A new book, set to be published in February, will explore the impact that synths and various forms of music technology had on the development...
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Let The Music Play: How R&B Fell In Love With 80s Synths explores work by Prince, Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock and more
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Forty years ago, in August 1983, jazz keyboard legend Herbie Hancock released 'Future Shock', a genre-defying album that introduced audiences around the world to vinyl scratching, hip-hop beats and sampling. It ushered in a new era of production techniques and studio exploration, and laid a blueprint for the following decade's hip-hop explosion. Here, Marke Bieschke explores the record's incredible legacy
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His innovations can be heard on the music of artists including Prince, Herbie Hancock, and Stevie Wonder.