ARTIST....: Derrick May
TITLE.....: Live At Planet Love-SAT-09-08
GENRE.....: Techno
SUBGENRE..: n/a
SOURCE....: Radio
RELDATE...: nov-11-2007
AiRDATE...: nov-11-2007
TRACKS....: 01
LENGTH....: 57:03 min
SIZE......: 71,4 MB
QUALITY...: VBRkbps
NR. NAME. TiME:
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01. Live_At_Planet_Love-SAT-09-08-2007 57:03
TOTAL: 57:03 min
RELNOTES..:
Name: Derrick May
Music Style: Techno
Website: http://www.derrickmay.com/
Outlar-Listed Events: 6 (Rank #42)
Outlar Cross-references: Kevin Saunderson, Carl Craig, Juan Atkins, Kraftwerk,
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, Soulizm, Lee Fallon, Ian
Pooley, Project 1, Paul Arnold, "Mad" Mike Banks, Steve Rachmad, Octave One,
Anthony Shake Shakir, 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, Sue±o Latino's
"Sue±o 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 "Sue±o 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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