Tadao Kikumoto
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Who is Tadao Kikumoto?
Tadao Kikumoto is Roland's senior managing director and head of their R&D center. He designed the TB-303 bass synthesizer and the TR-909 drum machine.
Tadao Kikumoto's invention of the TB-303 in 1981 has been listed by The Guardian in 2011 as one of the 50 key events in the history of dance music, for its key role in the foundation of acid house. The article described it as one of the "first boxes to define the sound of electronic dance music."
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