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Deep dive into the grooveboxes that shaped electronic music
Behringer launch the Grampian-inspired Spring Reverberation 636
Roland MC-303 and the birth of the groovebox revolution
Synthesizing a new era with the Moog Modular
Speaking in robot with the Moog Vocoder
Space Ibiza and the centre of the global club culture
Moog Music Acquired by inMusic
Kraftwerk's "Autobahn" and a revolutionary music journey
Moog Mavis and the analog option for the masses
The quick guide to grooveboxes
Trax Records and the sound of house to come
Ministry of Sound and the global face of London's nightlife
Central Station Records and the Australian dance music culture boom
How Rockinghorse Records became a pillar of Australia's dance music culture
The E-mu Emulator (that almost never was)
RNBO and Cycling74's new tool for interactive musicians and artists
Musique Concrète and the shape of sound to come
The Synclavier that made (and broke) electronic music careers
Kling Klang Studios: the spiritual home of Kraftwerk
Jean-Michel Jarre's "Oxygène": A Pioneering Masterpiece of Electronic Music
The LinnDrum (the nicest drum machine from the nicest man in music)
Pryda's "Aftermath" and the high tide of progressive minimalism
A step closer to the metaverse with Beatport DJ's Party Mode
Mort Garson - (Mother Earth's) Plantasia
Moogerfooger
Revisiting the nostalgia (and PTSD) of the Akai S2000 sampler
"Lola's Theme" by The Shapeshifters: A Dancefloor Classic
Simon Dunmore resigns as Defected Records CEO with label under new ownership
Migrating to The Voltage Control
Defected Records and the new era of record label influence
Synthesizer pioneer Dave Smith dies at age 72
How Ibiza became the beating heart of clubbing culture
Synthesizer king Vangelis dies at age 79
Carl Cox and a lifetime of beats and revolution
Arturia's V Collection 9 and the hint of an Augmented future
The Roland Space Echo is a timeless classic (when it works)
Soundtracking dystopia with Vangelis' "Bladerunner"
Is the Yamaha CS-80 the most over-hyped synth of all time?
A Deep Dive into the History of UK Pirate Radio
Phuture's "Acid Tracks" and the Acid House to come
Roland's TB-303 and the Acid House icon that everybody (still) needs
The crunchy long life of Akai S950
The small and mighty Roland SH-101
Big ups to the long history of Jungle
The journey back to analog with the Moog Voyager
The Ultimate Guide to Chicago House Music: Where It All Began
Dub Reggae pioneer Lee 'Scratch' Perry dies at 85
The ultimate sound of the 90s rave (and why it was the Hoover)
Warp Records and the new sound of everything
Don't forget about the Roland TR-606
How French Touch shaped House music forever
The semi-modular (and semi-popular) ARP2600
Hot takes on the utter importance of Coldcut (whether you know it or not)
The E-mu SP1200 (and the birth of hiphop sample culture)
Remembering the mighty ReBirth RB-338 (a generation's first 303, 808 and 909)
A brief history of sampling in music (and music technology)
Factory Records: The Beating Heart of Manchester's Musical Renaissance
Exploring Brisbane's electronic music history with the BNE Project
How Australia invented digital sampling with the Fairlight CMI
From Grenoble with amour: the story (so far) of Arturia
The forgotten story of Bell Labs and the birth of digital music
Hands-free revolutionary sounds with the Moog Theremin
The Hacienda and the Madchester era from Acid House to Indie Rock
The Oberheim DMX from original hiphop drum machine to design icon
Deep dive into Synthwave and the eternal future nostalgia
The Yamaha DX7 that we loved (to hate and loved anew)
Remembering the workhorse MPC 2000XL sampler
Berghain and the long tail of timeless techno
The ultimate guide to the Roland TR-909
Vangelis and the timeless "Chariots of Fire"
The legend of the Sequential Prophet (and those first five voices)
Giorgio Moroder and the sound of the future
The deserved love for the Roland Juno 106
The Korg M1 and the sound of the 90s
How Detroit Techno shipped the sound of the future worldwide
The Warehouse and the future shape of house music
The people and the story of Paradise Garage
The legend of Bob Moog and the birth of the synthesizer
How the BBC Radio Workshop broadcast the sound of the future
Arturia V Collection 7 adds some iconic synths
Kraftwerk cofounder Florian Schneider dies at age 73
The legendary Moog Minimoog Model-D (that almost never was)
How the Ultimate Breaks & Beats bootlegs shaped popular music
When Hip-Hop and Electro fused into Afrika Bambaataa's "Planet Rock'"
The ultimate guide to 50 years of the Amen Break
NWA and the sounds that came "Straight Outta Compton"
Josh Wink - Higher State of Consciousness
Learn synthesis with Ableton's "Learning Synths"
How Acid House changed the (smiley) face of electronic music
Kraftwerk - Die Roboter/The Robots
The history of Kraftwerk (and the world as we now know it)
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