Steve Rachmad

Steve Rachmad is widely acknowledged as the father of Dutch techno. The Amsterdam native was one of the first electronic artists to establish a connection between his home city and Detroit, and throughout a career lasting several decades, he's remained inexhaustibly productive, exploring various forms of techno, house, and electro under more than a dozen pseudonyms. He first broke through with releases such as 1995's Secret Life of Machines (credited to his most well-known alias, Sterac) which expanded upon the driving, melodic sound of Detroit techno artists like Derrick May ...