Kevin Saunderson

Kevin Saunderson is one of the godfathers of techno but he’s never rested on his laurels. He has dedicated himself to electronic music for over three decades, creating timeless records that have consistently kept him at the cutting-edge of club culture. 

This forward-thinking approach comes as no surprise from an artist whose name is synonymous with the futuristic sound and attitude of Detroit. Kevin is written into dance music history as one of the Belleville Three and he continues to focus on introducing the new generation of club kids to real house and techno. 

The impact of his projects and his style – Inner City, E-Dancer, the KMS record label, his invention of the Reese bass and pioneering remixes (his reworks of Wee Papa Girls were some of the earliest rap/house crossovers) – continue to be felt across dance music culture thanks to legendary records like ‘Good Life’ and ‘Heavenly’ and, crucially, because Kevin is still active and committed to the craft of house and techno. Inner City, which now includes Kevin’s son and creative counterpoint Dantiez Saunderson, recently reaffirmed their status as house royalty with their fourth album ‘We All Move Together’ (which included an incendiary collab with Idris Elba) and a stunning remix of Aluna and Jayda G. e-Dancer has been on a rich run of form, releasing jackin’ tracks that come accompanied with a mind-boggling live show, as experienced when Kevin blew the roof off Printworks in London. And the KMS imprint moves into the future by releasing the highest quality productions from artists in Kevin’s orbit, from legends like MK and Chez Damier to legends-in-the-making like Patrick Topping.