The legendary producer shows us how it’s done.

Mike Dean knows his way around a beat. The Houston native is a veteran hip-hop producer, whose long CV doesn’t just include working with Kanye West and Travis Scott – it’s teeming with legends like Scarface, UGK and E-40.

After Moog invited us to their L.A. synth Shangri-la, House of Electronicus, to see their new semi-modular analog percussion synth Drummer From Another Mother, we got to see Dean take the DFAM for a spin in his own studio where he showed off the rest of his hardware collection and showed us exactly what happens when you get him on the keys.

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