citation needed Another early electronic instrument was the Ondes Martenot, which was most famously used in the Turangalîla-Symphonie by Olivier Messiaen as well as other works by him.

808 State is an English electronic music outfit formed in 1988 in Manchester, taking their name from the Roland TR-808 drum machine and the “state of mind” shared by the members. They were formed by Graham Massey, Martin Price and Gerald Simpson. This is their music video Pacific State from 1989 Whereas Wire recorders had been in use since 1898, the first practical tape recorder was called the Magnetophon Angus 1984.