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ORDER TO ONE NATION BY WEDNESDAY 25TH JULY Out Next Week 30/07/12 Reese / R Tyme – KMS 25th Anniversary Classics – Vinyl Sampler 4 – KMS TRACK LISTING 1. A1. Reese - Bassline (Joris Voorn Remix) 2. A2. Reese - Bassline (Original Mix) 3. B1. R Tyme - Use Me (Carl Craig Piano Remix) 4. B2. Reese - Rock To The Beat (Mayday Remix) ARTIST VARIOUS ARTISTS TITLE KMS 25TH ANNIVERSARY CLASSICS - VINYL SAMPLER 4 LABEL KMS CATALOGUE KMSCLASSICSSMPLR04 FORMAT 12" DEALER PRICE £3.90 RELEASE DATE 30/07/2012 TERRITORY WORLDWIDE Listen to samples here... DESCRIPTION 2012 sees Detroit label, KMS Records, celebrating it’s 25th Anniversary. Founded in 1987, by Kevin Maurice Saunderson, his first release was “Triangle Of Love” produced by, ‘Kreem’, (just one of his many guises), little did Saunderson know, at that time, that two and a half decades later, he would still be releasing music on his KMS label. Let’s go back to the beginning... Born in Brooklyn in 1964, Saunderson moved to the picturesque Detroit suburb of Belleville, when he was nine, a different world to the urban decay of the city itself. Saunderson has an enviable dual reputation. To the dance cognoscenti he’s one of the “Belleville Three,” (with Saunderson being the ‘Elevator’, Juan Aktkins being the ‘Originator’ and Derrick May being the ‘Innovator’), the trio of friends inventedDetroit Techno. The trio met at Belleville High School where, Saunderson befriended Juan Atkins and Derrick May, who introduced him to the eclectic post-disco playlists of Detroit radio DJ Charles “The Electrifying Mojo” Johnson. “ Johnson played disco, funk, Prince, Parliament/Funkadelic, Kraftwerk, the B52’s and Tangerine Dream, to name just a few. Saunderson already had a serious love for music, but he didn’t realise he was going to produce music, until then. In his first year at East Michigan University, where he studied telecommunications, h