The pattern that resonates in the 1985 reggae hit by Wayne Smith, “Under Mi Sleng Teng," came from Casiotone MT-40, which went on sale in 1981, the first product Hiroko Okuda worked on after ...

It was originally a preset rhythm pattern programmed into the Casiotone MT-40, released in 1981. It was this preset that Smith and his friends used as the basic building block for their ...

We know — the economic times are hard. We believe that our work in upholding the First Amendment and reporting on these changing, challenging times is more important than ever. We need to raise ...

The name of Owen Ashworth’s one-man band, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, lets you know you’re in for some melancholy bedroom pop played on bargain synths. But what it doesn’t convey is j ...

Casiotone For The Painfully Alone’s Etiquette was the first album that Owen Ashworth brought to a proper studio after keeping the project exclusively lo-fi from the start. The 2006 LP’s small ...

The pattern that resonates in the 1985 reggae hit by Wayne Smith, “Under Mi Sleng Teng,” came from Casiotone MT-40, which went on sale in 1981, the first product Hiroko Okuda worked on after ...

Your mid-twenties can be tough. Casiotone-man Owen Ashworth sounds like he's trying to provide a soundtrack to that sentiment. The tired plonking of big fingers on little keyboards, the resigned ...

The pattern that resonates in the 1985 reggae hit by Wayne Smith, Under Mi Sleng Teng, came from the Casiotone MT-40, which went on sale in 1981. It was the first product Hiroko Okuda worked on after ...