Others weren't so lucky. Early Saturday morning, the Wayne County Sheriff's Department arrested 125 people at two raves, confiscating guns, drugs and tanks of nitrous oxide. But Saturday was a different story. More than 500 people jammed into the Johanson Charles Gallery near Eastern Market to hear hardcore legends Underground Resistance. Club cofounder Alton Miller spun, as did Don Q, Mike Clark and D-Wynn.
Outsiders often hear only the unrelenting rhythm of techno.
But to insiders, an evening of techno is like a gradual if frenetically paced seduction. One after another, DJs offer up an hour or more of nonstop music, then segue into the music of the next performer. Each DJ kicks up the pace, pumping audience emotions higher and higher until they reach an impassioned level by the time the show ends, often at dawn. At the Serengeti Ballroom, more than 300 people showed up for a 7th City Records release party presenting a who's who of the label's artists . Free Press Special Writers Christopher Walton, Tamara Warren and Tim Pratt contributed to this story.