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Jeff Mills
Jeff Mills
Musician; DJ
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Robert Hood
Robert Hood
American minimal techno musician
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Alan Oldham
Alan Oldham
American techno DJ, producer, label owner, graphic artist, and painter
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Blake Baxter
Blake Baxter
American musician
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DJ Rolando
DJ Rolando
American musician
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Derrick May
Derrick May
American musician and techno music developer
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James Pennington
James Pennington
American musical artist, DJ and producer
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Drexciya
Drexciya
American techno duo
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Carl Craig
Carl Craig
American music producer
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Juan Atkins
Juan Atkins
American musician and techno music developer
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Eat Static
Eat Static
Electronic music project from Frome, Somerset, England
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Stacey Pullen
Stacey Pullen
American techno musician
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Laurent Garnier
Laurent Garnier
French DJ and record producer
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DJ Umek
DJ Umek
Slovenian dance music producer and DJ
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Surgeon
Surgeon
English electronic musician and DJ
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Ian Pooley
Ian Pooley
German musician
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Frankie Bones
Frankie Bones
American DJ
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Jerome Sydenham
Jerome Sydenham
Nigerian born electronic music producer, DJ and owner of Ibadan Records
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Tani Tabbal
Tani Tabbal
American jazz drummer
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DJ Hell
DJ Hell
German Techno/House DJ and music producer
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Aaron-Carl Ragland
Aaron-Carl Ragland
American electronic dance musician
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Dave Clarke
Dave Clarke
British DJ
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Dave Angel
Dave Angel
English techno musician
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Seth Troxler
Seth Troxler
American record producer
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Jesper Dahlbäck
Jesper Dahlbäck
Swedish DJ and record producer
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A Guy Called Gerald
A Guy Called Gerald
British musician
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Basic Channel
Basic Channel
German music duo
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Sydney Blu
Sydney Blu
electronic musician
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Maarten van der Vleuten
Maarten van der Vleuten
Dutch record producer
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Kevin Saunderson
Kevin Saunderson
American DJ
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Nick Holder
Nick Holder
Canadian musician
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Alec Empire
Alec Empire
German musician
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B12
B12
British electronic music duo
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Ben Watt
Ben Watt
British musician
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Fluke
Fluke
English electronic music group
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Kerri Chandler
Kerri Chandler
American disc jockey and musician
Mike Banks
American techno musician

Mike Banks

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Mike Banks, 2010

Michael Anthony Banks, better known as "Mad" Mike Banks, is an American record producer. He is the co-founder, along with Jeff Mills, of record label Underground Resistance and was a key player in the "second generation" of Detroit techno.

Banks lives in Detroit, Michigan and is a former studio musician (bass/guitar), having played with Parliament/Funkadelic among others. He worked in the second half of the 1980s with the collective Members of the House, releasing several 12" singles. Banks and Mills founded the label Underground Resistance in the late 1980s, and the pair, along with Robert Hood, produced most of the label's early releases. After Hood and Mills's departure from Underground Resistance, Banks headed the label himself, releasing material from acts such as Drexciya and Sean Deason in addition to his own productions.

He is also co-founder and co-owner with Christa Robinson of Submerge Distribution since 1992. Submerge, along with Underground Resistance, is an independent record label which distributes Detroit-based techno worldwide.

Among Banks's early influences are Derrick May, Juan Atkins and Marshall Jefferson; his later work shows his increasing interest in acid house and industrial. Banks has hewn strictly to an ethic of the underground and refuses to be photographed in public as part of this ethic. His releases often deal with elements of political and social commentary, which have made him a controversial figure from within the Detroit electronic music scene. Banks quit playing live shows in the late 1990s due to continuing problems with bringing electronic equipment through customs agencies, but began doing live shows again in the mid-2000s.