> Detroit itself is a fairly small city, population wise Detroit's population has decreased. It was the 5th or 6th largest city in the US around 1980, iirc. >

> Detroit itself is a fairly small city, population wise Detroit's population has decreased. It was the 5th or 6th largest city in the US around 1980, iirc. > Detroit techno producers and DJs spent most of their time touring in Europe (where they could get paid), not here in North America. > The Detroit Electronic Music Festival events were kind of a rare acknowledgement by a larger audience (I went to the first two only, though). Yes, they were virtually unknown in Detroit. I also remember the first DEMF. Detroiters had no idea what was going on - what was this music? Why were people coming here from all over the world? One of my favorite memories was Derrick May finally taking the stage as the headliner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4xqV9_7rf0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4xqV9_7rf0