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> MEDIA ALERT - Tuesday 8 July 2003 > > Live online forum with legendary US producer and DJ Derrick May > > The 'Sounds Like Techno' website is hosting a live online chat with techno > legend Derrick May on Sunday 20th July from 12.00 noon at > www.soundsliketechno.com.au. > > Derrick will be online answering questions and chatting with fans. > > Derrick is a highly influential US DJ and producer directly responsible for > making some of the first music that is today regarded as techno. > > He began DJing in Detroit during the early 1980s and formed Deep Space > Soundworks with Juan Atkins and Kevin Saunderson in 1981. He produced > classics including 'Nude Photo', 'Strings Of Life', 'Kaos' and 'It Is What > It Is' under the moniker Rhythim Is Rhythim from 1987 to 1989. > > Derrick is credited by the industry for creating some of the most > influential and original techno tracks, despite long periods of recording > inactivity during 1990s. He is known among fellow Belleville Three members > as the "innovator" and continues to DJ around the world and manages his two > labels, Transmat Records and its subsidiary, Fragile. > > This will be the first of a series of live online forums on the 'Sounds > Like Techno' site, which explores techno music, from its roots and early > influences to its place in Australian music today. > > Featuring local and international artists, event promoters, managers of > independent record labels and music from some of the most important DJs > from Detroit to Melbourne, 'Sounds Like Techno' is a unique Australian > website which combines a broad range of opinions, styles and influences > that are inherent to this subculture. It is produced by Springtime > Productions, with the assistance of the ABC - Film Victoria Multimedia > Production Accord. > > Join the live online forum with Derrick May from 12.00 noon on Sunday 20th > July at www.soundsliketechno.com.au
