The invention of Detroit techno can be accredited to The Belleville Three. Comprised of Juan Atkins, Derrick May, and Kevin Saunderson, the three met as boys in the rural Michigan town of Belleville. The boys would bond over their similar tastes in electronic and funk music and musical acts such as Kraftwerk, Parliament, and Prince. After hearing the sounds of Parliament, Atkins bought himself a synthesizer and got into the art of DJing, which he passed on to his other groupmates. Atkins and May started DJing in the Detroit nightlife scene under the name of Deep Space Soundworks in the early 80s. The trio visited Chicago where they were met with house music. They drew inspiration from the house scene, incorporated mechanical sounds of the likes of Kraftwerk, and came out with their unique genre of electronic music (what we know as techno) that amassed great popularity in the US and UK.