Roland's legendary drum machine returns for 2025 and it hasn't missed a beat

The Roland TR-1000 rhythm creator follows in the footsteps of the drum machines that created a generation of music ...

"The 808 is still one of the sexiest drum machines ever built": Modeselektor on classic Roland gear

Housed in a new studio, Berlin’s favourite sonic troublemakers crash the DJ-Kicks series with a shape-shifting techno-industrial mix. We sit down with Sebastian Szary to find out more ...

Roland just released a follow-up to its most famous drum machines from the 1980s

Roland just unveiled the TR-1000, the long-awaited follow-up to the iconic TR-808 and TR-909 drum machines. This thing sounds ...
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40 years on, classic drum machines get a successor in the Roland TR-1000

The Roland TR-1000 Rhythm Creator is a direct successor to the famed TR-808 and TR-909 drum machines, each anchoring entire genres of 20th-century pop music and EDM. It's analog, it's aesthetic, and ...
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Five house anthems

By Matthew Sotlar / The Jambar For over 40 years, the world has enjoyed the four-on-the-floor, pulsating beat of ...