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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...