Beastie Boys

replica of the first programmable drum machine
replica of the first programmable drum machine
replica of the first programmable drum machine
MR-808 - mechanic drum robot from Sonic Robots on Vimeo. The Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer was one of the first programmable drum machines, produced in the early 1980s. It became an important part of hip hop music to produce a bass drum sound with low frequency - users of the TR-808 are a whos-who of early hip-hop (Beastie Boys, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Dr...