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 sometimes considered to be a "fourth horseman" of the techno dawning--alongside the "Belleville Three" of Juan Atkins, Kevin Saunderson and Derrick May. Fowlkes benefited from Detroit's cultural milieu in the 1980s, and he jammed to soul music, especially Motown, as a kid. After becoming a full-time DJ (he received his nickname due to his rapid-fire mixing skills), Fowlkes operated at Detroit's The Music Institute, recording his first…