Tech Corner

This corner covers Detroit techno and Detroit ghettotech together. Detroit techno took shape in the mid-1980s through Juan Atkins, Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson, often called the Belleville Three. May founded Transmat Records in 1986. Atkins, who recorded as Cybotron and Model 500 and started Metroplex, died on October 31, 2026, in Mexico City, at age 64. Ghettotech grew in Detroit clubs and on the radio from mixes of techno, electro and bass, with DJs such as DJ Assault and DJ Godfather turning those blends into records.

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