The sequencer on the 808, a row of 16 color-coded buttons, offered artists a way to store beats they programmed. Courtesy of Roland Even if you don't know the Roland TR-808 drum machine by name ...

In terms of the drum machine ... ballad is a gorgeous slice of dreamy 1960s pop in its own right, the underpinning of the FR-1's steady pulsing beat adds a further out-of-time quality, especially ...