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By 1984, Chicago DJs Frankie Knuckles and Ron Hardy were repurposing disco tracks with drum machines like the Roland TR-808 and 909 to create hypnotic beats.
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Joycelyn Wilson, The Conversation, 30 Jan. 2025
With their Kangol hats, unlaced Adidas, and leather jackets, Run-DMC redefined the look as well as the sound of hip-hop at the end of the disco era, ushering in harsh drum machine beats, staccato cadences, and occasional explosions of hard rock guitar.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 28 Jan. 2025
House music’s innovators turned to the drum machine to create the genre’s foundational four-on-the-floor dance rhythm.
—Joycelyn Wilson, The Conversation, 30 Jan. 2025
The slow-rolling single with skittering drum machine beats mashed against both mens’ drawling vocals is of a piece with Jelly’s frequent lyrical focus on mental health and his battles with substance use.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 24 Jan. 2025
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Joycelyn Wilson, The Conversation, 30 Jan. 2025
With their Kangol hats, unlaced Adidas, and leather jackets, Run-DMC redefined the look as well as the sound of hip-hop at the end of the disco era, ushering in harsh drum machine beats, staccato cadences, and occasional explosions of hard rock guitar.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 28 Jan. 2025
House music’s innovators turned to the drum machine to create the genre’s foundational four-on-the-floor dance rhythm.
—Joycelyn Wilson, The Conversation, 30 Jan. 2025
The slow-rolling single with skittering drum machine beats mashed against both mens’ drawling vocals is of a piece with Jelly’s frequent lyrical focus on mental health and his battles with substance use.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Drum machine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drum%20machine. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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