NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Derrick May on 30 April 2019. Derrick May has been played over 80 times on NTS, first on 14 April 2013. Derrick May's music has been featured on 78 episodes.

Derrick May, also known as Mayday and Rhythim is Rhythim, is an electronic musician from Belleville, Michigan U.S.A. He was born an only child in Detroit in 1963 and began to explore electronic music early in his life. Along with his Belleville, Michigan high school friends Juan Atkins and Kevin Saunderson, commonly known as the Belleville Three, May is credited with developing the futuristic variation…