found: May, D. Innovator [SR] p1997:label (Derrick May) insert (all songs written, produced and mixed by Derrick May)
found: All music guide WWW homepage, Jan. 27, 2000(Derrick May; b. Apr. 6, 1963 in Detroit, MI; genre, rock; active 1980s/1990s; style, DJ, techno, club/dance; Detroit techno; electronic dance music)
found: African American National Biography, accessed February 23, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(May, Derrick; disc jockey, music producer; born 06 April, 1963 in Detroit, Michigan, United States; graduated from Belleville High School; studied DJing, at the Music Institute, Detroit (1988-1989); formed DJ collective Deep Space Soundworks (1981); established record label Transmat (1986); his track Big Fun became worldwide chart hit; started curating Detroit's annual electronic music festival, renamed Movement (2003-2005))