As far as performance setups go, you don’t get much more minimal than just a single Roland TR-909, but that’s all Detroit techno titan Jeff Mills had to work with for his Beatport Exhibitionist Mix.
Despite the absence of other gear - and a table - Jeff managed to come up with something pretty impressive, proving that, in the right hands, drum machines definitely do have soul...
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