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#derrick-may
Everything filed under #derrick-may. Tags cluster stories across categories and rubrics.
Spotlight
October 2, 2025
A Victorian pub on Mack Avenue is booking the Belleville three
Cannons Bar opened in October 2025. It serves oysters and books techno.
Profile
January 10, 2025
Transmat: Derrick May's lasting Detroit imprint
Derrick May founded Transmat in 1986. The catalog is small, the influence is not.
Profile
July 4, 2024
The Music Institute and the room where Detroit techno became a scene
The Music Institute opened on Broadway in late 1988 and closed in late 1989. Less than 18 months. Long enough.
Spotlight
June 12, 2024
How techno started in Detroit: the Belleville Three story
Three Black teenagers from a Detroit suburb — Juan Atkins, Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson — built the foundation of techno between 1981 and 1988. The story is shorter and stranger than the genre suggests.
