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What drums does Richard Spaven play?

Richard Spaven uses a Yamaha Absolute Hybrid Maple kit, recorded at RAK Studios for Sole Subject, and a Meinl setup built on Byzance Extra Dry cymbals: a 16 inch Medium Thin hihat, 18 and 20 inch Thin Crashes, a Trash Crash stack and a 22 inch Dual Crash Ride.

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What drums does Richard Spaven play?

Richard Spaven uses a Yamaha Absolute Hybrid Maple kit; Yamaha filmed them playing it at RAK Studios in 2024 for the track Allied from Sole Subject.

What cymbals does Richard Spaven use?

Per Meinl's 2026 Hoodie Beats video page, Richard Spaven uses a 16 inch Byzance Extra Dry Medium Thin hihat with a 16 inch Vintage Trash Crash inside, 18 and 20 inch Extra Dry Thin Crashes, an 18 inch Extra Dry Trash Crash, a 22 inch Dual Crash Ride, a 20 inch Dark Trash Crash and an 8 inch Drumbal.

What records has Richard Spaven named as classics?

In a 2017 Band on the Wall interview Richard Spaven named A Tribe Called Quest's Midnight Marauders, Jaylib's Champion Sound and The Roots' Do You Want More as hip hop classics.

What books does Richard Spaven suggest?

In a Fifteen Questions interview Richard Spaven listed Dilla Time by Dan Charnas and Perfecting Sound Forever by Greg Milner as reading suggestions.

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Richard Spaven is a British drummer, composer and producer working across jazz, hip hop, electronic music and drum and bass, with albums such as Sole Subject. This guide covers their Yamaha drums and Meinl cymbals, plus records and books they have named in interviews.

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