Dancing to the Drum Machine: How Electronic Percussion Conquered the World

Dancing to the Drum Machine is a never—before—attempted history of what is perhaps the most controversial musical instrument ever invented: the drum machine. Here, author Dan LeRoy reveals the untold story of how their mechanical pulse became the new heartbeat of popular music. The pristine snap of the LinnDrum. The bottom—heavy beats of the Roland 808. The groundbreaking samples of the E—MUSP—1200. All these machines—and their weirder, wilder—sounding cousins—changed composition, recording...