frankie knuckles was not involved in the creation of techno. however, defending the guy who said that, very early detroit techno (when it wasn't even called techno) was seen as a satellite genre of the chicago house movement. early techno tracks from detroit would be given to frankie knuckles and ron hardy to be tested at places like the music box. frankie never got into it and stuck with disco but the early techno was linked to the chicago scene. detroit's scene was nonexistent at the time.
Derrick May The Original,from the D 1st hear his mix on the radio(1986)a Legend along with Juan Atkins and Kevin Saunderson all Pioneers and Inventors of the eletronic sound you here today
If someone approaches it honestly and without an emotionally-held agenda, they'll see that African, European, and Latin cultures have had an enormous influence on the music we listen to in the West today. (That isn't to mention India and other cultures as well, in a lesser capacity.)
@SKOTP69 You weren't even around when techno and house was coming out in the 70's and 80's in the clubs and it was so new people didn't know what to make of it, so they moved to England. Mr. wanna be from Australia.
@djmz1969 I was a child in the 1970's (thank God) and a teenager in the 1980's (thank God!), I'm completely and fully aware of how things went.
I was into the New Wave and Electronic music happening in the late 70's and the turn of the 80's. I was into Hip Hop and Electro as soon as it hit. I was into Synth-Pop, Industrial, and Post-Punk in the mid-80's. I was into the earliest Chicago House and Detroit Techno when it hit in the later 80's. I've gone back and discovered the SPECTRUM of
@djmz1969 That there is smug ignorami in the world that need confronting doesn't make me happy! That I know what I do and can talk about it, does! Let's ball!
@SKOTP69 Nope, I suggest for your anger and frustrations go talk to a therapist or somebody, someone that cares, may be a rock in the outback. I would just laugh at your misery. Ignorami? Now, you are Italian? I wish you happiness. Bye.
@djmz1969 "Anger and frustrations"? At Afro-centric twits that think recycled beats used repeatedly by Blacks is the be-all and end-all, and who deny the MOUNTAIN of White/European influence on all music? Yeah totally valid anger and frustration! Those that deny how music really happened, that smugly stick to their arrogant ignorance need the therapy sessions! You "don't care"? Why'd you make a comment? I'm not Italian. It's harder to be happy nowadays, and don't give me a glib "bye" brush off!
@SKOTP69 what an asshole...all deep beats were pioneered by africans and blacks...white people make extremely structural music that is beautiful in its own right...derrick may brings together the best of white and black sensibilities, so stop being so short sighted, its too late in history to be closed minded.
@iammagyar We're BEYOND history, and it's far beyond people like you trying to rewrite history now! Most beats, and most deept beats, were NOT pioneered or made by Africans/Blacks! White people have made structural and freeform music for centuries, across the spectrum.
Asians and others have done similar.
Most African music is actually very mundane.
Most "Black" American music is so full of White music/s that it is almost unbelievable.
@iammagyar Derrick May is, or was, quite good for a while, but even he was one of the last people to bring together any different sounds, aesthetics, or sensibilities!
@djmz1969 great music that was happening across those times, and earlier. I KNOW what I'm talking about! I'm a MAJOR music fan, major music head, and major record collector. I'm passionate about things, and have taken the time to learn and know about them.
There was also great pioneering Electronic music happening here in Australia in the 1970's, Whirlywirld, Primitive Calculators, and the original Cybotron!
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1.16 that woman on the right hand side has a whole monologue going on through out this video... getting totally blanked by that dude then just standing there bored and looking for some...dick? maybe
You ignorant as ever, HE INVENTED TECHNO MUSIC WIHT FRANKIE KNUCLES AND JUAN ATKINS, so ignorant techno music has it's root in African rithyms.......>:(
@djmz1969 Frankie Knucles isnt involved in Techno Music Invention Itself. Only Derrick May , Juan Atkins , and later also Carl Craig and some of the UR Crew
@unikprod Oh, good to know. I'm not a historian but I like to read the history of music at times. Frankie Knuckles I think was House. (Excuse my spelling in previous messages)
@MikeMcGantic That's true KRAFTWERK is pretty advanced but it didn't have the right dance infussion that did these three fellows. Kraftwerk is trully experimental but not danceable. We'll I didn't mean to say he solely did it but together with other artists came up with what we know as techno.
@djmz1969 That's right Derrick says that the best way to describe techno would be like Kraftwerk and George Clinton getting stuck in an elevator with a sequencer.
@TheLeetenant Best description of techno I ever heard (Probably specifically old 303 + 808+ 909 stuff) was a raspberry being squashed through a tennis racket.
@djmz1969 Hmmmm, not really. Whites/Europeans developed electricity and the technology being used, not to mention the formation of the music styles, from Kraftwerk on. The Japanese elaborated on some of the technology. Most of the rhythms and beats go back to German and British military music.
@SKOTP69 Not really, where do you hear a German orchestra with a Waltz in those beats, that's pure Africa whether you like it or not. Europeans are too boring, (sorry grandma) to have a beat.
@djmz1969 Interesting that you mention the Waltz, seeing as how the waltz rhythm is evident in much modern (meaning the last 100 years) music. Reggae, which is seen as being "African" music would not exist with the Western Swing that it derives from, and the Waltz music that informed that. If you were to talk to Derrick May, and other such Black Techno artists, they would not be backwards in gushing about the influence of European electronic music, and the classical music that originates in,
@djmz1969 be it earlier classical and military music, or 20th century classical. Reggae also derives strong influence from British army marching band music. The Tamla-Motown songwriters borrowed HEAVILY and often from the European classical canon. African music, is often simplistic. Many of the sounds and styles in Africa, "Afro-Beat", themselves are inspired by modern American and European musical styles. Somuch modern music harks back to that Creole connection in New Orleans. Without
@djmz1969 White European classical music, Jazz - and it's many offshoots - would NOT exist. If you were to listen to solely African music, the pickings would be slim indeed. Original Hip Hop DJ's such as Afrika Bambaataa played, alongside the regular Funk/R&B/Disco/Soul, lots of Rock, and later German electronic music, and Punk. I could go on an ON with this! You don't think there's German or British military music in Techno and other such styles? Then you should watch and listen to the
@djmz1969 Edinburgh Military Tatoo. German oompah music, Irish and English folk music, Country music, Scottish hymns...White/European music has an incredible influence on much of what is called "Black music". Classical music - even when without percussion - often has INCREDIBLE sense of rhythm and movement! Progressive Rock, and particularly German 'Kraut' Rock has such a massive influence on SO much dance music! Like I say, I could just run with this. Afro-centrists have a lot of bad nations
@djmz1969 about things, and it riles them beyond belief how much of "their" music is actually White/European in origin. If you think that Europeans are "too boring to have beats", then I suggest you speak to some Black musical artists who'll confirm just how indebted they are too European music, and beats. If you think that Europeans are "too boring", then I also suggest you disconnect from the electricity grid, turn off your computer, and NEVER EVER listen to ANY recorded music...
@djmz1969 Whatever, I drums in a "concrete jungle" not violins in a stuck up concert hall. Don't get too twisted about it. European music has no beat, is music but has no beat.
@djmz1969 Many great drummers, including the great Fusion drummer Billy Cobham, learned their chops in marching bands. ALL marching band music comes directly from German and British military music. Much European classical, folk, and popular music down through the years has beats, great beats. It's funny that you're so obsessed with beats (not to say that beats aren't good, they are, but there's so much more!) because in a Mojo magazine interview Cee-Lo Green was crying out for different musics
@djmz1969 to be played to younger kids now, so as to "save them from the beat"! Beats are good, and repetition can be great, but there's so much more.
And both the complexities of music, and the beats, more often than not go back to Europe. Classical exists in many forms. So much of the electronics, soundscapes, techniques and beats, that are common in "modern" Dance music go back through White/European avant-garde artists...Brian Eno, Holger Czukay, Terry Riler, Steve Reich, and more.
@djmz1969 Much great Disco music was made in Europe. Most post-Rock and Techno/post/Techno music would be IMPOSSIBLE without the metronomic beat of German groups such as NEU! and the cylindrical drumming of CAN. Like I said, go and listen to German/British/European military music. I suggest you start with the Swiss 'Top Secret Drum Corps', there's plenty of footage on Youtube, and then you'll hear BEATS! There's SO much to Music, don't forget!
@djmz1969 i would agree, however frankie knuckles was certainly disco-house....derrick may took it to a whole new level with juan and kevin saunderson
@djmz1969 I think you'll find it was Kevin Saunderson and not Frankie Knuckles, Frankie Knuckles plays house not techno, he played an important role in the development of house music and he's not from Detroit, he's from New York, next time you think of making a statement like that, think first!
jealous huh. bet you would love to be under the decks instead of the KFC sucking his cock instead of earning your chump change in your broke ass dead end job racist cunt
I was at DEMF in Detroit last week and Derrick was the last DJ ever at the event and I danced my ass off in front of him at the gate along with Kevin Saunderson came b4 him. It was so awesome. It made my year.
I stood in the booth with May back in the 90s and he opened my eyes (and ears) to how a mixer is supposed to be used. The guy works for his money- no joke!
After watching him I almost sold all of my records and turntables because I thought, "I'm doing something wrong, there's no way I'll be able to do that!" LOL...
man fuckin Derrick is off his rockker !!, i love it. He tucks one record under his arm and carries on making the other one sound completley different, fuckin mad genious
yeah, I know who this guy is. he's one of the god fathers of detriot techno (high tech soul) I was commenting to the guy under my comment. when I said this is a joke right. because he said back in the day techno sounded way better... it doesnt get more back in the day than derrick may
FYI: derrick may is a master of at "touching the records" He did that shit years when he was known as mayday. not only can he "touch the records" he can manipulate the box unlike no other; well the exception is probably Jeff Mills. So , its more than just turning knobs. if you can master using you equalizer like an instrument, getting the desired effect, you got my respect. you see alot of dj sets with cats trying to do this and got it all wrong.
ugly hater post. the man is a genius, and there was techno made before him, by juan atkins, his friend, a few other, but techno really started with them. strings of life is just beautiful.
Rajcunt you're an idiot, Derrick May, Juan Atkins and Kevin Saunderson, aka the Belleville Three, were instrumental in creating techno, they defined that sound. Respect the architects, it's a shame what you said, you're just a fuckin' ign'ant hater for saying that...
How many thumbs I got? 2 down.
macdisciple 1 week ago
i say i'm an atheist but i'm actually a pagan. my god is big speakers and bangin techno music.
mwells219 2 months ago
frankie knuckles was not involved in the creation of techno. however, defending the guy who said that, very early detroit techno (when it wasn't even called techno) was seen as a satellite genre of the chicago house movement. early techno tracks from detroit would be given to frankie knuckles and ron hardy to be tested at places like the music box. frankie never got into it and stuck with disco but the early techno was linked to the chicago scene. detroit's scene was nonexistent at the time.
zulu26 3 months ago
que mesa es
morganaruskin1988 4 months ago
i met a guy in vegas who grew up with him.. told me some amazing stories!
jesusdapnk1 5 months ago
está mas puesto que un ciclista el fulano, normal que le de tanta caña, xDDDD
cachondomental86 5 months ago
wouldn't mind what he's taken
morgala 7 months ago
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thumbs up if guetta is much better
deadmau5suckz 9 months ago
@deadmau5suckz In the immortal words of John McEnroe, "you've gotta be serious".
TheScumfrog 9 months ago
@deadmau5suckz ahahahaahahhahahhahahhahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahaha
simostecca 9 months ago
@deadmau5suckz thumbs up if this guy is a fucking moron
Al5xmo 6 months ago
@deadmau5suckz your a mongo
2pintsprick 4 months ago
the man is a god.
nakedkafka 9 months ago
wow, stop the discussion... it's not a thread guys. Enjoy the action in the video and stop being devided.
djlemmyb 10 months ago
@djlemmyb That's true you are right, let's all come together I take back what I said and let's all enjoy music in the name of humanity. :)
djmz1969 9 months ago
Derrick May The Original,from the D 1st hear his mix on the radio(1986)a Legend along with Juan Atkins and Kevin Saunderson all Pioneers and Inventors of the eletronic sound you here today
fgjr96way 10 months ago
If someone approaches it honestly and without an emotionally-held agenda, they'll see that African, European, and Latin cultures have had an enormous influence on the music we listen to in the West today. (That isn't to mention India and other cultures as well, in a lesser capacity.)
whiteballoonsin1978 11 months ago
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Don't you ever forget Kevin
andrethehat 11 months ago
man can spin.
vespesian 1 year ago
gay people make the party - we have the best fashion and clubs in the world. And the straight people are creating the gays so we love them! xxx
trix1210 1 year ago
@trix1210 You're earning a ticket to hell with those kind fo arrogant comments!
SKOTP69 11 months ago
@SKOTP69 You weren't even around when techno and house was coming out in the 70's and 80's in the clubs and it was so new people didn't know what to make of it, so they moved to England. Mr. wanna be from Australia.
djmz1969 11 months ago
@djmz1969 I was a child in the 1970's (thank God) and a teenager in the 1980's (thank God!), I'm completely and fully aware of how things went.
I was into the New Wave and Electronic music happening in the late 70's and the turn of the 80's. I was into Hip Hop and Electro as soon as it hit. I was into Synth-Pop, Industrial, and Post-Punk in the mid-80's. I was into the earliest Chicago House and Detroit Techno when it hit in the later 80's. I've gone back and discovered the SPECTRUM of
SKOTP69 11 months ago
@SKOTP69 Sure...I hope after all that trouble perhaps you are happier. If it makes you feel happier go have a ball.
djmz1969 11 months ago
@djmz1969 That there is smug ignorami in the world that need confronting doesn't make me happy! That I know what I do and can talk about it, does! Let's ball!
SKOTP69 11 months ago
@SKOTP69 Nope, I suggest for your anger and frustrations go talk to a therapist or somebody, someone that cares, may be a rock in the outback. I would just laugh at your misery. Ignorami? Now, you are Italian? I wish you happiness. Bye.
djmz1969 11 months ago
@djmz1969 "Anger and frustrations"? At Afro-centric twits that think recycled beats used repeatedly by Blacks is the be-all and end-all, and who deny the MOUNTAIN of White/European influence on all music? Yeah totally valid anger and frustration! Those that deny how music really happened, that smugly stick to their arrogant ignorance need the therapy sessions! You "don't care"? Why'd you make a comment? I'm not Italian. It's harder to be happy nowadays, and don't give me a glib "bye" brush off!
SKOTP69 11 months ago
@SKOTP69 what an asshole...all deep beats were pioneered by africans and blacks...white people make extremely structural music that is beautiful in its own right...derrick may brings together the best of white and black sensibilities, so stop being so short sighted, its too late in history to be closed minded.
iammagyar 10 months ago
@iammagyar We're BEYOND history, and it's far beyond people like you trying to rewrite history now! Most beats, and most deept beats, were NOT pioneered or made by Africans/Blacks! White people have made structural and freeform music for centuries, across the spectrum.
Asians and others have done similar.
Most African music is actually very mundane.
Most "Black" American music is so full of White music/s that it is almost unbelievable.
SKOTP69 10 months ago
@iammagyar Derrick May is, or was, quite good for a while, but even he was one of the last people to bring together any different sounds, aesthetics, or sensibilities!
History has already been made.
SKOTP69 10 months ago
@djmz1969 great music that was happening across those times, and earlier. I KNOW what I'm talking about! I'm a MAJOR music fan, major music head, and major record collector. I'm passionate about things, and have taken the time to learn and know about them.
There was also great pioneering Electronic music happening here in Australia in the 1970's, Whirlywirld, Primitive Calculators, and the original Cybotron!
It's clear you know you're wrong.
I don't "wannabe" anything.
I AM !
SKOTP69 11 months ago
the man is a master!
tomrayder 1 year ago
hes gay
MusicAndAmbientGay 1 year ago
@MusicAndAmbientGay What do you say he is gay, I thougth he had a wife and kids, not that it'd be a big deal.
djmz1969 11 months ago
And he'll get done and tell you how bad ass he just was ;) No shortage of confidence in that guy.
dearthpanda 1 year ago
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asherperkins 1 year ago
It's all too easy for a great dj like Derrick May. It's incredible ;-) Finger up, of course.
MarcoShevil 1 year ago
@MarcoShevil finger down because hes gay
MusicAndAmbientGay 1 year ago
I LOVE THE FACT THAT DERRICK , & THEO PARRISH STILL PLAY VINYL, THAT'S WHAT'S UP................
Sunra77 1 year ago
nice, he is good
workingclasssociety 1 year ago
The Man with Groove! Mayday in NYC
amshadowX1 1 year ago
What are the knobs he's tweaking? Master Bass, Mid, and High levels?
jjswain420 1 year ago
@jjswain420 no, in fact that are "rotary faders"
saderlan 1 year ago
@saderlan or maybe its a xone vf1, i dunno. cant see it very clear
saderlan 1 year ago
@saderlan its a 3 band isolator very possibly made my bozak
chrisstugots2 1 year ago
@chrisstugots2 thanks dude =)
saderlan 1 year ago
@jjswain420 Isolator from the brand Dope Real! Discontinued BTW. Check for Thrive Audio, E&S, RLA etc.
djlemmyb 1 year ago
Does anybody know what DJ mixer that is? I was thinking it is either the Pioneer DJM-3000 or the Allen & Heath Xone:S2...
TheLeetenant 1 year ago
@TheLeetenant If you pause the video at 00:13 you can see it says Allen & Heath 46
pandaemon00 1 year ago
@pandaemon00 Okay I saw a better view. It is the Xone 464. Nice mixer. I want rotary knobs. I'll probably find a DJM-3000 more affordable tho.
TheLeetenant 1 year ago
cool
bakeher 1 year ago
Legend !! Saw him in the UK last year and he was awsome!!
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LockNLoadEvents 1 year ago
DM is the only dj I have ever witnessed blow up a sound system and made it sound heavenly!!! The guy is a god!!!
ekg2006 1 year ago
Awesome! Derrick is a legend!
mechadom7 1 year ago
If somebody stills don't know the tracks for you:
Don williams - caligula
Aztec mystic - ascesion
milano3600 1 year ago
Derrick May is the man!!
768kik 1 year ago
only techno !!!
minimal kills music...
LSDj666 1 year ago 2
Awesome! Derrick is a legend!
kindzadza134 1 year ago 2
only music. fuck genres.
scarletvandal11 2 years ago 7
@scarletvandal11 Word.....couldn't have said it better myself. One love.
Portis1Luv 1 year ago
only techno !!!
fuck minimal !!!
LSDj666 2 years ago 2
fuck you ashowle
this is good music -.-
078XENON 1 year ago
@LSDj666 Robert Hood It`s great too ;)
punkyultras 1 year ago
what a f@k
geraldmadlambayan 2 years ago
is this at demf ? what year? i want to get the whlo set
SileDevil 2 years ago
so feeling his vibe here ^^ still my fav' .. wish i could look over his shoulder for a day or 2 :)
EvaOriginZ 2 years ago
Espiritu vieja escuela DETROIT !
Xpectro24 2 years ago 2
anyone know what mixer he is useing ???
Ianlee1980 2 years ago
Customized xone mixer (allen&heath) with Dopereal isolator.
djlemmyb 2 years ago
just AWESOME
captainonkos 2 years ago
Derrick with his rotary faders uhmmm nice
nospa21 2 years ago
1.16 that woman on the right hand side has a whole monologue going on through out this video... getting totally blanked by that dude then just standing there bored and looking for some...dick? maybe
evil999 2 years ago 2
HAHA two thumbs up! i read your comment before watching and i had to see the movie 3 times before i realized Derrick May was in it too!
BTW the guy is not exactly courteous to a girl so obviously looking for some.
qweruipoasdf 2 years ago
lol, we're friends and we were both working that day! no time
ramzevans 2 years ago
he made Strings of Life, hee is just amazing here!
Wanthy 2 years ago
scary! lol
herbiefoll 2 years ago
I should say... I don't mean shit as in it's bad...
I think it's great.
LordBazle 2 years ago
God, I'm new to this shit, I just use my computer to make music, I don't know anything else yet...
I admit to being a newbie... But I'm trying to study.
I need decks... And a midi-compatible electric cello... Anyone willing to give?
Ha, I'm kidding.
LordBazle 2 years ago
Dude, Derrick May is the Godfather of techno! Awesome!!!!!
djmz1969 2 years ago 3
was he not playing them when they were recorded?
irapehard 2 years ago
Fucking amazing....even if he DOES have a bucket of KFC under the decks.
Jboxton 2 years ago
@Jboxton thats some racist shit man
skiteam14 2 years ago
You ignorant as ever, HE INVENTED TECHNO MUSIC WIHT FRANKIE KNUCLES AND JUAN ATKINS, so ignorant techno music has it's root in African rithyms.......>:(
djmz1969 2 years ago 13
@djmz1969 Frankie Knucles isnt involved in Techno Music Invention Itself. Only Derrick May , Juan Atkins , and later also Carl Craig and some of the UR Crew
unikprod 1 year ago
@unikprod Oh, good to know. I'm not a historian but I like to read the history of music at times. Frankie Knuckles I think was House. (Excuse my spelling in previous messages)
djmz1969 1 year ago
@djmz1969 he invented techno...thats a pretty big statement...there's more than just a little evidence to argue against that.
he's an innovator, no doubt...but inventor...come come now.
kraftwerk is years ahead of this man...and YMO...way ahead...
MikeMcGantic 1 year ago
@MikeMcGantic That's true KRAFTWERK is pretty advanced but it didn't have the right dance infussion that did these three fellows. Kraftwerk is trully experimental but not danceable. We'll I didn't mean to say he solely did it but together with other artists came up with what we know as techno.
djmz1969 1 year ago
@djmz1969 That's right Derrick says that the best way to describe techno would be like Kraftwerk and George Clinton getting stuck in an elevator with a sequencer.
TheLeetenant 9 months ago
@TheLeetenant Best description of techno I ever heard (Probably specifically old 303 + 808+ 909 stuff) was a raspberry being squashed through a tennis racket.
Such a good metaphor when you think about it!
Luv this stuff...
:-)
edshift 9 months ago
@djmz1969
Kevin Saunderson you retard, not Frankie Knuckles
MaTtEaNdReWs1 11 months ago
@MaTtEaNdReWs1 Oh, wow, you are an Einstein! Bite me!
djmz1969 11 months ago
@djmz1969 Hmmmm, not really. Whites/Europeans developed electricity and the technology being used, not to mention the formation of the music styles, from Kraftwerk on. The Japanese elaborated on some of the technology. Most of the rhythms and beats go back to German and British military music.
SKOTP69 11 months ago
@SKOTP69 Not really, where do you hear a German orchestra with a Waltz in those beats, that's pure Africa whether you like it or not. Europeans are too boring, (sorry grandma) to have a beat.
djmz1969 11 months ago
@djmz1969 Interesting that you mention the Waltz, seeing as how the waltz rhythm is evident in much modern (meaning the last 100 years) music. Reggae, which is seen as being "African" music would not exist with the Western Swing that it derives from, and the Waltz music that informed that. If you were to talk to Derrick May, and other such Black Techno artists, they would not be backwards in gushing about the influence of European electronic music, and the classical music that originates in,
SKOTP69 11 months ago
@djmz1969 be it earlier classical and military music, or 20th century classical. Reggae also derives strong influence from British army marching band music. The Tamla-Motown songwriters borrowed HEAVILY and often from the European classical canon. African music, is often simplistic. Many of the sounds and styles in Africa, "Afro-Beat", themselves are inspired by modern American and European musical styles. Somuch modern music harks back to that Creole connection in New Orleans. Without
SKOTP69 11 months ago
@djmz1969 White European classical music, Jazz - and it's many offshoots - would NOT exist. If you were to listen to solely African music, the pickings would be slim indeed. Original Hip Hop DJ's such as Afrika Bambaataa played, alongside the regular Funk/R&B/Disco/Soul, lots of Rock, and later German electronic music, and Punk. I could go on an ON with this! You don't think there's German or British military music in Techno and other such styles? Then you should watch and listen to the
SKOTP69 11 months ago
@djmz1969 Edinburgh Military Tatoo. German oompah music, Irish and English folk music, Country music, Scottish hymns...White/European music has an incredible influence on much of what is called "Black music". Classical music - even when without percussion - often has INCREDIBLE sense of rhythm and movement! Progressive Rock, and particularly German 'Kraut' Rock has such a massive influence on SO much dance music! Like I say, I could just run with this. Afro-centrists have a lot of bad nations
SKOTP69 11 months ago
@djmz1969 about things, and it riles them beyond belief how much of "their" music is actually White/European in origin. If you think that Europeans are "too boring to have beats", then I suggest you speak to some Black musical artists who'll confirm just how indebted they are too European music, and beats. If you think that Europeans are "too boring", then I also suggest you disconnect from the electricity grid, turn off your computer, and NEVER EVER listen to ANY recorded music...
SKOTP69 11 months ago
@djmz1969 for this is all only possible to use and do SOLELY because of the genius of White/European men!
SKOTP69 11 months ago
@djmz1969 Whatever, I drums in a "concrete jungle" not violins in a stuck up concert hall. Don't get too twisted about it. European music has no beat, is music but has no beat.
djmz1969 11 months ago
@djmz1969 Many great drummers, including the great Fusion drummer Billy Cobham, learned their chops in marching bands. ALL marching band music comes directly from German and British military music. Much European classical, folk, and popular music down through the years has beats, great beats. It's funny that you're so obsessed with beats (not to say that beats aren't good, they are, but there's so much more!) because in a Mojo magazine interview Cee-Lo Green was crying out for different musics
SKOTP69 11 months ago
@djmz1969 to be played to younger kids now, so as to "save them from the beat"! Beats are good, and repetition can be great, but there's so much more.
And both the complexities of music, and the beats, more often than not go back to Europe. Classical exists in many forms. So much of the electronics, soundscapes, techniques and beats, that are common in "modern" Dance music go back through White/European avant-garde artists...Brian Eno, Holger Czukay, Terry Riler, Steve Reich, and more.
SKOTP69 11 months ago
@djmz1969 Much great Disco music was made in Europe. Most post-Rock and Techno/post/Techno music would be IMPOSSIBLE without the metronomic beat of German groups such as NEU! and the cylindrical drumming of CAN. Like I said, go and listen to German/British/European military music. I suggest you start with the Swiss 'Top Secret Drum Corps', there's plenty of footage on Youtube, and then you'll hear BEATS! There's SO much to Music, don't forget!
SKOTP69 11 months ago
@djmz1969 i would agree, however frankie knuckles was certainly disco-house....derrick may took it to a whole new level with juan and kevin saunderson
iammagyar 10 months ago
@djmz1969 I think you'll find it was Kevin Saunderson and not Frankie Knuckles, Frankie Knuckles plays house not techno, he played an important role in the development of house music and he's not from Detroit, he's from New York, next time you think of making a statement like that, think first!
scip0131 8 months ago 16
@djmz1969 lol frankie knuckles was not involved haha.
DeliciousJay 7 months ago
@djmz1969 juan atkins , derrick may and kevin saunderson are the inventors of techno !
FocusListenFly 4 months ago
jealous huh. bet you would love to be under the decks instead of the KFC sucking his cock instead of earning your chump change in your broke ass dead end job racist cunt
ramzevans 2 years ago
I was at DEMF in Detroit last week and Derrick was the last DJ ever at the event and I danced my ass off in front of him at the gate along with Kevin Saunderson came b4 him. It was so awesome. It made my year.
qwandiddy 2 years ago
The Master!
smalllove1 2 years ago
Dont worry, He'll be at the DEMF in Detroit this year, Im already looking forward to it.
qwandiddy 2 years ago
I stood in the booth with May back in the 90s and he opened my eyes (and ears) to how a mixer is supposed to be used. The guy works for his money- no joke!
After watching him I almost sold all of my records and turntables because I thought, "I'm doing something wrong, there's no way I'll be able to do that!" LOL...
wharfrattt 2 years ago
Absolute Legend! How i'd love to see Derrick May live!
funkysatchmo 2 years ago
highly recommend to go and see derrick may
daviemcp 2 years ago
Saw him last year, simply one of the best there is.
Toolalicious 2 years ago
the way he rocks the mixer is truly amazing
remembahyourclassics 2 years ago
man fuckin Derrick is off his rockker !!, i love it. He tucks one record under his arm and carries on making the other one sound completley different, fuckin mad genious
trashcart 2 years ago
wat kind of Isolator is used here? What mixer? Does anybody know... Europe clubs don't use them often!
djlemmyb 2 years ago
einer der grossen vorreiter mit robert hood und jeff mills (underground resistance)
super stes hatte der immer hingelegt
akronym72 2 years ago
the godfather
SileDevil 3 years ago
No, that's Juan. :)
joebabylon 2 years ago
kocham go on jest najlepszy
osa89mhn 3 years ago 2
a na pewno jednym z... :)
elektro1985witul 3 years ago
lol at dude saying he's not touching records, man u couldnt do that(pitchride) even in your wildest dreams fool
polo497 3 years ago
what is the name of the last song?
gnuj123 3 years ago
ti voglio bene Derrick May
iannaprog 3 years ago
he is a madman xD were is this from?
lazyadiction 3 years ago
i ha Aaa !!! :D
SoboChill 3 years ago
still the best original hard
paceanddance 3 years ago
ok now this is a musical dj, technically and musically genious!
rythmnsoul 3 years ago
i like the first part is very very good the kings of tecno
marciomarquesp 3 years ago
seen him in subclub, glasgow at the weekend! amazing.. will get the videos uploaded!
richardjames111 3 years ago
just awesome!
mongochingg 3 years ago
check out the vids from glastonbury this year - when done, let us know if you think he's a joke? the man is awesome.
adespud 3 years ago
he's not even touching the records,just messin' with the knobs..ppfff..
techno dj's need 2 be more creative cause this is plain borin' also the music sounds really borin' & unoriginal.
back in the days when house/techno started it sounded way better than today's copycattin' nonsense.
jaytechnical 3 years ago
this is a joke right?
versuslosangeles83 3 years ago
HELL NAW, This is not fake ass Young Jeezy or Lil Wayne, This is Real Shit here.....
qwandiddy 3 years ago
yeah, I know who this guy is. he's one of the god fathers of detriot techno (high tech soul) I was commenting to the guy under my comment. when I said this is a joke right. because he said back in the day techno sounded way better... it doesnt get more back in the day than derrick may
versuslosangeles83 3 years ago
FYI: derrick may is a master of at "touching the records" He did that shit years when he was known as mayday. not only can he "touch the records" he can manipulate the box unlike no other; well the exception is probably Jeff Mills. So , its more than just turning knobs. if you can master using you equalizer like an instrument, getting the desired effect, you got my respect. you see alot of dj sets with cats trying to do this and got it all wrong.
mallymal68 3 years ago
31 ottobre halloween 2008 @ turin ITALY movememnt from detroit yeah!
derrick rulez
linceale 3 years ago
natural;
vasilebaba 3 years ago
See him live if possible. He defies categories and his set was off the hook!!!! Saw him at Cielo in nYc
hongkongluna 3 years ago
u must luv him, indeed. =))
pinkylunatic 3 years ago
is that a normal mixer he is using? looks like he has filters on it??
larrycavelle 3 years ago
Derrick May--> Ambasada Gavioli / Izola -Slovenia ---27.9.2008 ;) see yaaaa
Sanko9 3 years ago
Derrick may!! wow, who would have known this would be on youtube!
fuck this is the INVENTOR of techno!
wtfhellas 3 years ago 2
he is really feeling that shit
orbitowski 3 years ago 3
t'es un monstre!
pakalougarou 3 years ago
LOL!!
saberodd123 3 years ago
what mixer is he using?
londesluis 3 years ago
looks home made, pretty cool!
gav1n07 3 years ago
derrick may and aztec mystic are amazing!!
londesluis 3 years ago
last track??
budsa11 3 years ago
LOL so serious at the end...good stuff
BPMDETECTORPRO 3 years ago
Derrick is amazing, his technique is pure art! like making music out of music. Big love Derrick!
arathihigh 3 years ago
sometimes seems blind
Goreboy 3 years ago
fuck so lucky mother fuckers could go there...
GutiProducer 3 years ago
That train and all saiys it straight- This is our KING
Love your music, hope 2 see you one day ,live :)))
mato2121211 3 years ago
id of tracks dudes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bosh34 3 years ago
The Aztec Mystic -- Ascension
PHREK 3 years ago
thanx dude !!!!
bosh34 3 years ago
Even if u got those tracks, trust me, they not gonna sound like they do when he plays them
dluxx303 2 years ago 24
too god dam rite bro !!!
bosh34 2 years ago
@dluxx303
thats so right!!
bkunda 1 year ago
@dluxx303
hahha, i totaly agree. its fascinating
Micom27 1 year ago
Detroit my CITY!!!!!!!!!omg
whody2 3 years ago
track id guys , really need them
bosh34 3 years ago
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DJmisplacedmarbles 3 years ago
Whiplashing!
stoffenl 3 years ago
This man is a true legend. Without question one of the most important producers & DJs in Electronic Music history.
HUGE respect to May, Atkins, and Saunderson for their part in creating the most exciting cultural phenomenon in centuries.
robophreeq 3 years ago 4
What about Jeff Mills???
Ruzicka54 3 years ago 3
oh my gosh this is some serious DJing going on here
HouseheadSeb 3 years ago 2
Son, he was one of the belleville three, he fuckin invented it as a dance genre! and tbf Strings of life is a tune! x
Mikeswimsalot 3 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
yeah i agree hes a fuckin good DJ but as for the inovator of techno my asss.....strings of life.?
fuckin shite tune,... and too be honest there was techno going on before that
RajCunt 3 years ago
ugly hater post. the man is a genius, and there was techno made before him, by juan atkins, his friend, a few other, but techno really started with them. strings of life is just beautiful.
djvania13666 3 years ago
Rajcunt you're an idiot, Derrick May, Juan Atkins and Kevin Saunderson, aka the Belleville Three, were instrumental in creating techno, they defined that sound. Respect the architects, it's a shame what you said, you're just a fuckin' ign'ant hater for saying that...
fredokun 3 years ago
That was amazing with the train at the start
Happy0 3 years ago 2
holy crap i didn't even realize it untill i read your comment