Jamie xx

Roland TR-66 is spotted in Jamie xx's home studio

Throughout this article Roland and Jamie XX talk about his use of the AIRA TR-8

At 7:12, Jamie xx's Akai MPK 49 is visible.

In this article it states : "So my very last question is about any other Roland gear you’ve used over the years?

I bought this Roland thing in Japan in January, like a little rhythm box, the thing with the wooden…

CR-78?

Yeah. I’ve been using that a lot, I really like that and the Space Echo has been like a staple of mine. That was the first bit of analogue equipment I ever bought."

On this image shared by The xx on their instagram, Jamie xx is shown playing a Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer, on his left side next to an MPC 2000.

Used for xx, as mentioned by mixing engineer Rodiadh McDonald in this June 2011 Sound on Sound article.

"Jamie was there for most of the time but when we'd be recording, he'd stay overnight and work on the beats and things like that,” says Rodaidh. "While we might be doing vocals, he'd be in the meeting room with his laptop, Logic and his MPC, sometimes going through a Boss DD3, a Boss overdrive pedal and a Roland Space Echo RE301, which he used quite a lot. He also used a lot of Logic plug‑ins. We'd use a rough version of the beat for the track but, throughout the recordings and afterwards, he'd take that away and he'd work really hard on making it all sound good and making it work together.”

In this article it states Jamie XX uses the TR 909 from this exerpt :

"Roland : Were there particular aspects of the machine that you’re using, because you’ve used a 909 before live?

Jamie XX : Yeah, we still use that as well. But it was more just like, I guess, a little bit easier to manipulate live and easier to gauge certain levels whereas the 909 is hard."

In this article it states : So my very last question is about any other Roland gear you’ve used over the years?

I bought this Roland thing in Japan in January, like a little rhythm box, the thing with the wooden…

CR-78?

Yeah. I’ve been using that a lot, I really like that and the Space Echo has been like a staple of mine. That was the first bit of analogue equipment I ever bought.