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Derrick May

Detroit, United States • b. 1963-06-04

Derrick May is credited on 430 releases across 214 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1986–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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430

Pressings credited

214

Albums

5

Decades active

65

In collections

Biography

Derrick May (born April 6, 1963), also known as Mayday and Rhythim Is Rhythim, is an American electronic musician from Belleville, Michigan, United States. May is credited with pioneering techno music in the 1980s along with collaborators Juan Atkins and Kevin Saunderson, commonly known as The Belleville Three. According to Sal Cinquemani of American Songwriter, May is "one of the most influential of Detroit’s wiz kids."

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Credited work

430 releases · 214 albums · active 1986–2025

  • Performance · 371
  • Production · 197
  • Engineering · 99
  • Other credits · 41
  • Mastering · 7

Studios: Rollover Studios · Electronic Music Laboratories Of Aural Sciences · Stages Recording · BBC Sound Studios, Manchester

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