Radio 1's Kutski discovers how three small electronic boxes from the 1980s helped shape the sound of both hip hop and dance music. Show more Listened to much hip-hop or dance music? If so, then you would have undoubtedly heard the sounds of either the Roland 808, 303 or 909 - but what are they and what do these numbers mean? BBC Radio 1's Kutski discovers how three small electronic boxes from the
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