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Friday, June 04, 2010

The First TB-303 Record Ever - from 1982

01 Untitled 1 - First Roland TB-303 Track in History by matrixsynth
via David Bulog http://www.myspace.com/jointhecarcrashset
"This never saw the light of day but thought you may be interested
Within a week of TB-303 being released in New Zealand we went into the studio and decided to make a couple of tracks for a EP that just featured this great machine--just drummcahine + TB-303
recorded at Mandrill---MCI 24 track --Trident desk----AMS reverb
The record company was horrified and refused to put it out"

Or was it CHARANJIT SINGH - Synthesizing: TEN RAGAS TO A DISCO BEAT - india 1982
Thanks to D' Naab 136 for the reminder in the comments.

11 comments:

  1. It is a cool groove, but it gets old fast - you should have done something more with it, like other synths, vocals... something.

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  2. Zara dood that not the point.

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  3. Fantastic sound on that. I absolutely love the subtle use. Class forever.

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  4. The one thing you have to consider is the TB-303 was supposed to be a replacement for a bass guitar at the time. No one was thinking of acid.

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  5. Exactly. These days music is very often based on sound, It's timeless. For more than historical documentation reasons. I think this is a significant find.

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  6. Some Indian Bolywood producer beat ya to it:

    Charanjit Singh - Synthesizing: Ten Ragas To A Disco Beat

    Released in 1982

    More info:
    http://www.theoriginalsoundtrack.com/2010/04/thoughts-on-10-ragas-to-a-disco-beat/

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  7. "Ten Ragas To A Disco Beat" was an April fool mate

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  8. http://www.discogs.com/Charanjit-Singh-Synthesizing-Ten-Ragas-To-A-Disco-Beat/release/2247646

    0 have this

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