Rude 66 from Amsterdam has been an electronic musician since 1986. First as keyboard maniac/ drummer with a Dutch noise outfit, then as a member of the band Voice of…
Rude 66
Zzino
Marc Van Campenhout became Zzino around 1986, right at beginning of the house and techno era. It wasn't long before he had his first release (1989) under the name Nevermind,…
Ensoniq ASR-X
Ensoniq have made a brave move with this hybrid sampler, because in deciding to enter the Akai-dominated sampling workstation market they could have come unstuck rather than coming up trumps.…
Roland TB-303
The Roland TB-303 Bass Line is a synthesizer/sequencer manufactured by the Roland corporation in 1982 and 1983 that had a defining role in the development of contemporary electronic music. The…
Roland SH-101
The Roland SH101, released around 1982, was designed to be accessible and affordable; it's also compact and lightweight with a very easy layout. If you're not creating wild sounds within…
Akai S2000
Every once in a while, a piece of gear comes along that attracts a huge amount of interest, not because it offers anything really new in the way of facilities,…
Korg Poly 800
The Korg Poly 800 is a polyphonic (8 voices), programmable synthesizer featured a 49-note (C-C) non-velocity keyboard, MIDI, one DCO per voice, a single VCF, three six-segment envelope generators (one…
Korg N364
In 1988 Korg launched the M1, which, if we set aside unaffordable monsters such as the Fairlight CMI and Synclavier, introduced on-board sequencing, 8-part multitimbrality, and the workstation concept to…
Korg MS-2000 + MS-2000BR
Since its introduction in 1978, the KORG MS series of synthesizers has caused a sensation by its sound, looks, and flexibility in sound creation. More than twenty years later, a…
Roland MKS-30 / PG-200
The MKS-30 Planet S is commonly referred to as a rackmount JX-3P. The MKS-30 has several advantages over the JX-3P, including simultaneous use of the PG-200 programmer and MIDI, a…