Sleng Teng, the rhythm that transformed dancehall-reggae, turns 40 this year. Lloyd “King Jammy” James, who produced the computerised beat and hit single of the same name, plans to celebrate the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this photo released by Casio Computer Co., Hiroko Okuda holds, at its headquarters in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2022, the Casio MT-40 ...

Looking at the Casio Casiotone MT40, you'd be forgiven for thinking it was an unremarkable keyboard. You may even have owned one just like it. Launched in 1981, the cream machine came with 37 keys, 22 ...

A new reissue marks the 40th anniversary of “Under Me Sleng Teng,” considered one of dancehall’s first digital songs and, with over 500 versions, among the most recycled. By Patricia Meschino In 1984, ...

Singer and Dancehall Reggae pioneer Wayne Smith, who ushered in a new wave of digital beats in the genre, is dead at 48. Credited with creating the still popular “Under mi Sleng Teng” riddim, or ...

On the night of 23 February 1985, a soundclash to end them all was in full swing on a big lawn off Waltham Park Road in Kingston, Jamaica. Black Scorpio sound system’s Jah Screw kicked off the event ...

A musical revolution in Jamaica has a connection with a bouncy rhythm from a portable electronic keyboard that’s the brainchild of a Japanese woman. The pattern that resonates in the 1985 reggae hit ...

In this photo released by Casio Computer Co., Hiroko Okuda holds the Casio MT-40 portable keyboard player, which she created in 1981, at Casio Computer Co. headquarters in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2022, ...

TOKYO — A musical revolution in Jamaica has a connection with a bouncy rhythm from a portable electronic keyboard that's the brainchild of a Japanese woman. The pattern that resonates in the 1985 ...

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I remember when I was 15 and these models would be in the stores, customers would toy with them a lot. At the time I thought they were just that - TOYS for hobbyists. They ain't Minimoogs, Roland ...