The mighty 909 casts a huge shadow over bleep, helping to define the sound. Originally released in 1983, the drum machine was a mainstay of early house and techno but the way it was used in bleep was ...

They’re still in use by musicians today, but those full-size electronic drum pads seemed to have hit their peak with consumers sometime in the mid-80s, alongside Casio’s ubiquitous electronic ...

In this roundup we have everything from simple drum machine accompaniment devices to full-on boxes that bleep, beat, sequence and sample. Nowadays you can make tunes anywhere you like, without a ...

Each tune uses a drum machine to help drive the beat. The analog boxes were a music industry staple for decades. These days, the electronic sounds are usually produced by software. But a new book ...

Replay: The legendary Linn LM-1 drum machine came out in 1980 and only 525 were ever made. What makes this long discontinued drum machine so unique that top producers and engineers are still using it ...

Bleep, the online music store started by Warp, is celebrating its 10th birthday this year with a new compilation and series of events. Appropriately titled Bleep10, the comp features music from ...

Now Dubreq is aiming to do the same for beat makers with a portable drum machine. More than half a century ago, parents everywhere instantly regretted treating youngsters to a boxy battery-powered ...