The Verve are up there with the Smiths in terms of bands you wish would still be together but personal relationships within the band make it appear next to impossible that they'll be resurrected.

Disco and classic ... electronic beats, hypnotic basslines, and minimalistic vocals in a way that felt entirely new. Using then-cutting-edge technology like the 808 drum machine and MIDI, the ...

If you want to make music in the modern age, you'll need to add one of the best MIDI keyboards to your setup. No matter what style of music you're creating, a MIDI keyboard is a crucial component to ...

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Coming more than seven years after its previous album “Sacred Hearts Club,” the band’s new endeavor echoes the dynamic energy of the 1980s, from disco beats to quirky production that invokes ...

Similarly, certain styles of music rely heavily on the open hi-hat; it became very popular in the seventies to use an open hi-hat on the off-beats of a drum pattern, for disco and dance-based tracks.

The Irie Ites label, founded by the French production collective of the same name, has long been one of the international reggae scene's leading lights - an impression only strengthened by the Le Mans ...

Yes, most modern sequencers and grooveboxes offer extensive connectivity options, including MIDI, USB, and sometimes CV/Gate, making it easy to integrate them with other synthesizers, drum machines, ...

She was serving us some unique DJ magic. I was blown away, and knew that I was gonna have me some fun! Tweaka was playing fantastic disco beats with a space tranny” twist. Her showmanship was in a ...

Drums, bass and guitars were jettisoned in favour ... Heaven 17 wanted the full Giorgio Moroder flavoured synth disco in New York kit and caboodle and they achieved that with room to spare ...