BIOGRAPHY & DISCOGRAPHY

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Derrick May, also known as Mayday and Rhythim is Rhythim, is an electronic musician from Belleville, Michigan U.S.A. He was born an only child[1] in Detroit in 1963 and began to explore electronic music early in his life. Along with his Belleville, Michigan high school friends Juan Atkins and Kevin Saunderson, commonly known as the Belleville Three, May is credited with developing the futuristic variation on house music that would be dubbed "techno" by Atkins.

May's career started in 1987 with the release of a record called "Nude Photo" (co-written by Thomas Barnett), which helped kickstart the Detroit techno music scene. A year later he was following it with what was to become one of techno's classic anthems, the seminal track "Strings of Life," which was named by Frankie Knuckles.
May has not released any original solo recordings since 1993, but has also produced numerous remixes and has worked on video game and movie soundtracks, including, most recently, music for the new film of the popular combat video game Tekken.

In 2003, he was returned control of Detroit's popular annual electronic music festival, originally conceived with Carl Craig. He named his event Movement, replacing the Detroit Electronic Music Festival along the city's riverfront.
Derrick May also still maintains a break-neck performance schedule, playing legendary sets in the best venues on six continents, every weekend. A pioneer of techno, he is a modern day bluesman producing what he calls Hi-Tek Soul or "George Clinton meeting Kraftwerk in an elevator."

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Derrick May est un artiste américain (né le 6 avril 1963 à Detroit), considéré comme étant l'un des fondateurs du style de musique électronique Techno.
Il se fait connaître en 1987 sous les pseudonymes Rhythim Is Rhythim et Mayday avec des titres novateurs comme Nude Photo, The Dance, et surtout Strings Of Life. Il fonde en 1986 son propre label, Transmat, qui permettra de lancer des artistes comme Carl Craig, Stacey Pullen, Kenny Larkin, et plus tard Aril Brikha. La compilation rétrospective Innovator sort en 1991. Il arrête toute production personnelle à partir de 1993 mais il collabore à quelques projets et poursuit une carrière internationale de DJ. Il participe en 1997 à l'album More Songs About Food And Revolutionary Art de Carl Craig (pour le morceau Frustration) et remix divers morceaux techno.

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Discographie
Nude Photo (1987, Transmat)
Strings Of Life (1987, Transmat)
Beyond The Dance (1989, Transmat)
The Beginning (1990, Transmat)
Relics - The Mixes (1992, Transmat)
Icon (Transmat)
Kao-tic Harmony (Transmat)
Innovator - Soundtrack For The Tenth Planet (Network Records)
Derrick May - Innovator (Transmat, R & S Records, Sony Music)
Mysterious Traveller (avec DJ Marcello) - Serenity (100% Pure)
System 7 / Derrick May - Mysterious Traveller (Beat Records)
Mix Up Vol 5 (compilation mixée) (Sony Music)