Article: Sound and the fury. (musicians returning to analog technology and vinyl records) (Cover Story)

WITHOUT THE INTERNET, TAYLOR DEUPREE could not make the music he does now. Deupree, 23, who works as an art director at a small New York record company, plays in a techno group called Prototype 909 - trippy dance music, made entirely on electronic instruments. He calls himself "taylor808," after a popular drum machine; online, his handle is "t808." He uses the Internet for his shopping. "I just bought a drum machine that was made in 1978," he says proudly. Through computer bulletin boards and newsgroups, Deupree has collected synthesizers and gadgets dating back to 1968 - anything built on the old low-tech analog circuitry, before it all went digital. "There are newer boxes ...

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