NAMM 2026: Dubreq has spent the past decade reimagining the concept of the Stylophone – a stylus-operated, handheld analogue synth invented in the late '60s – in various different forms, diversifying ...

The annual winter installment of the NAMM pro audio show doesn't start until next week, but we typically see companies tease announcements in advance. British synth outfit Dubreq has done just that, ...

Originally announced in January, and planned for release a month later, the Stylophone Gen R-8 touch analog synthesizer has now finally been released. But only 500 will be made. The first thing you ...

The Stylophone started life as a kitschy electronic toy instrument—the digital version of the kazoo, if you will—but over the years has slowly developed new sounds and features making it more than ...

Dubreq the creators of the original Stylophone synthesiser toy which was first released back in 1968 of this week unveil their latest creation in the form of the Stylophone GEN X-1 which builds on the ...

Rather like the kazoo, the Stylophone is what you might term a “musical” “instrument.” The farty-bontempi sound was a feature of school playgrounds up and down the land—and even David Bowie used one ...