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Reason Studios
ReasonSeen in Sango (Frank Ocean, Bryson Tiller) showcases his workflow in Reason+ (Splice Blog), February 2021
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Sango has been seen using Reason+ from Reason Studios to build a garage beat in a 2021 Splice video, and has said they started on Fruity Loops, now FL Studio. Sango has also said they love J Dilla's The Shining and A Tribe Called Quest's Beats, Rhymes and Life.
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FL Studio“Victor put us on Fruity Loops”
Said in Beat Construction: Sango (The FADER), May 2014
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J Dilla
J Dilla: The Shining“That album was the soundtrack to those moments, and it's always stayed with me.”
Said in Bilal, Sango and More Remember J Dilla on First-Ever Dilla Day (Okayplayer), February 2025
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A Tribe Called Quest
A Tribe Called Quest: Beats, Rhymes and Life“It was always in my dad's CD crate, and I spent a lot of time staring at the cover and listening to it.”
Said in Bilal, Sango and More Remember J Dilla on First-Ever Dilla Day (Okayplayer), February 2025
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Willie Colón
Willie Colón: Pa Colombia“There was this song called "Pa Colombia" that I played constantly.”
Said in Beat Construction: Sango (The FADER), May 2014
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What studio gear Sango uses: a sourced gear guide
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Studio
Seen using
Reason Studios
ReasonSeen in Sango (Frank Ocean, Bryson Tiller) showcases his workflow in Reason+ (Splice Blog), February 2021
Has said they use
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FL Studio“Victor put us on Fruity Loops”
Said in Beat Construction: Sango (The FADER), May 2014
Records that shaped me
Has said they love
J Dilla
J Dilla: The Shining“That album was the soundtrack to those moments, and it's always stayed with me.”
Said in Bilal, Sango and More Remember J Dilla on First-Ever Dilla Day (Okayplayer), February 2025
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Has said they love
A Tribe Called Quest
A Tribe Called Quest: Beats, Rhymes and Life“It was always in my dad's CD crate, and I spent a lot of time staring at the cover and listening to it.”
Said in Bilal, Sango and More Remember J Dilla on First-Ever Dilla Day (Okayplayer), February 2025
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Has said they love
Willie Colón
Willie Colón: Pa Colombia“There was this song called "Pa Colombia" that I played constantly.”
Said in Beat Construction: Sango (The FADER), May 2014
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Has said they love
Drake
More Life“Drake has some of the greatest album sequencing in rap”
Said in Sango: An MM Exclusive Interview (Mixtape Madness), August 2026
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Off duty
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Said in Talking All Things 'Rhythm and Melody' with Sango (The Culture Crypt), September 2026
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Questions
About Sango's gear.
What DAW does Sango use?
Sango has been seen using Reason+ from Reason Studios, building a garage beat with it in a 2021 Splice video. In a 2014 FADER interview, Sango said a friend put them on Fruity Loops, now called FL Studio.
What J Dilla record does Sango love?
Sango told Okayplayer in 2025 that J Dilla's The Shining stayed with them since high school in Michigan, when it soundtracked shoveling driveways in winter.
What records shaped Sango?
Sango has said they love A Tribe Called Quest's Beats, Rhymes and Life from their dad's CD crate, Willie Colón's "Pa Colombia" from their grandfather, and Drake's More Life for its sequencing.
What video game soundtrack does Sango love?
In a 2026 interview with The Culture Crypt, Sango singled out the Minecraft soundtrack by C418, naming The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask and Ghost of Tsushima as runners-up.
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Sango is a Seattle-born producer and DJ from the Soulection crew, known for the Da Rocinha series and remixes for Frank Ocean. This guide covers the software he has been shown making beats in, plus the records and soundtracks he has talked about loving.
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