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A true legend departs but he gave us lots and lots of great things
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Popel Vooje
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Edited Apr 05, 2017, 18:27
Re: A true legend departs but he gave us lots and lots of great things
Apr 04, 2017, 21:32
goosebal wrote:
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/apr/02/roland-founder-and-music-pioneer-ikutaro-kakehashi-dies-aged-87

This is a passing that doesn't feel like a passing due to the amount of 'so much' he is responsible for that still lives with us and will do so for many more years to come.


Indeed - the feller was definitely an unsung innovator in the sense that anyone with even a casual interest in music probably owns at least two or three records that have the sound of the 808 or 909 on them. I have an old Roland PMA5 sequencer from the 90s that has both sounds built in, and in terms of simulated drum sounds I don't think either have been surpassed despite their vintage. In that sense I suppose he was electronic music's equivalent of Les Paul.
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