What stolen sample is used on 30,000 tracks (and why didn't anyone get paid for it)? How did electronic music start? What's a bone flute? Sound rude? You got a dirty mind ya filth bag. Laugh-out-loud ...

Along the way, many of us have picked up an appreciation for the history of electronic music, whether it’s EDM from the 1990s, 8-bit SID chiptunes, or further back to figures such as Wendy ...

We explore the resounding influence of the German innovators credited with popularizing electronic music-making and launching ...

Looking at instruments by the length of their production run revealed that the most enduring electronic instrument in musical history was the ondes martenot; made famous by Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood ...

An exhibition exploring the history of Italo disco is opening this week at Frankfurt’s Museum of Modern Electronic Music [MOMEM]. Titled, ITALO DISCO – Never Stop Dancing, the exhibition opens on ...

There's still merit in the older stuff, however. Enter BT, a.k.a. Washington, DC-native Brian Transeau. Transeau has been on the scene since the mid-'90s which makes him virtually a classic name in ...

From the Eiffel Tower to the Pilar square. If the rain allows it, everything is ready for Zaragoza to host the Spanish ...

And yet, as Alberga explains in her recent BBC Radio 3 documentary A History of Black Classical Music, there are references to black musicians in Europe going all the way back to the 12th century.

October 4, 2024 • NPR Music's Lars Gotrich and Sheldon Pearce round up the most exciting albums out this Friday, and reflect on the history of instrumental music as protest.

The virtual fest has taken place yearly since 2021, drawing tens of thousands of guests from 159 countries. The next one happens this Nov. 20-23.

The exciting news here (for you and the rest of your household/neighbours) is that Roland claims that the VQD106 delivers “the lowest playing-noise in the history of electronic drum kits” and by that ...