This month marks the annual Red Bull Music Academy Festival New York, and with a series of events coming up, RBMA is also premiering a new documentary series, beat:repeat NYC, which will celebrate a number of New York City anthems, and the drum machines responsible for them. The eight-episode long series will feature a ton of artists who will introduce the beat, the story behind it and the inspiration behind the classic anthem.
RBMA is also hosting a drum machine exhibition at Red Bull Studios New York with author and collector Joe Mansfield, which is open to the public on Wednesdays through Sundays throughout the month of May from 12-7pm, starting May 3rd.
When Blondie's "Heart of Glass" blew up, Chris Stein—guitarist and writer—didn't care that people called them sellouts, because their success was undeniable. Behind Blondie's chart-topping hit was a story, and Stein recounts that era of New York when they created the song. "Heart of Glass" was written by Debbie Harry and Stein, and was featured on the band's third studio album, Parallel Lines. Watch episode eight of RBMA's "beat:repeat NYC" which recounts the days spent working on the smash hit.
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