Bjooks - BEAT GEMS
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Bjooks Beat Gems — 100+ Drum Machines That Shaped Modern Music Across Six Decades
Beat Gems traces the history of the drum machine across more than six decades, from early preset rhythm boxes to the 808, 909, LinnDrum, MPC and plenty of less obvious machines along the way. Written by electronic-instrument historian Oli Freke and edited by Kim Bjørn, it looks not just at the hardware itself, but at the circuits, design decisions, musicians and occasional creative misuse that turned these boxes into a major part of modern music.
With a foreword by Jeff Mills, the book spreads its story across 336 full-colour pages and more than 100 drum machines, with over 65 receiving detailed profiles, historical context, engineering stories and artist connections. For anyone curious about how these machines found their way into modern music, there is plenty of serious drum-machine archaeology here.
Contents:
- Hardcover book about the history and culture of drum machines
- Written by Oli Freke, edited by Kim Bjørn
- Foreword by Jeff Mills
- More than 100 drum machines featured (65+ in detail)
- Covers more than six decades of electronic rhythm instruments
- Historical, technical and cultural background
- Exclusive photography
- 336 full-colour pages
- English language