roland aira

The Roland AIRA TR-8 is an incredibly powerful standalone performance and production tool - but what would happen if you super-charged it with a bit of creative MIDI mapping and sound manipulation in Ableton Live? In part one of a new…

Recently Ean has been posting weekly live performance videos on his Facebook page. These performances are a 100% live freestyle jam, completely un-edited and off the cuff. In one of his video’s Ean performs with Allen & Heath Xone:92,…

Tomorrow afternoon I will set out with Richie Hawtin and a talented cast of electronic music experts on the second edition of CNTRL. Each day the group will speak at universities across the nation in a quest to inspire new and old producers…

Before the introduction of DAW’s (Digital Audio Workstation) and laptops, most electronic music was created using a variety of analog gear. However as the cost of software and laptops dropped, more people started learning how to make music…

This year's NAMM was pretty exciting in the DJ world, with many of the big names in the industry making significant product announcements. We've covered a lot of the new gear over the last few days, so to round things up we're choosing our…

Roland first released the original TR-808 drum machine all the way back in 1980, and after 34 years they're finally making a brand new version of the legendary unit. Offering just a simple retrospective teaser that promises the unit will be…