In celebration of 606 day (the 6th of June) I have put together a non-stop mix of songs that feature the Roland TR-606 drum machine. This mix is focused only on Electro.
The TR-606 & TB-303 launched together in 1981 as a matched pair to provide solo artists the chance to practice without other individuals, solely using the TR-606 and TB-303 as drums and bass lines to practice to, but the programming and artificial sounds made the boxes uncomfortable to use and they soon lost their luster. With a punching, mids-focused sound somewhere between the tone of the 909 and the 808, the 606 was a compact and visually-direct drum machine that had a much more discreet form factor than its siblings. The 606 has a tight punch rather than the boom of the 808, and the percussion has a distinctly metallic quality, even the snare. This gives the 606 a unified feeling that has captured the imaginations of artists for generations.
This mix was published for the @DarkScienceElectro program which is an Electro music podcast/blog that publishes daily on Facebook and Soundcloud. The artwork that represents the mix is by www.redbubble.com/people/kellygilleran
Anthony Rother - Simulationszeitalter
VC-118A - Dither
Privacy - Apex Predator
Morphology - Dark Star
Ectomorph - Skin
AS1 - Higher Beings Watching
Eoism - The Last To Know
CRC - Eyes Of Louise Brookes
Russell E. L. Butler - Teachers
DVS NME - The Synergist
Marco Bernardi - Complete Direction
Sprawl - Neural Acid
The Advent - Boogie Electro
DMX Krew - Zaibatsu
Koova - RTFM
The Outsider - Dissonanz
Elecktroids - Floatation
Teslasonic - Amphibian 606
Automat - Corde
