R is for Roland

 

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Selected Roland synthesizers and drum machines

An Illustrated book by Tabita Hub

Written by Michal Matlak and Florian Anwander

Printed in a limited edition

Available exclusively here up from May 11th

 

http://www.roland-book.com/

 

50 euros in Germany

60 euros worldwide

Edited May 5, 2015 by vincentvc

Nice, but why would I pay 50 euros for a book of photos?

  On 5/5/2015 at 4:31 PM, Verdant Hickies said:

Nice, but why would I pay 50 euros for a book of photos?

 

it has text too

 

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Its collection of exclusive descriptions and photos, plus interviews and stories from the likes of Legowelt, Egyptian Lover, Jeff Mills, Mark Ernestus, Modeselektor, Lee Scratch Perry, Moby, Robert Hood, Mathew Jonson, make it clear that these machines can create emotional connections.

Edited May 5, 2015 by vincentvc

  On 5/5/2015 at 4:31 PM, Verdant Hickies said:

Nice, but why would I pay 50 euros for a book of photos?

if you had a raging roland chub the size some people have on this forum it might make sense, but yeah without one it makes zero sense

Edited May 6, 2015 by John Ehrlichman

i dunno might get this and i dont even have roland gear or anything

i like nice books with nice pics of nice things with nice texts in nice layouts

 

384 pages for 46euros is a steal nowadays

 

How epic

 

More exploitation of the hype and false nostalgia for roland products.

 

Its a nice looking book... now give me PDF and lets forget about the whole thing.

  On 5/5/2015 at 4:31 PM, Verdant Hickies said:

Nice, but why would I pay 50 euros for a book of photos?

That's really not a bad amount for an art/design book at all - I recently paid £45 (which works out as €60) for a photography book that had probably less than half the pages contained in the above book.

The cover should have had knobs on it. For twiddling.

If I suppress my guilt for owning a piece of dead tree laminated in plastic and delivered in a fossil fueled machine, I could own this and enjoy it.

#preach