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 Name: Derrick May
Music Style: Techno
Website: http://www.derrickmay.com/
Outlar-Listed Events: 8 (Rank #36)
Outlar Cross-references: Carl Craig, Juan Atkins, Kevin Saunderson, Kraftwerk, Dom Chung, Terrence Parker, Leo Belchetz, Tim Deluxe, Mark Forshaw, Stacey Pullen, Richie Hawtin, Eddie Fowlkes, The Advent, Hernan Cattaneo, Greg Vickers, Mike Grant, Tyler Stadius, Kirk Degiorgio, Jimmy Edgar, Unabombers, Dave Harvie, Lee Fallon, Ian Pooley, Project 1, Paul Arnold, "Mad" Mike Banks, Steve Rachmad, Glimpse, Octave One, Anthony Shake Shakir, Emerson Todd, Mr Shifter, Suburban Knight, Matt Jones, Claude VonStroke, Jon Phillips, The Glimmer Twins, Funk D'Void, Dom & Roland
Derrick May Intro: If one name crops up again and again in discussions of techno, it is that of Derrick "Mayday" May. Alongside Juan Atkins, Carl Craig and Kevin Saunderson, May is regarded as one of the kings of the Detroit sound.
Inspired by Yello and Kraftwerk, he began to make electronic music with Juan Atkins and Kevin Saunderson while studying with them at Belleville High, Detroit. Recording either as Mayday or Rhythim Is Rhythim (occasionally in conjunction with Carl Craig) and generally on his own Transmat Records label, he went on to carve out a new vein in dance music that synthesized the advances of the electro movement with the more challenging end of the House movement - a music that defined "techno". Early cuts such as "Nude Photo" and "The Dance", both on Transmat, were inspirational to many. However, it was the release of "Strings Of Life" in 1987, which, with its wide appeal to the house music fans of the late 80s, simultaneously brought May his deserved acclaim and Detroit techno to European club-goers.
May went on to cut three tracks on System 7's debut album, before Network released Innovator: Soundtrack For The Tenth Planet in 1991, a six-track EP that comprised some of May's definitive moments to date. In the same year, May was responsible for what Carl Craig has called the finest remix ever, Sueño Latino's "Sueño Latino", itself a reworking of Manuel Goettsching's epic "E2-M4". It was followed in 1992 by Relics, a double album of Transmat's finest moments, heavily featuring Rhythim Is Rhythim, which coincided with a re-release of "Strings Of Life" on the Belgium label Buzz, this time in a drumless version reminiscent of May's "Sueño Latino" remix. More recently, Transmat has been revived following its signing to Sony. This has resulted in the long-awaited release of Rhythim Is Rhythim's 1991 recordings, "Kao-tic Harmony" and "Icon", and the Japanese (and subsequent American) release of a comprehensive Derrick May retrospective, Innovator, which contains all May's work for the Transmat label including remixes and tracks released for the first time.
Detroit Techno landlord and head of the internationally respected Transmat Records, Derrick May continues to move dancefloors with his no-nonsense Techno grooves. One third of the Belleville Three, this electronic legend arranges classic Detroit tracks in a timeless fashion: frantically beat-heavy yet soulfully warm. Nervous beats and breaks pound away at curvy synths and digital melodies that stand in the background of these vibesome grooves like an electric scalloped fence surrounding a celebrity's home. Confident rhythms charge at your chest through an invisible spiderweb of string samples holding your consciousness captive on the dancefloor.
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Past Derrick May Events ( 5 Listed )
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Saturday 21st March 2009 (10 Months Ago) - Chibuku 9th Birthday @ Nation
Hi Tek Soul vs Drumcode: Derrick May, Adam Beyer, Dom Chung, Erol Alkan, Fake Blood, Popof, Wandy, Pendulum - DJ Set, Modeselektor - Live + pfadfinderei VJ, Chase & Status - Live + Plan B, Benga, K... 
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