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Derrick May, also known as Mayday and Rhythim is Rhythim, is an electronic musician from Detroit, Michigan U.S.A. He was born an only child in Detroit in 1963 and began to explore electronic music early in his life. Along with his Belleville, Michigan high school friends Juan Atkins and Kevin Saunderson, commonly known as the Belleville Three, May is credited with developing the futuristic variation on house music that would be dubbed "techno" by Atkins.
May's career started in 1987 with the release of a record called "Nude Photo" (co-written by Thomas Barnett), which helped kickstart the Detroit techno music scene. A year later he was following it with what was to become one of techno's classic anthems, the seminal track "Strings of Life," which was named by Frankie Knuckles.
May has not released any original solo recordings since 1993, but has also produced numerous remixes and has worked on video game and movie soundtracks, including, most recently, music for the new film of the popular combat video game Tekken.
In 2003, he was returned control of Detroit's popular annual electronic music festival, originally conceived with Carl Craig. He named his event Movement, replacing the Detroit Electronic Music Festival along the city's riverfront.
Derrick May also still maintains a break-neck performance schedule, playing legendary sets in the best venues on six continents, every weekend. A pioneer of techno, he is a modern day bluesman producing what he calls hi-tech soul or "George Clinton meeting Kraftwerk in an elevator."
Derrick Brant May (born July 14, 1968 in Rochester, New York) is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Cubs (1990-94), Milwaukee Brewers (1995), Houston Astros (1995-96), Philadelphia Phillies (1997), Montreal Expos (1998) and Baltimore Orioles (1999). May batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He is the son of Dave May.
In a ten-season career, May was a .271 hitter with 52 home runs and 310 RBI in 797 games played.
He is currently the hitting coach for the Springfield Cardinals.





