It isn’t a secret that a lot of classic dance music follows a fairly defined formula. Mungo Enterprises has taken this concept a step further and have actually created a sequencer module called the …

I was checking out XKCD today and came across something that I thought I would share: The Tell Tale Beat (click for a larger version):

It reminded me so much of how my family must feel, …

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This is “u_08-1″ from the album Unitxt, by Alva Noto.
The vocals are done by poet Anne-James Chaton.
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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 ReBirth software studio by Propellerhead was huge when it came out in 1997. It was a super cheap PC program that faithfully recreated a Roland TR-808, a Roland TR-909 and two Roland TB-303 …

Mental Floss has a great quiz up called “Scientology term or German techno artist”, where you have to decide if a term is from Scientology or the name of a German techno artist.
When Lafayette Ronald …

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 …

Bach is definitely one of the most “covered” composers of all time, and during the time that he lived in Leipzig from 1723 until 1750, he wrote a strange body of work that seemed …

Julian Smith makes his my living as a YouTuber, freelance director and musician. In this video that he’s put together, he’s created a techno track using only the actual sounds from a Jeep. …

Eric Archer, one of my favorite DIY-ers, has created a completely standalone techno generator. Housed is a box the size “of a medium pizza”, the Big Box of Techno includes two synths, a drum …