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The 28 pages that link to Drum machine, each with the reason it gives.
Electronic dance musicRelated: Programmed beats give many EDM tracks their steady, repeatable pulse.
Dance-popRelated: Programmed drums help establish dance-pop’s steady, repeatable pulse.
New wave musicRelated: Drum machines gave new wave recordings precise, repeatable rhythms and unfamiliar textures.
House musicRelated: Drum machines supplied the sharply repeated rhythms central to early house tracks.
Hip-hop productionRelated: Programmed kick and snare patterns establish a track’s rhythmic foundation.
Dr. DreRelated: Programmed drums gave Dre’s productions tightly controlled, forceful rhythms.
Synth-popRelated: Programmed beats gave synth-pop its precise, repeatable rhythmic foundation.
RaïRelated: Drum machines helped raï producers build dance-oriented studio rhythms.
G-funkNarrower topic: Programmed drums support G-funk's steady, spacious grooves beneath its melodic layers.
TechnoRelated: Programmed kick and percussion patterns give techno its precise, repeatable rhythmic foundation.
Contemporary R&BRelated: Programmed beats give many contemporary R&B songs their controlled, syncopated pulse.
KraftwerkRelated: Programmable percussion helped give Kraftwerk's recordings their exact, repeatable pulse.
Run-DMCRelated: Machine-made beats gave the group's records their hard, uncluttered pulse.
Smooth jazzRelated: Programmed or tightly controlled beats support the genre’s steady, accessible grooves.
Straight Outta ComptonRelated: Programmed drum patterns give the album’s tracks a hard, tightly controlled pulse.
John FrenchCompared with: French’s intricate parts depended on a human drummer coordinating live, changing ensemble patterns.
BeatboxingCompared with: It automates drum patterns that beatboxers produce live with breath and articulation.
Italo discoRelated: Programmed beats gave many Italo disco records their precise, mechanical groove.
Music sequencerBroader topic: Drum machines use sequencing to program and repeat percussion patterns.
Pharrell WilliamsRelated: Programmed percussion is a recurring foundation in Neptunes productions.
Roland TR-808Narrower topic: The TR-808 became one of the most influential examples of the broader instrument class.
Frankie KnucklesRelated: Drum machines gave his productions the persistent rhythms associated with house.
Post-discoRelated: Programmed beats gave post-disco tracks a precise, repeatable pulse.
Billie JeanRelated: The song’s tightly controlled percussion contributes to its steady, economical groove.
Stayin' AliveRelated: A looped drum-machine pattern supplies the song’s recognizable opening pulse.
Aphex TwinRelated: Programmed percussion gives many tracks their precise, shifting rhythmic structures.
Nine Inch NailsRelated: Programmed rhythms anchor many songs, even when live drummers reshape them onstage.
Selected Ambient Works 85–92Related: Programmed percussion supplies motion without displacing the album’s spacious atmosphere.