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Derrick May was born on 6 April, 1963 in Detroit, Michigan, United States, is a Derrick May also known as Mayday. Discover Derrick May's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 60 years old?

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Occupation Producer · DJ
Age 60 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 6 April 1963
Birthday 6 April
Birthplace Detroit, Michigan, United States
Nationality United States

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1963

Derrick May (born April 6, 1963), also known as Mayday and Rhythim Is Rhythim, is an American electronic musician from Belleville, Michigan, United States.

1980

May is credited with pioneering techno music in the 1980s along with collaborators Juan Atkins and Kevin Saunderson, commonly known as The Belleville Three.

May is an only child born to a single mother in Detroit.

May began to explore electronic music early in his life.

1981

At age 13, Derrick May began attending Belleville High School, and became friends with Juan Atkins in 1981.

After an altercation, May became friends with Saunderson.

Atkins taught May and Kevin Saunderson the essence of DJing as well, formed a trio, Deep Space Soundworks, collectively existing to present their favorite music at parties and clubs.

In an interview with a French magazine, May explained that people used to laugh at the ideas that they were entertained by Kraftwerk and disco sounds, we did our thing and continued to believe in ourselves, regardless.

During high school, Saunderson and Belleville High School classmate Juan Atkins were fans of DJ Charles "The Electrifying Mojo" Johnson.

When their careers took off, the three young men opened their three individual record labels, Metroplex belonging to Juan Atkins, KMS and Inner City for Kevin Saunderson and Transmat/Fragil all on Gratiot Ave, in Detroit's Eastern Market, this was known as Techno Alley.

When Derrick May was a teenager, he worked part-time in a video arcade.

1987

May's production career started in 1987 with the release of a record called "Nude Photo" (written by Thomas Barnett), which helped kickstart the Detroit techno music scene.

A year later, he followed this release with what was to become one of techno's classic anthems, the seminal track "Strings of Life", which was named by Frankie Knuckles.

It "hit Britain in an especially big way during the country's 1987–1988 house explosion."

May's best known track, according to Frankie Knuckles, "just exploded. It was like something you can't imagine, the kind of power and energy people got off that record when it was first heard. Mike Dunn says he has no idea how people can accept a record that doesn't have a bassline."

The song was featured in video game Midnight Club: Street Racing.

May's Transmat Records label was the home of his best material, cuts like "Nude Photo," "Strings of Life," "Kaos" and "It Is What It Is," most produced from 1987 to 1989 as Rhythim Is Rhythim.

1988

Opened in 1988, The Music Institute in Detroit was where they held their residency.

May describes the place as a spiritual place for music.

"We had a young beautiful black crowd and I mean beautiful in the sense of spirit mind and soul. We had white kids coming, Spanish kids coming, gay kids coming, straight kids coming."

Derrick was a mentor to many great artists.

Among them, Carl Craig and Stacey Pullen have cited the difference between May's two labels as Transmat being fully devoted to original creation, whereas Fragile is where an artist can utilize more sampling, for a little creative push.

May also ran a side-gig collective known as KAOS, a separate and lesser-known endeavor from Deep Space.

1990

And though his release schedule all but halted during the 1990s, he continued DJing around the world and helping other artist to release their music honed Transmat into one of the most respected techno labels in the world.

1993

In Surreal Underground Entertainment 1993 America, Carl Craig said he "doesn't want Americans to look back at the music and think of it as a down point in history. The majority of American artists sent their musical efforts to Europe because it is more accepted by a wider audience."

In the documentary about the Detroit techno scene, High Tech Soul, May notes that he saw people in Italy wearing Underground Resistance shirts and was surprised at the group's success outside of Detroit.

He says, "People were going crazy over Underground Resistance, and it was like they weren't even there."

Recently, May produced the music for the film of the popular fighting video game Tekken.

2003

For two years, in 2003 and 2004, he was given control of Detroit's popular annual electronic music festival.

Originally conceived by Carl Craig, Derrick May, produced for 2 years.

He named his event Movement, replacing the Detroit Electronic Music Festival along the Detroit city riverfront.

Derrick May claims Carole Marvin stole the idea of festival from himself and Carl Craig.

Her actions created a rift in the electronic music community in the talking a self-righteous stance, by firing Carl Craig.

2004

In 2004, Kevin Saunderson and Ade' Mainor produced the Festival of Sound Electronically and International Nurtured, in short: Fuse-In for 1 year in 2005.

2019

As of 2019, the Detroit Electronic Festival is operated by Paxahau.

Derrick May also still maintains a steady performance schedule, playing internationally many weekends.

A pioneer of techno, he produces what he calls Hi-Tek Soul or "George Clinton meeting Kraftwerk in an elevator."

He has also cited Yellow Magic Orchestra, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Ultravox as influences.

2020

In September 2020, May was accused of sexual assault by several women dating back to the early 2000s.

May denies all allegations.