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Boom Like 8/08/08

Roland TR 808Our fave electronic musical instrument blog, Music Thing posted a tribute to today’s date that doubles as a tribute to the boominist drum machine around, Roland’s vintage TR-808 Rhythm Composer. The machine became so ubiquitous in certain musical circles that it’s been referenced in song lyrics, song titles, and even band names. Check out Music Thing’s list: Today is 808 Day ->

The list includes one of DJ Flack‘s fave tracks, Boom Like an 808 by Blaque:

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