Brian and Murdock unravel the story of the Roland TR-808 - a drum machine/musical innovation hailed as an absolute failure - until it absolutely wasn't.

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SHOW NOTES:

https://www.reddit.com/r/trapproduction/comments/2d9sc2/what_is_an_808/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_TR-808

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Lover

https://youtu.be/7_CIiNBdEvI?si=eN1KI8gcGE-12uA4

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Lewis

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/13/arts/music/don-lewis-dead.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIDI

https://djhistory.com/read/don-lewis-changed-electronic-music/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_(music)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum_machine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_MC-8_Microcomposer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_CR-78

https://www.roland.com/us/promos/roland_tr-808/

The Mr Tuna reel showing 808 use: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDQjcrPvBoP/

Roland’s “808 Beats” Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0tYX2qYhiZxpaB5jnMPRjV?go=1&sp_cid=d7e1412f578968a8f36733673e0bd2a1&utm_source=embed_player_p&utm_medium=desktop

https://articles.roland.com/paul-revere-beastie-boys/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00kn4rj

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_of_Glass_(song)

https://iprofessdesign.wordpress.com/2020/08/20/the-modest-mr-kakehashi-and-the-defect-effect/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4oO7PT_nzQ&t=487

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