Today being 8/8/08, we’ll be subjected to all sorts of cute date-and-time gags. For example, John “Parachute Pants” Biggs tells that the Roland TR-808 was a pioneering drum machine back in the day.

For a month, Roland has been teasing its mysterious “Aira” products with a series of videos that invoke the TR-808 and TR-909 Rhythm Composers, classic beat machines that are amongst the best-sounding ...

If you're a fan of 1980s music, then there's a very good chance that you'll already be familiar with the electronic beats provided by what's widely regarded as the drum machine that started it all, ...

It’s the TR-808 drum machine’s 40th anniversary this year, and Roland is marking 808 Day (8/08, of course) with a flood of goodies to celebrate the legendary instrument. To begin with, there’s a mini ...

Episode one premieres today with Egyptian Lover, and later instalments will feature Fatboy Slim, Prince Paul and Soul II Soul's Jazzie B When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

The film features interviews with Pharrell, Phil Collins, the Beastie Boys, Questlove and more. The Roland TR-808 drum machine is responsible for some of the most influential music from the 1980s ...

The Roland TR-808 debuted in the '80s and pop music was, effectively, changed forever. Dance music and hip-hop adopted its low-end bass technology immediately and its jagged effect now flood the Top ...

You might not know it, but you've heard a TR-808. Released in 1980 by Japan's Roland Corporation, the rudimentary drum machine supplied the bombastic beats of early hip-hop, the futuristic sounds of ...

If we know anything about Roland, it's that the company loves to debut new gear on the corresponding date. Today is August 8th, or as the company calls it "808 Day," so naturally it's time for a new ...

But Roland stopped making the 808 in the mid-80s. You can buy one on eBay now for around three grand (and maybe another grand to bring it into good working condition), or use one of the thousands of ...

The TR-808 is the Fender Stratocaster of electronic music. The programmable drum machine was heavily used by pioneers like Afrika Bambaataa, the Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, and Derrick May, and its ...