Since 2009, ROLI has become something of a byword MPE-based innovation, with uniquely designed instruments such as the La La Land-starring Seaboard offering more dimensions of control to musicians, and acclaim from the likes of Hans Zimmer, Grimes and - ROLI's former Chief Creative Officer - Pharrell Williams. Despite its status as one of the industry’s most celebrated boundary-pushers, the company has faced no shortage of challenges, namely its filing for administration in 2021, forcing a re-brand as Luminary, before a switch back to the original monicker.
As far as its CEO, the inventor and entrepreneur Roland Lamb, is concerned, ROLI is now a firmly re-established company. In his view, ROLI continues to drive a forward-facing path as a beacon for ‘freeing the music’ within people.
ROLI’s recently announced Airwave underlines this philosophy, positioning itself as a revolutionary way of both learning and interacting with music. Harnessing a series of 3D cameras, the device can map the position of the hands , granting further dimensions of expression and intuition.
