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Grimes Talks Up ROLI’s New Modular Music Studio

INDIO, CA – APRIL 16: Musician Grimes performs onstage during day 2 of the 2016 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Club on April 16, 2016 in Indio, California. (Photo by Mike Windle/Getty Images for Coachella)

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UK-based tech company Roli has just launched a new product called Blocks, an easy-to-use "modular music studio" that creates loops and sounds with the help of the iOS app Noise. And evidently, Grimes is pretty excited about it. She tweeted about the device last night, and on the product's website, she says, "Roli Blocks will democratize music production. It's so intuitive and versatile. I'm always on the go, and Blocks is the most powerful mobile production tool I've ever used." It does look pretty cool, and it also explains why she started following Steve Aoki on Twitter: Grimes, Aoki, and RZA are all contributing sound packs to Noise, Resident Advisor reports. In other Grimes news...

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