Released in 2001, Boss' SP-303 Dr. Sample was a digital phrase sampler and effects processor. The compact machine's affordability and ease of use made it popular with musicians and producers, ...

During the late '80s and early parts of the '90s, R&B was dominated by the new jack swing era, with artists such as Janet Jackson, New Edition and Boyz II Men being some of the subgenre's most ...

I’m sitting in the basement of a low-rise corner building in Bushwick with 23-year-old rapper/producer Cash Cobain, and it’s finally time to throw on the Spice Girls. The basement is a converted ...

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. What if Ableton music software had a built-in Github so musicians could contribute and modify samples ...

"People call it weird but really it's not, man. It's just new." The producer is one of the most crucial yet anonymous figures in all of music. Every now and again we aim to illuminate these ...

When it comes to electronic music, the beat is everything. It’s the style and sound of a track’s drum groove that defines what genre it fits into. A track might, for example, have all the sonic ...