Kevin Saunderson
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Kevin Saunderson | |
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Birth name | Kevin Maurice Saunderson |
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Born | September 5, 1964 |
Origin | New York City, U.S. |
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Spouse(s) | Lisa Swift
(m. 1990; died 2000)Rachel Metro (m. 2009) |
Kevin Maurice Saunderson (born September 5, 1964) is an American electronic dance music DJ and record producer.[1] He is famous for being a member of a trio, along with Juan Atkins and Derrick May, who came to be known as the Belleville Three, who are often credited to being among the pioneers and originators of techno: in particular this act helped define Detroit techno, the earliest style of this music genre.[2] Born in New York, at the age of nine he moved to Belleville, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, where at Belleville High School he befriended the other members of the trio.
Early life
Kevin Maurice Saunderson was born on September 5, 1964, in Brooklyn, New York.[3][4] He spent the early years of his life in Brooklyn before moving at around age 10 to Belleville, Michigan, a rural town 30 miles from Detroit. Saunderson first met future Techno pioneer Derrick May when the two were fourteen. May had decided not to pay Saunderson after losing a bet and, one day at school, Saunderson punched May in the face, knocking him out cold and giving him a concussion.[5] After the altercation, the two became best friends.[6]
During high school, Saunderson and
Kreem
Atkins shared his technical expertise with Saunderson, and those early sessions led to a track called "Triangle of Love".[1] "I used to wake up in the middle of the night, go into my studio – which was in the next room – and lay down the ideas as they came to me. At the time it was all about experimentation and being a college kid," Saunderson writes on his web page autobiography.[8] "Triangle of Love" was released under the pseudonym Kreem on Atkins' label, Metroplex.
Inner City
E-Dancer
In the E-Dancer project Saunderson creates music that is "more underground." The first E-Dancer album, 'Heavenly,' was released in 1998 to critical acclaim; Spin named it “one of the ten best albums you’ve never heard.”[8]
Reese bass
The bassline of Saunderson's 1988 track "Just Want Another Chance" (released under his "Reese" pseudonym on Incognito Records),
Later activities
Saunderson continued to develop his record label KMS. "The aim is to help and develop new talent and more importantly to continue to create and release great music," wrote Saunderson.[8]
Saunderson also sponsors traveling youth baseball teams, and helps coach and manage one of those teams, the Metro Detroit Dodgers. As of 2005, his son was playing on the baseball team A Green.[16]
On May 15, 2007, Saunderson made his
In November 2012, his mixing board was to be on display at the newly renovated Detroit Historical Museum.[17]
Names
Saunderson has worked under a number of names, including the following:
- E-dancer
- Esseray
- Inner City (originally Inter City)
- Kaos
- Keynotes
- Kreem
- KS Experience
- Reese
- Reese & Santonio
- The Reese Project[1]
- Tronikhouse
- The Elevator
See also
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
References
- ^ ISBN 0-7535-0252-6.
- ^ "LIVE: Life Fest"[usurped]. Chart Attack, August 28, 2001 Review by: Darrin Keene
- OCLC 46456357.
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- ^ High tech soul. Dir. Gary Bredow. Plexifilm, 2006. Film. High tech soul. Dir. Gary Bredow. Plexifilm, 2006. Film. (24:37).
- ^ High tech soul. Dir. Gary Bredow. Plexifilm, 2006. Film. High tech soul. Dir. Gary Bredow. Plexifilm, 2006. Film. (26:39).
- ^ "Kevin Saunderson – Deep Space Radio". Archived from the original on 2016-06-09. Retrieved 2016-05-10.
- ^ a b c d e [1]
- ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "Reese - Just Want Another Chance". Discogs. 1988.
- ISBN 0-330-35056-0, p. 421
- ^ "5 Ways to Make a Killer Bass Line". Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
- ^ "Reese Bass". Attack Magazine. 18 October 2012.
- ^ "TRACKING THE HARDCORE CONTINUUM || the Reese bassline|| with DJ Lush". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
- ^ Warren, Emma (30 March 2024). "Kevin Saunderson is the past, present and future of techno". MusicTech.
- ^ "Kevin Maurice Saunderson & Family + KMS Records Special Feature - The Groove - 2013-06-22". CKCU.
- ^ "Arts | Detroit Free Press". 5 July 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-07-05. Retrieved 26 June 2021.