Dancing to the Drum Machine: How Electronic Percussion Conquered the World

Contents

• 1. From Boats to Babies: How Drum Machines Began
• 2. The Rhythm Aces
• 3. Beat Brothers: Sly Stone and JJ Cale
• 4. "The Machines Are Fighting Back"
• 5. Teutonic Sonics: Germany and Programmed Rhythm
• 6. Turn the Beat Around: Eno, Disco and the Drum Machine
• 7. Our Drum Machine Could Be Your Band
• 8. The Drum Machines That Weren't
• 9. Punch the Clock: The Joy and Pain of Drum Programming
• 10. Without Me, You Would Not Even Have Thought of Writing This Book
• 11. Give the (Electronic) Drummer Some
• 12. Inside and Outside the Box: The Linn Revolution
• 13. "Have You Seen This New Drum Machine? Shit!"
• 14. 808 State
• 15. Hip Hop's Electric Guitar
• 16. Worker Bees of the DMX
• 17. How to Destroy an Iconic Band. Ingredients: One Drum Machine
• 18. Destination Emulation
• 19. Mr. K's Last Laugh
• 20. The Mammals Arrive: The Linn 9000 and the End of the Drum Machine
• 21. Computer Love
• 22. Time Out of Time Appendix A: I Am Echo Acknowledgements