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Records it appears on · 2

• Rio

  Duran Duran · Album, 1982

  • Keyboards and sequencing · InstrumentReportedSampler used sparingly on the album; it is not stated for this song.
• Miami Vice soundtrack

  Jan Hammer · Album, 1985

  • Keyboards and sequences · InstrumentVerifiedHeld some of the sequences for the Miami Vice music, which were also printed to tape.
  • Drums · InstrumentVerifiedHammer sampled his own studio drum kit into it to supply many of the gated-drum sounds of the period.

Sources for each use are on the record’s own page.

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