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Godfather of Techno: Derrick May

Dave Simpson, Melody Maker, 20 June 1992

These are weird times for techno. It dominates the chart and provides the soundtrack to thousands of blissed-out lives, but there are battles building up within the ranks of the dance prime movers. DERRICK MAY, the Godfather of techno, tells DAVE SIMPSON why he hates what's happened to the music he loves.

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