KEVIN SAUNDERSON (The Elevator, Detroit) :: One of the Founding Fathers of Detroit Techno
w/ Scott W • TJ Hooker (Subversive) • Abasi (Intimate)
@ OPEN STUDIOS :: 252 East 1st Avenue
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It's been awhile since the Intimate crew has thrown a shaker at the beloved Open Studios. Join us as we return with one of the true Detroit Techno originators, KEVIN SAUNDERSON.
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★ KEVIN SAUNDERSON ★
(The Elevator) [Detroit]
www.kevinsaunderson.com
www.myspace.com/kevinsaunderson
Kevin Saunderson is an American electronic music producer. At the age of nine he moved to Belleville, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit where he attended Belleville High School and befriended two students, Derrick May and Juan Atkins. Saunderson, with Atkins and May, (often called the "Belleville Three"), is considered to be one of the originators of techno, specifically Detroit techno.
Although frequently associated with Detroit, Kevin Saunderson spent the early years of his life in Brooklyn, New York, before moving to Belleville, Michigan, a rural town some 30 miles from Detroit. As teenagers attending Belleville High School, Atkins, May, and Saunderson were fans of DJ Charles "The Electrifying Mojo" Johnson and the pop, disco, and funk music he played. Atkins and May soon became serious about mixing others' music and creating their own, but Saunderson pursued other goals first, studying telecommunications and playing American football at Eastern Michigan University. Atkins had begun recording with Cybotron in 1981, but it was not until 1985 that May followed suit and made a record. Initially concentrating on becoming a DJ, Saunderson watched the six-month-long process as May completed "Let's Go;" he was inspired to create his own music.
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