from an old Roland ad from 1982. It depicts Oscar Peterson on the Roland PianoPlus!, with a Roland TR-606 and TB-303.

It’s pretty ironic how Roland saw the 303 …

This is the first part in a multi-part series on vintage synthesizer advertisements that appear in (usually old) magazines. I used to drool over some of these synthesizers and drum machines, as the closest …

Earlier, we brought you the DIY Moog Minimoog and the DIY Arp 2600 – we now have a new papercraft project for you to glue together. Presenting, the DIY papercraft Roland TR-909.

I don’t have …

Do you want to be the center of attention and jump around at the front of the stage like your guitar player? Roland has just released the AX-Synth Shoulder Synthesizer – a combination keytar …