In 1981 we have to begin with Roland, who could be regarded as the most dominant synth force throughout the '80s, and it certainly doesn’t get much more dominant than the Jupiter-8. An 8-note ...

Synth Riders is one of the best music games out there and last year came out with a DLC pack that strongly implied the existence of more to come in the form of 80s Mixtape Side A, and today the ...

KR-55C is a software version of Korg's "Rhythm 55" KR-55A and KR-55B, heard on Jackson's 1982 hit Steppin' Out ...

Not one to rest on its laurels, the team over at Kluge Interactive has announced yet another new batch of songs available now in Synth Riders. Though it’s hardly been two months since the release of ...

Roland’s Alpha Juno 2 is an analog, polyphonic synth made in the mid-80s. While it isn’t as capable as the massive synths made around that time, it was very influential synth for the techno ...

Of course you don’t need a synthesizer to make excellent music. The next pop culture trend, grunge, essentially was a rebellion to the 80s explosion of synths and neon colors and we’ve seen ...

none more so than synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys who are headlining on Sunday. But how much do you really know about Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe's long career of making pop classics, from the 80s to ...