Roland Artist Interview – Underworld
With a career that spans more than 20 years, Underworld are bona-fide dance music icons. PowerOn speaks to musical mastermind Rick Smith about their sound, …
With a career that spans more than 20 years, Underworld are bona-fide dance music icons. PowerOn speaks to musical mastermind Rick Smith about their sound, …
Effects are a great way to expand the sounds of your drum machines. While you may never get tired of the classic sound of Roland …
Public Enemy’s DJ Lord on terrorising his neighbours with the Roland TR-8. When it comes to the pantheon of hip-hop heavyweights, Public Enemy are top …
Public Enemy’s DJ Lord on Beats, Scaring the Neighbours and the AIRA TR-8 Drum Machine Read More »
Let’s kick this off with a little bit of trivia: the TR- 808 has been used on more hit records than any other drum machine. Read that …
Contributed by Simon Ayton This week we are very excited to have received delivery of the new AIRA series instruments. The TR-8, TB-3, VT-3 and …
TB-303 Documentary – Bassline Baseline (2005) Designed by Tadao Kikumoto in 1982, the TB-303 is a bass synthesizer with a built-in sequencer originally designed …
Think you’ve got an impressive synth collection? Wait until you see the hardware that Vince Watson is packing. The floor-filling techno DJ told Roland about …
Vince Watson Talks Roland Gear, Analog vs Digital, and the Origins of Techno Read More »
In 1960, Ikutaro Kakehashi founded the company Ace Electronic Industries, Inc. At the time, Kakehashi was a young inventor with a passion for electronics, experimentation …