DJ Champion Follows Up Chil'em All Nov 17, 2009
He kept some of the fundamentals 808 drum machines with guitar. But for Resistance the guitar tones are crunchier, the songs heavier, and the vocals courtesy of a male singer, Pilou Cote. (Suite101.com)
Pop prince of Pakistan finds a new vibe in US Nov 8, 2009
With his latest tour, which arrives at the Berklee Performance Center this evening, Zafar hopes to win over new fans with an East-meets-West brew that fuses traditional Punjabi folk melodies and Pakistani classical influences with electric guitars and drum machines. Speaking via phone just hours after landing in the States for his first American tour since 2007, Zafar had hit the ground running. (Boston Globe)
Casablancas: 'Phrazes' Nov 2, 2009
Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas has clearly invested himself in making his long-awaited solo album sound as little like the Strokes as possible, slathering on the '80s synths and hyperactive drum machines that sound much better on the dance tracks than the lo-fi country waltz. Julian Casablancas: 'Phrazes for the Young. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
* [ MUSIC ] Tapping your inner Clapton Oct 6, 2009
The BeatMaker from Intua, for example, combines drum machines, samplers and sequencers. It allows users to layer tracks, then loop them as one would in a full-fledged studio. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Musicians flex creative muscles on iPhones Sep 9, 2009
Among the tens of thousands of applications created for Apple Inc.'s iPod Touch and iPhone are more than 100 that transform the devices into music makers: synthesizers, guitars and drum machines that allow you to tap out rhythms and melodies, as well as trombones, flutes and ocarinas activated by blowing into the microphone ... That keeps him out of the studio for long stretches, and he can't exactly cart around the hefty old synthesizers and drum machines whose sound he favors ... The hardware... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
Musician's passion fuels production Aug 17, 2009
And we'll be here with drum machines and keyboards to help them create the backing tracks and they can just go out there and sing or rap and just do what they do. The studio will have the full capabilities to take a vocalist from start to a finished mixed and mastered CD recording. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Essentials: This weekend's live music picks Aug 14, 2009
Friday @ Amnesia: Bay Area's Jonas Reinhardt melds analog synths and drum machines into cyclical rhythmic patterns that are trance-inducing, sending one off into a transcendent, ethereal realm. His cadenced electronica is a distinct tribute to its predecessors, from Krautrock to motorik to drone music. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
11 Things: Couples in bands Aug 14, 2009
Another Montreal band, duo Dan Boeckner from Wolf Parade and his wife, Alexei Perry, have made music together since 2005, using drum machines and world-weary melodies to distinguish the band from Wolf Parade. 8. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Keith Urban discusses his renewal Jul 26, 2009
He believes that banjos and drum machines were made for each other. Anyone who saw Urban s weirdly thrilling duet with Alicia Keys on the Rolling Stones Gimme Shelter at 2007 s Live Earth Concert knows that he s far more adept at smashing boundaries than his trajectory so far would suggest. (Boston Globe)
Jackson's Kids Emerge from Behin00004000d the Veil Jul 8, 2009
It is from an era of excess, when electronic drum machines, and electronic keyboards replaced musicians. When dancers, flashing lights replaced groovy. (CBS News)
* [ EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT ] Jun 26, 2009
As 1976 has invested in new equipment (synthesizers, drum machines, etc. expect a departure from the groups previous work. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Grunge's Long Shadow May 30, 2009
With these and other post-disco offshoots, the classic sonic signifiers of heyday mid-'70s discothe shuffling high-hat driven beat, walking bass lines, tempestuous string-swept orchestrationsfaded away as the music became increasingly electronic, based around drum machines, sequenced bass lines, and synth-licks. But the torrid diva vocals endured, as did disco's raison d'tre (igniting the dance floor, providing release on the weekends), along with much of the infrastructure of a clubbing... (Slate)
Depeche Mode's new album and band merch May 8, 2009
Recorded in Santa Barbara and New York, Depeche Mode returned to using a lot of vintage gear, from analogue synthesisers to drum machines, in order to conjure up the retro-futuristic arrangements featured on the album. Lyrically the release contains many of the group's enduring obsessions plus more overt black humour than any of their previous collections. (iAfrica.com)
Personal Jesus: the second coming Apr 28, 2009
New York 'I just can't get enough," sang Depeche Mode on their first Top 10 single, and 28 years later they're proving again that they have no interest in quitting the music game: This week saw the release of their 12th studio album, the well reviewed Sounds of the Universe. The disc sounds a little like the three main band members, now in their late 40s, look, which is to say craggier and less spry than the smooth-skinned twentysomethings who soared to worldwide fame as purveyors of dance-floor... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Reconsidering a visit to the Pet Shop Apr 28, 2009
Here, weakness equals reality, just as the obbligato Spanish guitar implies that acoustic sounds are more true than synths and drum machines. But King of Rome is just as exposed, as Tennant's fey nasal voice floats over a bed of synthesizers. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Its not all gloom and doom for Depeche Mode Apr 28, 2009
Utilizing vintage analog keyboards and drum machines, the English trio rekindle their 1980s sound one which still evokes a futuristic, outer space vibe while lyrically again giving voice to their longtime obsession: The sadomasochistic elements of relationships and faith. Unlike a lot of the electro groups, who were groundbreaking in their use of technology but unable to translate that into sturdy songs, Depeche Mode feel like real writers who happen to use these sounds as their... (MSNBC -- News)
The Day is nigh for Xu's sold-out Beijing gig Apr 9, 2009
He returned with the album Time, Roam under EMI and its blend of modern drum machines and traditional bamboo flute was testament to a profound change. People sensed in the album a much more peaceful and light-hearted mood. (Xinhuanet, China)
Blasters Guitarist and MI Instructor Keith Wyatt Is Featured In a Podcast Interview on Boss USA (www.bossus.com) Feb 27, 2009
Segment 2 includes more audio excerpts from the Blasters, as well as a discussion of classic effects like tremolo and slap delay and the use of metronomes and drum machines. Listeners can access the podcast directly at. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
More specialty Linuxes to the rescue Feb 24, 2009
As you like it These distributions are outstanding examples of flexibility of the Linux OS; it sits at the heart of systems as small as a firewall running on an embedded PC, or as large as a multigigabyte musical performance workstation running virtual analog synthesizers and drum machines. No less important is the abundance of open source applications whose quality rivals most commercial counterparts. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
