This document discusses the origins and development of Detroit techno music. It begins by describing the Belleville Three - Derrick May, Juan Atkins, and Kevin Saunderson - who are credited with creating the genre in the early 1980s. It then outlines the warehouse parties and rave scene of the late 1980s, as well as how Detroit techno artists began cultivating international fan bases by touring overseas. The document also explores how the industrial environment and urban decay of Detroit served as inspirations for the sound of techno. It concludes by detailing the founding and evolution of the Detroit Electronic Music Festival, and the role of the Youthville Recreation Center in providing music education for Detroit youth.

1. Detroit Techno:
Revitalizing a City
Through Music
Jordan Burdon
HST 201
A42237033

2. Belleville, Michigan
- The Belleville Three
- Derrick May
- Juan Atkins
- Kevin Saunderson
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http://adventuresofmediamonie.blogspot.com/2012/02/belleville-threemy-hearts.html

3. Warehouse Parties and the Rave
Scene
- Discrete areas and abandon buildings
- Failed to gain a large following in
Detroit
- Lights and turntables powered by
generators
- 500 or less fans generally in
attendance
- Packard Plant
- Series of violent arrests and laws
prohibiting rave parties in the late 1980s
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4. Cultivating a fan-base overseas
- Began traveling overseas to play
concerts in the late 1980s
- By the mid-1990s, began
spreading their sounds into more
international territory
- France, Japan, Switzerland,
Germany, United Kingdom
- Blueprint for international Techno
artists
http://news.beatport.com/blog/2012/09/14/witness-a-most-historic-beatport-livewith-derrick-may-on-wednesday-october-3rd/
http://www.ibiza-voice.com/news/news.php?id=378

5. Inspiration for the sound of Detroit
Techno
- Industry, machines, and
electronics
- Technology and machinery used in
the auto industry
- Interest in drum machines and
synthesizers came from background
in automotive factories
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http://www.brandchannel.com/home/post/Detroit-Big-Three-in-Reverse-041812.aspx

6. Inspiration for the sound of Detroit
Techno
- Decay and deterioration of
the city
- 90,000 abandoned
structures
- Decomposition of the people
and businesses
- Mass unemployment
- Outsourcing of jobs
http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/DETR826URN
overseas
http://www.urbanghostsmedia.com/2013/07/urban-art-detroit-abandoned-housestiggerific-orange/

7. Detroit Electronic Music Festival
(DEMF)
- Festival began as a fundraiser for
Detroit’s “Be a Partner Program”
- Help raise funding for their parks
and recreation
- 78 free performances, held on 4
separate stages, over a 3 day period
- Carl Craig
- Development, idea, programming,
and the liaison between the city of
Detroit and the electronic music
community in 2000
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http://www.detroittechnohouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DEMF03102010.jpg

8. Detroit Electronic Music Festival
(DEMF)
- Began to face great financial struggle in
the process of organizing event from
2001-2003
- Derrick May came in as festival director
in 2004
- Kevin Saunderson jumped in to
help fund festival out of pocket
- Financial troubles persisted into 2005,
and Paxahau (local event organizers)
took control of event in 2006
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http://paxahau.com/images/pax14/13.jpg

9. Youthville Recreation Center
- Offers children an outlet to stray
away from organized crime and
violence in the city
- Music production lessons offered
by Mike Huckaby
- One of Detroit Techno’s most
prominent artists
- “A safe environment that keeps
children out of trouble…[and] a
place to further your education”
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http://www.whatkidscando.org/your_stories/2010/06_building_young_minds/index.html