To be a living legend is not an easy game to play. Derrick May, however, has played it quite well for more than 30 years. As one third of the Belleville Three (with Juan Atkins and Kevin Saunderson) Derrick May helped create the beast named techno that longed for a beauty called soul — he ran the groundbreaking Transmat label and produced under a plethora of names, most notably Rhythim Is Rhythim, whose "Strings Of Life" is the quintessential track of that era. He is responsible for an armada of highly influential tunes that mix and mingle industrial melancholy and romantic futurism. Unparalleled and universally valid... it is what it is.
