Thomas Barnett

Blending a desire for Parliament funk and electro-pop (Kraftwerk, Depeche Setting), Thomas Barnett advanced the reason for techno by developing among its most influential labeling, Transmat, with Derrick May. Shortly after Barnett started producing music, he installed with May at Detroit’s famous golf club, The Music Institute. Both recorded “Nude Picture,” which released the record organization, but Barnett later on left to return to university. He continued documenting while there, and upon his come back from hibernation, released “Unconscious Globe” and “Liquid Poetry” around the Infonet label as Subterfuge.