Why old-school electronic sounds keep returning in modern music
Electronic music keeps evolving, but some of its oldest sounds just wont really go away. Vintage synthesizers, drum machines, robotic vocals, analog basslines and those retro effec...
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Electronic music keeps evolving, but some of its oldest sounds just wont really go away. Vintage synthesizers, drum machines, robotic vocals, analog basslines and those retro effec...
Jean-Michel Jarre traces electronic music's history in 'Machines,' a 368-page book out November 24 featuring his instrument archive. The post Jean-Michel Jarre Chronicles Electroni...
Jean-Michel Jarre is publishing his first ever book. ‘Machines: A History of Electronic Music’ arrives on November 24, 2026 through Thames & Hudson. Meanwhile, pre-orders are l...
Madonna in concert at Wembley Stadium. The Blond Ambition World Tour. London, England. 20th July 1990. (Photo by Murray/Mirrorpix via Getty Images) In the 90s, dance music was all...
From Tears For Fears to Art Of Noise, here are a few iconic 80s songs that used the Fairlight CMI, one of the earliest DAWs. The post 3 Songs That Used the Fairlight CMI: The DAW T...
Roland sold roughly 12,000 TR-808s before killing it off in 1983. By every measure the industry cared about at the time, it failed. It cost $1,195. Hobbyists could not afford it. P...
Every dance genre has a starting point, and this one begins in Chicago during the 1980s. A handful of DJs and producers were experimenting inside small clubs, blending disco record...
Luminate's midyear report shows electronic music outpacing every genre in US growth for 2026, with John Summit and Disco Lines leading the charge. The post Electronic Music Becomes...
Festival music reaches audiences long before the first artist steps onto the stage and continues long after the final performance ends. Line-up announcements, teaser videos, afterm...
Tom Oberheim turned 90 last week. The brains behind the OB-X, OB-Xa and OB-8 built the instruments that defined the sound of 1980s music, lost the rights to his own name, spent a d...
The Juno 60 played an essential role in the making of 80s music. Here are some iconic songs that made use of the synth. The post 3 Songs That Use the Juno-60: The Synthesizer That...
Amsterdam Dance Event 2026 celebrates its 30th anniversary with Jean-Michel Jarre as guest of honor, over 2,500 artists, and 200+ venues. Everything on ADE! The post Amsterdam Danc...
DETROIT, MI - NOVEMBER 4: American singer Prince (1958-2016) performs onstage during the 1984 Purple Rain Tour on November 4, 1984, at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. (Ph...
inMusic Brands has donated 4,489 items from Bob Moog's personal office files to the Bob Moog Foundation Archives, covering his final years at Moog Music and including hardware prot...
Bob Yannes built a three-voice analog synthesizer onto one die in 1982, and its imperfect filter became the signature sound of an era.
Stevie Wonder (born in 1950), American singer-songwriter, during a concert at the Olympia. Paris (9th arrondissement), October 16, 1967. (Photo by Christian Rose/Roger Viollet via...
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 01: Photo of STYX; ltoR John Panozzo, James Young, Tommy Shaw,Dennis deYoung, Chuck Panozzo (Photo by Richard E. Aaron/Redferns) In the 1980s, the synth was...
William Orbit built pop hits on minimal gear like the Korg MS-20 and Roland Juno-106, from the Ray of Light sound to his final albums. The post This Is the Gear Legends Use: Willia...
Progressive rock shook up the blues-based establishment in the 1970s. These are five synths of prog rock. The post Synths of Prog Rock: 5 Instruments That Helped Define the Progres...
Today we have all sorts of spatial audio available to us: Atmos, Dolby 5.1 (and beyond), DTS, Apple Spatial Audio, and so on. But the first journey into immersive music beyond two-...
NEW YORK - CIRCA LATE 1980's: British techno-soul duo "Erasure" perform in New York City, New York in the late 1980's. Vocalist and lyricist Andy Bell is on the right. Multi-instru...
Dance and electronic music is the fastest-growing genre of 2026 according to Luminate's latest report. Here's what's behind the surge, why newer artists are thriving, and what inde...
The story of focus music stretches back more than a century
Photo by Maurice Seymour/Kraftwerk/Getty Images; NEW YORK - CIRCA 1975: German electronic group Kraftwerk (L-R Karl Bartos, Wolfgang Flur, Ralph Hutter and Florian Schneider) pose...
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