A short history of the 909 in 16 songs ⬜🟧 from TECHNO and HOUSE to POP | Drum Patterns Explained

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The Roland TR-909 has shaped the sound of many genres ranging from Techno, House, Hip Hop and Pop to Industrial and Eurodance. In this video we'll take a look at 16 of our favourite 909 drum patterns - including its very first appearance as well as modern productions nearly 40 years later, so get ready for some interesting 909 history and trivia. We'll be using an external sequencer so you can see all the different instruments and you can try the patterns in your drum machine or in your DAW.

Featured drum patterns (transcriptions available on Patreon):

Skinny Puppy - Smothered Hope
Mantronix - Bassline
Phil Collins - Take Me Home
Inner City - Big Fun
Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam
Madonna - Vogue
Adamski - Killer
Aphex Twin - Heliosphan
Circuit Breaker - Trac-X
Björk - Hunter
Daft Punk - Revolution 909
Darude - Sandstorm
Duke Dumont - The Giver (Original Mix)
John Tejada - Stabilizer
Jeff Mills - Exhibitionist 2 Mix 3
Peggy Gou - I Go

Gear used:
OXI One Sequencer
Steda SR-909 built by Turnlab https://www.turnlab.be/steda-electron... (not an affiliate link)
beetlecrab.audio Vector
Seaboard RISE 2 provided by ROLI
Korg Monologue
Arturia Keystep

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0:00 Introduction
1:02 Skinny Puppy - Smothered Hope
2:36 Mantronix - Bassline
4:56 Phil Collins - Take Me Home
6:09 Inner City - Big Fun
8:39 Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam
11:17 Madonna - Vogue
12:51 Adamski - Killer
14:50 Aphex Twin - Heliosphan
15:44 Circuit Breaker - Trac-X
17:03 Björk - Hunter
18:02 Daft Punk - Revolution 909
18:44 Darude - Sandstorm
20:16 Duke Dumont - The Giver (Original Mix)
23:04 John Tejada - Stabilizer
24:04 Jeff Mills - Exhibitionist 2 Mix 3
25:13 Peggy Gou - I Go
26:16 End Jam

Produced by Jean-Claude Dirckx and Sophie Hoppstädter