Find out how the Los Angeles nonprofit organization has played a key role in helping participants secure both housing and employment.
Drummer, DJ, and electronic visionary Rusty Egan helped shape Britain's New Romantic pulse—from Visage's "Fade to Grey" to the Blitz Club.
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The Grammy Award-winning producer behind scores of massive hits traces his signature sound to his Roland beginnings.
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.
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.
With the world hit by a pandemic, live events were postponed or canceled. In the Coronavirus Era, virtual concerts have taken their place.
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Founded by A. G. Cook, PC Music is a label that spawned an entire genre, garnering widespread notoriety in the process.
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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.
In addition to being a DJ and music producer, Alexander is key writer for Insomniac.com, the editorial arm of North America's largest dance music event producer.
An MI veteran, Clint was one of the founders of Emagic North America and worked at both Apple and Line 6. A passionate music fan, he heads The New Music Collective.
Kristin Michael Robinson is a freelance music journalist, musician, entrepreneur, publicist, and graduate of USC's Thornton School of Music. Her work appears in Variety, Ones to Watch, Lady Gunn, and The Noise.
Lisa is Global Retail Relations Manager at Roland. She's also a lifelong musician with an extensive touring history and discography.
Run a search for “Octapad” or “Octapadist,” and you'll find a vast musical community. Learn how the instrument became a household word.
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