Techno music began life in the Detroit area during the 1980.s, and featured the influences of the popular electronic music of the 1970.s. It brought this music to the clubs. The basis of this type of music was the rhythmic, pounding beats meshed with distorted synthesized sequences. Some of the most widely known early techno pioneers include Juan Atkins, Derrick May, and Kevin Saunderson, sometimes known as the Belleville Three. They created music for clubs that was an urban take of the music of German musicians like Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream. While Techno ended up in the clubs in Chicago and New York, it was a largely unknown style throughout the eighties.