Roland Alpha Juno - Notable Users

Notable Users

  • Joey Beltram

According to Simon Reynolds in Generation Ecstasy, Joey Beltram's use of the Roland Juno Alpha synthesizer to create a "killer-bee drone" in his 1991 track "Mentasm" had huge influence on European hardcore techno. Reynolds compares this style of hardcore techno with heavy metal due to its aggressive overtones and riff-like stabs and notes that Beltram used the Juno Alpha synthesizer to imitate the "dirge-like riffs" of Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath.

  • Vince Clarke
  • Pet Shop Boys
  • The Prodigy
  • Human Resource

The Japanese label Kaerucafe released an album called "Cosmic Prophets" by Richard Barbieri and Jan Linton in 2001. The words "alpha juno" appear on the front cover in parentheses after Linton's name, indicating it as one of the instruments used.

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