Roland founder and music legend Ikutaro Kakehashi dies

It’s a tragic time for both music and technology. Ikutaro Kakehashi, best known as the founder of Roland Corporation, has died at 87. The engineer turned corporate leader got his start making electronic drums and rhythm pattern generators, but it was after he founded Roland in 1972 that he hit the big time. His company quickly became synonymous with electronic music effects, and the machines built under his watch didn’t just become popular — they changed the cultural landscape.

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SCARLETT JOHANSSON DESTROYS ASSASSINS IN THIS INTENSE 9-MINUTE CLIP FROM ‘GHOST IN THE SHELL’

Paramount has released some tantalizing bits from Scarlett Johansson‘s sci-fi action epic Ghost in the Shell, and it looks like audiences are up for a hell of a ride.

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