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Hammond XK5 summer release adds to the Crumar-Hammond-Nord-Roland vicious circle of choice – please, welcome the new family member. When Clavia Nord and Crumar Mojo appeared on the market the puissance of the authentic genuine organ maker Hammond was a bit shattered because we had to compare the serious contenders.

Val Kolton has always had something for technologies, music and design. Clubbing and that whole Ibiza culture made him choose music - well done, Ibiza. Rodeo Drive reminded him of how “gravely” music affected fashion. Roland suggested getting down to engineering. As a result we’ve got AIRA logo on the V-MODA headphones and we’re waiting for a new high-end Bluetooth speaker coming soon. You’ll learn more about V-MODA company shares redistribution following our news.

The Greek brand Dreadbox brought their apologies on its official website revealing the real number of their teammates – one of which is actually a dog, – complaining about the taxes and boasting of some new and up-coming projects. Anyway it’s great that Greece is obviously doing ok – some local products appeared to be so popular that all the units were sold out during the very first days of the pre-order.

A sound artist, designer and electronic musician Yuri Suzuki, who once moved to London to study Design Products at the Royal College of Art, collaborated with Yamaha and today you can see his music installations and instruments at the major world expositions including those which take place at Tate and MoMa as well as London Design Festival. Garden of Russolo (2013), Jelly Fish Theremin (2004), music glove The Sound of the Earth (2012), radio circuit in the layout of the London Tube Map - Tube Map Radio (2012) are the most prominent creations of the designer. We’ll talk about some of the mysterious sound producing things ever made by Yuri Suzuki.

9.09 Roland starts a 24-hour music online festival dedicated to the 33 anniversary of the legendary Roland TR-909 rhythm machine. More than 30 instruments and services: drums, pianos, synthesizer, DJ devices, effect processor, amplifier and etc. There are going to be exclusive performances and the event will be broadcasted live from Los Angeles, Tokyo, Toronto, New York, Berlin, Paris, Brussels and other cities.