From droning electronic pieces to spiritual soundscapes, these records offer a beautiful entry point into this immersive genre.
Learn how the pandemic-born music organization provides “inclusive, real-world creative arts experiences" in this exclusive conversation.
From panels to interviews to performances, here is a rundown of Roland's presence at Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) 2025.
The outfit's latest rekindles its bond with the Metropole Orkest, as Bill Laurance’s harmonic style enters new orchestral and jazz frontiers.
An intimate quest for connection, the latest release from TEED is a shimmering, memory-soaked blend of tender synths and emotional clarity.
Here's how the 1984 Queen single flipped the script on their musical direction, ushering in a new wave of success for the group.
For these Edmonton synth provocateurs, punk is more than a genre. Find out how the term grounds them in decades of DIY efforts.
Jazz, hip-hop, classical, and experimental sounds coalesce in the bassist's music. Find out how he's created a space for his unique style.
Take a deep dive into the way streaming recommendations work—and how online algorithms shape our musical listening habits.
Founded by A. G. Cook, PC Music is a label that spawned an entire genre, garnering widespread notoriety in the process.
Roland was a key part of the sampling movement—redefining what music could be. Take a guided tour of Roland samplers from past to present
The TR-606 endures for its crisp, punchy sound, as well as trigger capabilities and extensive mods. Find out why it remains a classic.
Cerebral one moment, floor-shaking the next—Brian Lindgren’s project confounds notions of how an electronic release should sound and feel.
At the heart of Tangerine Dream’s hypnotic “White Eagle” lies a secret—one kept between the band and a pair of JUPITER-8s.
Leftfield came from the same primordial soup as the greatest British dance acts. Explore this iconic track and the TB-303's role in it.
Detroit’s enigmatic duo Drexciya submerged themselves in Afrofuturist myth. "Rublicks Cube" is a transcendent TR-606 classic.
Here's how the artist's omnipresent '90s hit "Praise You" harnessed the Roland TB-303 to become a radio and dancefloor sensation.
Here's how the 1984 Queen single flipped the script on their musical direction, ushering in a new wave of success for the group.
Charles “BLVK Samurai” Burchell is a music producer, rapper, multi-instrumentalist, and educator from New Orleans, Louisiana.
Eric is a freelance pop culture blogger with bylines in Rolling Stone, Vice, Pitchfork, and Nylon. He is also a DJ, producer, and pro-wrestling critic.
Jessi Brown is a writer who lives in Seattle and online. She’s been tinkering with technology for over 25 years and never stops thinking about how it’s made and how it affects people.
Hannah Lockwood is an audio engineer/electronic music producer from Sydney. Her live sets are a collision of noise and harmony centered on modular synthesis. Hannah co-founded the Deep Seeded collective, showcasing the local live electronic artists and DJs actively breaking the boundaries of contemporary music.
2020 certainly hasn’t been a typical summer, but at least the world has had one reliable constant: good indie music. Here's a playlist to prove it.
Auris Presents shares what makes ARC Music Festival unique and how it’s grown into an unmissable event for Chicago and beyond.
Electronic music producer Christopher Kah highlights Roland instruments in ECHO, his new immersive 3D audio performances.
From oil paintings to digital illustration, sculptures to industrial design, synthesizers as art are finally shining in the limelight.
In our new quarantine reality, many of us work from home and socialize through a screen, making technology increasingly central in our lives.