Tag: New Order
Quincy Jones, the ultimate producer, dies at age 91
Acclaimed as the most influential music producer in history, Quincy Jones was a jazz musician, songwriter, arranger, activist and trailblazing executive, and produced the best-selling album of all time.
Syncussion Mania: For the Love of Synth Drums
A brief history of the once-unloved Syncussion, a drum synth designed for actual drummers that became a mainstay of modern electronic music production.
There was a war on disco. Disco won.
A new documentary says the quiet part out loud: the disco backlash was a battle in the culture war against Black and queer Americans. But Disco won.
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Funding Yourself To Death: The Strange Story of Aodyo
After several successful crowdsourcing campaigns, French synth maker Aodyo crashed into bankruptcy. What went wrong?