Eddie Fowlkes

Eddie "Flashin'" Fowlkes, a DJ and electronic music artist born in Detroit in 1962, is a figure in the genesis of both techno and Detroit techno music. He is said to have been considered like a fourth horseman of the techno apocalypse - this is due to the idea of the "Belleville Three" of Juan Atkins, Kevin Saunderson and Derrick May getting more media attention than he does. Fowlkes benefited from Detroit's prototypical cultural milieu in the eighties, but he also jammed to soul music, especially Motown, as a kid. After becoming a full-time deejay (he received his nickname due to his rapid-fire mixing technique), Fowlkes put in time at Detroit's The Music Institute, recording his first single, "Goodbye Kiss" in 1986 for Atkins' Metroplex Records. His debut album, Serious Techno, Vol. 1, followed in 1991. The Birth of Technosoul dropped in '93, and Black Technosoul (which bears Fowlkes' name for his own style of soul- and house-infused techno) was released three years later. He's also recorded for labels KMS, 430 West and Peacefrog, among others. In 2020, the single "Boogie Mandroid" by Loco Dice and Fowlkes was released, preceding the drop of their EP D-Town Playaz.