I stumbled upon the underground scene in Florida in 1991, when we just called it "dance music", hated the term "techno", Detroit's early electro was magic but was their defining sound.

Chicago House was more approachable & who doesn't love a good piano & big female voices, as Frankie Knuckles would say "Chicago House was Disco's revenge" RIP Godfather.

California was pretending that trance / progressive house was "their" idea, but it was just late 80's UK acid jazz. New York was a scene for sure, but like all NY love stories, didn't end well for most.

How did Weirdo Florida play such a vital role in the "EDM" Triilion Dollar Force it is today? The magic triangle, thats how, Tampa to Orlando to Miami to Sarasota, wait wha?

That oh so Miami "booty bass", Tampa's housier scene to Orlando's breakbeat made I75-I4 THE place for musical innovation. Pioneers like DJ Icey, Stylus, Kimball, Andy Hughes, Huda Hudia, Tony Faline, created absolute magic in tiny litte FL towns.