ABSTRACT
Inspired by this eclectic mix, they began to form their own music using cheap second-hand synthesizers including the Roland TR909, TR808 and TB303. The music they produced was originally labelled as ‘House music’ and both May and Saunderson freely admit to gaining some of their inspiration from
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the Chicago clubs (particularly, the Warehouse and Frankie Knuckles). Indeed, Derrick May’s 1987 hit ‘Strings of Life’ is still viewed by many as house music, although to Derrick himself and many other afi cionados it was an early form of Detroit techno.
