The tapes have lain hidden in Ostend for 40 years. But a legal fight is brewing over who owns them.
  • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.spaceEnglish
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    8 months ago

    In the documentary 808, the Belgian house producers Soulwax claim to have found the TR-808 drum machine Gaye used to record Sexual Healing with in a studio in Belgium, with the original drum patterns still in its memory.

    • GarthTheChickenEnglish
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      8 months ago

      That was a fascinating documentary. I had no idea they had to stop making 808’s because Roland could no longer source the discarded transistors which gave it’s unique sound. I had a 606 but it was never the same