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Juan Atkins (born September 12, 1962), also known as Model 500 and Infiniti, is an American record producer and DJ from Detroit, Michigan. Mixmag has described him as "the original pioneer of Detroit techno." He has been a member of The Belleville Three, Cybotron, and Borderland.
Mar 26, 2021 · Does Juan Atkins think of himself as the father of techno, as others call him? Does he define his early music as techno or electro, insofar as it actually matters? I caught up with Atkins in a rare interview to gain insights on a formative time in his life, and in Detroit's musical history.
Apr 9, 2019 · Techno pioneer Juan Atkins is rewiring his electro legacy. Ahead of his first ever shows as pioneering Detroit electro unit Cybotron, techno innovator Juan Atkins tells us why he’s revisiting his past — and in the process, making a warp-speed jump into the future...
Juan Atkins speaks with Detroit Music Magazine about his upcoming performance at Movement, Detroit's role in techno's birth and his vision of the future.
Juan Atkins helped invent techno and gave the genre it's sleek, futuristic style—and he still plays cutting-edge, spacey sounds to this day.
Apr 16, 2020 · For Juan Atkins, understanding what techno is beyond an electronic genre is where he’s at now. Connecting the dots between music, technology and visions of the future, adding in sound theory, the physics of vibration and a sense of what binds us all in our shared universe.
Oct 1, 2020 · A rare mix from the originator of techno, Juan Atkins, as part of the celebration of three decades of Tresor, the German nightclub, label, and institution.
