We’re very pleased to bring you this episode, and more to come in the future, thanks to our friends at Twenty Thousand Hertz, a podcast that tells the stories behind the world’s most recognizable and interesting sounds.

From electric guitars to samplers to drum machines and beyond, the music we love is only possible thanks to the technology used to create it. In many ways, the history of popular music is really a history of technological innovation. In this episode, Twenty Thousand Hertz partnered with BandLab to unpack four inventions that changed music forever. Featuring author and journalist Greg Milner.

Music featured in this episode:

Original music by Wesley Slover
Prelude by Ghostnaut
To Little, With Love by Elvin Vanguard
And All the Rest by Dream Cave
Subtractions by Epocha
To Find You (with KYAND) by Modera
Out Linear by Sweet Stare
Grumpalo by High Horse
Grand Theft by Katori Walker
One Day by Ten Towers
Hopscotch Bop by Stan Forebee
I Feel You by Yuppycult
Swing Step by iamalex
Here With You by Super Duper

Twenty Thousand Hertz is produced out of the studios of Defacto Sound, and hosted by Dallas Taylor.