#roland tr 808

[tracetdesign]

#roland tr 808 #rhythm composer #enamel pin #pin bagde #music producer #music gift #vintage synth #synthesizers

[sector31music]

While its sound continues to live on in the music of today, the inspiration of its design as a musical instrument continues to influence the way manufacturers approach creating new drum machines.

Long live the Roland TR-808!

Let’s take a look at how the 808 first came about and its transformational role in pop and dance music that contributed to its legendary status today.

#808 day #Roland TR 808 #electronic music #music gear

[zegalba]

Roland: TR-808 Rhythm Composer (1980)

#roland #tr 808 #Rhythm Composer #music #tech #analog synth #synth #1980 #black

[hardfloor]

**HAPPY 808 DAY**

#hardfloor #acid #303 #techno #roland tb-303 #music #oliver bondzio #ramon zenker #tb303 #hrdflr. #tr-808 #808

[mudwerks]

(via COPY (Welcome Back ver.) - The Plastics (1981)

This record was a huge inspiration for me in terms of programming drums for longer songs structures, 8 bar segments that fit together into larger pieces. Integrated into a drum track for the composition.

All the drum tracks are the TR-808, which I had access to. A hell of a mind fuck.

and the drum break is wild.

The band used the Roland CR-68 and CR-78 drum machines for their early albums.[4] In 1980, member Masahide Sakuma had some input on the Roland Corporation's development of the Roland TR-808 drum machine. When its development was complete, the Plastics owned the first TR-808 model, which they used on their 1981 album Welcome Back.[4] [wikipedia]

#youtube #COPY #The Plastics #Welcome Back #music #vintage #1981 #tr-808 #roland

[probablynotcole97]

The Roland TR-808 Puffer Jacket. Based on the legendary drum machine of the same name, sharing a colour way and having the buttons from the machine being the main focal point of the design.

#808 #tr 808 #roland #hip hop #drum machine

[durneytune]

Ryuichi Sakamoto, his baby, and his daughter

#tr 808 #aesthetic #photo #retro #vintage #roland #dream

[thedepartmentofdiscoveries]

Song title: "Cue" (キュー).

Lyrics: Yukihiro Takahashi, Haruomi Hosono & Peter Barakan.

Music: Yukihiro Takahashi & Haruomi Hosono.

Song (Mostly Instrumental) title: "U•T" (ユーティー).

Music: Yellow Magic Orchestra.

#yukihiro takahashi #cue #give me a cue #1981 #y.m.o. #yellow magic orchestra #japanese music #haruomi hosono #peter barakan #ryuichi sakomoto #BGM #background music #beautiful grotesque music #Roland TR-808 #Roland MC-4 Microcomposer #U•T #Spotify

[dispactke]

Arthur Baker on producing “Planet Rock”. (Maybe my favorite, most iconic song ever?)

#planet rock #arthur baker #roland tr-808 #afrika bambaataa

[weaktee]

303 808 909 available from Red Bubble

#303 #909 #808 #tb-303 #tr-909 #tr-808 #acid #music #roland #tshirt #t-shirt

[kemetic-dreams]

House is a music genre characterized by a repetitive four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 120 beats per minute as a re-emergence of 1970's disco. It was created by DJs and music producers from Chicago's underground club culture and evolved slowly in the early/mid 1980s, and as DJs began altering disco songs to give them a more mechanical beat. By early 1988, House became mainstream and supplanted the typical 80s music beat

House was created and pioneered by DJs and producers in Chicago such as Frankie Knuckles, Ron Hardy, Jesse Saunders, Chip E., Joe Smooth, Steve "Silk" Hurley, Farley "Jackmaster" Funk, Marshall Jefferson, Phuture, and others. House music initially expanded internationally, to London, then to other American cities, such as New York City, and ultimately a worldwide phenomenon.

In its most typical form, the genre is characterized by repetitive 4/4rhythms including bass drums, off-beat hi-hats, snare drums, claps, and/or snaps at a tempo of between 120 and 130 beats per minute (bpm); synthesizerriffs; deep basslines; and often, but not necessarily, sung, spoken or sampled vocals. In house, the bass drum is usually sounded on beats one, two, three, and four, and the snare drum, claps, or other higher-pitched percussion on beats two and four. The drum beats in house music are almost always provided by an electronic drum machine, often a Roland TR-808, TR-909, or a TR-707. Claps, shakers, snare drum, or hi-hat sounds are used to add syncopation. One of the signature rhythm riffs, especially in early Chicago house, is built on the clave pattern. Congas and bongos may be added for an African sound, or metallic percussion for a Latin feel

One book from 2009 states the name "house music" originated from a Chicago club called the Warehouse that was open from 1977 to 1982. Clubbers to the Warehouse were primarily African, gay men, who came to dance to music played by the club's resident DJ, Frankie Knuckles, who fans refer to as the "godfather of house". Frankie began the trend of splicing together different records when he found that the records he had were not long enough to satisfy his audience of dancers. After the Warehouse closed in 1983, eventually the crowds went to Knuckles' new club, The Power House, later to be called The Power Plant, and the club was renamed, yet again, into Music Box with Ron Hardy as the resident DJ. The 1986 documentary, "House Music in Chicago", by filmmaker, Phil Ranstrom, captured opening night at The Power House, and stands as the only film or video to capture a young Frankie Knuckles in this early era, right after his departure from The Warehouse. 

In the Channel 4 documentary Pump Up the Volume, Knuckles remarks that the first time he heard the term "house music" was upon seeing "we play house music" on a sign in the window of a bar on Chicago's South Side. One of the people in the car joked, "you know that's the kind of music you play down at the Warehouse!" In self-published statements, South-Side Chicago DJ Leonard "Remix" Rroy claimed he put such a sign in a tavern window because it was where he played music that one might find in one's home; in his case, it referred to his mother's soul and disco records, which he worked into his sets

#house music #african music #chicago #african #afrakan #kemetic dreams #brownskin #africans #brown skin #afrakans #african culture #frankie knuckles #Farley “Jackmaster” Funk #dance #evolution of african american music

[tracetdesign]

#moog model 15 #roland tr 808 #synthi a aks #arp 2600 #tb 303 #enamel keyring #synths gift #music producer #@vintage synths #music lover gift

[cannedbluesblog]

Jimmy Page with an ARP 2500 modular synth, Roland GR-700 Guitar Synth plus other stuff including a Roland TR-808 drum machine

#Jimmy Page #Arp 2500 #Synth #TR808 #Roland #Roland GR-700 Guitar Synth #Music #Guitar #Rock #1970s #1980s

[lmaonade]

what else does 808 mean

roland tr-808

[wolfnanaki]

Who builds a robot cat and decides to name it "Bob?"

Her name isn't Bob! It's 808, after the beloved and highly influential Roland TR-808 drum machine! Her sound effects even use samples from a real 808.

#Hi-Fi Rush #808

[cgtg]

another doseone-led band i found in the last couple weeks. anticon moment

god this guy is prolific. sry 4 the ramble incoming

reason i havent been rly doing music recs lately is bc ive jusd been fucking hardcore delving into doseone's music repertoire again r0fl. stumbled onto this album "for hero: for fool" & its a huge fav atm. ive been trying 2 find info about the instrumentation on these but all ive found for sure ( so far ) is that they used a roland TR-808 and jel's got his AKAI MPC 2000XL. both visible in live performances

the way jel plays in this, its so fuckin active & immersed & percussive i cant stop watching. the first song (middleclass stomp) is all on beat machine, then the second song (middleclass kill) also uses a drum set (thats jordan dalrymple behind the kit there, switches from guitar to drum on the second song.)

jel on the drum machine, he is insane, cannot rec him enough. he wos a producer on "center city", which is one of my fave sole songs & is in my junior spitfire playlist

the beat on "middleclass stomp" is amazing 2 me but this live version doesnt emphasize the *guitar* nearly as well tbh, which is maybe the most delicious part of the song, the way this song moves... peep it

they were rlly dead set on not being defined as hip-hop but its got all the trappings of hip-hop, or kinda is definitively a descendant of it. its a fucking amazing album dude. dose's ability 2 do such evocative & abstracted lyrics that are hard to follow but fucking. mesmerizing to dig into & tell such vivid stories. its unparalleled 2 me.

another fav from the album

rlly rlly nefarious sound i fucking ugh. evry time i listen to this song i start just bouncing like this guy does. esp when that "DROP THE GUTS" part hits

"he was spitting so casual"... teez mcgee points out how effortlessly he seems 2 just pump out bars & its so true . live on stage or in studio he is completely effortless, shockingly casual, all that in one take... & i cant even follow along w/o fumbling most words on my tongue, even when i know the lyrics well

this has been a rando certified autism moment if u read all of it... thanx u

#i want ... to do that. iwant to punch a sampler like that it looks so fuckignfdjklghnlkjfhb345n453432 #song recz #my own rec. hehe. #Youtube