Article: Detroit Holds Electronic Music Fest

JOSEPH ALTMAN Jr., Associated Press Writer
AP Online
05-29-2000
Detroit Holds Electronic Music Fest

DETROIT (AP) -- Plenty of people recognize the names of the Motown legends who got their start here: Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations.

Electronic music was born here too, but the names of its pioneering Detroiters are far less recognizable: Juan Atkins? Kevin Saunderson? Ectomorph?

``I've never heard of them until now,'' said Jennifer Avile, 15. ``But the music is cool. It's really powerful. It just gets inside of you and you can have a good time.''

Avile and her friends from Pittsfield Township were like many others at the first-ever Detroit Electronic Music Festival on Saturday. ...

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