FAD GADGETS

Rhodri Marsden on three of the latest must-have gizmos currently putting the prog in progress.

COMMODORDION Over the years, few might have looked at the keys on an accordion and considered their similarity to a computer keyboard. One person, however, held that thought, got hold of two Commodore 64 computers and assembled an 8-bit musical instrument that looks like an accordion and sounds like 80s game Zak McKracken And The Alien Mindbenders. His name is Linus Åkesson, and the online outpouring of admiration and affection since he revealed the Commodordion on YouTube is entirely proportionate and correct. His version of The Blue Danube is possibly the best ever recorded, apologies to the Vienna Philharmonic. www.linusakesson.net ROLAND 50TH ANNIVERSARY CONCEPT MODEL PIANO This year marks the 50th birthday of Japanese gear-wizards Roland, creators of such world-beating instruments as the TR-808 drum machine, the Juno 106 and…

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