FOLK YEAH: If twang is your game, welcome to your lucky week. In the span of the next few days, Santa Barbara’s venues (large and small) are experiencing an influx of indie-folk goodness. It all kicks ...

Superbooth 25: Our only problem with the Groove Synthesis 3rd Wave - a stunning evolution of the classic Waldorf PPG Wave wavetable synths from the ‘80s - was that we couldn’t really afford it. This ...

Nic Hamersly of Sarasota is the analog man who fell to earth, trapped in a digital world. But as Ortrotasce, his minimal synth project, he comes off more forward-looking and -sounding than a lot of ...

Watch J3PO take this wavetable/analogue hybrid for a spin When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A week on from its enigmatic debut, we ...

There was a time when the party or club DJ would just have to scratch, mix and spin to get the joint jumping and the bodies grooving. More recently, electronic instruments like synthesizers and drum ...

Back in 1989, producer Flood told Depeche Mode - then seeking a new sound but feeling a need to stick to their electronic group principles - “If you wanna use a guitar, use a guitar”. It’s a piece of ...

The 1975’s new album has a crazy and stupid title: I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful, Yet So Unaware of It. Two commas, count ’em. Few other album names are complete sentences, and ...

NAMM 2022: Hardware newcomer Groove Synthesis has now given us the fully skinny on its several-times-teased 3rd Wave synth. The members of the team behind it, we now know, previously worked for ...

For the first time since the '90s, Kraftwerk is planning to tour the US. Its first date in the States: April 26 at Seattle's Paramount Theatre. The German group, whose sterile synth grooves are the ...

If you're into synths and grooveboxes at all, chances are you're familiar with Elektron's Digitone. It's part of it's mid-range "Digi" line of instruments, and it's loaded with all sorts of gorgeous ...

James grew up in the arcades of the 80s and has played games on everything from the Milton Bradley Microvision to the PlayStation 5. He worked in gaming retail during the PS1/PS2 eras, and even had a ...