Remembering dub innovator Lee “Scratch” Perry
We overstate the impact of a lot of musical legends. But then there's Lee "Scratch" Perry, and overstatement is a...
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KORG have recreated 1974’s MiniKorg-700 in software – here’s your deep-diving guide
Amidst all the interest in vintage synths, it's not often you get your hands on a 1974 MiniKorg-700. Francis Preve,...
Treat yourself to the 90s club aesthetics of the Wipeout games
Virtual clubbing, you say? It's tough to top Psygnosis' Wipeout series and its legacy, starting with composer Tim Wright aka...
Tom Oberheim just got his name back from Music Tribe
Tom Oberheim has announced that after 36 years, he has his name back - worldwide. The post Tom Oberheim just...
MTV just turned 40; rewatch the opening videos as they predict 2020-2021 streams
MTV turned 40 years of age this week. Its contents live on for viewing now, and their blend of optimism...
RIP Berlin synth, drum machine legend Manfred Fricke of MFB
Manfred Fricke was democratizing analog machines for music and pioneering Berlin electronic invention over 5 decades - years ahead of...
Peter Zinovieff, UK synth pioneer and EMS co-founder, has died
It's a tough moment for a whole generation in electronic music history. This weekend claimed the British legend Peter Zinovieff...
RIP Joel Chadabe, a leader of electronic music, interactive musicianship, and teaching
Joel Chadabe was a composer who helped launch the notion of interactive music systems and electronic music education as it...
ID700 for iPad reboots the 1987 Buchla 700 – FM, waveshaping, and polyphony (Hands on)
It was the once and future Buchla. But back in 1987, the Buchla 700 was so painfully ahead of its...
Pedals: The Musical, where pedals sing to you about their history, is an actual thing
The age of YouTube channels about stomp pedals now has its own... well, not quite Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat...
