The song begins with a sound that clearly has no known acoustic analogue, followed by adrummachineand sampled crowd noises.
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In the earlier recording, this initial percussive sound is performed using adrummachine, followed by the introduction of electronic keyboard, glockenspiel, shakers and use of glissandi.
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One possible explanation for this situation lies in technology: the most common durations are those that can be entered with the sixteen buttons of adrummachine.
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It also features a vocoder, both conventional and step sequencers and a built-indrummachine.
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The band was just the two of them on stage with two guitars, onedrummachineand aggressive melodic vocals.
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They began performing (once again) with adrummachine.
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The band appears to use adrummachinefor the music's drumming.
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They could be triggered from almost anything including an old synth with a gate output or, indeed, the trigger outputs of adrummachine.
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As the program explained, it was also very unusual to use adrummachinein the context of a rock band.
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In the absence of a drummer, the band used adrummachineas it had in its earliest incarnation.
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The track blends hard rock and funk with a loud, boomingdrummachinepattern, and aggressive bass and lead guitar wailing throughout.
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The music is built around a haunting riff, complemented by sparsedrummachineand some musical accompaniment.
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By treating the sounds with echo and filtering they used thedrummachineto record rhythm tracks for their second album.
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The mid-tempo song relies heavily on adrummachinepattern and bass guitar with synthesizers in the refrain.
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The percussion on the album was handled by adrummachine.
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