Transmat is the

record label A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a publishing company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the produ ...

techno Techno is a genre of electronic dance music (EDM) which is generally produced for use in a continuous DJ set, with tempo often varying between 120 and 150 beats per minute (bpm). The central rhythm is typically in common time (4/4) and often ch ...

musician Derrick May, founded in 1986. For years, the label "released the tracks that would fuel the techno boom". Artists included

Rhythim Is Rhythim Derrick May (born April 6, 1963), also known as Mayday and Is , is an American electronic musician from Belleville, Michigan, United States. May is credited with pioneering techno music in the 1980s along with collaborators Juan Atkins and Kevin ...

James Pennington James Pennington, also known as Suburban Knight, is a DJ and producer with ''Underground Resistance'' (UR), an independent record label based in Detroit, United States. Music by Pennington and other UR members was featured in the video game M ...

Joey Beltram Joey Beltram (born 6 September 1971) is an American DJ and music producer, best known for his pioneering singles "Energy Flash" and "Mentasm" and for remixing Human Resource (band), Human Resource's "Dominator (Human Resource song), Dominator". ...

, and more. Transmat includes the sub-label

Fragile Records Fragile Records is a sub-record label of Transmat from Detroit. See also * List of record labels File:Alvinoreyguitarboogie.jpg File:AmMusicBunk78.jpg File:Bingola1011b.jpg Lists of record labels cover record labels, brands or trademarks asso ...

Detroit and its story has been told and like all legendary tales, those who have paid attention know more the average person tuning in.
-- DJ Frankie Bones about
Rhythim is Rhythim Derrick May (born April 6, 1963), also known as Mayday and Is , is an American electronic musician from Belleville, Michigan, United States. May is credited with pioneering techno music in the 1980s along with collaborators Juan Atkins and Kevin ...
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Transmat's
discography on

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