Kevin Saunderson Triple J Mix-Up

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25 September, 2004

Kevin Saunderson and Fabrice Lig with Detroit techno Mix Up this Saturday night plays detroit techno with sets from...

-KEVIN SAUNDERSON is one of the pioneers of the Detroit Tech genre along with Derrick May and Juan Atkins. A huge name in tech circles, his production credits are numerous. His more well known monikers are Inner City, E dancer and the Reese project.

-FABRICE LIG is a Belgian boy who, influenced by Kevin Saundersons' track "Big Fun", started creating his own Detroit style techno. Self-teaching himself midi, synths and harmonies, his music was so good
that he is the only European to record on the detroit label KMS. Also produces under the name Soul Designer.

KEVIN SAUNDERSON

Born in New York in 1964, Kevin Saunderson is a key name in the history of Techno, he's been told to be "the inventor of Detroit Techno" along with JUAN ATKINS and DERRICK MAY.

Saunderson, Atkins and May founded the Deep Space Soundworks collective in 1981, and later Detroit's Music Institute, which was one of the most important underground foundations of the Detroit scene.

Kevin Saunderson founded his own label KMS Records in 1986. Later he worked with vocalist Paris Grey fusioning Techno with the sound of European bands such as KRAFTWERK, CAN, and DEPECHE MODE, getting several international hits and helping to the development of the Detroit sound.

Saunderson is also one of the most influential producers in Techno. He has released under the aliases of Inner City, K.S.Experience, Keytones, Tranzistor, The Reese Project, Kaos, and has worked with artists like BLAKE BAXTER, and DERRICK MAY and D.Wynn in the R-TYME project. Tags

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