Roland re-issues the 303 as the TB-03

I just found out by accident that Roland have decided to re-do/re-issue it's long discontinued classic, the TB-3030 as the TB-03, looking like an exact clone of it's 80s counterpart. Maybe this was in response to the rather un-impressive reaction to their Aira TB-3 device from a couple years ago, which I own and find very, very effective and pleasing. Plus before the re-release of the TB-03, was the only real viable alternative to owning an actual classic 303, which I saw fetching prices of $15000 in USD for used models. But then again, TB-303's were "the" classic acid squeeking box which no real technohead could be without (unless you had some kind of emulator or a competitor's equivalent), and the reputation of this machine goes without saying. Anyway, I am very happy with my Aira TB3, and hope that folks who weren't impressed by it to find the newly re-issued TB-03 a bit more to their liking!

Another analogue device for the wishlist

Ah yes, the infamous Korg Electribe series (the first ones). When I got lucky and purchased a perfectly working EM-1 one, I never knew I would be falling in love with this type of mini "Workstation". These little beasts were designed to be portable (more or less, although they can not be powered by batteries so you need an electrical outlet) so they were somewhat popular in the earlier Y2K era, especially with the DJ types. However their compact size and very powerful sound really majkes these devices quite charming and worthwhile to those who know what to do with them and put them to good use. Since I am at the moment without a properly usuable sampler (my S-330 hasn't been operated for years due to lack of space and external controller) I've had my eyes on the ES-1 from the electribe series for quite some time now. Anyway, I shall still be keeping an eye out for an affordable one of these, because over the last year or so (perhaps even longer), they've been quite expensive to acquire on the second hand market.