Nightclubbing

The Music Institute lasted for only 18 months in the late ‘80s, but the downtown Detroit afterhours club is a huge part of the city’s musical legacy and a key moment in techno history. It helped launch the careers of Alton Miller and Chez Damier (who cofounded it with George Baker), and it’s where Derrick May staged some of the boldest DJ sets of his career. This time on Nightclubbing, we hear from the club’s founders, along with some choice insight from Derrick May himself.