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{{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music -->
| name        = Transmat
| image       = <!-- logo, such as "LABEL-LOGO.jpg" -->
| image_size  = <!-- size -->
| image_alt   = <!-- WP:ALT text describing the image -->
| caption     = <!-- a caption for the image -->
| parent      = <!-- parent company, such as "[[Warner Music Group]]" -->
| founded     = 1986
| founder     = [[Derrick May (musician)|Derrick May]]
| defunct     = <!-- year the label dissolved, such as {{end date|1990}} -->
| status      = Inactive
| distributor = <!-- distributors, separated by using commas, {{Flatlist}} or {{Hlist}} -->
| genre       = [[Techno]]
| country     = United States
| location    = [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]]
| website     = {{URL|www.transmat.net}}
}}
'''Transmat''' is the [[record label]] of [[techno]] musician [[Derrick May (musician)|Derrick May]], founded in 1986.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/label/Transmat|title=Transmat|website=Discogs}}</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=uwtAx1xP9BMC&pg=PA312 Richie Unterberger, Samb Hicks, Jennifer Dempsey, ''Music USA: the rough guide''. Rough Guides, 1999, p.312]</ref> Since the mid-1980s, the label "released the tracks that would fuel the techno boom". Artists included [[Rhythim Is Rhythim]], [[James Pennington]], [[Joey Beltram]], and [[Carl Craig]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://transmatrecords.com/about|title=Transmat - Derrick May's Transmat Records|website=Transmat Records}}</ref>
Transmat includes the sub-label [[Fragile Records]].

<blockquote>Detroit and its story has been told and like all legendary tales, those who have paid attention know more {{sic|then}} the average person tuning in.<br>-- DJ Frankie Bones about [[Rhythim is Rhythim]]'s "Nude Photo"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Rythim-Is-Rythim-Nude-Photo/master/657|title=Rythim Is Rythim* - Nude Photo|website=Discogs}}</ref></blockquote>

== See also ==
* [[List of electronic music record labels]]
* [[1986 in music]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.discogs.com/label/Transmat Transmat's] discography on [[Discogs]]

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[[Category:American record labels]]
[[Category:Record labels established in 1986]]
[[Category:Techno record labels]]
[[Category:History of Detroit]]


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