The history of electronic music, illustrated.
BRAND NEW: THE DEFINITIVE HISTORY OF THE DRUM MACHINE:
My latest book - the definitive history of the drum machine, from the Wurlitzer Side Man 5000 of 1959 to the Roland TR-1000 of 2025. The technology, impact, and role in modern music. Foreword by techno legend Jeff Mills, gorgeous photography, and many untold stories of drum machine history.
Detailed screenprinted posters of the synthesizers that changed music.
Synth Family Tree - 99 of the greatest synths, drum machines, and samplers of the 20th century.
Synth Evolution - the original book
Synthesizer Evolution: From Analogue to Digital (and Back) is a directory of ‘all the synths’ made between 1963 and 1995, as featured on the Synth Evolution posters. It’s an extended collection, with over 500 hand-drawn illustrations of synths, samplers, drum machines and pre-modern instruments, along with their vital statistics and facts.
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Synthesizer Evolution zines - small format curated collections
The poster that kicked it all off - every synth of the 20th century (450 of them) on one poster organised by year. Available in black and white.