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Detroit techno is a type of techno music that generally includes the first techno productions by Detroit-based artists during the 1980s and early 1990s. Prominent Detroit techno artists include Juan Atkins , Eddie Fowlkes , Derrick May , Jeff Mills , Kevin Saunderson , Blake Baxter , Drexciya , Mike Banks , James Pennington and Robert Hood .
Detroit took its place as center of the techno music universe Saturday as the 23rd edition of the Movement festival kicked off the first of three days at Hart Plaza for an expected 30,000-plus ...
Movement Electronic Music Festival is an annual electronic dance music event held in the birthplace of Techno, Detroit, each Memorial Day weekend since 2006. Previous electronic music festivals held at Hart Plaza on Memorial Day weekend include Detroit Electronic Music Festival (2000–2002), Movement (2003–2004) and Fuse-In (2005).
The revered house and techno festival returned to Detroit this past weekend, featuring genre legends and launching countless Shazams. Movement 2022 Reminded Us That Techno Is Detroit: The Festival ...
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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 December 2024. American techno DJ (born 1962) Eddie Fowlkes Also known as Eddie "Flashin" Fowlkes Born (1962-12-24) December 24, 1962 (age 62) Detroit, Michigan, USA Labels Metroplex, Tresor, City Boy, 430 West, Peacefrog Musical artist Eddie Fowlkes (born December 24, 1962) is an American techno and ...
Derrick May (born April 6, 1963), also known as Mayday and Rhythim Is Rhythim, is an American electronic musician from Belleville, Michigan, United States.May is credited with pioneering techno music in the 1980s along with collaborators Juan Atkins and Kevin Saunderson, commonly known as The Belleville Three.
In 1988, dance music entrepreneur Neil Rushton approached the Belleville Three to license their work for release in the UK. To define the Detroit sound as being distinct from Chicago house, Rushton and the Belleville Three chose the word "techno" for their tracks, a term that Atkins had been using since his Cybotron days ("Techno City" was an early single). [10]