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Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Analyzing the Hard Hitting Instantly Recognizable Drum Track of New Order's 'Blue Monday'

laughingsquid.com: Musician Captain Pikant used a Hapax sequencer to recreate the hard hitting drum machine patterns found in the intro to the New Order song “Blue Monday”. This sequence, which was originally played on an Oberheim DMX drum machine, is easily one of the most recognizable intros in modern music.

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