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Kevin Saunderson teaches a free 909 workshop, online and in Detroit

September 10

The best 909 Day reveal yesterday was this: on Saturday, Kevin Saunderson, techno originator and one of the Belleville Three, teaches a free workshop on the 909 with Roland (with Dustin Good). You can tune in online, and

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