Eddie Flashin Fowlkes (born 1962) is a techno DJ from Detroit, Michigan, influential to the early Detroit techno scene. Fowlkes began his career as a DJ in high school, and attended business college briefly before turning full-time to a career in music. He was a DJ at Detroit's Music Institute, and released his first record, the single Goodbye Kiss, for Juan Atkins's label, Metroplex Records, in 1986. Later singles followed on KMS Records, 430 West, and Play it Again Sam, before his debut full-length appeared in 1991.