Adidas Roland TR-808 Shoes – make beats with your feet, look good too

The Adidas Roland TR-808 Shoes not only look good, they sound pretty rad too!

Yes you did read correctly! The Adidas Roland TR-808 Shoes actually play sounds.

Roland and Adidas are two iconic brands so this custom concept/prototype for Mi Adidas by Neely & Daughters seems like a perfect match for those producers who really like wearing their hearts on their sleeve… erm make that their feet J

But more than just looking cool, you’ll be able to whip out a mean beat on your Adidas Roland TR-808 Shoes too.

The actual name of the shoes is Mi Adidas TR-808 (Disturbing the Peace).

Here’s the snag though. Although everybody’s been getting excited about these Adidas Roland TR-808 Shoes they’re just a prototype and are not for sale yet.

Here’s what Neely & Daughters had to say;

When given the opportunity to develop our custom concept/prototype for Mi Adidas, we popped and locked at the chance to create the TR-808 — inspired by the famous Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer, break dance culture, and “808” (police code for “disturbing the peace.”)

Not only do these kicks look fierce, but brace yourself: They actually. make. beats. The shoes are equipped with volume control and six different pre-programmed settings so you can recreate your favorite scenes from Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo in your mom and dad’s kitchen on a broke down cardboard box from Costco.

WHAT WE DID

Creative Strategy

Art Direction

Design

Prototype

WHY IT MATTERED

Though they never hit the production line (the “Just for Kicks” creative challenge – pun intended – was custom design and prototype only), the shoes won accolades and fans around the globe.

Anyway it’s a super cool concept and judging by the way the internet blew up by the news, there’d be a long list of customers waiting to get their hands on the Mi Adidas TR-808 (Disturbing the Peace) kicks.

Anyway you can listen to the Adidas Roland TR-808 Shoes here. We’d be happy for a non-playing pair too. They’re just so cool!!