“He was one of the first to own one and to discover this new, quite radical way of making music" said Bowie collaborator Tony Visconti When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Back in the late 1960s, creating music anywhere was made much easier with a now iconic toy-like pocket synth called the Stylophone. Now Dubreq is aiming to do the same for beat makers with a portable ...

Dubreq, the brand behind the Stylophone, has announced the release of the Stylophone Theremin, its own version of the theremin, an early synthesizer controlled using the performer's hand movements in ...

David Bowie’s career-long association with the world’s first ‘pocket synthesizer’ is being celebrated with the launch of a Bowie Stylophone. The limited-edition Stylophone commemorates Bowie’s ...

Dubreq has announced the release of Stylophone BEAT, an affordable, pocket-sized drum machine featuring the same stylus-based design as its flagship Stylophone synthesizer. The drum machine offers ...

In 1968 a British engineer, Brian Jarvis, invented the monophonic organ, a musical instrument known for its unique space age sound. The Stylophone rapidly became the instrument of choice for the likes ...

The Stylophone started life as a kitschy electronic toy instrument—the digital version of the kazoo, if you will—but over the years has slowly developed new sounds and features making it more than ...

David Bowie famously used a Stylophone on "Space Oddity" all the way back in 1969. Over half a century later, Stylophone maker Dubreq has released a Bowie version of the synthesizer. Dubreq teamed up ...

Originally announced in January, and planned for release a month later, the Stylophone Gen R-8 touch analog synthesizer has now finally been released. But only 500 will be made. The first thing you ...

What is it? The sound of parents' nightmares in the 70s. The original Dubreq Stylophone – a kind of stylus-operated pocket synthesiser, marketed mostly at kids – was in production from 1967 to 1980 ...

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IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR DUBREQ LTD – In this image released on Friday, Sept. 17, 2021, British musician David Bowie plays the Stylophone during the ‘A Reality Tour’ at The Shrine Auditorium in Los ...