a great old article dug up from the people at djhistory.com about the belleville three and detroit techno. just an embarrassing side note. i remember running into derrick may at a mall in detroit. i was back home in windsor visiting my parents during my first year of college. he was trying on suit jackets and I was looking for track pants. i think at the time i was trying to play it cool, but in hindsight was just a wide eyed fan seeing a larger than life star. i asked him if there was any advice he could give a new dj and he said, “never touch the records (in the mix)”. meaning only use the pitch control. it was great advice from a wise man and one of the greatest dj’s of all time. thanks for that derrick and thanks for not laughing off an over eager young kid.
He’s wrong! Twist twist twist!