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Innovator | 
 enlarge | Artist: Derrick May
Label: Transmat Records
Category: Music
List Price: $19.98
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 220578
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
UPC: 604447000427
EAN: 0604447000427
ASIN: B000001HYW
Release Date: October 28, 1997
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Disc 1
| • | "rest" | | • | Strings Of The Strings Of Life | | • | Another Chaos Beyond Chaos | | • | Freestyle | | • | Feel Surreal Begins | | • | Beyond Kaos | | • | Another "rest" | | • | The Dance | | • | A Little Spaced Out | | • | Daymares | | • | It Is What It Is | | • | Beyond The Dance (Cult Mix) | | • | Original Feel Surreal | | • | r-Theme |
Disc 2
| • | To Be Or Not To Be | | • | Icon (Montage Mix) | | • | Montage | | • | A Relic Mix | | • | Kaotic Harmony | | • | More Phantom | | • | Salsa Life | | • | Nude Photo | | • | The Beginning | | • | Another Relic From the Relic | | • | Drama | | • | "Strings"- The Original Mix | | • | Wiggin-Juan Atkins Mix |
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Amazon.com
Thanks to legendary singles like "Strings of Life" and "Nude Photo," Derrick May is universally regarded as the definitive techno producer; by hijacking the rhythmic sensibilities of house and adding the intelligence of European electronica and the spirit of Motown, he single-handedly defined and articulated the sound of Detroit. But despite (or perhaps because of) his status as a "legend," nary a bleep had emerged from his studio since 1990 before the release of Innovator, a collection of his past work. This double CD contains the aforementioned "Strings" and "Nude Photo" singles as well as other classics like "It Is What It Is," "Salsa Life," and "The Beginning," all of which have been available only in vinyl form on May's own Transmat label. Until he reemerges from a self-imposed musical hiatus, your course in the spirit of Detroit begins and ends here. --Matthew Corwine
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 Excellent CD for those who don't know the history February 3, 2007
Parrish V Adams (Chicago, IL USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This CD compilation is a very nice to own item for those who didn't collect 12inch versions of the Transmat releases, and also for those who want a more compact and mobile way of hearing the sound of detroit,The guys from detroit ar very innovative and set something in motion good that has long been distorted and mis-interpreted, so stuff like this sets the record straight, as for the reviewer "lawrence" negative comment below, I believe his distaste for the sound stems from the results of being exposed to the distorted version of techno, your mind has to be open and take into consideration that these were tracks produced over 20 years ago by three young black teens with not much money at all but a lot of heart,soul,and vision, not some rich kids with a lot of tech gear but no funk, and detroit techno is special because it has that flavor.
couple classics in there June 25, 2004
marc.fleury (Atlanta, GA United States)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The first disk is excellent. There are at least 4 tracks in there that are absolute classics. You need this one, honest.
 Powerful compilation August 3, 2001
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I really enjoyed this double disc. May delivers a powerful dark sound with all of detroit's signiture noise. It's definitely worth what amazon is asking for it. I only gave it a four because the transitioning could use some work. If you are meaning to really get in touch with the sound of detroit, this disc is for you. But if you are looking for something poppy and trancy and girly, look elsewhere.
Soulful Techno at its Finest. November 20, 2000
Just Antother Detroit Techno Fan (San Francisco, CA USA)
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
These tracks are classics. This is beautiful melodic intelligent soulful techno at a level of quality that has been very rarely matched. Go back to your roots. By the way, heard him spin here not too long ago, excellent as well. Awesome to hear a techno dj who is really in touch with the crowd, and knows how to let the music take them places.
Utterly Essential! October 20, 2000
Neil Simpson (CA USA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is the techno equivalent of the gettysburg address ... it contains a number of tracks that came out in the late 80s that could be regarded as 'definitive classics' and were massive influences in the dance music genre. Tracks like 'Strings of Life' and 'Nude Photo' came out in the late 80s and went on to have a massive impact on the early UK rave scene and on dance prodcuers from around the world. Acid House, Hardcore and Techno (and thus Drum&Bass, Trance and Big Beat offshoots) for example got a lot of early influences from May, who is regarded as one of the original pioneers of 'Techno' as it is known today. Most of these tracks still contain more energy, passion and innovation than the mountains of drivel coming out of the dance scene today. Back when these were made it was not enough to put in a cheezy vocal + snare roll to get in the charts, you had to think a bit. There are some intermittent 'filler' pieces but as a whole this is outweighed by the quality. If you are at all interested in dance music then you owe it to yourself to at least hear this album. At least when you read an article in a US magazine that says artist x invented techno in 1998 you'll know better.
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